Ernie Grunfeld
Ernie Grunfeld
Ernest "Ernie" Grunfeldis the General Manager of the Washington Wizards. He was also once a professional basketball player. He served as general manager of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association from 1989 to 1999, and as the Bucks' general manager from 1999–2003, at which time he became the President of Basketball Operations for the Washington Wizards...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 April 1955
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We felt like this would be very beneficial to him to get into real game-type of shape.
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Calvin is a veteran player that adds depth to our frontcourt, ... He's experienced, he's been a part of winning programs in Seattle and in Dallas, and he's familiar with Washington.
room
He's still very young. He still has room for improvement.
basketball program
He's a program builder. He's an outstanding basketball coach. He's a basketball junkie.
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He won't be a participant in training camp. He'll start doing his rehab and we'll see how all that goes, and that will determine how quickly we can have him back in action.
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We made Larry a significant offer, but he elected to sign with another team. We wish him the best. We're moving forward and we're excited about the players we added to our team.
encouraged
He is doing very well, and we are very encouraged by his progress,
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Our number one priority is to keep our own players, ... Larry Hughes's situation we want to deal with first, and then we have some other free agents we also want to deal with.
learn wrong
He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He'll learn from it.
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We have spoken to Andray and the doctors have informed us that he is in good condition and doing well.
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We had him ranked as a first-round talent, ... We think he really has a good upside with the use of the NBDL. This makes it a better situation for all of us. We have a deep team and we're going to be able to bring him along slowly.
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I think the thing we're most excited about is that Andray has shown that he has a nice feel for the game. He's versatile and he's coachable so we're excited about working with him and helping him continue to improve.
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Jarvis is a big part of our team and it is unfortunate that this injury hasn't healed properly. After reviewing Jarvis' progress, it was decided that the best course of action was to have the injury surgically repaired. We expect Jarvis to make a full recovery.
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Kwame was the number one pick here and it probably didn't work out the way he would've liked or we would've liked, but we wish him the best, ... Sometimes a new beginning is good for everyone and we feel we have two very solid players for him.