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Sidney Moncrief: Apparently, heading to China
Some interesting stuff going on in the Lakers' 114-106 win over the Warriors tonight ... such as Anthony Randolph's extended cameo, Marco Belinelli's solid defensive effort on Kobe Bryant and Jamal Crawford's continued inconsistency.
There was some news off the court, too,
Apparently, it was Sidney Moncrief's last game as a Warriors assistant coach.
I don't have all the details, but Moncrief was saying plenty of good-byes at Oracle Arena before tip-off against the Lakers. My understanding is that he is taking a coaching job in China, but that's really all I know.
Moncrief was hired last season as a free-throw shooting coach and was promoted to assistant coach in the offseason. At that point he went from sitting behind the bench to sitting in the first row.
A Warriors spokesman said he had no information on the matter.
Only two weeks ago, Warriors head coach Don Nelson said he was handing the defensive responsibilities of the team over to Keith Smart and Moncrief. Apparently, it's all going to be on Smart now.
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Comments
All over.
THIS GUY started the influx of D-League talent on this team with finding Azubuike. It's all his fault that half our team is a bunch of untalented schmoes. Sayonara! Don't let the door hit ya on the way out.
Niners09 is about the most clueless poster I've ever ever seen.
Doesn't surprise me that Rowell nominated him to guide a Chinese team, and hawked him out to China just like Thunder.
This guy was a baller, and the only one of the coaches that can really relate to most players in the last 10 years.
Get Avery Johnson in here to take over now!
Rats. Vessel. Water.
did you notice last season how right after the Ws hired him the whole team's FT% jumped about 10% points?
Moncrief was awesome.
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