Lakers speak to Phil Jackson

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Source : Yahoo Sports

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Lakers spoke to 11-time NBA champion coach Phil Jackson on Saturday about returning for a third stint on their bench.

Jong Uichico to coach Smart Gilas "cadet"; Fil-ams join in

Source : AKTV

The SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national program is planning to send its cadet team to represent the country in the qualifying tournament organized by the Southeast Asian Basketball Association for this year’s FIBA Asia Cup, formerly known as the Stankovic Cup.

Orlando Magic fires Stan Van Gundy, GM Otis Smith

Photo from NBA.com

Source : NBA.com

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- For months the Orlando Magic have been trudging through the aftermath of a preseason trade request by Dwight Howard that sapped the life out of the franchise as internal team issues quickly affected the product on the floor.

Stan Van Gundy's future with the Magic uncertain

Source : David Aldridge, NBA.com

A decision on the fate of Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is not expected today, according to a league source, as the Magic’s front office undertakes a review of the just-completed season that is likely to take a few days.

Patrick Ewing to be interviewed for Bobcats coaching job

Source : Yahoo Sports

Orlando Magic assistant Patrick Ewing will interview for the Charlotte Bobcats head-coaching job, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Chot Reyes and Jong Uichico upbeat about Smart Gilas

Chot Reyes

Source : Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV

Chot Reyes has every reason to be optimistic in his second tour of duty as coach of the Philippine national men’s basketball team.

Rajko Toroman in talks with SMC

Source : Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV

Rajko Toroman won’t be the coach of the national team, but he isn’t saying goodbye to Philippine basketball just yet.

Jong Uichico reportedly joining Smart Gilas

Source : Nelson Beltran (philstar.com)

MANILA, Philippines – Joseph “Jong” Uichico, the eight-time PBA champion coach who steered the national team to fourth place in the 2002 Busan Asian Games, is leaving the SMC Group to join the Smart Gilas Pilipinas pool of coaches.

Kings fire Coach Westphal

Cousins (left) and Westphal (right)
did not get along 

Source : Marc J. Spears, Yahoo! Sports

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Determined to give their young team a fresh voice before another season is lost, the Sacramento Kings named Keith Smart to replace fired coach Paul Westphal.

Eric Spoelstra gets a contract extension

Source : Yahoo Sports

MIAMI (AP)—Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat have agreed on a contract extension, ending any speculation that Pat Riley’s protege would be a lame-duck coach this season.

Toroman waiting for a call

Source : Joaquin Henson The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - Coach Rajko Toroman is still in Serbia waiting for a call to return to Manila, tentatively in January, and discuss options for a continuing involvement with Philippine basketball. He was supposed to come back for a meeting with SBP president Manny V. Pangilinan last Nov. 15 but received a letter a few days earlier from Smart Gilas operations director Butch Antonio advising the postponement.

Glen Capacio named Philippine Patriots head coach

Source : (The Philippine Star)

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine team assistant coach and former PBA star Glenn Capacio has been tapped as coach of the AirAsia Philippine Patriots in the third season of the AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League which starts January next year.

Smart Gilas-Pilipinas : Toroman as consultant, Reyes as coach & Black as TNT coach?

Source : Jasmine W. Payo Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—Norman Black is set to make a return to the Philippine Basketball Association as a coaching rigodon is expected to be formalized this month involving teams bankrolled by business tycoon-sportsman Manny V. Pangilinan.

Coach Louie Alas passes up Patriots's extension offer

Source : Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV
The Philippine Patriots are still without a head coach in next season’s Asean Basketball League.

Billy Ray Bates signs with ABL's Philippine Patriots; gets new endorsement deal

Bates during his playing days

Source : Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV

The Black Superman is back in Philippine basketball.
Billy Ray Bates has signed a deal to become part of the coaching staff of the Philippine Patriots in the ASEAN Basketball League, his manager Sheryl Reyes said on Sunday.

Billy Ray Bates to be tapped as Philippine Patriots skills coach?

Source : Nelson Beltran (The Philippine Star)

MANILA, Philippines - Billy Ray Bates may well hook up as skills coach of the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League (ABL).

Tim Cone close to signing with B-Meg

Source : Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV

im Cone, the winningest among active coaches in the PBA, is close to bringing his famed triangle offense to the B-MEG Llamados.

Toroman : Smart Gilas still way off from top form

Source : June Navarro Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA—Smart Gilas Pilipinas scored an 80-71 victory over JordanSaturday night, but national coach Rajko Toroman said the team is far from the form that he wants it to be for the Fiba Asia championship—at least for the early part of the tournament.

Rajko Toroman : China can be beaten

Source : June Navarro Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA—Coach Rajko Toroman insists that China can be beaten at its home turf and that solid shooting and key defensive stops in the paint can help Smart Gilas Pilipinas pull off a surprise in the Fiba Asia Championship.

Tim Cone and Alaska go separate ways

Source : Mark Giongco INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—After 22 glorious PBA seasons, Alaska and its long-time head coach Tim Cone have decided to part ways.