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The fact that the Lakers hired Mike Brown, and then followed that up with DanPhony, I'm not taking anything out of consideration with that regime. They aren't bringing in Dunleavy for ****s and giggles and to talk about where they are vacationing this summer.Comment
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What in the...
Dave Joerger has told the Memphis Grizzlies that he will stay with the team as head coach.
The Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves have hit an impasse over compensation after discussing during the weekend.
The Timberwolves reportedly do not want to pay compensation for a coach who could be let go without a deal.
Joerger has met with both Flip Saunders and Glen Taylor about the Timberwolves' head coaching vacancy.
Via Marc Stein/ESPNComment
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Hollins is gonna follow up his interview with the Lakers with an interview with the Cavaliers. Cavs are also going to interview Griffin on Tuesday and have supposedly already interviewed Gentry.Too Old To Game Club
Urban Meyer is lol.Comment
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It's an even bigger mess in Memphis than we originally thought...
The genesis of the Joerger-Pera problems, according to league sources, dates back to last September. Pera -- who fancies himself a pretty good player -- challenged Tony Allen to a game of one-on-one. Allen, on Twitter, accepted. Pera, a Silicon Valley billionaire who bought a small controlling interest in the Grizzlies in 2012, poured tens of thousands of dollars into producing the matchup. He invited the media and instructed the public relations staff to issue a press release promoting the event.
The problem? Allen had lost interest. Joerger, a first-year head coach, didn't like the idea of the game -- like many in the organization he found it goofy and unbecoming of a professional team, according to sources -- but it was Allen's indifference that caused it to be called off. Yet Pera directed his frustration at Joerger and, according to a source, directed upper management to fire him. Said a source familiar with the situation, "He absolutely wanted Dave out."
It was the first of several early season clashes between Joerger and Pera. When the Grizzlies opened the season 2-3 -- including double-digit defeats to Dallas and New Orleans -- Pera flew to Memphis and held individual meetings with players, sources say. He began offering bizarre suggestions. He suggested Mike Miller, a longtime Grizzlies player who was re-signed in the offseason, could become a player-coach. He brought up the idea that Joerger could wear an NFL-style headset and take instructions on the sideline. When the Grizzlies faced Golden State in early November, Pera insisted that Joerger give significant minutes to fourth-year power forward Ed Davis. Davis played just one. Again, according to sources, Pera insisted that Joerger had to go. Only after it was explained how dysfunctional the franchise would look if it fired a first year head coach six games into the season did Pera back down.Yet Levien's dismissal was surprising. For two years, the relationship between Levien and Pera appeared to be solid. Levien was responsible for recruiting locally based minority owners in 2012 when stock in Pera's networking gear company, Ubiquity Networks, plummeted, lowering his net worth from $1.5 billion to $850 million, according to Forbes. The decision to part ways with Lionel Hollins last year was controversial, but it's hardly unusual for a new top executive to want to hire a new coach.
It's unclear what specifically caused the rift between Levien and Pera. The relationship began to get chilly during the season, sources say. But Levien -- along with Lash and Vice President of Operations John Hollinger -- were with Pera at the predraft combine in Chicago. Levien represented the Grizzlies at the general managers meetings and, along with Pera, interviewed prospective draft picks.
From there, things deteriorated quickly. When Levien returned to Memphis he was asked by Pera, through a lawyer, to resign. According to a source, Levien was asked to say he needed to spend more time with his family and focus on DC United, the MLS franchise of which Levien is a part owner. When Levien refused, he was fired.This is Pera's mess to clean up now. There is a lot to like about Pera. He's a passionate owner who badly wants to win. But he lacks an understanding of how to run a team. Pera wants to have a more hands on approach with the Grizzlies going forward, but he won't have an easy time finding a competent GM willing to accept that. Mark Cuban is the NBA's most visible owner but Cuban has a strong top executive in Donnie Nelson and an elite head coach in Rick Carlisle. Cuban has input -- as all owners should -- but he empowers the people he hired to do their jobs.#RespectTheCultureComment
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Wanted my man to wear a headset? Lol.
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Looks like the Grizzlies will be back to bottom dwelling within 3 years.NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers
NBA: Dallas Mavericks
MLB: Texas Rangers
NHL: Dallas Stars
NCAA: Alabama Crimson Tide
University of North Texas '14
GO MEAN GREEN!Comment
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It's amazing that the Grizzlies have done so well amidst all of this turmoil the past 4 years. These teams and their prying ownerships, it's a shame.Comment
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Crazy thing is Joerger isn't innocent either. The story goes beyond that and it's crazy how so many people in their upper ranks are acting like the organization is a box of Legos
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SMH Grizz
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If Grizzlies fans can take anything out of this, at least their owners want to win.
He doesn't know how to run a damn team, but at least he wants it and doesn't just view it as a profit opportunity."Twelve at-bats is a pretty decent sample size." - Eric ByrnesComment
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Apparently Lakers are going to interview Gentry
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