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Good luck to PJ. He deserves to be head coach again.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s...k.3af17ac.html
Spurs-Jazz notebook: Magic want to chat with Carlesimo
Web Posted: 05/27/2007 12:58 AM CDT
Johnny Ludden
Express-News
SALT LAKE CITY — Orlando Magic officials have contacted the Spurs to speak with assistant P.J. Carlesimo about their head-coaching job, an NBA source said Saturday.
Carlesimo, who declined comment, has served on Spurs coach Gregg Popovich's staff for the past five seasons. He was previously head coach at Portland and Golden State.
The Magic dismissed coach Brian Hill on Wednesday.
Seattle officials also have had a brief conversation with the Spurs about Carlesimo and fellow assistant coach Don Newman. The Sonics also are expected to seek permission to speak with assistant general manager Sam Presti about their general manager vacancy.
While the Spurs are in the playoffs, Popovich is aware some of the teams with openings are working on a different timeline. Two years ago he allowed Carlesimo and Danny Ferry — who left the Spurs to become Cleveland's general manager — to interview for jobs during a break between playoff games.
Giricek to the rescue: With center Mehmet Okur struggling to find his shot, the Jazz needed a lift from their bench Saturday. They got it from guard Gordan Giricek, who scored 11 points in 26:05.
Okur, who turned 28 on Saturday, failed to score in 21 minutes, missing all three of his shots from the field. Giricek, who scored a combined six points in the first two games, had nine points on 3-of-6 shooting at the half.
"His shooting in the first half was huge," Jazz guard Derek Fisher said of Giricek.
Brotherly love: The New Jersey Nets' Jason Collins was in the stands to see his twin brother, Jarron, have his best game of the postseason. In his 11:16 of playing time, Jarron Collins scored seven points and grabbed three rebounds.
"It was nice to see (Jason) in the stands," Jarron said. "It was good to see him support me. I'm tired of supporting him."
Jarron's rugged defense played a role in the Jazz holding Tim Duncan to 16 points. Collins was defending Duncan when the Spurs' forward picked up his fourth foul with 5:44 left in the third quarter.
Oberto's wrist examined: Spurs center Fabricio Oberto underwent a cautionary X-ray after appearing to injure his right wrist early in the third quarter, a team spokesman said. Oberto, who had five points and four rebounds in 26 minutes, grimaced in pain after mishandling a pass from Duncan.
The Spurs said after the game the results of the X-ray weren't available.
Oberto left the game holding his wrist with 10:41 left in the third. He returned with 5:44 left in the period after Duncan picked up his fourth foul.
Fun with the media: After a three-day break between Games 2 and 3, could the head coaches of either team offer anything new before Saturday's tipoff?
Maybe not.
"You get interviewed 14 times a day," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Saturday morning, "you've got to come up with things to say. Some of it's true. Some of it's baloney."
A few minutes later, Popovich was asked by a Utah reporter what had made former Jazz player Jacque Vaughn a productive Spur.
"Jacque is just totally grown, from a maturity sense," Popovich said. "He's a professional every day in practice and in the game."
Was that true or baloney?
"Total baloney," Popovich said, feigning seriousness. "He's a total jerk."
Good luck to PJ. He deserves to be head coach again.
Gee, why doesn't anyone want to talk to the front offices and staffs of PHO and DAL? Aren't they the "best teams"?
agreed!!
MJ hired his buddy Vincent from Dallas .. the least qualified NBA head coach since Tim Floyd, maybe even not that qualified.
There's also been some talk of Iavaroni leaving PHO to take a head job ... which would be bad news for the Suns b/c he is the brain trust there.
Cannot we send Popovich to all these team insted of our other guys. Some will claim pops name never comes up because he won't leave spurs. But could it be no one wants pop?
As the Magic are my other favorite team I would be thrilled with PJ as their coach.
In the NFL there is a head coaching rule that you have to interview a black coach. Some kind of racist thing, but whatever. In the NBA can we make a rule that you have to interview pop for a head coaching job, since the NBA league is mostly black we need to give the opportunitiy for a white coach liek pop to coach somewhere else.
Umm...Pop's real le is EXECUTIVE VP OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS. That means HE controls all things basketball.
He controlls all things basket bll?
I guess that explains the boston celtics from being screwed in the draft.
I guess the conspiracy stores about the game being fixed are true and it is pop that controls all things basketball. Who woudl have known.
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