Rewards of the tank:2014 off-season!

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Chris Haynes: Arizona F Aaron Gordon to attend Chicago Combine to go through measurements, testing. But not basketball-related drills, per league source. Twitter @ChrisBHaynes

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22 points 13 rebounds 6.5 assist on average, these are the numbers put up by Dario Saric during the ABA league final four. Eye opening numbers for a player that led his team to its first league title in its history. After a sloppy start, Cibona has improved through the season, through the developments of their young rising star. During the event held in Belgrade, the Croatian talent has shown usual offensive versatility and passing skills, especially in the transition game. But what has impressed the most has been his shot consistency, which is one of the keys to his future overseas. He shot 50% from three point (8-16 overall in two games), in different situations: catch and shoot and with the pull up jumper, showing confidence and poise. His mechanics are still not fluid enough, but the improvements are encouraging. NBADraft.net

Jasmin Repesa, Saric's coach from the Croatian national team, and Slaven Rimac, the player's mentor in Cibona recently released some statements about him: "I think Dario should play for a top class European club, and improve his skills even further. Players who had already been formed before going overseas, received the necessary minutes in NBA, like Giriček and Delfino, my former players. If you go there young, it is possible that you will go without minutes, but also without development trainings for which there is just not time in NBA" - said Repesa. Slaven Rimac agreed with his colleague, but added that

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David Locke: Finished research on what path is most common for successful NBA head coach. Identified 42 "successful" coaches over last 35 years. 57% of those coaches had some prior head coaching experience, minors, college or Europe Twitter @Lockedonsports

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Shams Charania: Jack Cooley -- a 2013 summer league standout -- will participate in mini-camp workouts for Spurs, Nets, Cavs, Jazz, sources tell RealGM. Twitter @ShamsCharania

Jorge Sierra: Draft prospect Artem Klimenko has reached an agreement on a buyout with Russian club Avtodor, agent Bill McCandless tells *********. Klimenko, a 7-foot-1 center, will travel to the States next week and is slated to work out with 6-8 teams before the Treviso camp. Twitter @*********
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In pick-and-roll situations at Kansas, Embiid only converted at a 0.727 points per possession rate, ranking him in the bottom 19% of the NCAA. I

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Jody Genessy: Dennis Lindsey on Jazz's message to coach prospects: "We have a good story to tell." Story includes young players, flexibility, great picks. Twitter @DJJazzyJody

A great pick, maybe. Without that you just have a lot of young players. The flexibility could be gone in a hurry.

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[QUOTE]Jody Genessy: GM Dennis Lindsey said the Utah Jazz are "getting closer to moving to the part where we

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Interesting that they're going to talk to Stockton to see if he has any interest in coaching. Can't see it happening myself, but would be interesting to see how he'd do as a coach.

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They said they were? Seems like a no brainer to at least inquirer but he's still go kids at home. Maybe in a few years he'll do it. I think he'd be a great coach.

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The Utah Jazz, as part of a broad coaching search expected to feature some 20 candidates, plan to reach out to Jazz legend John Stockton to gauge whether he has any interest in the position, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. ESPN.com

Sources told ESPN.com that Jazz officials intend to at least pose the question to the Hall of Fame guard about his willingness to move into coaching, while mindful of Stockton's lack of previous coaching experience and the fact that he has long loathed the sort of spotlight associated with the job. ESPN.com

Sources say the Jazz are likely to sit down with a handful of potential candidates this week at the league's annual pre-draft camp in Chicago as part of an introductory round of interviews. In April, Jazz team president Randy Rigby told 1280 AM in Utah that the team's "exhaustive" search to find a successor to Corbin would eventually feature more than 20 candidates. ESPN.com

There it is

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Last year, point guard Trey Burke did not work out individually for the Jazz, who owned the No. 14 pick. But the Jazz front office, after evaluating and interviewing Burke at the combine, pulled the trigger on a trade to move up and grab the Michigan star.

So they had interviewed him at least.

[QUOTE]"You have to make decisions, and sometimes decisions are made where you have the full complement of information and sometimes you have to make decisions on a partial set of information," Lindsey said. "For example, many times, European players are just not as available to us. In those decisions, many times, it

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[QUOTE]Lindsey said interviews from the Chicago combine in 2013 played a

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Sam Amick: That Hollins-Warriors interview is expected to take place a few days from now in Chicago. He also has some interest from Utah, Cleveland. Twitter @sam_amick

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The Utah Jazz have received permission to interview Chicago Bulls assistant Adrian Griffin for their head-coaching job, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Yahoo! Sports

Utah plans to reach out to several candidates in the next few days. Griffin's defensive background with Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau is important to Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey, who wants to improve one of the NBA's worst defenses. Yahoo! Sports

Jody Genessy: Also hearing Hawks assistant Quin Snyder continues to be considered a solid candidate for the Jazz job. Twitter @DJJazzyJody

Marc J. Spears: The Jazz, Cavs, Warriors & Wolves have shown interest in Lionel Hollins for head coach openings, a source said. The Lakers, Knicks have not. Twitter @SpearsNBAYahoo

An official name finally?

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Gino Pilato: According to multiple sources, Utah Jazz one-to-one affiliation with Idaho Stampede still remains likely. Twitter @DleagueDigest

This could be one of the biggest off-seaso moves. They need this.