Ex-Pistons Coach Chuck Daly Diagnosed With Cancer

[duncan228]

Ex-Pistons coach Chuck Daly diagnosed with cancer (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-pistons-daly-cancer&prov=ap&type=lgns)


Former Detroit Pistons coach Chuck Daly has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

The team says Friday that Daly “is being treated for the cancer and his family is requesting privacy.”

[tlongII]

Damn...

That sucks.

[IronMexican]

Hope he gets better soon.

[balli]

Shitty. I've read some fascinating Daly interviews over the years. He single handidly turned me into a Dennis Rodman fan, who is now one of my all-time favorite NBA players.

[BlackSwordsMan]

Hope he gets better soon.

I'm pretty sure the survival rate of pancreatic cancer is really low

[balli]

Oh it's pancreatic? Yeah, he's done for. That sucks.

[Bob Lanier]

Pancreatic cancer = dead inside a year.

A real shame, but he's lived a long and successful life.

[mogrovejo]

Bad news. I grew up hating his teams but he was a fine Coach dressing excellent suits. Here's hoping his remaining moments in this world are as pleasant, funny and enjoyable as ever.

[CubanMustGo]

Hope he can beat the odds.

[Spurs Brazil]

Hope he can beat the odds.

:tu

[m33p0]

he has lived a long, happy and successful life. my best wishes to him and his family.

[ImmortalD24]

Damn...

That sucks.

[Rogue]

Pancreatic cancer = dead inside a year.

A real shame, but he's lived a long and successful life.
the medical technologies in us are quite different from those you know in your country.

[CubanMustGo]

I'd say Bob Lanier knows the subject matter better than you:

http://www.pancreatic.org/site/c.htJYJ8MPIwE/b.891917/k.5123/Prognosis_of_Pancreatic_Cancer.htm


While pancreatic cancer survival rates have been improving from decade to decade, the disease is still considered largely incurable.

Survival Rates

According to the American Cancer Society, for all stages of pancreatic cancer combined, the one-year relative survival rate is 20%, and the five-year rate is 4%. These low survival rates are attributable to the fact that fewer than 10% of patients' tumors are confined to the pancreas at the time of diagnosis; in most cases, the malignancy has already progressed to the point where surgical removal is impossible.

[bigdog]

Wow, sad to hear that. There's a slim chance, but you never know, anything can happen. I hope he can pull through.

[resistanze]

Yeah pancreatic cancer is a real killer. Very unfortunate.

[IronMexican]

That really sucks. I hope he can survive this.

[lefty]

Hope he survives.

I don't know if his diet and/or drinking habits were a factor here, but it's easy to put stress on your pancreas with junk

That reminds us we have to try to have the healthiest lifestyle possible

[exstatic]

There are actually two kinds of pancreatic cancer. Steve Jobs was diagnosed with the "other" (islet cell neuroendocrine tumor) kind 4-5 years ago. He's thin, but alive. The surgery for this is a bizarre re-routing of the digestion system that makes it hard to absorb nutrients.

The bad kind (adenocarcinoma ) does sort of require that you get your affairs in order immediately, though.

[BlackSwordsMan]

which does patrick swayze have?

[exstatic]

which does patrick swayze have?

Don't know. You have a 20% life expectancy for 1 year with the bad kind.

[JoeTait75]

That's terrible news. Coach Daly is one-of-a-kind. He was Billy Cunningham's brain in Philadelphia, the best 9-32 coach the Cavaliers ever had, and next to Phil Jackson, no coach in the last twenty or thirty years has had more success managing oddballs and egos. Just look at what he did with the Rodmonian.

As has been said already, his chances are very slim. But at 78, he's lived a full and rich life. He reached the pinnacle of his profession. Not many can say either.

I wish him only the best.

[duncan228]

Daly’s cancer diagnosis latest blow to NBA (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/Dalys_cancer_diagnosis_latest_blow_to_NBA.html)
Mike Monroe - Express-News

The bad news just keeps coming in the NBA this season.

Now we learn that Chuck Daly, the dapper coach of the Detroit Pistons’ championship teams of 1989 and 1990, has pancreatic cancer, a daunting diagnosis.

This news follows the passing of Jazz owner Larry H. Miller, Bulls player, coach and broadcaster Johnny “Red” Kerr and former Bulls defensive great Norm Van Lier.

Daly coached the Pistons when they broke the Celtics’ stranglehold on the Eastern Conference in the late 1980s. His teams played such physical defense they were known as the “Bad Boys.” They reveled in the animosity they engendered.

