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Don't blame the coach for your lousy team

By Tim Keown
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

It's pretty easy to agree on the hierarchy of the NBA. There are three really good teams -- Celtics, Cavaliers, Lakers. There are a handful of teams that could contend if everything were to break just right -- Orlando, San Antonio, maybe Denver. And, finally, there is pretty much everybody else. Which raises an interesting question: What do the owners and general managers of so many of the league's worst teams see that the rest of us don't? Six coaches have been fired before Christmas, and asi ...

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