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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It's officially official in his case and I know he's excited about it.
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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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The first major competition we are selecting a team for is the 2006 FIBA World Championship. This is an important competition and we are taking this as seriously as we take the Olympics.
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The league has accomplished so much in the last 30 years, but the potential over the next decade is incredible, just with technology alone. And you really need to have that stability, and the stability that David has offered the league in terms of his leadership and building a strong organization of people is very important to that future.
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I will continue on all those committees, so it's kind of passing the gavel or baton, and time for someone else to have the chairman's title,
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If you recognize how far he's come in his game, you combine God-given talent with a work ethic that is terrific and a heart to be the very best, I don't know how high is his high,
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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'll continue to evaluate it. Robert and I will continue to have conversations in the next few days.
We want to make a directional change. I didn't say an attitudinal change,
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More or less, I think we have it. There is great interest on his part. His wife is having a baby and, if there's a player or two who might get a pass (for 2006), he would. . . . I like him. I feel that he has a great role for this team from 2006 through 2008.
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Mike is all about winning. He's the kind of guy I'd like getting into a foxhole with.
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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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Mike is all about winning, ... He's the kind of guy I'd like getting into a foxhole with.