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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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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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.
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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.
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Larry Hughes's agent informed us that Larry is not returning to Washington, ... He rejected our final offer which we regarded as very fair and very meaningful. We have a lot of outstanding players on this team including All-Stars Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison, and we will add players that will continue to make us a very competitive ball club. Our goals remain the same which is to be a perennial playoff contender.
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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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It's a very scary situation. We're just grateful he didn't get hurt worse than he was.
close love talk
Not necessarily about basketball, ... We talk about father-son stuff. We're a close family. Of course, there are times when we do talk about basketball. It's our life. We love the game.
determine early return time timetable
At this time it is too early to determine a timetable for his return to action.
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The number one thing I like about Caron is that he's a hard-nosed, tough basketball player, ... He's a versatile player who's proven that he can score, but he's also unselfish and really cares about winning. Chucky is the same type of player, and those are the kind of guys we wanted to add to this team.
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When you only have the 49th pick to deal with, you don't have much leverage, ... We had some conversations, but nothing really came close to getting into the first round.
attention case effort
Every case is a different case, ... We'll give him all the attention that we can. At the same time, he's going to have to put the effort in on his own.