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unfamiliar with Brian Wright ...
unfamiliar with Brian Wright ...
interesting.
more on wright here: https://www.nba.com/spurs/finding-mr-wright.
We're pretty much ed when RC stops drafting. As long as he's still at the top making decisions we'll be alright.
What are his drinking habits like?
Wow, he's young to take over those reins. Buford has shown that he has pretty good judgement about people - no reason to think this is any different.
It'll be interesting to see what changes and what stays the same over the next few years.
u mean like when he signed dennis lindsey & we proceeded to have one of our worst ever front office runs
Well done young buck; great people to learn from!!!
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I always thought TP would succeed someday because he has the aspirations of being a GM, and maybe Manu succeeds Pop. Timmy? Well he can do whatever he wants, even dress up as Coyote on some nights if he so wishes
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Rc better not be going anywhere anytime soon.especially not for some 5'8 no name scout
LAS VEGAS — It’s Wednesday, July 10, the official last day of the NBA Summer League pre-tournament play in Las Vegas edition. R.C. Buford is sitting next to Peter J. Holt, who in March succeeded his mother, Julianna, as chairman and co-chief executive officer of Spurs Sports & Entertainment.
As Buford was busy discussing the inner workings of the Spurs and assisting Holt in his new position, information regarding Buford’s future started to intensify inside the Cox Pavillion at the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus.
Some around the NBA were a bit surprised, but that wore off as the Spurs’ deal with forward Marcus Morris started to make the rounds in the gossip circles.
The news: After a little more than 15 years serving as GM, Buford is getting prepared to bequeath the role to assistant GM Brian Wright, league sources have confirmed to The Athletic. Wright will report directly to Buford, who will officially get a new le that some around the NBA believe will be a role helping to oversee Spurs Sports & Entertainment.
When the Spurs initially hired Wright in 2016, he stayed behind the scenes and focused mainly on scouting. But sources have informed The Athletic over the last year Wright has been more involved, even fielding calls and packages for the trade of Kawhi Leonard the previous summer.
Wright has made his presence felt over the last few weeks, too. He led the negotiations to re-sign Rudy Gay to a two-year deal that could be worth up to $32 million. Wright assisted in engineering the sign-and-trade of DeMarre Carroll and trade of Davis Bertans to Washington to free up money to offer what turned out to be a deal involving Morris that fell apart.Buford has been busy preparing for a new role over the last years taking business/leadership courses at Stanford University and Duke University.
It’s still uncertain if anything will be different with Wright as GM. Ask those in the NBA about his management style. The University of Central Florida product and Maryland native is praised for his hands-on approach, “engaging, authentic and trustworthy,” one NBA agent said.
“I like Brian,” another agent added. “I think he’s sharp.”
The question now becomes: Are the Spurs finished with their front office moves with some around the NBA suggesting they are now done realigning the staff?
With the loss of Andy Birdsong, another Spurs assistant GM who once led the Austin Spurs and went to the Brooklyn Nets in May — could the team create another slot to add to their front office? Perhaps the Spurs might benefit from using a model that is becoming more frequent in the NBA, one the Utah Jazz used by hiring and converting an agent for their front office.
Former Spurs assistant GM Dennis Lindsey — now with the Jazz as executive vice president of basketball operations, promoted Justin Zanik. The former agent at ASM Sports is now at the forefront and helped lead an aggressive offseason for the Jazz, landing free agents Bojan Bogdanovic, Ed Davis and Jeff Green and helped orchestrate the deal that acquired Mike Conley from the Memphis Grizzlies. Though Lindsey still has the final say, in some circles, the move to elevate Zanik is also to use the contacts he’s built around the NBA while working at ASM.
Whether the Spurs will add to their front office or continue to promote from within, time will tell. Though Buford and Gregg Popovich will continue to oversee the team and have the final say, Wright’s promotion to a position Buford held for more than a decade suggests he will have more authority when roster moves are collectively discussed, and more than likely obtain additional powers in the future.
“This is a place where there are no bad ideas or wrong ideas, it’s an environment where everybody’s free to think creatively,” Wright told the Spurs’ website in 2016. “Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford invite everyone to bring their own diverse background and diversity of thought into the group. Hopefully, the right ideas bubble up, and it gives the organization the tools to make great decisions.”
And now, some of those decisions will fall on Wright, which the Spurs are hoping will assist in producing championship results.
R.C isn't going anywhere. From my understanding he is being promoted to like CEO or something like that. Not sure the le he'll be given.
I've actually known for like a month or so. Just didn't think it was that big a deal.
So Wright’s great successes are the Nephew trade, overpaying an injury prone Rudy Gay, and trading Bertrans, an elite shooter, for nothing. Well done, take dem reins boy.
Tell us, specifically, some of the things that Lindsey himself did wrong while he was Assistant GM here. Not general you think wasn't done right. Tell us what Lindsey himself did wrong.
He’s going to run all of The organizations. Austin. The hockey rampage.spurs. He’s pretty much running the entire conglomerate now. It’s Holt’s son and him pretty much. Unreal move. RC loves Wright.
Kinda wish it's Sean Marks but obviously he's with the Nets.
Well brian wright you got the juice now lil man
The Spurs are a talent factory. They spawn great coaches and at least two great GMs. Say what you will about Presti, his tenure at OKC has been pretty impressive despite getting hamstrung on the Harden trade.
its no coincidence why utah demoted him..........
He was promoted, not demoted, tbh.
To be fair, I could never really forgive Lindsey for coming over from the Rockets and then right away orchestrating the Scola trade to the Rockets in which the Spurs got nothing of note
So he played a prominent role in the Kawhi trade? Is that like a D- start?
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