Marc Stein: League sources say New Orleans will not retain longtime NBA executives Todd Quinter and former Bulls GM Gar Forman … key members of the ousted David Griffin’s staff. Quinter worked beside Griffin in Phoenix. Forman was a Griffin special adviser. … [Read more...] about Pelicans won’t retain executives Todd Quinter and Gar Forman
Michael Scotto: Former Phoenix Suns assistant general manager Trevor Bukstein has been hired as Director of Strategy and Analytics, Basketball for Gersh Sports. Deirunas Visockas was promoted to Executive Vice President of Basketball and Max Wiepking was promoted to Vice President of Basketball. … [Read more...] about
Nico—obviously, he was running Nike’s North American basketball ops for a long time. That’s a well-paying position. So is being a general manager of an NBA team. You know, maybe he just rides off into the sunset. I don’t know. But there’s—like, I was talking to somebody who’s in an ownership group of another Western Conference team recently, and they basically said, ‘I hate to … [Read more...] about
Suns want to lure Bob Myers back as an executive?
It would be super clear, though, if the Suns could successfully lure Bob Myers back to the front office world. You’d struggle to find many league observers who like their chances. Ishbia is said to have maintained a longstanding interest in trying to convince Myers to return to the role in which he presided over four Warriors championships. Can the Suns actually pull that off? … [Read more...] about Suns want to lure Bob Myers back as an executive?
Cook: He leads by example and guys follow him because he puts the work in. U’Ren: He’s able to meld work and play. Damion Lee, Warriors guard: Arguably the hardest-working guy I’ve ever been around. U’Ren: I used to be in charge of the music for practice. Every once in a while he would latch onto a song and we would play that song on repeat. One time there was a part of a song … [Read more...] about