Quick Notes: IU pushing Sampson out of the door; Photo of Clemens at Canseco’s

IU pushing Sampson out of the door

Indiana University was to announce their decision on Kelvin Sampson at 2 p.m.. According to ESPN’s And Katz in a televised interview, the university is more than likely going to suspend Sampson without pay for the remainder of the season. The  decision is being pushed back because IU is reviewing all considerations as to who to elevate to the interim job of head coach. Katz said that the pervasive thought was that Dan Dakich would take over the IU job, but that is no necessarily true because there are other assistant coaches on the staff with head coaching experience, especially Ray McCallum.

Katz says the rumored threat of a mutiny is not true.

Rating the Latest Flurry of NBA Trades

The NBA trade deadline has come and gone. In the coming weeks we will come to understand which GMs were proactive and which were reactive. And in the coming weeks we will know which moves brought their teams greater success and which moves were busts.

It is going to be a very interesting stretch run.

1. The Lakers go —- Pau!

The Los Angeles Lakers trade for Pau Gasol was so good it invited conspiracy theories. It was so good that San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich advocated for the league to have the ability to determine that a trade was “stupid” and have it rescinded.