Ep. 868: Pringles!  On Monday’s live episode of “The Fix,” The
Jones discuss the Lakers hiring Mike D’Antoni over Phil Jackson,
as well as list their winners and losers of the NBA weekend.
Thumbs up for the Grizzlies, Kirilenko’s late-game smarts,
American headbands, and T.I. on the Hawks-/Heat call. Thumbs
down for this entire DeMarcus Cousins suspension, Andris
Biedrins’ free-throw attempts, and the worst in-game contestant
of all-time.  All that, plus A.D., camping, a new human victory
cigar, and the first #LOCKITIN of the young season.    Comments
(37)    1. okay just have to say, FINALLY someone acknowledges
how close the suns were to winning a title and that the whole
argument about “you can’t win titles with the d’antoni system”
is bullshit. If joe johnson doesn’t break his face? If
amare/diaw don’t get suspended in a crucial game during a
playoffs where the suns are arguably the best team? (Or if jrich
blocks out artest on a kobe miss, though I think that was under
gentry) the suns had a very, very go