You do the deal because it is right for the team. With the Eastern champion Indiana Pacers burrowing deeper under .500, unidentified players zinged Coach Isiah Thomas in the Indianapolis Star for giving them too many days off, a rare complaint. The miracle holdover in the Seattle SuperSonic mess is GM Wally Walker, who reportedly brought in new owner Howard Schultz. The team's pretty good. The wrong people are being held responsible.
Competitors get upset about that.
That's the reincarnation of Dennis Rodman. As a matter of fact, I'm dying mine the other direction, trying to keep it dark. If Phil leaves on Tuesday, I'm leaving on Tuesday night. He's the best coach in the business, and there are a lot of other great coaches out there. But at this point in my career, I couldn't play for anybody else.