The Smoking Cuban » NBA http://thesmokingcuban.com A Dallas Mavericks Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 21 May 2013 19:51:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Vinny Del Negro Out http://thesmokingcuban.com/2013/05/21/vinny-del-negro-out/ http://thesmokingcuban.com/2013/05/21/vinny-del-negro-out/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:50:47 +0000 Rodney Fisher http://thesmokingcuban.com/?p=1747 After going 128-102 in three seasons, the Los Angeles Clippers have decided to part ways with their head coach Vinny Del Negro.  This is being reported by ESPN.com There has been growing concern that in order to keep Chris Paul the Clippers would have to get a new coach. Both parties seemed to not get [...]

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]]> After going 128-102 in three seasons, the Los Angeles Clippers have decided to part ways with their head coach Vinny Del Negro.  This is being reported by ESPN.com

There has been growing concern that in order to keep Chris Paul the Clippers would have to get a new coach. Both parties seemed to not get along at times throughout the last two seasons.

His contract will officially be over June 30th. Who will decide who is the next coach, Chris Paul or Blake Griffin?

More details to follow

]]> http://thesmokingcuban.com/2013/05/21/vinny-del-negro-out/feed/ 0 Damian Lillard named 2013 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year; Anthony Davis Second http://thesmokingcuban.com/2013/05/01/damian-lillard-named-kia-nba-rookie-of-the-year-anthony-davis-second/ http://thesmokingcuban.com/2013/05/01/damian-lillard-named-kia-nba-rookie-of-the-year-anthony-davis-second/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 01:54:36 +0000 Rodney Fisher http://thesmokingcuban.com/?p=1742 It is official everyone. Damian Lillard has been officially named the 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year, which is the exclamation point to an unexpected season for the point guard. Lillard won the award hands down. He was a unaimous winner, receiving all 121 first place votes. Blake Griffin was the last rookie to win [...]

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]]> It is official everyone. Damian Lillard has been officially named the 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year, which is the exclamation point to an unexpected season for the point guard.

Lillard won the award hands down. He was a unaimous winner, receiving all 121 first place votes. Blake Griffin was the last rookie to win in such fashion. This season he averaged a rookie high 19 points per game, 6.5 assists, and a little over 38 minutes per game.

This is how the voting finished via NBA.com:

2012-2013 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Voting Results

Rookie, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Damian Lillard, Portland 121 – – 605
Anthony Davis, New Orleans – 96 18 306
Bradley Beal, Washington – 14 52 94
Andre Drummond, Detroit – 5 21 36
Dion Waiters, Cleveland – 2 15 21
Harrison Barnes, Golden State – 1 5 8
Chris Copeland, New York – 2 2 8
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Charlotte – – 3 3
Jonas Valanciunas, Toronto – – 2 2
John Jenkins, Atlanta – – 1 1
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