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If Portland does try to make a win-now move around Lillard by moving some combination of 3rd/Simons/Sharpe, but keeps Billups, then they are dookie imo.

I am not usually for quick fires, but the way Portland has played these two seasons despite considerable talent is pretty pathetic. They were pretty healthy at the beginning of this season with Lillard, Jerami Grant, Simons, Hart, Nurkic, etc and were still a dumpster fire. That squad should at least have been comfortably above .500 with All-NBA play from Lillard, fringe All-Star play from Grant, and good role players. I hope teams move away from hiring untested great former players with hardly any coaching experience to top jobs a bit.
 
Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
A modern day Mitch Richmond for sure. He better learn from Mitch now and leave Washington before his prime leaves him. By the time Mitch left Sacramento he was basically a scrub
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And yet he left Sacramento for… Washington. I think that franchise has been at the same place through its entire existence. May as well bring back the Bullets name. Or just rebrand as the Generals.
 
infection said:
And yet he left Sacramento for… Washington. I think that franchise has been at the same place through its entire existence. May as well bring back the Bullets name. Or just rebrand as the Generals.
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They won a championship once. Once.
 
I wonder if it's extra hard to get assistants as a super young coach. Like if you're a top assistant aspiring to be a head coach, do you really want to work under a guy 10+ years younger than you?
 
I think it will be easy and attractive to many assistant candidates to come here. Hardy assistant coaches will get poached in a year or two… lead assistant of the Jazz should be a good spot for someone bouncing in a year or two.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:

View: https://twitter.com/UtahJazzNotes/status/1665049005959815168
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This doesn’t make much sense to me. Does he have any connection to Hardy? It seems like that would be a requirement to be a “lead assistant.” I know that wasn’t the case when Hardy started, but that’s a different deal. Seems like he’d be choosing his personnel. My understanding of Young’s connection is that somewhere he and Ainge were in the same ward.

Ainge: Hey, Will. I know you’d like to make your own hire, but there’s this guy I went to church with.

Hardy: Okay, what’s your track record on these church hires?

Fizdale: Yeah, didn’t the last one lead to Ime getting fired?

Ainge: That’s really an outlier.

Hardy: An outlier? How many of them have you hired?
 
infection said:
This doesn’t make much sense to me. Does he have any connection to Hardy? It seems like that would be a requirement to be a “lead assistant.” I know that wasn’t the case when Hardy started, but that’s a different deal. Seems like he’d be choosing his personnel. My understanding of Young’s connection is that somewhere he and Ainge were in the same ward.

Ainge: Hey, Will. I know you’d like to make your own hire, but there’s this guy I went to church with.

Hardy: Okay, what’s your track record on these church hires?

Fizdale: Yeah, didn’t the last one lead to Ime getting fired?

Ainge: That’s really an outlier.

Hardy: An outlier? How many of them have you hired?
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Bruh this hits home right now…just had to deal with some family business nonsense with a dude my father in law has known from church… don’t hire the guy from the ward… it’s bad. Find an assistant coach on indeed or Craigslist.
 
I don't care how old he is, as long as he doesn't have senility or dementia, get Phil Johnson.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I don’t wanna admit that this is a thought I had. But I think the time has long passed.
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Yeah, I just looked him up and it looks like he's fine.

www.ksl.com

Former Jazz assistant Phil Johnson reflects on his journey, relationship with Jerry Sloan

Years after Phil Johnson left the coaching ranks, he talks about his relationship with Jerry Sloan, the final game that ended their careers, and why he never wants to relive those two trips to the NBA Finals.
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At the very least, Hardy needs to spend some time this summer with him. He lives close by, too.
 
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