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 tried to as best we could to maintain affiliations in close proximity, ... We certainly are not going to get every necessary tie between an NBA D-League team and an NBA team.
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The process relies heavily on general managers and player personnel directors whose daily responsibility is to handicap the draft and evaluate players. As we get closer to the draft, they have a pretty accurate idea as to team needs. And certainly they're pretty accurate in most cases.
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We're not going to suspend him immediately. We will make him aware of the violation and tell him to clean up his act. If he doesn't, we'll take further action.
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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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There is a standard, as to how a player is to wear his uniform. There is a standard in all sports as to how a uniform is to be worn and our standard is that the shorts, in particular, are to be worn above the knee.