[情報] 畢胖要走了？！

看板Hornets作者ChiangPing (槍聘)時間16年前 (2008/05/09 09:51)推噓7(7推 0噓 2→)

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http://www.charlotte.com/bobcats/story/615379.html Bickerstaff leaving Bobcats, source says Bernie Bickerstaff, the original architect of the Charlotte Bobcats' basketball operation, is leaving the franchise, The Charlotte Observer has learned. Bickerstaff served the team's first three seasons as both coach and general manager/president of basketball operations. After the 2006-07 season, he stepped down from both jobs, taking the title of executive vice president. In that role, Bickerstaff scouted extensively in preparation for the 2008 draft and acted as an advisor to managing partner Michael Jordan. Bickerstaff could not be reached for comment Thursday, but a source with extensive knowledge of the situation confirmed that Bickerstaff is leaving. It was unclear whether he'll work for the team through next month's draft. The Bobcats shook up their coaching staff this month, firing Sam Vincent after one season and quickly replacing Vincent with Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown. Brown's hiring adds cost to a team that has lost tens of millions over the past few years, and staff reductions have been commonplace for the Bobcats. It was initially unclear whether Bickerstaff, 63, is interesting in continuing his career in basketball. Reports out of New York have speculated Bickerstaff might be a good fit for the Knicks' front office or coaching staff, working with new team president Donnie Walsh. Walsh has yet to hire a head coach. Rod Higgins succeeded Bickerstaff as Bobcats general manager and continues in that position. Bickerstaff has spent more than 30 years in the NBA as a coach, assistant coach or player-personnel executive, His record as a head coach, with Seattle, Denver, Washington and Charlotte, is 415-517. He successfully turned around Seattle and Denver from struggling franchises to playoff teams. Bickerstaff was hired by Ed Tapscott, the team's original president, on the reasoning that a single voice, with extensive experience, could best oversee both jobs to establish a building plan of slow, steady growth. Bickerstaff's best two personnel moves were acquiring Gerald Wallace in the expansion draft and trading up to the second pick of the 2004 rookie draft, to acquire Emeka Okafor. Those two have been key members of the Bobcats' core. If Bickerstaff had a miss in his player-personnel calls, it was probably choosing not to trade up in the 2005 draft. Bickerstaff could have consolidated the fifth and 13th picks to obtain Portland's third pick. That would have given the Bobcats either Chris Paul or Deron Williams, two of the best young point guards in the NBA. Instead, the Bobcats chose Raymond Felton fifth and Sean May 13th. A source familiar with that situation said Bickerstaff pursued an alternative deal with Portland, looking to trade the fifth pick and a future first-rounder (the pick Toronto owed them that eventually became Jared Dudley last spring) for No. 3. The Trail Blazers considered that option, then ultimately dealt the third pick to Utah, which selected Williams. As Bobcats coach, Bickerstaff made his players accountable to each other, on the logic that no one on an expansion team should get away with being a prima donna or slacker. Bickerstaff made the difficult decision to cut shooting guard Kareem Rush late in the team's second season, after determining Rush's attitude was a problem in the locker room. Bickerstaff's Charlotte teams were often complimented by opponents for how hard they played night-in and night-out. Bickerstaff was effectively last of the key players in the Bobcats' original management team. Tapscott was replaced as president by Fred Whitfield and chief marketing officer Chris Weiller was replaced by Greg Economou. -- This Is For The Cats：http://blog.pixnet.net/HardER -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 59.117.33.137

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