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Skiles makes fun of reporters for zone defense questions, calls out kirk, lil ben, luol and noch in a sly but big way, and even gets briefly perplexed. one bright side of this interview is how convincing he is. he basically put 100% blame on the players and rightfully so. i am ever more assured our coach knows 110% what this team is, can and will do.

north interview a few days ago, and now another deep set of answers from scott tells me he is greatly disturbed by this team. next year is almost certainly do-or-die for kirk and noch. thomas is probably going to become a regular starter very early in the season, and luol deng will probably have some slack since he has been a bright spot all season, and not the reason we choked on piston turds.

I think Nocioni is injured. I wouldn't expect him to play like an all-star, but that foot injury has kept him from practicing, and it's not the type of injury that is going to heal without rest.

Next year, I'm assuming P.J. Brown is gone, and Tyrus Thomas wil most likely playing 25-30 minutes on a consistent basis next season.