Jerry Colangelo
Jerry Colangelo
Jerry Colangelois an American businessman and sports executive who currently serves as an advisor to the Philadelphia 76ers. He formerly owned the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, the Arizona Sandsharks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League and the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He was also instrumental in the relocation of the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL to Phoenix to become the Phoenix Coyotes. In...
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth20 November 1939
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I've spent my entire life in the game on different levels, and here was an opportunity on an international stage to represent my country at a time when our basketball program needed an awful lot of work as a result of the World Championships in Indianapolis a few years ago and the Olympics in Athens.
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I've spoken with Shawn some time ago and he certainly indicated he wanted to be a part of this thing. He's the kind of individual and player who personifies what you want to represent you.
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The stability is very important to this league, and the potential over the next decade is huge.
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Things like that happen. A player gets traded and, somewhere down the road, he re-emerges. We've had that happen the other way for us. His game against the Celtics provided a glimpse of the expectations people had of him.
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We wanted a team not of individual stars, but athleticism, shooters, role players and distributors.
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Bob's an old pro. Bob felt it. He read it. He heard it. So when he got the call to meet me this morning, he was still hoping that maybe, just maybe, there was a slight possibility that it would be something other than the discussion we had, ... He would have liked to continue.
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Everyone's slate is clean, regardless of what everyone has said. The fact is, we need to change the perception of how we're looked at as a country and as a basketball power, if you will, and we need to reclaim what was lost.
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I think he's done a great job of positioning himself in terms of his persona and conduct. In representing his country, he can expand on that.
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I think Kobe Bryant is a player with enough moxie to go along with his talent that he'll adjust to whatever his role is. In fact, that's exactly what he said today.
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You know, usually everyone just does a two-year term. I've had two terms, and the right thing politically is to step down.
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From the get-go, when I first met with Coach K, it was clear how committed and passionate he would be. When it came down to it, this was the individual.
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So I visited with him about a half-hour ago to confirm that everything's OK and absolutely it is. He said 'Well, what should I tell the media?' and I said 'Tell them you're in, because that's what I'm going to tell them.
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Shaq and I have a good relationship. I said (to him) the door's open. There's always a spot.
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Mike is all about winning. He's the kind of guy I'd like getting into a foxhole with.