https://tinyurl.com/mt6p6mjd
這篇之前討論Simmons/Harden交易一些幕後的舊聞
雖然主要是討論Morey和Battier的私交
還有去七六人的心路歷程
但是裡面這段
Both men spoke with Brand and ownership. Brand, according to multiple league
sources, told D’Antoni that Joel Embiid was in his corner; Embiid and D’
Antoni had clicked during D’Antoni’s stint as a Sixers assistant in 2016. D’Antoni and Brand discussed contract terms. D’Antoni believed ownership was
on his side and even told some former Rockets staffers to begin house hunting
in Philadelphia.
At the same time, Lue, according to a source with knowledge of his thinking,
got the impression that he was Brand’s top choice. The problem, according to
that source, was Lue didn’t believe the decision was Brand’s to make.
Lue wasn’t the first person to feel this way about a Sixers GM in recent
years. Among Sixers ownership, Harris and Blitzer were both hands-on. There
was also Rubin, who, despite owning around 8% of the team at the time, 'has a
huge say in things there,' according to one person familiar with the team’s
inner workings. And there was also CEO Scott O’Neil, who earlier in his
career had aspirations of working in basketball operations. Overall, the
Sixers had four individuals above their GM who had a say in basketball
decisions.
In this case, it wasn’t until a third coaching option presented itself —
when the Clippers fired Doc Rivers — that the Sixers were able to agree on
a path forward.
The news of Rivers’ firing broke on the last Monday of September. Brand
immediately reached out to Rivers, who also happened to be speaking with
Morey, who was searching for a replacement for D’Antoni in Houston. Morey,
according to a source, had done some background work on Rivers, speaking to
then-Celtics president Danny Ainge and Clippers president Lawrence Frank, and
both had passed along positive reports.
一開始七六人高層是在MDA和Lue之間做選擇
然後兩邊都有支持的人馬
Embiid似乎之前就和MDA老爺子私交很好
MDA一度還和他的手下人馬說
可以開始在費城找房子了
但是後來Rivers被開除後半路殺出
就把兩個人都打敗了
MDA現在在鵜鶘當教練顧問
如果Embiid真的屬意MDA
導致鉛筆 Morey MDA Harden 的鐵四角可以提早成形
七六人的局會比現在好嗎?
--
