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...believed him about as much as we believed Rick Pitino when he said he wasn't leaving Kentucky under any circumstances...
...concerned because Larry Bird could turn out to be a great coach. Don't get me wrong, I think the Celts needed to get their hands on Slick Rick Pitino, but Larry is the kind of guy that may come back to haunt...
This draft could bring my franchise back into the world of the NBA--we've been in the CBA for too long. The Pitino hiring shows me that the franchise is ready to spend some money to make it a viable contender again...
...leave his No. 33 in Boston to become the head coach of the Indiana Pacers. But at a reported $4.5 million a year, along with part ownership and a promise to succeed president Donnie Walsh, the 40 year-old Bird will be much more than the Pacers' coach. Like Pitino and the Celtics and Pat Riley and the Heat, the very identity of the Pacers is now indistinguishable from that of Larry Bird. Which is exactly how the Pacers like it. The self-described "hick from French Lick" is an institution in Indiana, nearly to the degree he has been...
LEXINGTON, Kentucky: "I love challenges," Rick Pitino said after announcing he would leave the University of Kentucky to become the new coach of the Boston Celtics. Pitino insisted the money, a reported $70 million over the next ten years that would make him the highest-paid coach in any sport, was not the reason he was departing Lexington. He compared the situation in Boston to that of eight years ago at Kentucky and said he again would again try to "build a program in shambles up to the championship level." In Pitino, the Celtics have landed a marquee name...