Polynice Fined $450...

Former NBA center Olden Polynice was fined $450 and ordered to get anger management therapy for yelling obscenities at a prosecutor. Polynice, 38, pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace for confronting Holladay city attorney Lohra Miller in a hallway last December after a court hearing on his conviction for a fight on a golf course.

Via Salt Lake Tribune

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Polynice pleads guilty to charge

Former Utah Jazz center Olden Polynice admitted in court Friday that he had a confrontation with a prosecutor last year but said she offended him by making what he described as racist comments. Polynice, 38, pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace, an infraction, before Salt Lake City Justice Court Judge Virginia Ward and was sentenced to six months probation, fined $450 and ordered to attend anger management therapy.

Via Deseret Morning News

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Malone interested in Raptors coaching vacancy

The Associated Press reports that Pacers assistant coach Brendan Malone is interested in the Raptors coaching job.

Malone was the coach for the Raptors in their inaugural season.

"There's a nucleus of a very good basketball team,'' Malone told The Associated Press after Indiana practiced Friday for its first-round playoff series against Boston. "I'd love to have the opportunity to coach that team.''

Interestingly enough, Malone was fired by then General manager Isiah Thomas because of differences in philosophy. However, Thomas hired Malone in 2000 to be an assistant with him in Indiana.

Malone feels he has some unfinished business in Toronto and would like to have another opportunity to work with the team.

"I thought maybe if I was given a couple of more years, I could have had a winning record,'' he said.

"They know who I am,'' Malone said, referring to the Raptors. "I don't know how to go about it. I don't have an agent. (Toronto general manager) Glen Grunwald knows me. I think it would be great again to go back to Toronto, because I really enjoyed my experience there."

Via ESPN

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