<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ESPN sources say the New Orleans Pelicans have chosen Alvin Gentry as their new head coach</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/604792560586911745">May 30, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gentry will finish out playoffs with Warriors and then take over as coach of Anthony Davis and the Pelicans</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/604793357898936320">May 30, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can confirm that Alvin Gentry has been chosen to coach the New Orleans Pelicans. <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine">@ESPNSteinLine</a> first reported.</p>— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/604793450203095040">May 30, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I'm sure a lot of it has to do with what the Warriors have accomplished...Pelicans trying to transfer some of that success over.
JVG stays in the booth Thibodeau gets a year off. You're up Denver. Bulls - Hoiberg Magic - Skiles Nuggets - ???(Melvin Hunt?) Pelicans - Gentry
I agree, it was a two-horse race and Gentry has a ton going for him, but I figured that whenever JVG would finally accept an interview it would be because he was certain that the job was in the bag. It certainly isn't a bad choice
Working for the hottest team in the NBA helps-- just look at all the former Spurs coaches and front office guys who got hired elsewhere. Right now, GSW is the best team in the NBA and the most popular, too. Every owner probably wants to play that Golden State style and get fans excited. It's good for fans that JVG stays in the broadcast business, though. If he leaves, we're just gonna get subjected to more Mark Jackson and Jon Barry.
Excellent. Gentry is not a good head coach. The Pelicans will underachieve. And as an added bonus, his departure from the Warriors may hurt that team.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At today's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Warriors?src=hash">#Warriors</a> practice: Local guy Brian Shaw, who could make a rather seamless replacement for departing asst coach Alvin Gentry.</p>— Monte Poole (@MontePooleCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/MontePooleCSN/status/604803560379785216">May 31, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Alvin Gentry & Jeff Van Gundy only candidates to interview twice w/ New Orleans. Sam Mitchell, V.Del Negro & Fred Hoiberg also interviewed.</p>— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/604804385604968448">May 31, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> According to a person with knowledge of the Pelicans' thinking, they were drawn to Gentry's ability to teach an up-tempo offensive style while still prioritizing the defensive end. Despite the widely-held assumption that the Pelicans would consider recently-fired Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, there was no communication between those two parties. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...0/alvin-gentry-hired-pelicans-coach/28237381/
