thanks...at least I wasn't imagining stuff I'm wondering if those in-depth interviews that will include Jody Allen will be held in person or over Zoom or such...? if it's in-person (unlikely?), and Billups is one of the candidates, it would be a difficult task to accomplish while the Clippers are still playing. Same for D'antoni
Neil explicitly said they would go through their entire lists before moving to each stage of the process. They're in the remote interview stage right now. Probably have a handful of more candidates to filter through here before involving Jody/Dame/et al. Although I want a quick decision, i definitely want due diligence.
he said mda, Hammon, and Billups would all interview in the beginning of the week. Doesn’t necessarily mean they’re done but it’s unlikely there are other candidates unless maybe Bud gets fired, which I doubt. I don’t think the Spoelstra connection was a recent development either.
woj has been coy about our coaching search for the most part, at Neil's request I'm sure. but i'm waiting on hearing about udoka, maybe JVG (was initially proposed).
Neil asked her about her coaching philosophy and all she wanted to talk about was the great business opportunity he could get in on with Lularoe and Herbalife! *disclaimer - I'm joking. I don't think Becky is a MLM stay at home mom.*
We only hear from Woj what Neil wants us to hear. I still wonder if there's a candidate that is specifically not being mentioned to keep it off teams radars.
If it is D'Antoni, they might not be waiting for the playoffs to finish but they might be lining up a defensive coordinator type of assistant to announce is hired at the same time as him, so Neil can talk about all of the great things about Mike and then talk about how the hiring of the assistant falls in lock step with his comments after Stotts's firing about defense being the priority. But really who am I fooling, Neil would never hold himself to that standard of being that straight forward with the public. He'll just talk about the fact that D'Antoni has had top ten defenses several times in his career. It's all just wait and see but this is a little excruciating.
when essentially every media member is suggesting one specific name, I’ll go with it until there’s a reason not to. That reason hasn’t happened yet.
And that's why I think Billups might be a smokescreen. When has Neil ever been super obvious about a decision?
They usually are but I wouldn't put it past Neil's hubris to break from convention. Maybe there's been a stipulation made for D'Antoni to bring one with him. Most likely it's something much more normal like the team is just going through due diligence or the candidate that we like is waiting to make sure this is the job they want.
