The Carlisle signing is hung up on some minor details, so the official announcement isn't expected to come later today.  Carlisle's agent is in no rush since his client is the only person to interview for the job.

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Eddie Sefko tells us that Rick Carlisle and Donnie Nelson go way back. 

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Jan Hubbard has an article saying Carlisle is the wrong choice because he's too much like Avery.

It does seem, however, that if the Mavericks were going to conduct a thorough search, it would have made sense to play the field a little. Instead, they divorced one coach and without even glancing at available talent, they immediately proposed to his twin.

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Dirk was named to the All-NBA second team.