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February 5, 2004 | From Wire Reports
Chicago Bull Coach Scott Skiles was fined $7,500 by the NBA for calling referee Jess Kersey "a big baby." Skiles criticized Kersey after the Bulls' loss to the Seattle SuperSonics on Monday night. * Laker guard Gary Payton will take part in the 989 Sports Skills Challenge on All-Star Saturday Night Feb. 14. Joining him will be Denver's Earl Boykins, New Orleans' Baron Davis and New York's Stephon Marbury.
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January 27, 2004 | Mark Heisler, Times Staff Writer
In a move that would have been shocking if it hadn't been so easy to see coming, the New Jersey Nets on Monday fired Coach Byron Scott, who had taken them to the last two NBA Finals. "It happens to almost every coach eventually, your message isn't well received and taken onto the court," Net President Rod Thorn said at a news conference in East Rutherford, N.J. Scott's assistant, Lawrence Frank, will coach the Nets for the rest of the season. NBA history has little precedent for such a move.
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November 26, 2003 | From Associated Press
Scott Skiles is game if the Chicago Bulls are. The former Phoenix Sun coach has had "some discussions" with Bull General Manager John Paxson about the team's coaching vacancy, Skiles' agent, Keith Glass, said Tuesday. "Certainly we're interested -- Scott's interested. And I think they're interested," Glass said. Paxson wasn't available for comment Tuesday, but Skiles is thought to be the front-runner to replace the fired Bill Cartwright.
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February 18, 2002 | Associated Press
Scott Skiles stepped down Sunday as coach of the Phoenix Suns and was replaced by assistant Frank Johnson. The Suns, who have been in the playoffs every season since 1987-88, are out of playoff contention. They were 25-26 under Skiles. Johnson, 43, the first African American coach in franchise history, plans no immediate lineup changes. There were reports of friction between the intense Skiles, at 37 the NBA's second-youngest coach, and some of his players. But Skiles said he wasn't aware of it.
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February 17, 2002 | SEAN DEVENEY, THE SPORTING NEWS
Back when he hired Byron Scott to coach the wretched Nets in June 2000, team President Rod Thorn spoke of Scott as a guy who could cover "every possible conceivable situation that could happen on the basketball court." Sure, Scott had an excellent basketball pedigree, having won three championships with the Lakers. Sure, he counted Pat Riley and Larry Brown, for whom Scott played, among his coaching mentors, as well as Rick Adelman in Sacramento, where Scott served two seasons as an assistant.
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May 17, 2000 | MARK HEISLER
Phoenix Sun Coach Scott Skiles went timeout-to-timeout with the Lakers' Phil Jackson in Game 4, bringing down the curtain on the Mr. Nice Guy phase of this series. Modern NBA coaches are expected to posture and try to get into each others' heads in the playoffs. So how does Skiles think Jackson is doing? 'He might be trying to," Skiles said before Tuesday night's game, "but I've never known anybody my whole life who was able to get into my head, so why would I think Phil can?"