Bill won two titles with the Trailblazers and one with the Celtics.
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It is doubtful, but then again, his knees may hold up alot longer, allowing him many more opportunities.
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when he could call it quits, his election to hall of fame is just around the corner. he is more than great, he is phenomenal. i mean i could not remember seing any coach having 9 rings in his fingers (plus one as a knick player). the only common thing for other coaches were change of address and not rings. as of 2005, he has the highest win percentage among NBA coaches all-time with 872-353 (0.712). that percentage is pretty hard. its like winning at least 58 games since your first year. he also lead chicago to 55 wins in his first coaching stint.\n\nphil has holistic approach to the game. not that he had good players but he utilize fully his best players to jive with less unheralded players to attaining strong team chemistry. sure he had jordan-pippen, kobe-shaq, now kobe-lamar but basketball is a team sport and as coach he did a very nice job of emphasizing team work. he had tamed hot-heads like rodman, discovered unknowns like kokuc and smush and made longley, wennington, mihm, kwame (not quite so far)fluid passing big men. though there were some instances like 1.8 sec scottie drama or kobe-shaq-phil issue, he was never involve in a feud with players like sprewell-carlesimo. he also has unique zen philosopshy and discipline that affects his basketball aura. though it was tex winter's invention, he successfully applied the rigorous triangle offense strategy. \n\nlastly, he gave young raw players the chance to develop. Just look at what he did to scottie and horace while with the bulls, and while with the lakers fisher, smush, bynum, lamar and kwame enjoyed rigorous motivation including scottie-lamar session and kareem-kwame-mihm-bynum tutorials. Compare that with what larry brown did to darko and arroyo while with the spurs; lebron, dwayne and melo in the olympics. frye, lee, nate and ariza now with the knicks. player motivation is the key. phil is brilliant and has that great charisma.
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i agree but i wonder if they can win as many championships as harlem heat did.
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Kobe passed a lot in that game. Lebron was a ball hog T mac was a ball hog. But those 2 players still are great. I does not matter how you play in the all star game you just have to perform for the fans
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me too, im just a knowlegable basketball fan that knew that the heat would not panic being down 2-0 becasue they had so many veterans with experience and i knew that it was a 2-3-2 format so they would have three straight home games, dallas ans did not realize this when they where gloating. any knowledgeable basketball fan knows that the finals has 2-3-2 format.
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no because VC is a man who will play good only if the team is winning don't forget how he quit on the raptors during his  tenure there. We only saw the real Vince Carter at the All-Star games.
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Unquestionably, you're talking about the two greatest rivalries in the history of basketball, especially since both sets of rivals competed for a decade, in their primes...\n\nWilt vs Russell was the greater spectacle to watch, because the directly guarded each other.\n\n\nWith Bird playing F and Magic playing G, neither had the direct resonsibilty to defend the other.\n\nHowever, it is true that Wilt vs Bill was more one sided in terms of W/L, Magic and Bird made you wonder who was going to win...\n\nI have a lot of the Bird/Magic games on tape, and am in the process of transferring them to DVDs... I have all the playoff finals games, as well as 10 or 12 regular season matchups...\n\nOnce Wilt went to the Lakers, his teams won more regularly, but the 7th game of the 69 finals is the most controversial game 7 ever played, with Russell's Celts being Wilt's Lakers, 108-106.\n\nMagic vs Bird 'revitalized' the NBA, but the reason it needed to be revitalized is because there was no more Wilt vs. Russell...\n\n\nAt the moment, there are no "Bird vs. Magic" rivalries on the horizon.  "Bron" vs. "Melo" is a made-for-ESPN manufactured 'rivalry', but neither of them have been able to take their teams ANYWHERE.  Bird and Magic EACH won a championship at a comparable stage in their careers. Bird and Magic instantly transformed mediocre (Lakers) to bad (Celtics) teams into champions.\n\nIMO, the basketball played between the Lakers and Celtics during the 1980s was the best basketball ever played, in terms of the quality of play of both teams.\n\nAnd of course, there'll never be another Wilt or Russell.
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pat riley\n\nlakers\n\nplaying: Riley later signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, helping them win the 1972 NBA Finals.\n\n\ncoaching: L.A. Lakers (1982,1985, 1987-88)
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One series has nothing to do with another.  Bernie Williams has hit great in about half his playoff series... and hit horribly in the other half.\n\nA-Rod's actually done about the same thing.  He just got cold at a bad time last year... and because the Yankees got eliminated, he never got a chance to make up for it.
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The Boston Celtics, win 16 NBA titles.\n\nThe LA Lakers have been to the most NBA finals however, making it to the final stage 28 times, although they only won the title 14 times.\n\nThe Celtics in the time of Bill Russell was the greatest dynasty in NBA history, winning 10 titles in 11 years between 1959 and 1969.
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The Celtics would have one at least 2 more titles with Bias.  Then a once they started getting good Reggie Lewis collapses and dies.  After those two losses the dynasty was destroyed.  But one day we will rise again!\n\nGo Celtics.
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No, Shortdog. He played for Chicago, Portland and Houston before he crapped out completely.  One of the most overrated players in NBA history next to Charles Barkley.
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Bill Walsh - the 49ers had a very entertaining style of play.
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Hmm. Yes, I think so. He has been treated EXTREMELY well by that organization. Not just him but his friends, family, and his "posse." The Cavs even went as far as giving the owner's seats (to away games) to his posse.\nBut when it comes down to winning a championship, he "can" win one with Cleveland but it'll just take a little longer, rather than signing with a team who has a history of winning or whose basketball operations are stable enough and are not in the rebuilding process anymore.
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1. Houston Rockets: Hakeem Olajuwon, C, Houston \n2. Portland Trailblazers: Sam Bowie, C, Kentucky \n3. Chicago Bulls: Michael Jordan, SG, North Carolina
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Maccabi Tel Aviv I think. It did win the back to back Euroleague titles in 2004 and 2005 when it had Sarunas Jasikevicius.
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The NBA is biased for Shaq since he puts butts in seats. The league is not necessarily a wuss for suspending Stackhouse but it does promote corruption in fair play for a great sport.