Slam Dunk Central (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
... the win. Charlotte Bobcats head coach Larry Brown stole the job from last year’s rookie head coach Sam Vincent. Vincent deserved at least to coach this season, the second of his two year contract with the Bobcats. For the first time since joining the Association, the Bobcats looked like a real NBA team at times last season. But when Brown announced his intention to return to coaching,...
Inside the NBA (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
I had to chuckle Monday night, listening to a friend describe how the Charlotte Bobcats’ coaching change added to his workload. This guy is an advance scout for another Eastern Conference team. He says the Bobcats firing Sam Vincent and...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
... the same chance for coaches. The league takes the safe path hiring "names" like Jim Harrick and Sam Vincent.This latest rejection hit Turner the hardest. He was close to giving up his hoop dreams, when former Sonics head coach Bob Weiss called. Weiss was taking a head coaching job coach in the Chinese Basketball Association and another former Sonic coach, Dwane Casey, recommended Turner...
FIBA (Free subscription) | 11/02/2008
... Bobcats’ best player over the second half of the campaign.The following season, however, new coach Sam Vincent cut Herrmann’s minutes in half to just 10 per contest and the team traded him to Detroit 17 games into the season.He got even less time on the court at the Palace in Auburn Hills for the remainder of 2007-08, just 7.1 minutes per game. He averaged three points per game.Herrmann,...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
... left Charlotte one of the league's worst rebounding teams. The Bobcats finished 32-50, and coach Sam Vincent was fired.Charlotte was the only team to go winless in the preseason, losing eight games while shooting 38% and piling up turnovers as it adjusted to Brown's offense and his defensive demands."It's just taking some time to get everything down with the new system and playing the way...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
On hand were Acres, Anderson, , Morlon Wiley, Jeff Turner, Sam Vincent, Jerry Reynolds and Sidney Green.The Magic won only 18 games their first season, but beat the in their first exhibition game before a raucous sell-out crowd. "I still get people talking about that first game here, how exciting it was. They're still very connected with that first group," Turner said.To see what they are doing...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
But Michael Jordan may have needed Brown more than Brown needed the basketball icon. Jordan's second foray into running a team has been far from a success. After his gamble in hiring the inexperienced Sam Vincent led to a near player mutiny and a disastrous 32-50 record, Jordan fired him after just one season and turned to Brown.
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
... — will be on hand.Also honored will be Mark Acres, Sidney Green, Jerry Reynolds, Jeff Turner and Sam Vincent.Unable to attend will be Scott Skiles and Reggie Theus — who are currently NBA coaches in Milwaukee and Sacramento, respectively — and Dave Corzine, Terry Catledge and Michael Ansley. Ansley, 41, is playing pro basketball in Poland.The Magic say 500 tickets still remain for the opener.For...
Straight Bangin' (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
You can always count on Coach Brown. Some things never change. Remember when I wrote this in April? "...I get that Sam Vincent may not have been much, but you will wish he were coach, GM, and starting point guard by the time you're fully immersed in the Larry Brown experience. Let's see... ...there will be the nights when he holds pre-game press conferences and disparages all of your players...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
... Oct. 30 at Cleveland under Larry Brown, who is coaching his ninth NBA team following the firing of Sam Vincent in April.Morrison played 18 minutes and was 4-for-8 from the field — a year and three days after he tore a ligament in his left knee while attempted to defend the Lakers' Luke Walton on a drive to the basket in an exhibition game at Staples Center. The injury kept the third overall...
QueenCityHoops (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Team Name: Charlotte Bobcats Last Year's Record: 32-50 Key Losses: Sam Vincent (head coach), Jeff McInnis (both losses were actually addition by subtraction Key Additions: Larry Brown (head coach), D.J. Augustin, Alexis Ajinca 1. What significant moves were made during the offseason? In case you missed it above - the Bobcats switched head coaches, going from Sam Vincent, of zero NBA...
On The record Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
... to a six-year, $72 million deal this summer and hired Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown to replace Sam Vincent. Charlotte’s payroll of about $63 million this season is above the NBA’s $58.7 million salary cap. “Part of that study was focused on if you’re able to put together a winning combination on the court, it’s going to have an impact on your ability to sell tickets, attract sponsorships...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... to a six-year, $72 million deal this summer and hired Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown to replace Sam Vincent. Charlotte's payroll of about $63 million this season is above the NBA's $58.7 million salary cap."Part of that study was focused on if you're able to put together a winning combination on the court, it's going to have an impact on your ability to sell tickets, attract sponsorships...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... to a six-year, $72 million deal this summer and hired Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown to replace Sam Vincent. Charlotte's payroll of about $63 million this season is above the NBA's $58.7 million salary cap."Part of that study was focused on if you're able to put together a winning combination on the court, it's going to have an impact on your ability to sell tickets, attract sponsorships...
