Clippers' Kim Hughes Just Keeps Hanging Around
Posted: Thu Jul 1, 2010 5:47 am
Kim Hughes already apparently has been fired by the Clippers before being brought back. And now his contract will expire at midnight Wednesday.
But do you think Hughes will be showing at the Clippers offices on Thursday?
Of course, he will.
"I'll be there,'' Hughes said in an interview Wednesday with FanHouse, joking the only way he won't is if his access card has been deactivated.
Call him the coach that won't go away.Now, his contract is ready to expire and apparently Roeser is taking no chances.
"Andy told me to come into work [Thursday] although he doesn't know what is going to happen,'' said Hughes, who said his contract would have expired June 30, 2011 if Dunleavy had remained with the team, but his ouster cut a year off it. "That's fine. I don't have anything else to do.''
The Clippers are deciding between hiring Dwane Casey or Vinny Del Negro as their next head coach, and Hughes said Roeser has told both candidates Hughes could be available as an assistant for whichever coach is selected. Roeser did not immediately return a message Wednesday.
Hughes, 58, has been working out players at the Clippers practice facility, and he figures that's what he'll do Thursday if his access card still works.
"I would stay on (with the Clippers), but it has to be the right situation,'' said Hughes, who said he doesn't know Casey nor Del Negro very well but has great respect for each.
Chris Tomasson, NBA FanHouse
The article also states that Hughes has been working out with Griffin, Kaman & Aminu. Blake has been looking great with no restrictions. He's the hardest working player on the team.