2006 NBA Champion Del Harris Retiring

[Ghazi]

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=4221423

Dunno if this was already posted

Updated: June 2, 2009, 10:58 AM ET
Bulls assistant coach Harris retiring
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Veteran NBA coach Del Harris, who spent this season as an assistant with the Chicago Bulls, is retiring.

"I would like to thank Del Harris for all of his hard work and dedication this past season," Bulls general manager Gar Forman said in a statement on the team's Web site. "He has had a terrific career and we wish him the best in his retirement."

Harris, who turns 72 in June, has been coaching for 50 years in the NBA, collegiate and high school levels, as well as overseas. He compiled a 556-457 (.549) record in 12 seasons as an NBA head coach with three different teams -- the Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers.

"I was very fortunate to have Del by my side this past season," Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro said in a statement. "His knowledge and understanding of the game were an incredible benefit and help.

"He has had a tremendous and successful coaching career that is quite remarkable. In his 50 years of coaching, he has had such a positive impact on so many people's lives on and off the court. I was truly thankful for his support and encouragement throughout last season. I can only wish Del and his family all the best."

The 1994-95 NBA Coach of the Year with the Lakers, Harris also guided the Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

If Ghazi is gonna do this stupid 2006 bullshit then I'm gonna do my own version:

Suns 1995 NBA champions!!!!

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

1 ring faggot

[timtonymanu]

If Ghazi is gonna do this stupid 2006 bullshit then I'm gonna do my own version:

Suns 1995 NBA champions!!!!

or 2007 NBA champions... even if u dont feel that way.

[Ghazi]

Del fucking Harris, 2006 NBA fucking Champion

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

or 2007 NBA champions... even if u dont feel that way.

The 2007 Suns lost because of things they could have controlled. No one forced them to get off the bench.

The 1995 Suns would have run a train through the playoffs if not for injuries and "fluke" Sam Cassell shots.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Del fucking Harris, 2006 NBA fucking Champion

1995 Suns >>> 2006 Mavericks

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Charles Barkley > Dirk Nowitzki
Kevin Johnson > Jason Terry
Thunder Dan > Jerry Stackhouse
Danny Manning > Josh Howard
AC Green > Erica Dampier

[Ghazi]

2006 was a pretty easy road to the championship for the Mavs now that I think about it.

49-33 Grizzlies team led by Pau Gasol
Spurs- this was the hard part. and it was essentially a coin flip. Which we won
Amareless Suns- probably lose if Amare is playing

Then an aging Heat team w/ Jason Williams/Antoine Walker in the starting 5.

I guess we weren't THAT great that year, and are perhaps one of the weaker champions of all time. But alas

2005-2007 in retrospect appeared to be a weak time in the league. I'm glad the Mavs capitalized at least once though.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

2006 was a pretty easy road to the championship for the Mavs now that I think about it.

49-33 Grizzlies team led by Pau Gasol
Spurs- this was the hard part. and it was essentially a coin flip. Which we won
Amareless Suns- probably lose if Amare is playing

Then an aging Heat team w/ Jason Williams/Antoine Walker in the starting 5.

I guess we weren't THAT great that year, and are perhaps one of the weaker champions of all time. But alas

2005-2007 in retrospect appeared to be a weak time in the league. I'm glad the Mavs capitalized at least once though.

I agree especially about the 2005-2007 part.....it was an extremely weak time. Any other three year period and the run and gun Suns look a lot weaker than they looked, it's time for people to get over that fuckin team,

[Bob Lanier]

The Mavs and Kings were jobbed badly enough that Ghazi's interpretation is valid, even if his enthusiasm is obnoxious.

But the '95 Suns just didn't play well enough. You might as well say that the 2005 Pistons were NBA champions just because Larry Brown drew up a bad play and Rip Hamilton missed a jump shot against Tony Parker at the end of Game 5. Blame Dan Majerle, Joe Klein, and AC Green for sucking for most of the series.

[dallaskd]

great guy, i used to go to church with him.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

But the '95 Suns just didn't play well enough.

Hey douche, I'm sure that would have been a different story if Danny Manning was healthy and if Kevin Johnson hadn't been playing through injuries the entire season.

I specifically said "if not for injuries". If Manning is healthy Phoenix face fucks that Houston team.

[IronMexican]

2007 was real fucking weak.

[poop]

Spurs NBA Champs 2003-2007

* 2004 fisher fluke shot
* 2006 fixed reffing

[Ghazi]

It basically comes down to superstars as to why the league was weaker a few years ago. (2006)

1. Kobe didn't have a good roster
2. Pierce/Garnett/Allen were dispersed amongst irrelevant teams. In unison they form a strong team
3. James/Melo/CP3/Williams/Dwight Howard/Roy were either too young or on bad/mediocre teams
4. Yao/T-Mac missed a combined 60+ games in 05-06, so that team went 34-48
5. Amare was out for year

Weak time indeed! Teams with Mike Bibby, Elton Brand, and Pau Gasol as the best players made the West playoffs that year. That shit ain't eva happenin again.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Blame Dan Majerle, Joe Klein, and AC Green for sucking for most of the series.

