SH Blog: Management calls George Karl unbearable, Ray Allen feels vindication for choosing Miami

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GeorgeKarlRemember how delighted and emotional Denver Nuggets coach George Karl was to win his first-ever Coach of the Year award just a month ago?

That sure didn’t last long.

Despite being recognized by the league as one of the better coaches around, he was shockingly fired by the team on Thursday. Management felt he became “unbearable” due to his constant demand of a new contract. Here is what Chris Tomasson of Fox Sports Florida and NBA insider Peter Vecsey dug up from sources close to the situation:

Management wanted George Karl to play JaVale McGee more after they paid him all this money. Wanted him to start over Koufos but Karl said no
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Management blamed George Karl for losing Golden State series. Believed he panicked by matching up small rather than by playing Nuggets game.
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Karl was fired cause he became unbearable, uncoachable, actually re demand 4 new long-term deal. Exile had zero 2 do w loss 2 GS, sayssource
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So according to Vecsey’s source, the firing had nothing to do with losing to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs and everything to do with Karl’s personality. But according to Tomasson’s source, it still didn’t stop management from blaming him for losing.

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Bernucca: Future murky for Lakers, biggest underachievers in NBA history

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Dwight HowardBefore Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series against the San Antonio Spurs, the Los Angeles Lakers handed out white towels to fans at the Staples Center.

Apparently, someone in the marketing department didn’t understand symbolism. By halftime, those towels had become flags of surrender for the Lakers, the biggest underachieving team in the history of the NBA.

Dwight Howard offered his own symbolism, figuratively throwing in the towel midway through the third quarter. Unwilling to grit his teeth and bang and bump his way through all of another telling, embarrassing loss, he got himself ejected, starting his offseason of uncertainty with an hour’s headstart on his teammates.

Dwight Howard, human surrender flag. Yeah, there’s the sort of toughness you want to build a franchise around.

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SH Blog: League announces stronger flopping policy, Gortat says Suns are mentally weak

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Dwight HowardThere’s nothing quite like the intensity and importance of playoff basketball. We’re all craving for it all to begin after having to watch a countless number of meaningless games over the last couple of weeks, where teams decide to sit their main players to rest for postseason action.

Unfortunately, we’re still a couple of days away from seeing any of it, as the first set of games don’t start until Saturday afternoon. If you’re wondering how things will play out in the first round and what teams need to do to be successful, you’re at the right spot. Sheridan Hoops has the five factors of each series and predictions on which teams will move onto the second round. Check them out below:

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SH Blog: Wade didn’t want the life of a superstar anymore, Howard’s back still bothering him

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Dwyane Wade“Not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven.”

Those are the infamous words by LeBron James when he first became a Miami Heat that people will always remember. It was obviously a huge deal at the time due to its cockiness and the fact that it was said before the newly formed trio ever played a single game together on the court. When he said it, we all assumed that James was speaking for himself as well as for Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Wade, however, will apparently be satisfied if he gets no more than a third ring. Here’s what he had to say about the matter, from Tim Reynolds of The AP:

“I feel like I need three rings. After that, I’m playing with church’s money,” Wade told The Associated Press. “I’ve always said that if I can end my career with at least three rings … I’ve already had a special career, but it would put me in that special group that only a few can say that they’re in. It would mean a lot. It would mean a lot. It would mean a lot.”

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SH Blog: Amnestying Kobe “not something we’ve discussed,” says Kupchak; Dwight new Lakers leader

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Dwight Howard Steve NashWe’ve still got a handful of games that really matter in the NBA regular season, and maybe the biggest is tonight, with the Spurs heading into Staples Center to face the Lakers.

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