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Coach K Has No Regrets Not Taking Lakers' Job
"It was a serious consideration," Krzyzewski said, "but I'm the kind of a person, once I make a decision, I don't look back. I've been married 38 years and I don't write to my old girlfriends. It was an honor and I thank them for giving me that opportunity. "I'm 60 years old. I'm going to do what I do at Duke and I am not going to coach in the pros. Besides coaching college basketball, I love Duke. I just love the university. It was too much to give up." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Former NBA Coach Butch van Breda Kolff Dies At 84Butch van Breda Kolff, who coached the Lakers to two NBA finals appearances and won 482 games as a college coach, has died after a long illness. Van Breda Kolff, 84, died Wednesday afternoon at a nursing home in Spokane, his daughter, Kristina van Breda Kolff, said. His son, Jan, also played professionally and coached at Cornell, Vanderbilt, Pepperdine and St. Bonaventure. Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Lakers Sign Center Larry TurnerThe Lakers today signed center Larry Turner, who played with their summer-league team. Turner is 6-foot-11 and averaged 5.8 points and 6.1 rebounds during his senior season at Tennessee State. Turner also averaged 7.4 points and 5.2 rebounds during the summer league in Las Vegas. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Lakers Aug 2007 Archive
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski was offered the Lakers job in 2004, but he has no regrets for staying in Durham.