Chances are them sucking wouldn't have had such a large impact if Danny Manning was healthy.

[Ghazi]

Did you guys know Steve Nash has been on the roster of the past EIGHT teams to lead the league in offensive efficiency? (DAL 02-04, PHX 05-09)

The great Steve Nash ladies and gentlemen, the great Steve Nash

-see sig

That MAY end next year though.

[Bob Lanier]

KJ played well, and Manning was always overrated even when he wasn't busy being injured.

You might as well say that the chances of the early-decade Orlando Magic being competitive would be much higher if Grant Hill were healthy.

[Bob Lanier]

Did you guys know Steve Nash has been on the roster of the past EIGHT teams to lead the league in offensive efficiency? (DAL 02-04, PHX 05-09)
Portland led the league in offensive efficiency this year, and I can't be arsed to go back further, but you're probably wrong in more cases than one.

Edit: I can be arsed.

09 Blazers - no Nash
08 Jazz - no Nash
07 Suns
06 Mavs - no Nash
05 Suns
04 Mavs
03 Mavs
02 Mavs
01 Bucks - no Nash
00 Pacers - no Nash

Not that it isn't still impressive.

[MiamiHeat]

http://www.allcanes.com/blog/uploaded_images/heat_champs-777955.jpg

[dirk4mvp]

http://www.allcanes.com/blog/uploaded_images/heat_champs-777955.jpg

Why are you posting pictures? Shouldn't you be in your other thread making more lame ass stuff up?

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Manning was always overrated even when he wasn't busy being injured.

Here Bob "I'm fuckin retarded" Lanier (that's two people that have used that nickname now) goes again spewing bullshit out of his ass.

Manning was the 2nd leading scorer on that team and they were 36-10 before he got his first of many devastating injuries. It's safe to say they were the best team in the NBA by far before he got injured you stupid fuck.

[MiamiHeat]

http://www.hotmoviesale.com/dvds/26942/1/NBA-Miami-Heat-2005-2006-Champions-15-Strong.jpg

[MiamiHeat]

Why are you posting pictures? Shouldn't you be in your other thread making more lame ass stuff up?

http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/PHO/AAHE103_8x10~Miami-Heat-2006-NBA-Finals-Posters.jpg

[dirk4mvp]

You're pseudo-cousins are pseudo-faggots.

[Ghazi]

Quit gaying my THREAD FAGGOT!

[Ghazi]

If a picture of Antoine fucking Walker and Jason FUCKING Williams doesn't tell you the Mavs were robbed and therefore are the true 2006 NBA Champions, I don't know what the fuck else will.

No team should ever feature Antoine Walker and Jason Williams in the starting 5 and win a championship.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

My guess is Bob Lanier is gonna post some retarded "It was a very weak 36-10" bullshit since all he can do to counter facts and logic is use his bullshit opinions about who is overrated.

[BadOdor]

Mavs 2006 champs.

[mavs>spurs2]

Mavs 2006 champs.

thats what im fuckin talkin about!!! :clap

[MiamiHeat]

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/AAHE099_8x10~Shaquille-O-Neal-And-Dwayne-Wade-2006-NBA-Finals-Posters.jpg

[Bob Lanier]

It's safe to say they were the best team in the NBA by far before he got injured you stupid fuck.
Not by far, but I'll agree that they were the best team in the NBA at the time. Certainly better than Orlando.

What does that have to do with the playoffs? Manning's knees were made of chalk, like Yao's feet. This year, with a healthy Yao the Rockets would have finished off the Lakers and probably beaten the Nuggets, and their record against the Magic speaks for itself. Shall we crown them champions? An injury-prone player is like a stupid player - if you bring him in, you must accept the bad with the good.

No, specific calls in specific games in a Finals or Conference Finals are different and considerably more challenging to a champion's legacy than are the traits of the opposing teams.

[MiamiHeat]

Mavs 2006 champs.

http://pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=202&size=550x550_mb&ptp_photo_id=400420

[Spursfan092120]

The 2007 Suns lost because of things they could have controlled. No one forced them to get off the bench.

Wow..I'm incredibly impressed...you are the first Suns fan I've ever seen say that.
:tu

[MiamiHeat]

Quit gaying my THREAD FAGGOT!

http://english.people.com.cn/200606/21/images/dwade.jpg

[Ghazi]

aySGUzzxjGE&feature=fvst

[MiamiHeat]

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/4589/dallasmavericksyj5.jpg

[MiamiHeat]

aeature=fvst

http://thefeed.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/04/30/baron.jpg

[MiamiHeat]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/04/sports/04cnd-warriors2.600.jpg

[Ghazi]

My apologies guys that this little FGT is gaying my thread.

2006 NBA Champions

[MiamiHeat]

Yes, Miami Heat 2006 NBA Champions.

[Ghazi]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/136637-how-one-bad-call-labeled-dirk-nowitzki-a-choker

a good read about how the Mavs are the 2006 NBA CHamps and the worst call in Finals history tarnishing Dirk's reputation and legacy.

