Turner Sports Reporter Rachel Nichols spoke with Los Angeles Clippers interim CEO Dick Parsons. Here are some of her notes: - He said the first order of business is just to settle everyone down, and get everyone back to doing our jobs. There will be some disturbance in the force from time to time, but that’s not going to affect us. That’s going to be the NBA’s job to work through the turbulence of these ownership issues. - He believes he was chosen because the NBA was looking for someone who was not a usual suspect, that the league wanted someone with some broad-based experience at a high level, knowledge and integrity. He added that having played basketball at the University of Hawaii didnt hurt, although when I asked him how good a player he was, he joked that his old coach recently answered that same question by saying Parsons tried really hard. - Parsons also told me that while him being African-American certainly wont affect his decisions or relationships, symbolically, it could affect the way people see the Commissioners commitment to this, which is significant. - Parsons said Adam Silver first contacted him about the job on Monday. His acceptance was finalized yesterday, and he will be in LA at the start of next week to begin working with the team, although he has already spoken via telephone with Doc Rivers and a few others in the organization. I asked him who he will report to, and he said he will be operating as both the Interim CEO and the owner proxy for everything but the sale of the team, so he will have relative autonomy.
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 02:04:51 +0000
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