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10.13.09

Tip-Off Timer: 14 Teams Without a Title Suns News, tip-off timer | (0)
Filed under: Bobcats, Cavaliers, Clippers, Grizzlies, Hornets, Jazz, Magic, Mavericks, Nets, Nuggets, Pacers, Raptors, Suns, TimberwolvesTip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Tuesday, there are 14 days remaining. For everything the NBA has done to level the playing field -- the draft lottery, the salary cap, the dollar-for-dollar luxury tax -- only a select handful of teams have a legitimate chance to win the championship in any given year. I know optimism is supposed to reign supreme in October, but here's a harsh dose of reality: in the past ...
08.19.09

Tip-Off Timer: How ’69 Coin Flip Cursed The Phoenix Suns Connie Hawkins, ConnieHawkins, Jerry Colangelo, JerryColangelo, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, KareemAbdul-jabbar, Lew Alcindor, LewAlcindor, Neal lWalk, Neal Walk, NealLwalk, Suns News, tip-off timer, Tip-offTimer | (0)
Filed under: Bucks, Suns, NBA DraftTip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Wednesday, there are 69 days remaining.It's been 40 years since Phoenix Suns executive Jerry Colangelo last called "heads" in a coin flip. And it still haunts the franchise today.When that Kennedy half-dollar landed on "tails" in the NBA office that spring day, it meant that the Milwaukee Bucks - and not the Suns - would get the No. 1 pick in the 1969 NBA Draft.The Bucks selected celebrated UCLA center Lew Alcindor, who won a championship in his second season, ...
08.19.09

Tip-Off Timer: How ’69 Coin Flip Cursed The Phoenix Suns Connie Hawkins, ConnieHawkins, Jerry Colangelo, JerryColangelo, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, KareemAbdul-jabbar, Lew Alcindor, LewAlcindor, Neal lWalk, Neal Walk, NealLwalk, Suns News, tip-off timer, Tip-offTimer | (0)
Filed under: Bucks, Suns, NBA DraftTip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Wednesday, there are 69 days remaining.It's been 40 years since Phoenix Suns executive Jerry Colangelo last called "heads" in a coin flip. And it still haunts the franchise today.When that Kennedy half-dollar landed on "tails" in the NBA office that spring day, it meant that the Milwaukee Bucks - and not the Suns - would get the No. 1 pick in the 1969 NBA Draft.The Bucks selected celebrated UCLA center Lew Alcindor, who won a championship in his second season, ...