Danny Ferry is meeting with the Pelicans today about the team’s permanent general manager position, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link). Ferry, who has been serving as the franchise’s interim GM since Dell Demps was dismissed, will have the final interview for New Orleans, according to Wojnarowski.
The Pelicans have already interviewed several candidates, including former Cavs GM David Griffin, Warriors assistant GM Larry Harris, Nets assistant GM Trajan Langdon, Rockets VP of basketball operations Gersson Rosas, and Wizards interim GM Tommy Sheppard.
Here’s more from around the league:
- Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni, who had been hospitalized since Friday, has shown improvement and was released today, according to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle. However, he will not coach the team tonight.
- Grizzlies assistant coach Nick Van Exel has interest in the University of Cincinnati coaching gig, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports (via Twitter). Van Exel, who played at the university, will be looking to follow in the footsteps of fellow Grizzlies assistant Jerry Stackhouse, who transitioned from Memphis’ bench to Vanderbilt’s head coaching job last week.
- Sean Deveney of Sporting News has previewed the offseason for a pair of Southwest teams this week, exploring what lies ahead for the Pelicans and for the Mavericks.
Luke Adams contributed to this post.
Danny Ferry will not disappoint, he deserves another chance. Did a great job in Atlanta and big reason for their 60-win season a few years back
Send him to Phoenix please
UC coach Mick Cronin just hired at UCLA.
Can’t complain about Nick VanExel replacing him at UC.
UC’s ’92 team was unique and Exel-ent, jucos with Bob Huggins hollering, nonstop full court press with a skinny 6-4 PF, bad-a$$ especially NVE, final 4. For 11 years, UC won either the conf tournament or conf reg ssn; and made 14 straight NCAAs. Lush years for Huggins but never as successful as with NVE’s gang. Huggs started hot but wound up making a mess that Mick Cronin spent some years cleaning up.
Local guy Mick Cronin is the anti-Huggins, smaller in scale, doubted, starting slow but leaving the program in better shape than how he found it.
It would be a coup for NVE to get it.