He also coached the one and only true United States “Dream Team” to the 1992 Olympic gold medal in Barcelona. He went through that tournament without once needing to call a timeout.

Style was important to a man who never wore a suit unless it was navy blue. He turned accessories — shirts, ties and pocket foulards — into his own elegant look.

That’s why my favorite story about Daly involves a disheveled appearance.

When a Detroit newspaper sports columnist was in a hospital, dying from pancreatic cancer, Daly showed up to visit. The columnist, a bear of a man, may have had the world’s biggest collection of colorful Hawaiian shirts, his own fashion trademark.

A friend decided the columnist might get a few laughs that day if every visitor — and there were many — went Hawaiian.

He got a dozen of the columnist’s shirts from his closet and took them to the hospital, waiting outside his room, barring entry to anyone who would not slip one on.

Daly showed up in Navy blue perfection. In the hallway, he stripped off his coat, shirt and tie and donned a garish amalgamation of red, yellow and lavender.

The columnist laughed until he cried, and when Daly finally left the room to retrieve his clothes, he broke into tears of his own. He wore the Aloha shirt home.

[lefty]

Daly’s cancer diagnosis latest blow to NBA (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/Dalys_cancer_diagnosis_latest_blow_to_NBA.html)
Mike Monroe - Express-News

The bad news just keeps coming in the NBA this season.

Now we learn that Chuck Daly, the dapper coach of the Detroit Pistons’ championship teams of 1989 and 1990, has pancreatic cancer, a daunting diagnosis.

This news follows the passing of Jazz owner Larry H. Miller, Bulls player, coach and broadcaster Johnny “Red” Kerr and former Bulls defensive great Norm Van Lier.

Daly coached the Pistons when they broke the Celtics’ stranglehold on the Eastern Conference in the late 1980s. His teams played such physical defense they were known as the “Bad Boys.” They reveled in the animosity they engendered.

He also coached the one and only true United States “Dream Team” to the 1992 Olympic gold medal in Barcelona. He went through that tournament without once needing to call a timeout.

Style was important to a man who never wore a suit unless it was navy blue. He turned accessories — shirts, ties and pocket foulards — into his own elegant look.

That’s why my favorite story about Daly involves a disheveled appearance.

When a Detroit newspaper sports columnist was in a hospital, dying from pancreatic cancer, Daly showed up to visit. The columnist, a bear of a man, may have had the world’s biggest collection of colorful Hawaiian shirts, his own fashion trademark.

A friend decided the columnist might get a few laughs that day if every visitor — and there were many — went Hawaiian.

He got a dozen of the columnist’s shirts from his closet and took them to the hospital, waiting outside his room, barring entry to anyone who would not slip one on.

Daly showed up in Navy blue perfection. In the hallway, he stripped off his coat, shirt and tie and donned a garish amalgamation of red, yellow and lavender.

The columnist laughed until he cried, and when Daly finally left the room to retrieve his clothes, he broke into tears of his own. He wore the Aloha shirt home.

Man, that's a really moving story :depressed

[lil_penny]

Patrick swayzie beat it, come on chuck!! Hopefully he can beat the odds.. pancreatic cancer is usually a death sentence.

[BWS-1994]

he has lived a long, happy and successful life. my best wishes to him and his family.


Patrick swayzie beat it, come on chuck!! Hopefully he can beat the odds.. pancreatic cancer is usually a death sentence.

:tu

[szumi]

best wishes mr. daly

[Summers]

Patrick swayzie beat it, come on chuck!! Hopefully he can beat the odds.. pancreatic cancer is usually a death sentence.

I don't think Swayze's beaten it; I think he's stopped treatment, but I haven't been following it that closely.

[JoeTait75]

I don't think Swayze's beaten it; I think he's stopped treatment, but I haven't been following it that closely.

Remission period for any cancer is five years. If that TV show of Swayze's is in Season 6, and he's still on it, then we'll know he's beaten it.

[21_Blessings]

the medical technologies in us are quite different from those you know in your country.

Daly is stage 4. Dead man walking.

[lil_penny]

I don't think Swayze's beaten it; I think he's stopped treatment, but I haven't been following it that closely.


He beat it in a way he was suppose to be dead months ago if I remember right.. no way in hell brody from point break was going out like that he said.

[tlongII]

Unfortunately I don't believe Patrick Swayze has beat it.