91.   That means Willis Reed will likely be moved into another position within basketball operations.

92.   The article also said the team has settled on a successor to Carr, presumably to run the basketball operation, and that it might be Bird.

93.   The Celtics had hoped to unveil their new basketball operation in concert with a sendoff to M.L. Carr.

94.   The Celtics have executive vice president, director of basketball operations and coach M.L. Carr.

95.   The coach and director of basketball operations was asked if there was any progress on a trade.

96.   The Celtics have had an assortment of new looks since Pitino took over as czar of basketball operations.

97.   The head of basketball operations was vague in his response.

98.   The Lakers should make some contractual guarantee to Mitch Kupchak that in two years or so he will assume full control of basketball operations from Jerry West.

99.   The irony of the lottery was not lost on Carroll Dawson, the vice president of basketball operations for the Houston Rockets.

100.   The Mavericks are in the midst of a search for a vice president of basketball operations.