By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter The NBA has 30 teams in the league and half of the head coaching jobs will be filled by African Americans for the 2022-23 season. The highest number since ten years ago. The NBA is proving to the NFL that it does not need the Rooney Rule to fill […]
Read more "THE GREGG POPOVICH COACHING TREE"By NBA Media The NBA Play-In Tournament includes teams with the 7th through 10th-highest winning percentages in each conference and takes place April 12-15. Here’s a look at the final matchups. Eastern Conference 1. Miami Heat (clinched No. 1 seed)2. Boston Celtics (clinched No. 2 seed)3. Milwaukee Bucks (clinched No. 3 seed)4. Philadelphia 76ers (clinched […]
Read more "Survive & Advance: How the NBA Play-In Tournament spots got settled"The National Basketball Association (NBA) enters this year’s conference finals with three African American head coaches leading their teams to a possible championship. At the same time younger Black assistant coaches are being by passed consistently.
Read more "The 2021 NBA Coaching Carousel"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND- The National Basketball Association has to do a better job with their hiring and firing procedures. There are thirty teams and FIVE African American head coaches, 73 Black head coaches in 73 years, that is one per year. Remember the first Black head coach did not get a […]
Read more "HEY, NBA!! IT’S TIME!!"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter The NBA is showing how they really care about the WNBA, the female version of American professional basketball. The part-time owner of the Atlanta Dream has brought attention to the league. Ms. Kelly Loeffler took offense to her team wearing “Black Lives Matter,” and “Say Her Name,“on their warm-ups […]
Read more "Atlanta’s dream is a nightmare for the WNBA"By Eric D. Graham, Staff Reporter The Most Hated, The Most Motivated He’s Jordan Updated. I know, it’s been Debated But, he was born with Killer Instinct And I don’t care, what you think Nobody is better than Kobe. If there is, then show me Cause I am about to SET IT OFF So, let’s […]
Read more "Kobe Bryant: The Black Mamba"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND- This is the year of change and controversy for the players and teams in the (NBA) National Basketball Association but not one for African American head coaches. The NBA started on June 6, 1946 that was seventy three years ago. Believe it or not there have also been seventy […]
Read more "NBA BLACK HEAD COACHES: A 2019-20 PERSPECTIVE"American Pimped – The Old Heads’ Chronicles, Volume VI By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM/ STR – ITR (Editor’s Note: When it comes to the money, shit can get funny. Who gets it, who keeps it, who steals it, who deals it. Allow this gem from the archives […]
Read more "AMERICAN ‘PIMPED’ – THE OLD HEADS’ CHRONICLES, VOL.VI"NEW YORK — The 2019 NBA playoff schedule on ESPN, ABC, TNT, and NBA TV has been released. The playoffs begin on Saturday, April 13. This year’s NBA playoff schedule includes more primetime games on ABC, which is scheduled to carry at least two primetime games in the first round. The postseason gets underway April […]
Read more "2019 NBA Playoffs First Round Schedule"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter The Golden State Warriors could be called the class organization of the (NBA) National Basketball Association as they stride to win their fourth championship in five years. This is the team of the decade that keeps on adding pieces to their winning puzzle and breaking records in the process. […]
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