Kim Hughes: Not Finished Yet

24 Apr 2010

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From Marc J. Spears at Yahoo! Sports:

“The Los Angeles Clippers have brought back former interim coach Kim Hughes to work for the franchise a week after firing him, an NBA source told Yahoo! Sports.

The Clippers announced April 17 that Hughes was relieved of his duties as coach and that the franchise was beginning its search for a replacement. This week, the Clippers asked Hughes to return to help with the draft and take part in player development. Hughes was back working out players in the team’s practice facility Wednesday. He remains under contract through June 30, but has yet to sign a new deal.

Though Dallas Mavericks assistant Dwane Casey and Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown are considered to be atop the Clippers’ wish list, Hughes also was told he would receive some consideration for the job. The Clippers informed Hughes they’d like for him to remain with the franchise in some capacity, even if, as expected, he doesn’t get the coaching job.

Hughes took over as interim coach for Mike Dunleavy on Feb. 4 after serving seven seasons as an assistant. The Clippers went 8-25 under him.”

MannyA

Did the Grinch, errr… Sterlings heart grow 3 sized today? guess he’s not pure evil after all, finally did something nice. I’m glad the Clippers brought back Hughes. He is a great guy who was put in a very bad situation. He didn’t deserve to go out the way he did.
chris.

While this is nice for Kim, it basically had to be done if we don’t get a coach before the draft and try-outs because Andy Roeser knows as much about basketball as Sterling knows about winning or good will or honor or respect or how not to be the most hated owner in all sports or…
pipedreams

I don’t know under what terms Hughes assumed head-coach duties, but I think everybody expected him to be ‘fired’ at the end of the season. Even if he’d gone back to big-guy coach, it’s customary for the new head coach to bring in new assistants, so the (temporary) parting of ways was no surprise.
Glad to see the Clips aren’t holding it against Hughes that he stepped in to the breach, and that they might even ‘reward’ him — although being named Clippers head coach is something of a booby prize. Second prize is being named head coach and GM!
Whatever you say about his 33-game record, I think he’s done good things with our big guys — except teaching them to shoot free-throws, no surprise from a 39-percenter.
Mike Wr

This is a head scratcher. I notice the date line is April 24, not April 1, so it’s not an April fool’s joke. This again shows what a dysfunctional organization the Clips are. Is Sterling so impulsive that he fires someone without thinking through the consequences? Or, is he surrounded by yes men with absolutely no credibility? Aren’t any of the other assistants still under contract? If so, why couldn’t one of them work out players? If not, there’s a story here and I hope it comes out. Reason #1 is more likely—Sterling is an idiot surrounded by other idiots.
Beard The Curse

This is The Island. And The Island wasn’t done with Kim Hughes yet.
- D.J. Foster
  
  Hah – love it.
kenji

i surely hope they aren’t seriously considering giving hughes the head coaching job. in no way will he be able to attract a upper level tier free agent. was nice of a guy as he may be, lets be real and put it out there that he isn’t the one who is going to get us into a “win now” team.

speaking of bringing back coaches, why don’t we get kareem back here to develop deandre? Since andrew bynum feels his skill set is past what kareem can teach him, lets get deandre the best big man coaching we can. or since deandre is a houston native, get lucas to hook him up with hakeem to mentor him. And what about convincing danny manning to take blake under his wing? danny also had a major knee injury his rookie year, but was still able to be a 2 time all star for us.

if olshey and sterling really want to show their willingness to “unlimited resources” to bring this team up, do what you gotta do to bring the best to teach our players! can’t just rely soley on a fancy practice facility to get it done.
First2One00

leave it to the La Clippers to give you a “wtf” reaction from time to time… seriously.. lol, firing kim hughes after beating the lakers…. hiring him back… hahah!!! I wonder what his reaction will be to this, it would probably be priceless i bet he himself had a “wtf” moment about all this. oh man, gotta love the clippers, they always keep the entertainment coming.
First2One00

Oh, i wanted to mention something, I heard something about the heat shopping about beasley… any chance we can go after him and use him as a 3??? he’d be pretty cheap since he’s still under his rookie contract plus we’d have the cap to give away a pick.
- http://www.twitter.com/HitFixGregory jgroove
  
  I’d rather pay to have Butler come back and play the 3. Beasley is a headcase. It feels like a horrible mix for this team.
  - kenji
    
    beasley is a total knucklehead. he’s going to go down the road of isaiah rider. beasley has already established himself as a liability. i would hate to see him in a clipper uniform, no matter what his skill potential is.
    
    but, i would not overpay for rasual to come back. he’s way too streaky to give even a MLE to. Rasual is like a higher priced sasha vujacic; believes he should shoot everytime he touches the ball, and doesn’t want to pass.
ryan

love kim hughes, and i love the fact he’s back with the team in some capacity. keep up the good work.
Cappy

Not a fan of Hughs as a Head Coach. I remember when he first took over that he said he wouldn’t hold himself responsible for wins and losses. Even with the cards stacked against him, that’s not an attitude any coach should have under any circumstances. Say what you will about Dunleavy, he was always looking for the W. He may be a nice guy, but Hughs doesn’t have what it takes to be HC and her never will.
- kenji
  
  “He may be a nice guy, but Hughs doesn’t have what it takes to be HC and her never will.”
  
  Here Here!
Robert Lehrer

Beasley? No thanks. The Clips don’t need another guy in their lineup who plays little defense. Besides–the Clips already have one headcase on the floor, Baron. The last thing that the Clips need is another talented but underachieving player.

Re. The Clips search for a coach: How come nobody’s talking about Nate McMillin? I don’t think it’s an accident that he hasn’t signed an extension with Portland yet. He’s a marvelous coach and mentor who will gain the immediate respect of vets and young players alike.
Sal

I hope sterling chokes on a chalupa.. Clippers will always have issues till he sells
clippman

No Beasley – no character. any news on a new training staff. it will not matter who we get if we cannot keep them healthly.

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