[MiamiHeat]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/136637-how-one-bad-call-labeled-dirk-nowitzki-a-choker

a good read about how the Mavs are the 2006 NBA CHamps and the worst call in Finals history tarnishing Dirk's reputation and legacy.

oh, you mean the call in game Five?

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chrisneo/nba_g_wade_300.jpg

THIS ONE?

That's called a FOUL

[MiamiHeat]

and Dirk is known as a choker because after losing a 2-0 lead and losing the Finals in 6 games,

he lost to the Warriors in the first round the following season in 5 games.

http://www.sim0nsays.com/IMG_9514.JPG

[Spursfan092120]

oh, you mean the call in game Five?

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/chrisneo/nba_g_wade_300.jpg

THIS ONE?

That's called a FOUL
yep..sure as shit looks like a foul to me.

[Ghazi]

Heat fan seems awful sensitive.

I would be insecure too if my "championship" wasn't actually a championship.

[MiamiHeat]

Mavericks fan ventures into crazy land, an imaginary world where Dirk actually carried a team to the championship

I would be crazy too if my 'favorite team' was such a choker.

[Ghazi]

The foul was called on Dirk that play.

Depth perception may be playing a role there.

The foul was called from half court by a notoriously bad official.

I wish I could post the youtube link of the slew of phantom fouls, but a lot of them were deleted after the Donaghy scandal.

2006 NBA Champs Dallas Mavs

[MiamiHeat]

The foul was called on Dirk that play.

It could be called on you for all I care. There was a foul. Wade gets his 2 shots regardless to win the game.

[MiamiHeat]

2006 NBA Champs Dallas Mavs

http://www.tjscollectiblesinc.com/i//2006_Miami_Heat_c_ring-5.JPG

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Manning's knees were made of chalk, like Yao's feet.

Before that injury in 1995 he never had any major health issues. Just look at his stats that season.

[j-money24]

I dont know why people say Kobe can't win a ring without Shaq while he also can't win one with Kobe since he never did win the ship in 2006, DALLAS MAVERICKS 2006 NBA champs.

[MiamiHeat]

http://pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=202&size=550x550_mb&ptp_photo_id=400420

[Ghazi]

I dont know why people say Kobe can't win a ring without Shaq while he also can't win one with Kobe since he never did win the ship in 2006, DALLAS MAVERICKS 2006 NBA champs.

Agreed

Shaq hasn't even won a playoff series in 3 years.

[lefty]

He does have great hair though

[Rogue]

06 NBA finals got rigged, Mavs were the real champions that year.

btw, FUCK the MIMMY CHEAT

[Bob Lanier]

Before that injury in 1995 he never had any major health issues. Just look at his stats that season.
I'd call a torn ACL a fairly major health issue for a pro athlete.

[Bob Lanier]

yep..sure as shit looks like a foul to me.
From that angle, sure.

[mavsluva]

2006 was a pretty easy road to the championship for the Mavs now that I think about it.

49-33 Grizzlies team led by Pau Gasol
Spurs- this was the hard part. and it was essentially a coin flip. Which we won
Amareless Suns- probably lose if Amare is playing

Then an aging Heat team w/ Jason Williams/Antoine Walker in the starting 5.

I guess we weren't THAT great that year, and are perhaps one of the weaker champions of all time. But alas

2005-2007 in retrospect appeared to be a weak time in the league. I'm glad the Mavs capitalized at least once though.

You really do need a productive hobby. I'd encourage you to find one as quickly as possible.

[Bob Lanier]

A productive hobby sounds like an oxymoron to me.

[sribb43]

The Bulls, especially Del Negro, will fade into medicority without Del much like what happened to Avery when Del departed

[Bob Lanier]

Racist.

[monosylab1k]

It could be called on you for all I care. There was a foul.

There was a foul called on Dirk. Because of that, what Devin Harris is doing means NOTHING. He could have pulled his pants down and started fucking Dwyane Wade in his ass right on the court, and if nobody calls a foul on him, IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER.

The foul was called on Dirk. Dirk didn't foul Wade. Therefore, it's bullshit. Fuck you.

[stretch]

lol, foul on dirk

5y8nI1PPYOk

[Gino]

If Ghazi is gonna do this stupid 2006 bullshit then I'm gonna do my own version:

Suns 1995 NBA champions!!!!

And 2007.

[poop]

haha this thread probably has Ghazi huddled in a corner in the fetal position.


you FAGGOTS can whine about bad calls in the finals all you want, but without those same horrible calls you pieces of shit wouldnt have even made the WCF.

[poop]

the refs ruined Dirk's legacy??? what happened then in '07? thats right, another EPIC CHOKE. and what happened in '08? another raping.

those same refs tarnished DUNCAN'S legacy by robbing him of a 3-peat in '06.

[dirk4mvp]

you FAGGOTS can whine about bad calls in the finals all you want, but without those same horrible calls you pieces of shit wouldnt have even made the WCF.

That might have something to do with Duncan missing point blank layups and Manu being a dumbass.