Russ Granik
Russ Granik
Russ Granik is an American sports executive who served as Deputy Commissioner of the NBA for 22 years. He retired from that position on July 1, 2006, after 30 years with the NBA. Granik was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 8, 2013, alongside basketball legends including Gary Payton, Bernard King, Rick Pitino, and Jerry Tarkanian. He was enshrined into the Hall of Fame by Jerry Colangelo. During his professional career, Granik served as the...
anytime debate issue judging lack room whether
I think there's some substantial reservation at this point, again, just judging from the debate or lack of debate in the room about whether it really is an issue that has to be addressed anytime soon.
seed system teams unlikely
It's very unlikely we would go to reseeding after the first round. It's also very unlikely we would go to a system where we would seed teams one through eight.
optimistic reason
I don't have any reason to be optimistic here.
anytime issue playoff talk view whether
I think there' s some substantial reservation ... about whether it really is an issue that has to be addressed anytime soon. My view is that there are just a lot of anomalies that come into play when you talk about playoff pairings, particularly in the first rounds.
cure issue record team
We can probably cure the issue of the team with the second-best record being seeded fourth.
hope stay within
We'll see what's available. We hope to have it done within a week. We'd like them to stay in one place if it were possible.
building monitor
We're going to monitor just to (see) how things are progressing, how the building is doing.