Sentences with phrase «basketball operations for»

The businessman and former basketball star, 59, became president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers this year among many other business achievements.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, DonnNelson, president of basketball operations and general manager, has reworkedthe end of the rotation, adding free - agent swingman Devean George, who earnedthree rings as a Los Angeles Laker; bringing defensive - minded guard GregBuckner back to Dallas as a free agent; and trading for 6» 10» forwardAustin Croshere, who can hit the boards and three - point shots, from thePacers.

The Lakers look to be far enough away from that for Jeanie to have a strong case to take over control of basketball operations from Jim and then invite her fiancée (who also happens to be a Lakers legend and who might not be a great GM) to take the hoops reins while she continues to ace the business side.

And even though coach and president of basketball operations Stan Van Gundy isn't the quickest to pull the trigger on trades for draft picks, the Brooklyn pick could be too tempting not to part ways with for a player approaching free agency.

But it was little solace for a team that has now missed the playoffs three times in four seasons and could be headed for a major offseason overhaul with new general manager and president of basketball operations Mitch Kupchak already in place.

there's no reason to equate, as you do, those of us expecting internal improvement from KAT (a group that admittedly includes yourself) with apologists for the current president or president of basketball operations.

«We were going to talk for a couple of hours, hash things out and then move on,» says Celtics director of basketball operations Danny Ainge.