Former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown and Dallas Mavericks assistant Dwane Casey are two candidates for the Golden Warriors’ coaching job, but no one is expected to be hired soon, possibly not before the June 23 draft.
A team source confirmed ESPN.com‘s report that the Warriors have plans to interview Brown and Casey, with Casey’s likely coming before the Mavericks start the Western Conference finals.
Another team source confirmed the Warriors’ interest in Boston Celtics assistant coach Lawrence Frank. He isn’t formerly scheduled to be interviewed, the source said, but he is on the Warriors’ list. Another source said the Warriors have some interest in Los Angeles Lakers assistant Brian Shaw, an Oakland native and Bishop O’Dowd High grad.
Rose, Bulls ramble past Hawks
Derrick Rose scored 33 points, Luol Deng added 23, and the host Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 95-83 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead. Taj Gibson had 11 points — all in the fourth quarter. Rose also scored 11 in the fourth, and the Bulls pounded the Hawks 26-15 in the quarter.
Game 6 is Thursday in Atlanta, and Chicago is one win from its first conference finals appearance since 1998.
Rose showed why he is the league’s youngest MVP, hitting 11 of 24 shots and finishing with nine assists. It was a big improvement over Game 4 when he needed 32 shots to score 34 points.
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World Cup bribery accusations unfurled
Six executive committee members of soccer’s governing body FIFA were accused of receiving or demanding bribes during bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Issa Hayatou of Cameroon and Jacques Anouma of the Ivory Coast were allegedly paid $1.5 million to vote for the Gulf nation of Qatar, which beat out the United States for the 2022 Cup in a December vote, according to evidence submitted to a British parliamentary inquiry by The Sunday Times newspaper.
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