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Nelson campaigning for T-Wolves job
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09:28 AM ET 07.16 | Calling from his Maui beach home, the man who has won more NBA games than anyone made his intentions perfectly clear late Friday afternoon: Don Nelson will gladly trade those breezy Hawaiian trade winds for Minnesota winters and the chance to coach again, this time with the Timberwolves. "I think it'd be a great fit," he said. "I love Minnesota." It doesn't hurt that his daughter and grandchildren live in Minnetonka. But that's not the reason Nelson wants a job that opened when the Wolves finally, officially fired Kurt Rambis on Tuesday, and it's not the reason he already has talked with Wolves boss David Kahn for about 40 minutes by phone and plans to talk with him again sometime this weekend. "They have an opening," Nelson said, "and I don't have a job."
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Might as well give it a try.
BIGGIE
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Kahn you dig it....I can
DENVERROB
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A job is a terrible thing to lose, Bro.
I Love LA
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oh snap, go nelly go nelly go!
Lil Dur
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KAHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNN!!!!!
Hatrunner
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Was not Nellie pay like $5m a year with Golden State .... would think Nellie a little out of Kahn pay range of $2m or less ...
Unless Glen Taylor the Owner is going for a Home Run .... Nellie / Love / Rubio / Darko?
... Nova
~ Brown Deer ~, WI
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because the center is gonna be 6-2?
YouthAttack!
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If Taylor signs Nelson, it shows the circus in Minnesota will be in town for years to come.
darrell4868
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Ricky in heels ;)
... Nova
~ Brown Deer ~, WI
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Too bad, Wolves fans. Whatever young stars-in-the-making you may have who need guidance to take the next step, or established stars ready to take it to the next level, Nellie will drive them all crazy and eventually out of town. See Chris Webber (driven out of town), Baron Davis (refused to re-sign after shabby treatment), Monte Ellis (transformed into a malcontent under Nellie). Nellie undermined Chris Mullin (who had finally learned how to put a strong team together), and is basically a twist.
TrueFan
Oakland , CA
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And for all the reasons that you just put down. Nelson should never coach again. Plus Nelson loved to fight and undermind his players. If you a big man that likes to rebound and can score points in the low post. You better learn how to shoot a 3 pointer. Because under Nelson that's all your going to get. The only use Nelson has for anyplayer that's 6"9 and above, is seating at the end of the bench.
eddieinportland
Portland , OR
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At GS he mis-handled every big man he ever had on the roster. He lucked out in that Dirk can actually shoot the 3 and is incredibly mobile. He also had Manute Bol, at 7'7", out shooting threes, wasting his talents.
TrueFan
Oakland , CA
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Guam, what you may not realize is that Nellie is a manipulator. He will slowly but surely undermine the GM. When he does, he will then push for crazy trades. In seeking the crazy mismatch he will play crazy rosters, leaving young players with no idea of what their role is. Thus, he will alienate the young players that could be the core of something special. If the center wants to play down low, he will push him to shoot 3s. If the center wants to shoot 3s, he will push him to bang down low.
The whole point of trading for draft choices is to build a young, cheap team. What good is that to the then hire a coach who will alienate those young players and have them rushing for the door at the first opportunity.
Nelson has the occasional good idea. But, successful teams aren't successful because of an occasionally good idea. They are successful because a coach builds rapport with the players and they march, together, to do something special. Nelson never has and never will be able to do that. (Witness, sitting Baron Davis the entire last half of the must-win-to-make-the-playoffs game of the 2007-2008 season).
But, go ahead, hire Nellie. Just a bunch more wins for the teams I like.
TrueFan
Oakland , CA
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why doesnt he just see the obvious answer. fire that dumbass kahn and bring in a real gm. any gm would be better than that moron.
YouthAttack!
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hahhah is their a difference between nellie ball and dantoni ball? they both dont play any D and focus on jacking up shots so i guess dantoni is a nellie protege??
YouthAttack!
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