Published on Saturday, February 06, 2010
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
Become the head coach, tell the players that this will be a team that runs. Nothing could ingratiate a new leader of an NBA team more, right?
"I hope we run like crazy," Kim Hughes said before his first game as the Clippers' head coach.
It wouldn't be long before the fans were running for the exits like crazy. Of course, first they had to boo their team as they walked off the court at halftime on their way to a 98-81 defeat to the San Antonio Spurs at Staples Center on Saturday night.
After back-to-back embarrassing losses to New Jersey and Minnesota on their eight-game road trip, the Clippers decided Mike Dunleavy would drop his coaching duties and serve only as general manager.
Dunleavy himself delivered the news to Hughes, who at one point in his career would have settled for being a career assistant. Hughes now couldn't wait to start his new endeavor despite the reaction of his family.
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