It’s a somewhat predictable pattern: when there is friction between a big-time college coach and a big-time prospect, it usually doesn’t come to the surface until that player bolts for the professional ranks. Sometimes it comes through a surrogate. Kosta Koufos, now the first-round pick of the Utah Jazz, is now embroiled in a bit of this, as his high school coach is knocking his college coach for not using him well.
The CANTON REPOSITORY has GlenOak HS coach Jack Greynolds, Jr. calling Ohio State coach Thad Matta “clueless” because he believes Matta didn’t use Koufos properly on the offensive end.
Ric Bucher is an entertaining fellow. When the ESPN NBA analyst isn’t reporting incorrect trade deals, he’s offending entire states & religions.
SPORTS MEDIA WATCH tunes in to hear Bucher go off on fans of the Utah Jazz. Appearing on Colin Cowherd’s show Wednesday, Ric tried to explain why the Jazz seem to have such a strong home-court advantage:
Last time Mehmet Okur caught our eye, he was partying with Andrei Kirilenko (and someone who wasn’t Andrei’s wife, in a rather demonstrative position).
Now Matt Watson of AOL FANHOUSE has a pointer to another memorable Mehmet moment, this time as he digitizes his feelings during a recent Clippers-Jazz game at Staples Center.
No one, including the SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, was really sure who the Turk was aiming the bird at. We’re guessing it was a psychosomatic reaction to what he was thinking about Jerry Sloan at that moment. Or maybe those dratted Kurds as they mass on Turkey’s border (ok, it’s probably not that).
