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GustavBahler
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9/23/2010  10:43 PM
David Lee might have to play defense after all....


http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=A0wNdcuxD5xMwowATQ68vLYF?slug=ys-nelsonwarriors092310

Don Nelson has been pushed out as Golden State Warriors coach and replaced with assistant Keith Smart, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Nelson, the all-time winningest coach in NBA history, will officially resign and accept a settlement on the $6 million owed him on his contract. The Warriors are expected to announce the change on Monday.

New Warriors owner Joe Lacob was determined to replace Nelson as coach, and Nelson, sources said, was glad to take his money and return to retirement in Hawaii.

The Warriors have their media day on Monday and open training camp on Tuesday. Sources said Nelson had been at the Warriors’ practice facility early in the week for the team’s informal workouts. His agreement to part ways with the franchise, a source said, was amicable.

“I don’t think the new owner liked Nelson’s style of coaching. That’s what it boils down to,” a source with knowledge of the situation told Y! Sports’ Marc Spears. “They’re saying he quit, but Lacob wanted to go in a different direction.”

Smart is negotiating a multi-year contract with the Warriors, a source said. Former Warriors forward Calbert Cheaney, a special assistant under Nelson, will be promoted to the bench on Smart’s staff. Jerry Sichting and Robert Werdann also have been added as assistants, league sources said, and Mark Price will work with the Warriors as a part-time shooting coach.

Lacob and Peter Guber purchased the Warriors from Chris Cohan for $450 million in July. League sources expect the NBA to officially approve the new ownership group around Oct. 21.

Nelson was in his second stint coaching the Warriors after taking over the team prior to the 2006-07 season. The Warriors stunned the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs in Nelson’s first season but failed to reach the postseason the following year despite winning 48 games. Golden State went a combined 55-109 under Nelson the past two years.

In 31 seasons as an NBA head coach, Nelson has a career record of 1,335-1,063. He passed Lenny Wilkens as the league’s all-time leader in coaching victories in April.
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9/23/2010  11:24 PM
Aw shucks Don, we really are sad to see you go

But thanks for the memories (Azibuke,Turiaf and AR)

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9/24/2010  12:07 AM
Quite overrated as a coach.
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9/24/2010  3:31 AM
He was an absolute disgrace since getting that hefty extension in Golden State- turning round and working to get Chris Mullins fired, when Mullins was the one who gave him all that money when no one else would of, was a slime ball move- and I don't even like Chris Mullins. Making a big thing about wanting the extension, then getting it and then having the cheek to almost immediately start mailing it in and trying to get fired so he could get all the money without having to work for it- he just screwed over that franchise and i felt sorry for the players who had to waste their time playing for someone who didn't care one bit about winning or doing their job.
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9/24/2010  12:11 PM
Thanks don..
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9/24/2010  12:24 PM
We should also thank him for doing such a lousy job as coach of the knicks forcing them to replace him with JVG..lots of success follwed...hope we have the same success going fwd
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9/24/2010  1:19 PM
I'm sure he saw this coming. Anyone here think he gave David lee that contract and traded away AR as one last F-U to management before they fired him.
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9/24/2010  2:52 PM
don nelson was a great coach early in his career. he was revolutionizing the game in milwaukee.
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9/24/2010  4:08 PM
Marv wrote:don nelson was a great coach early in his career. he was revolutionizing the game in milwaukee.

I agree. His work in Dallas was not too bad and I think if given time he could have done what was needed with us.

WTF was GSW thinking? The guy was cooked 7 years ago
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9/24/2010  11:57 PM
Marv wrote:don nelson was a great coach early in his career. he was revolutionizing the game in milwaukee.

omg, yes. Thank you. Only question that remains, was it intentional ?

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9/25/2010  12:11 AM
ramtour420 wrote:
Marv wrote:don nelson was a great coach early in his career. he was revolutionizing the game in milwaukee.

omg, yes. Thank you. Only question that remains, was it intentional ?

haha, yeah, he could have just been on a bender

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9/25/2010  2:32 AM
If it was that easy to win games then SOMEONE would have won more than Nelson. He never had the most talent and he won a lot.
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