The Rockets' coaching search Friday moved on to the next top name of free-agent coaches when owner Leslie Alexander and general manager Carroll Dawson met with former Hornets coach Paul Silas in Houston.
Silas, who called the position with the Rockets "the premier job," was the first coach to interview in Houston, touring the Rockets' new downtown arena, offices and training facility with Dawson before meeting with Dawson and Alexander on Friday afternoon.
"I've known Paul for 35 years, since he was at Creighton," Dawson said. "It was another good interview. I think it went very well. We talked about a lot of things. It was good."
Silas and former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy, who met with the Rockets on Monday, are the top candidates for the position with the Cavaliers. Sources indicated the Cavaliers could try to secure a coach by the end of the weekend.
"I think it's the premier job out there," Silas, 58, said. "Whoever gets it has the opportunity to really do well. They are really on the right track to do something special.
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The Hornets are unlikely to pursue former Philadelphia 76ers coach Larry Brown for their vacant head coaching job unless he or his agent contacts the team, majority owner George Shinn said during Wednesday's news conference to announce the hiring of Allan Bristow as assistant general manager.
Brown, 62, resigned Monday as the 76ers' coach and executive vice president of basketball operations. He coached the 76ers for six seasons and led them to the NBA Finals during the 2000-01 season. Earlier this year Brown was named coach of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team. He had two years left on his contract, which reportedly paid him $6 million a season, but the 76ers released Brown from a contractual clause that prohibited him from coaching another NBA team before his contract expires.
Brown is considered a prime candidate for vacancies in Houston, Cleveland and the Los Angeles Clippers. Rockets owner Leslie Alexander and general manager Carroll Dawson met Brown and his wife, Shelly, in New York to discuss the Houston opening. But the Hornets are not pursuing Brown.
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While Hornets majority owner George Shinn may not have kept close tabs on Allan Bristow's career once he fired him as coach of the Charlotte Hornets in 1996, he never forgot him.
On Wednesday, Shinn introduced Bristow as assistant general manager of the New Orleans Hornets, replacing Jeff Bower, who is resigning to become an assistant coach at Penn State.
Bristow, 51, will assume the same responsibilities as Bower, though Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Bass will add the title of general manager.
"When Bob (Bass) told me that Jeff Bower was making the move to coaching, and he said, 'We need to find somebody to fill that void for us,' I mentioned to him, Allan," Shinn said at a press conference Wednesday. "I said, 'Is Allan still breathing? Is he still around?' And Bob said, 'Yes, as a matter of fact he is. I think he'd be great.' I said, 'Follow up with him and see if he'll come, if he's not mad at me.' Turns out Allan was still breathing and still around."
Bower was the Hornets' assistant general manager before being named GM in 2001.
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Hornets May 2003 Archive
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 27, 2003
Allan Bristow, who coached the Hornets in Charlotte for five seasons and led the team to two playoff appearances, has emerged as the leading candidate to be the team's general manager, a source said.
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Akron Beacon-Journal | May 24, 2003
When the Cavaliers won the NBA Draft Lottery on Thursday night, it was expected the rewards would be instantaneous.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 22, 2003
When Hornets forward P.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 21, 2003
Former Hornets assistant coach Brian Hill, hoping to once again become an NBA head coach, interviewed for nearly three hours with Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Bob Bass on Monday.
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New York Daily News | May 20, 2003
Dave Cowens was in town yesterday but the Knicks would neither confirm nor deny that the former Celtic great was being interviewed for a job on Don Chaney's coaching staff.
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Denver Post | May 19, 2003
Add David Fredman to the Denver Nuggets' personnel another NBA team might be interested in.
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The Times-Picayune | May 18, 2003
First things first.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 18, 2003
First things first.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 17, 2003
Recently released Hornets assistant coach Brian Hill will formally interview for the team's head coaching vacancy Monday, Hill said Friday.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 16, 2003
Bob Bass, who is heading the search to replace former Hornets coach Paul Silas, interviewed Tim Floyd for three hours Thursday at the Alario Center, the team's temporary practice facility in Westwego.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 15, 2003
It's a three-man race and whether the consensus is affection or disdain for Mike Fratello, Tim Floyd and/or Brian Hill, the Hornets are moving ahead with or without New Orleans' blessing.
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The Times-Picayune | May 14, 2003
Hornets executive vice president of basketball operations Bob Bass, who is leading the team's search for a coach, met with former Hawks coach Mike Fratello on Tuesday morning in San Antonio to gauge his interest in the job.
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The Times-Picayune | May 13, 2003
Mike Fratello, one of the apparent candidates to become the Hornets' new head coach, refused to answer questions about the vacancy Monday.
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The Times-Picayune | May 11, 2003
He only provided the backbone when the team could, and should, have slumped over and quit in each of his five seasons.
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The Star-Ledger | May 10, 2003
TNT analyst and former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy would not respond to a new round of rumors about his future, one of which was confirmed by an NBA official last night: The New Orleans Hornets were granted permission by the Knicks to speak with him about their coaching vacancy, but Van Gundy sent back word to owner George Shinn that he isn't interested.
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Biloxi Sun Herald | May 8, 2003
Tim Floyd is interested in coaching the New Orleans Hornets.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 8, 2003
Already searching for a new coach, the Hornets will now have to begin ferreting out candidates for a new general manager.
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Sacramento Bee | May 8, 2003
Dallas Mavericks coach Don Nelson said Paul Silas, recently fired as the coach of the New Orleans Hornets, was expected to join him Wednesday night and accompany the team to Sacramento over the weekend.
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Associated Press | May 7, 2003
Hornets general manager Jeff Bower resigned Wednesday to become an assistant coach at Penn State.
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The Times-Picayune | May 7, 2003
The Hornets will interview former Chicago Bulls and UNO coach Tim Floyd for their head coaching vacancy next week, Floyd and Hornets executive vice president of basketball operations Bob Bass said.
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The Times-Picayune | May 6, 2003
The day after the firing of Hornets coach Paul Silas, the team's front office spent the day on the phone, lining up interviews with potential candidates.
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Star Telegram | May 6, 2003
Avery Johnson said Monday that because he's under contract with the Mavericks for one more season, he can't comment on the vacant head-coaching position with the New Orleans Hornets.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 5, 2003
The Hornets' honeymoon didn't have to end this way, not with this messy divorce.
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ESPN | May 4, 2003
Paul Silas was fired as coach of the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday after five seasons in which he set the franchise record for victories.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 4, 2003
Hornets coach Paul Silas' contract expires on June 30, and while Silas said he believes a new contract can be worked out to keep him in New Orleans, the team's top basketball executive said no meeting is scheduled to begin negotiations.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 3, 2003
Chronologically, it might have been Game 6.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 2, 2003
Here's a prediction by Magic Johnson: The 76ers will win this playoff series and the next one.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 2, 2003
Close it out.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 1, 2003
Paul Silas didn't tell the whole truth, which makes him no different than many of his NBA coaching brethren.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 1, 2003
The Hornets needed nothing short of a miracle, and they got it.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | May 1, 2003
In this blue-collar, lunch-bucket town, they loved George Lynch when he wore a Philadelphia 76ers uniform.
