<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Maurice Cheeks likes to interact with courtside fans during NBA games. It's something he has done since he started as a head coach with the Trail Blazers in 2000. ?That's just conversation during the course of the game or taking your mind of getting beat by 10 or 20,? said Cheeks prior to Wednesday night's game against the Wizards. ?That's just innocent talking. They enjoy it, and I enjoy it.? Sixers fans will get a chance to hear his courtside banter during Friday's home game against the Celtics. Cheeks will wear a microphone during the first half of the contest on Comcast SportsNet, with selected audio being replayed during the rest of the game. ?I did it a lot in Portland,? said Cheeks, who is in his second full season with the Sixers after spending 3 2/3 years with the Blazers. ?I think when you talk to fans, they're a little nicer, anyway. ?One time, I had people in the front row start booing when we're getting beat. I told them, "Don't boo.' I don't say it like that, though,? he said, laughing. In the second half of the franchise-record 50-point home loss to the Rockets on March 18, Cheeks remarked to some fans that it looked funny when the Sixers managed to grab consecutive defensive rebounds in a game in which they were dominated in every possible manner. ?It didn't look right because we got two rebounds in a row,? Cheeks said. ?They kind of agreed with me on that one.?</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Brian Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">So I guess now he won't be able to tell the Sixers to tank</div> Sadly, Cheeks is not Doc Rivers...
