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Pitino to Coach K: Why not try NBA?

By Pat Forde
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, July 1, 2004

Rick Pitino has done the college-to-pro shuffle. Twice. He won with the Knicks. He lost with the Celtics. Since returning to college and reviving the Louisville program, he's said repeatedly that he's learned his place: on campus. But Pitino looks at Mike Krzyzewski's dalliance with the Los Angeles Lakers and says, Why not? "If there's one person in our game who left today for the pros and you'd say, 'OK,' it would be him," Pitino said Thursday night. "He's accomplished everything he'd want t ...

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