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Struggling Thunder Fire Coach Carlesimo Abysmal start to season dooms coach

Updated 10:27 AM EST, Sat, Nov 22, 2008

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The Oklahoma City Thunder fired coach P.J. Carlesimo after a terrible 1-12 start this season.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder fired coach P.J. Carlesimo after a terrible 1-12 start this season.

 

The Oklahoma City Thunder fired coach P.J. Carlesimo, ESPN reported.

The Thunder is 1-12, worst in the NBA.

Assistant coach Scott Brooks was named interim coach.

The Thunder dropped their 10th straight game on Friday night, a 105-80 home loss to the New Orleans Hornets.

Carlesimo accompanied the Thunder when they moved to Oklahoma City from Seattle before this season. He was 21-74 in 95 games as the team's coach.

In eight seasons as an NBA coach with Portland, Golden State, Seattle and Oklahoma City, Carlesimo has a career record of 204-296 in 500 regular season games.

 

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  • Mike J Saturday, Nov 22 at 5:51 PM FLAG COMMENT Well we all know jobs like the Thunder r tough n I know the ticket sale rule but still the man was try n so u must b patient. 2 throw the guy under the bus is not right n this situation.

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