Report: Jerry Sloan joins Steve Clifford in Bucks' hunt for coach
Sloan has reportedly met with the Bucks. (USATSI) Jerry Sloan has reportedly
met with the Bucks. (USATSI)
Lakers assistant Steve Clifford was scheduled to interview with the Milwaukee
Bucks on Monday, as Yahoo Sports reported and Ken Berger of CBSSports.com has
confirmed. Clifford was hired by Mike Brown last summer, and he stayed on when
Mike D'Antoni took over. Before that, he worked with Stan Van Gundy, his
brother Jeff Van Gundy and Tom Thibodeau. If it's a good defensive program
over the past five years, he's worked with it.
Ken Berger reported last week that the Bucks were looking for more of a
hands-on type of coach to get a hold of a locker room run amuck. And along
with the tough-minded Clifford, there's another candidate on the docket.
USA Today reported Monday that former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan has already met
with Milwaukee.
According to two people with knowledge of the situation, the former Utah
Jazz coach who resigned abruptly in Feb. 2011 has already met with the Milwaukee
Bucks about their vacant coaching position and is being seriously considered.
The people spoke to USA TODAY Sports the condition of anonymity because of
the private nature of the coaching search
Sloan is a decidedly interesting candidate for a number of reasons. He brings
the kind of control and intensity the team is looking for, and he would have
the respect of any veterans the team brings in. He has a strong team concept
built around the pick and roll that works with several of the players they
have signed.
Maybe most important, there's the possibility of Sloan working his point
guard development magic with Brandon Jennings, should the Bucks re-sign him
in restricted free agency this summer. Jennings has needed a coach to bring
out his better instincts, and Scott Skiles and Jim Boylan never got it done.
Could Sloan do that? Or would Sloan be unable to connect with a younger roster?
It's a debate, but the Bucks are definitely looking for experience and intensity.
We'll see how that sits with Jennings, who's likely more interested in a
player's coach to let him, you know, do Brandon Jennings things.
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重点翻译:继湖人助理教练后 公鹿与教皇碰头
教皇是公鹿的教练名单之一 有很多理由
认为他能为球队带来需要的控制与强度 能得到球队找来的任何球员的尊敬
并且有关于档拆建队良好的概念 而公鹿认为现在队上有很多适合这样打的球员
更重要一点 他们需要寻求教练帮建宁公主升级 而这是过去两任教练没做到的
短评:公鹿一直是市场上追求教皇担任教练最积极的球队 也是第一支正式会谈的球队