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P.J. Carlesimo has praise for Scott Brooks, Thunder staff

 
By Mel Bracht | Published: May 1, 2009    Comment on this article Leave a comment

After being fired as Oklahoma City Thunder coach after the Thunder’s 1-12 start, P.J. Carlesimo landed some broadcasting work late in the season. He has called college basketball games for Westwood One radio — including OU in the Memphis Regional — six NBA playoff games for TNT and the Nike Hoops Summit in Portland for FSN, where he covered Putnam City star Xavier Henry.

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Carlesimo, 59, talked about his broadcasting work and the Thunder’s season during a telephone interview from Houston, where he called the Trail Blazers-Rockets game Thursday night.

Q: Would you like to continue broadcasting or return to coaching?

A: It’s been really enjoyable. It’s just the second time for me. When I got fired by Golden State (in 1999), I did some Spurs games and I did the last two years of the NBC contract. I loved it. Given a choice, I would definitely rather be coaching. Obviously, I wish I was still in Oklahoma City. I think that was a great opportunity. I will just wait and see what happens. Usually come the end of the year, there are some opportunities out there. This (broadcasting) isn’t an easy racket to crack. I was lucky because it was the end of the year and they needed extra guys to try to get them through. The real jobs, the elite jobs where guys make a living doing that, not too many of them open up.

What led to the Hornets’ collapse at the end of the season?

I don’t know. They are a little dinged up. Tyson Chandler is definitely not right. He hasn’t been right the whole year. He’s physically OK to play, but he’s not 100 percent.

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