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calvin natt said:
Its Billups or D’Antoni. Hammon, Barry, etc will interview. They’ll hire one of those two. If Chauncey doesn’t nail interview it’s MDA.
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calvin natt said:
Getting more and more info. Hammon - no way. And it’s very interesting what those inside Spurs org think of her.
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calvin natt said:
Here is what I just got:

- huge ego
- doesn’t work - considered lazy by almost everyone
- players tune her out when it’s her scout
- people internally laugh that she’s a HC candidate

I 100% trust this person and he’s very very well connected to Spurs.
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calvin natt said:
I understand any and all questions or doubt and tbh don’t actually care. Just thought I’d share. Clearly I would not say where I got this. She’s the golden child outside the org. Not inside.
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calvin natt said:
Heads up: if you don’t believe a word of this fine. Do not care. Thought I would share what I heard today from two people who I have known for 20+ years who work in the NBA and one directly connected to Spurs. Carry on. Definitely not worth it I guess. Fuck it.
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calvin natt said:
It was my first question. “Trapped”, “stuck” with her, and hard to fire were what I was told. I was told much more but there is no way anyone here would believe it considering how doubtful people are just of this. The other things I heard and again, fully believe 100%, are far more egregious.
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https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ed-nba-head-coaching-hires-in-portland-dallas

Hammon impressed Portland officials and was generally liked among Blazers staffers, sources said. But when Portland reached out for intel from San Antonio figures, the background on Hammon was not nearly as complimentary pertaining to various aspects of day-to-day coaching responsibilities. That sentiment has been echoed by sources around the league. Blazers personnel then cast doubt that Hammon was the candidate to steer the ship through such delicate waters with Lillard.
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Thanks for the heads up.

She's also seemingly not considered for the HC position in Orlando anymore. Couldn't even get a second interview with Boston. Didn't make it far with Indiana last year. Wonder if she will be the first female head coach or it will be someone else...
 
Also the response to that article on other sites is pretty predictable. People saying it’s a hit piece, Blazers doing damage control etc.
 
B-Roy said:
Also the response to that article on other sites is pretty predictable. People saying it’s a hit piece, Blazers doing damage control etc.
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a woman could never be bad at her job bro.
 
twobullz said:
I am just curious, I honestly don't know much about Hammond as a coach, but why are other teams not lining up to hire her? There were 6 head coaching jobs this offseason and the Blazers are the first were she was a finalist. Why are other teams not hiring her? Why is she not getting second interviews with other teams? Just seems like a lot of people think the Blazers messed up for not hiring her, why was she not a finalist for Boston? Indiana? Dallas?
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I'm not sure what makes her the great candidate many say she is. The Spurs won the title the year before she was hired and were a dynasty, then hardly won any playoff series all the seasons she's been there, culminating with missing the playoffs the last two seasons. They haven't developed any young player to sniff at being an all star.

I'm all for a woman being hired if shes the best candidate. I vocally went against posters saying they didn't want a women hired because the team would have trouble firing her which is ridiculous.

But I also don't want her hired just because she's a women. Maybe she has more accomplishments than I'm aware of but I never hear these brought up, only how great it would be to have a woman head coach.
 
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Why are they bringing up Portland only? Wasn't she also interviewed for other openings?

 
illmatic99 said:
Why are they bringing up Portland only? Wasn't she also interviewed for other openings?

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The reason why we were the subject is because she didn't get as far in the interview process with anyone else which may have been a PR mistake on our part but hopefully it just shows that we really were willing to hire her if she was the best candidate. Having a first interview with her could be viewed as a PR stunt but having the second interview with her means taking her seriously and it's nice to see her recognize it as having been a good opportunity for her.
 
Mr. Robot said:
blazers edge article incoming, you just know it
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Que Dave Deckard and John Canzon with a creepy single dad joke and a sanctimonious article.
 
Dame needed to sit out on this coaching search. God, this guy sounds like a disaster. Good luck, Dallas-- Kidd is really lucky this book didn't come out sooner.

 
illmatic99 said:
Dame needed to sit out on this coaching search. God, this guy sounds like a disaster. Good luck, Dallas-- Kidd is really lucky this book didn't come out sooner.

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So I guess since the Billups thing kind of died down (and was overblown), we need to bitch about the coach who...wasn't hired?
 
julius said:
So I guess since the Billups thing kind of died down (and was overblown), we need to bitch about the coach who...wasn't hired?
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no one is bitching. this stuff coming about JKidd is just crazy and figured i'd put it in the thread where we discussed him. Is that OK with you? i won't share next time.
 
illmatic99 said:
no one is bitching. this stuff coming about JKidd is just crazy and figured i'd put it in the thread where we discussed him. Is that OK with you? i won't share next time.
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please share...I appreciated the post

just think of Julius as being the guy in his avatar
 
illmatic99 said:
no one is bitching. this stuff coming about JKidd is just crazy and figured i'd put it in the thread where we discussed him. Is that OK with you? i won't share next time.
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This was an interesting excerpt and am glad to read it... especially knowing it appears we dodged a bullet. I'm glad a new thread wasn't created - good place to put it here. Thanks for sharing.
 
illmatic99 said:
no one is bitching. this stuff coming about JKidd is just crazy and figured i'd put it in the thread where we discussed him. Is that OK with you? i won't share next time.
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twitter already has a thread about it, using it as proof that the Blazers are a train wreck.
 
illmatic99 said:
no one is bitching. this stuff coming about JKidd is just crazy and figured i'd put it in the thread where we discussed him. Is that OK with you? i won't share next time.
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I just read all this stuff on Twitter. My Scottish friend has a great name for guys like Kidd, but Americans turned it in to a negative word towards women. But that’s what he is
 
Posted this in another thread - but has there ever been a coach fired after 1 year of a 5 year contract? I can't think of it ever happening.
 
HoopsFanAZ said:
Monty had 2 years on his contract remaining with the Suns. They extended him. Then fired him the next season.
The man has a gift!
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Damn, Monty can life the high life for several years if he wants, LOL'n all da way to da bank!
 
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