The awards continue to trickle in.............
ESPN and the Memphis Commercial Appeal are reporting that Hubie Brown has won the NBA Coach of the Year award for the first time since he last won it in 1978 with the Atlanta Hawks. He will be honored and presented the award fittingly before Memphis's first playoff game tomorrow night against SA.
Hubie deserved this award so I have no objections with it.
Hubie, congrats you ole' bag of fart!!!!!!!!
story link.....
EDIT: for those who dont want to register to the Memphis newspaper to read the article, here you go........
BTW, I really hate when newspapers force you to register to there crappy paper just to read a damn article.
NBA to hail Hubie
By Ronald Tillery
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April 20, 2004
SAN ANTONIO - Hubie Brown, who led the Grizzlies to a 50-win regular season and their first playoff appearance, will receive the NBA's Coach of the Year award, The Commercial Appeal has learned.
Brown, 70, beat out Utah coach Jerry Sloan, according to two league sources with knowledge of the voting results. Brown will be presented with the award Wednesday - a day before the Grizzlies play host to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of their playoff series at The Pyramid.
At 50-32, the Grizzlies became the ninth team in history to record 50 wins the following season after experiencing 50 losses. Memphis ended last season with a 28-54 mark.
Brown received Coach of the Month honors for February and March after the Grizzlies manufactured records of 10-3 and 13-2. Their 13 wins in March were a franchise record.