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When Golden State Warriors assistant coach Darren Erman was fired earlier this month, the reason given was a "violation of company policy." It turns out that Erman's violation was secretly recording conversations between the team's coaches and players, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. Sources said Erman, who was coach Mark Jackson's second assistant, would record coaches' meetings, meetings between the coaches and players, and informal discussions among coaches that took place in the team's coaches room -- all without the participants' knowledge. "He was taping everything," one source said. "Taping pregame speeches wouldn't have been that bad, but he was taping guys just sitting around talking in the coaches' office." Sometimes Erman would be present during the tapings. Other times, he would leave the room and leave his phone behind to record conversations the other coaches were having. It is unclear what Erman did with the recordings. The sources...