Coaching Search: 7/8 Update - Magic to hire Jamahl Mosley per Woj

MagicFan101 · Post #821 » by **MagicFan101** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 7:23 pm

Safe to say Becky is all but officially out of it?

Post #822 » by **Knightro** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 7:37 pm

I know I mentioned this in an earlier post, but Mosley and Unseld Jr. have *remarkably* similar resumes.

-Both played four years of college basketball.
-Both went undrafted.
-Both broke in to the coaching ranks as player development coaches in 2005.
-Both were soon promoted to on the bench assistants.
-Both guys moved on and became assistant coaches on REALLY bad teams (Unseld on the post-Dwight Magic, Mosley on the post-LeBron Cavs)
-Despite coaching for those bad teams, both guys got snapped up by great coaches of playoff contenders in the West and gradually worked their way up to lead assistant in charge of the defensive schemes.

The only real difference from a resume perspective is Unseld Jr. went straight into scouting out of college and Mosley played professionally overseas for five years.

Otherwise they are pretty interchangeable from a resume perspective.

Post #823 » by **Knightro** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 7:41 pm

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Latest rumors...

Wizards - Down to 4
Darvin Ham, Wes Unseld Jr., Charles Lee, Jamahl Mosley

Pelicans - Down to 2
Charles Lee, Willie Green

Magic - Down to 2?
Wes Unseld Jr., Jamahl Mosley (also interviewed Green and Lee)

CZ Eddie · Post #824 » by **CZ Eddie** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 7:48 pm

None of those have any experience as a head coach, huh.
Wonder why Pelicans and Wizards aren't tied to any higher profile coaches.
Maybe not as much the Wizards and their ticking time-bomb roster.
But Pelicans should be on the way up despite lousy ownership.

89Magicfan · Post #825 » by **89Magicfan** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 7:59 pm

Really surprised Atkinson hasn’t gotten any noise. Maybe that’s how it goes down though.

Post #826 » by **Knightro** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 8:05 pm

89Magicfan wrote:Really surprised Atkinson hasn’t gotten any noise. Maybe that’s how it goes down though.

I am surprised by that as well. There's zero indication out there in the public space that he has interviewed for any of the seven openings that were out there.

Nyce_1 · Post #827 » by **Nyce_1** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 8:15 pm

89Magicfan wrote:Really surprised Atkinson hasn’t gotten any noise. Maybe that’s how it goes down though.

I'm sad by this. And word his Terrence Mann's development has been attributed to Atkinson. Even more gas to the legend of Kenny fire.

MAGICian619 · Post #828 » by **MAGICian619** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 8:38 pm

Knightro wrote:
89Magicfan wrote:Really surprised Atkinson hasn’t gotten any noise. Maybe that’s how it goes down though.

I am surprised by that as well. There's zero indication out there in the public space that he has interviewed for any of the seven openings that were out there.

That’s how you know the Magic are hiring him.

RookieStar · Post #829 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 8:48 pm

Yeah.. so seems Kenny and Becky's name are gone from the "Serious" talks?

Post #830 » by **Knightro** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 8:53 pm

RookieStar wrote:Yeah.. so seems Kenny and Becky's name are gone from the "Serious" talks?

I mean there have been literally no reports of Atkinson actually interviewing with any team, not just the Magic.

Just rumors of interest from teams.

So who knows? Maybe he didn't want to jump back into head coaching so quickly. Hard to say for sure.

RookieStar · Post #831 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 9:13 pm

Knightro wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Yeah.. so seems Kenny and Becky's name are gone from the "Serious" talks?

I mean there have been literally no reports of Atkinson actually interviewing with any team, not just the Magic.

Just rumors of interest from teams.

So who knows? Maybe he didn't want to jump back into head coaching so quickly. Hard to say for sure.

True.. but it's just like the Magic t totally do the opposite of what is trending. Hiring the coach no one talks about.

Post #832 » by **Knightro** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 9:18 pm

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RookieStar · Post #833 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 9:39 pm

Knightro wrote:

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Well.. with Penny being the frontrunner news before, Wes has been confirmed to be dropped from our list. lol

Magic#1 · Post #834 » by **Magic#1** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 10:31 pm

Knightro wrote:

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I'd be excited about Unseld. He's a good bet to motivate our young guys and help them develop.

MasterGMer · Post #835 » by **MasterGMer** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 10:36 pm

I'd be OKAY with Unseld also. He is a defensive focused coach and will be a valuable teacher to the young players.

But I still want Becky Hammon.

Nyce_1 · Post #836 » by **Nyce_1** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 10:47 pm

Good article I found about Unseld Jr and why he'd make a good coach. Related to the Pelicans search a year ago but still very relevant today.

https://www.thebirdwrites.com/platform/amp/2020/9/27/21457819/wes-unseld-jamal-murray-nikola-jokic-mike-malone-zion-lonzo-paul-millsap-brandon-ingram-torrey-craig

MasterGMer · Post #837 » by **MasterGMer** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 11:11 pm

Nyce_1 wrote:Good article I found about Unseld Jr and why he'd make a good coach. Related to the Pelicans search a year ago but still very relevant today.

https://www.thebirdwrites.com/platform/amp/2020/9/27/21457819/wes-unseld-jamal-murray-nikola-jokic-mike-malone-zion-lonzo-paul-millsap-brandon-ingram-torrey-craig

Nice read. I can't wait to see the new era of Orlando Magic

Skybox · Post #838 » by **Skybox** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 11:29 pm

Knightro wrote:I know I mentioned this in an earlier post, but Mosley and Unseld Jr. have *remarkably* similar resumes.

-Both played four years of college basketball.
-Both went undrafted.
-Both broke in to the coaching ranks as player development coaches in 2005.
-Both were soon promoted to on the bench assistants.
-Both guys moved on and became assistant coaches on REALLY bad teams (Unseld on the post-Dwight Magic, Mosley on the post-LeBron Cavs)
-Despite coaching for those bad teams, both guys got snapped up by great coaches of playoff contenders in the West and gradually worked their way up to lead assistant in charge of the defensive schemes.

The only real difference from a resume perspective is Unseld Jr. went straight into scouting out of college and Mosley played professionally overseas for five years.

Otherwise they are pretty interchangeable from a resume perspective.

gotta go with the tiebreaker then...Mosley told LBJ to "shut the f**K up"

Rick Rolled · Post #839 » by **Rick Rolled** » Mon Jul 5, 2021 11:58 pm

Skybox wrote:
Knightro wrote:I know I mentioned this in an earlier post, but Mosley and Unseld Jr. have *remarkably* similar resumes.

-Both played four years of college basketball.
-Both went undrafted.
-Both broke in to the coaching ranks as player development coaches in 2005.
-Both were soon promoted to on the bench assistants.
-Both guys moved on and became assistant coaches on REALLY bad teams (Unseld on the post-Dwight Magic, Mosley on the post-LeBron Cavs)
-Despite coaching for those bad teams, both guys got snapped up by great coaches of playoff contenders in the West and gradually worked their way up to lead assistant in charge of the defensive schemes.

The only real difference from a resume perspective is Unseld Jr. went straight into scouting out of college and Mosley played professionally overseas for five years.

Otherwise they are pretty interchangeable from a resume perspective.

gotta go with the tiebreaker then...Mosley told LBJ to "shut the f**K up"

That’s legitimately what won the tie-breaker for me :lol:

Max Power · Post #840 » by **Max Power** » Tue Jul 6, 2021 12:17 am

I’d like Atkinson, but Moseley telling Lebron to Shut the F Up almost alone gets him the job in my opinion. I’m hoping for one of those 2 guys.