Former Detroit Piston coach Chuck Daly talks about the Olympics

Chuck Daly talked to Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee yesterday about the USA mens basketball team, the "Bad Boys" and Bill Laimbeers's head coaching future.

August 27, Sacramento Bee: Here are a few of the other offerings from Daly, who remains a spry 78. He was speaking on his cellphone while at the airport in Detroit, en route to an appearance at Michael Jordan's annual Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas:

* On the "Bad Boys" reputation: "The league didn't like it much, but that whole image thing sold a lot of tickets. People loved that whole era. They still do. I go through airports today, and people come up to me all the time. They don't know my name - they never my name - but they know I coached the Bad Boys. I get a kick out of it."

* On why former Pistons center and current Detroit Shock coach Bill Laimbeer can't land an NBA head coaching job: "I think it must be because Billy made a lot of enemies when he was a player. But I tell you what. He is as smart as a whip. Someone is going to get darn lucky in this league. They just have to take a chance. I talked to the Maloofs about him when they were looking for a coach (last year), and they would have talked to him. But Geoff (Petrie) wasn't interested."

Score One For Fenty & Nickles
the council who took the weaselly route and failed to register a view at all: At large member Kwame Brown, seemingly paralyzed by indecision, voted 'present,' which is to say, he didn't take any side at all. That's the kind of thing voters remember, even

Five Lakers are on the NBA All-Star ballot, but they're seldom on the court together
it. Odom was steamed about playing just 20 minutes in the loss Friday night. Bynum was embarrassed that Kwame Brown outscored him, 10-8, and came to the next practice announcing he was ready to unveil the post moves he has been holding back. So this is

Kareem preaches patience to Andrew Bynum
it is right now. He just has to be patient.' After getting outscored and outrebounded by Detroit center Kwame Brown, Bynum lamented that he hadn't scored enough in the low post this season, feeding instead off screen-and-rolls, lob passes and offensive

Heat at Wizards
Heat: C Udonis Haslem, F Michael Beasley, F Shawn Marion, G Dwyane Wade, G Mario Chalmers. Inactives: James Jones, Jamaal Magloire, Dorell Wright. Wizards: C Etan Thomas, F Antawn Jamison, F Caron Butler, G DeShawn Stevenson, G Juan Dixon. Inactives:

Tommy Landry: Lineup changes greatly alter fantasy values
and newfound passing ability. ? Methinks I had to rub my eyes in disbelief when I read that Kwame Brown would be taking over the starting PF position in Detroit. Sure, the other bigs haven't exactly run away with the gig, but I still wonder whether

Lakers center Bynum learns from former teammate Brown
Andrew Bynum learned a valuable lesson about playing well near the basket from his friend and former teammate Kwame Brown on Friday night. 'I haven't really been attacking, so I'm going to start attacking on the block,' Bynum, a 7-foot center, explained

Will losing help the Lakers get re-focused?
it. Odom was steamed about playing just 20 minutes in the loss Friday night. Bynum was embarrassed that Kwame Brown outscored him, 10-8, and came to the next practice announcing he was ready to unveil the post moves he has been holding back. So this is

D.C. Political Justice? Will Barry Decide Nickles' Fate?
Anti-Nickles Mary Cheh (Ward 3) Harry Thomas Jr. (Ward 5) Yvette Alexander (Ward 7) Marion Barry (Ward 8) Kwame Brown (At large) Phil Mendelson (At large) Vincent Gray (chairman) But those positions are not set in stone. (And others count the votes

Pistons thriving under changes
now,' coach Michael Curry said. 'We want to be a great team. We still got work to do.' Kwame Brown is the new starting center, and he played two solid games, first against his former team, the Lakers (10 points, 10 rebounds), then in a loss to the Suns

For now, it's strictly kid stuff
PM Retarded, did you see some of the trades that went down last year? Example Paul Gasol for Kwame Brown and 2 prospects. Posted by: hotleo20 | November 17, 2008 at 01:13 PM and kamen is not coming down here unless we give up marion and take one