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There was nothing, shall we say, underhanded about this development.Golden State coach Don Nelson was ousted for reasons mostly unrelated to Andris Biedrins, the Latvian center who just might have reached for his finest bottle of celebratory vodka when he heard the news. It's not that there was any ill will intended toward Nelson, even if he had made Biedrins' already-humbling free-throw shooting woes infinitely more embarrassing last season by publicly threatening to fine him if he didn't opt for the underhanded style made famous by former Warrior great Rick Barry.
It's just that the seven-year veteran had become the unofficial poster boy for why a change was considered necessary. And now that one has indeed occurred, with longtime Nelson assistant Keith Smart taking over, it's hard not to notice that Biedrins is overjoyed.
"I always had a great relationship with Coach Smart," Biedrins told FanHouse this week, opting to answer a question regarding the past by instead looking to the suddenly-brighter future. "I'm really glad that he's now in the head coach position. He has seen things from the last couple of years that we were missing, and now we're changing a couple things.
"Last season overall was very frustrating for me. I had the injuries and the surgery and all that stuff. I think (the coaching change) came at the right time, so I'm really glad."
His bosses, in turn, are equally elated.
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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/10/14/andris-biedrins-puts-warriors-struggles-behind-him/
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