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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This is the first standing USA Men's Senior National Team and the 23 players selected will give us everything we need to form a great USA team. We feel we have versatility, shooters, size, quickness, role players and defensive stoppers. In making the player selections we took into consideration the style of play anticipated to be used by the coaching staff.
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The camp will begin approximately July 18 and we're not finished until Sept. 4, ... That's going to be a grind.
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I'm not giving status reports on my emotional state.
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I have no comments on that. I really don't. There is a time and a place for everything, but not today.
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I had a previous conversation with him and we said we would meet again when he came to Phoenix. He's really excited about it. He's really kind of juiced about representing the United States. He had some great things to say about the opportunity.
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I'm very proud of what he (Bryan) has accomplished and he's well recognized around the league.
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I'm very excited. I think we're going to have a good team.
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I'm not sure when we (as a league) will start talking about it. As far as downtown, we could be ready in '09 because the major hotels and the light rail would be completed.
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I'll continue to evaluate it. Robert and I will continue to have conversations in the next few days.
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I've indicated that Mike brings an awful lot of consideration to the table for this staff because of his international experience as a player and coach.
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We have a chance to change a public perception - and we're going to do it with class and dignity.
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This whole concept of a Dream Team, that's over and done with, ... The theme going forward is more about respecting the world basketball community, and it's also about redemption. We have a lot to come back from.
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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.