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Curry responded by benching Iverson, then the whole season was lost.GM Joe Dumars spent his entire cap room gained by trading Billups on role players such as Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva, Chris Wilcox, and Ben Wallace Longtime assistant John Kuester was named head coach elton john your song . The result is yet to be seen.Winner: Larry Brown Seattle Supersonics/Oklahoma City ThunderPaul Westphal clashed with stars Vin Baker and Gary Payton elton . He was fired as former Sonics player Nate McMillan was named head coach.McMillan compiled several mediocre seasons partially because Gary Payton was traded for Ray Allen elton john your song mp3 . Everything finally came together in 2005 as the Sonics finished No elton john greatest hits 1970 2002 . 3 in the West and made the second round.McMillan bailed at the end of the season for nearby rival, the Portland Trail Blazers. His replacement, longtime assistant Bob Weiss, proved to be very incompetent He was fired after less than half a season However, his replacements, Bob Hill then P.J.

Carlesimo, were no better.Scott Brooks eventually led this team toward the right direction.Winner: Nate McMillan Indiana PacersLarry Bird led the Pacers to the finals in 2000 before voluntarily stepping down.Isiah Thomas was his replacement elton john tickets . He began to rebuild this aging team by acquiring Jermaine O'Neal and developing him into a franchise cornerstone.He was fired after an underachieving season and Larry Bird, his longtime rival in his playing days, returned to the team as President.  Bird replaced Thomas with his former assistant, Rick Carlisle, who enjoyed a productive stint as the head coach of the Pistons.Carlisle's stint started off promising by finishing No elton john your song sheet music . 1 in the East in his first season.  But, the infamous brawl at the palace, in which star Ron Artest was suspended for the entire season (also lengthy suspension for stars Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson) began his demise.The retirement of franchise icon Reggie Miller further set the team down to mediocrity youtube elton john your song . Carlisle was fired in 2007 after missing the playoffs.Former Celtics and Sixers head coach, Jim O'Brien, was named as the new head coach eltonjohn tickets .

He has compiled a few mediocre seasons so far.Winner: Larry Bird Cleveland CavaliersUnder Randy Wittman's watch, the Cavs were a below average team with no direction.The team regressed even more when former Sixers head coach John Lucas replaced him . He was fired midway through his second season.With the selection of LeBron James in the 2003 draft, former Hornets head coach Paul Silas was brought in to lead the team youtube eltonjohn . The team missed the playoffs both seasons and Silas was fired.Under former Spurs assistant, Mike Brown, the Cavs had four consecutive playoff appearances including one final appearance.Winner: Mike Brown Washington WizardsThe head coaching position was a revolving door eltonjohn songs . Gar Heard and Darrell Walker flopped, so management brought in successful college coach Leonard Hamilton in as head coach.Hamilton was fired after one horrible season and Michael Jordan hand-picked former Bulls and Pistons head coach Doug Collins as his successor as he prepared to launch his comeback.Collins failed to lead the Wizards to the playoffs in both seasons in which Michael Jordan played . He was fired after Jordan's retirement.Former Kings head coach Eddie Jordan was brought in He instilled his unique Princeton offense. His tenure was marked by the signing of Gilbert Arenas as the team's franchise player.