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Players are kings in the NBA, and coaches shouldn't forget it - 2004-02-13
It's the new method of the NBA player - quit on a coach you don't approve of and you get a new one.

How else can you define that the New Jersey Nets have won nine straight games since Lawrence Frank replaced Byron Scott and that all of the victories have been by multiple figures?
Ali still possesses the star power, and it's a much more secure gamble going with Ali than choosing some 19-year old basketball star and anticipating he stays out of trouble. Hey Antwoine Smith, you just won the Super Bowl. Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh. Nice rookie class in the NBA.
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Ben Wallace, the NBA's special star; not high-scoring or flamboyant - 2004-02-13
He is not one of the top-scoring all-stars, nor one of the most flamboyant. Pose to a casual NBA fan to name the starting centre for the Eastern Conference and it's no certain thing they'll come up with the right answer: Ben Wallace.

Wallace seemingly never gets fatigued and makes the non-shooting plays look great - grabbing rebounds above the rim, halting shots or making improbable steals.
Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars relayed that Wallace reminds him a lot of one of his former Bad Boys teammates.
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