Stu Jackson
Stu Jackson
Stuart Wayne "Stu" Jacksonis an American former head coach and the former Executive Vice President in the National Basketball Association. He has coached two different NBA teams: the New York Knicks in 1990 and 1991, and the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1997 and served as the Grizzlies' general manager. Currently, Jackson serves as the Associate Commissioner for the Big East...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 December 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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We felt since neither team played (Thursday), we had some extra time to review the situation. There is no black mark for Ray. It is one incident and you move on and hope it doesn't happen again. We had not received anything on our desk from either player before, so we wanted to make sure we talked to everybody.
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They're really going to benefit both players and teams, ... For players, it will allow them to get playing time that they might not have gotten under the old system. For teams, it gives them another option and flexibility in player development.
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I think it had come to a point where there were several viable candidates and it was just time to do it,
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For the players, it will allow them to get an opportunity for playing time that didn't exist under the older system. For the teams, it provides them additional flexibility. It allows them to monitor and evaluate players in a competitive situation, whereas before those players were relegated to a practice situation.
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These affiliations and the assignment system are really going to benefit both the players and the teams,
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These affiliations and assignment systems will, for the players, provide them with the opportunity to get playing time.
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The teams are responsible for holding the players to compliance. Our teams placed the orders with Reebok. Our teams are responsible for putting the players out on the court with a uniform that is in compliance. To say that Reebok is the issue, I think, is a bit misguided.
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Ron has been exemplary this season in terms of his behavior on the court. My hope is that it is an isolated incident and that he'll continue to play the high level of basketball that he's been playing at.
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At the end of the day, what we had to decide on was the issue of Antonio breaking the barrier from the court into the stands.
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I was happy working for the N.B.A., but to be honest, I decided that I'd probably get back into coaching. I missed the teaching, I missed the games, I missed the competition.
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The 3Â has become a real focal point of offenses, and we would like to turn the clock back and see what the game is like without it,
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I wouldn't call it a controversy. I'd call it some questions being asked: 'Do we have the best rules?
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We're looking at the severity of the conduct, whether a player wound up and followed through. It was a hard foul, but I did not feel it was flagrant -- and I've reviewed hundreds of these.
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Year in and year out, Dick is always one of our top-rated officials. A big factor in his ratings is his accuracy, his overall experience, his ability to manage a game and communicate with players and coaches, all of which have made him one of the top-rated officials.