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• Rumors are swirling that Michael Jordan is ready to offer Phil Jackson a piece of the Charlotte Bobcats and an executive position, giving Jackson total control of the basketball side. Jordan owns the Bobcats, who fired coach Mike Dunlap after one season.

• Jordan, of course, also won six titles as a player under Jackson with Chicago. He and Jackson remain close, and with the Bobcats looking to make a splash this offseason … well, they couldn’t do better than Jackson, an 11-time champion.

• Jackson has made it pretty clear he’d like to return to the NBA, but almost strictly in a front-office role. He says he doesn’t want to coach. His name has also been tied to the Brooklyn Nets and Sacramento Kings.

• Of course, if that truly is Jackson's criteria (warm weather, building a team from scratch), Charlotte would be a good match, too.

• Also, if Jackson lands a front-office job, most folks in league circles believe he’d target former assistant Brian Shaw as his next coach. Shaw is currently an assistant with Indiana.

• As for Jordan, Jackson and the Bobcats, one general manager cautions it’s just a rumor at the moment. These are the types of things NBA execs and coaches like to discuss as the offseason approaches. That’s especially true of GMs and coaches whose teams failed to make the playoffs.

• Even if the Jackson rumors aren’t true, the fact is the Bobcats’ coaching vacancy suddenly has some appeal. On top of fine young talent such as Kemba Walker and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, they possess gobs of wiggle room under the salary cap, with another top-five draft pick on the way.

• One opposing GM on the Bobcats: “That’s not a dire situation by any stretch. People are railing Michael Jordan, but that team has the youth and assets to make a quick turnaround. A lot of teams oversell that idea. The Bobcats don’t sell it at all. But (Jordan) actually has them set up nicely. It’s just about making the right moves from here.”

BrotherDave wrote:We'll know something is up when the team is renamed the Charlotte Bodhisatvas.

doc.end wrote:Back to the topic - I like the idea of Cho doing scouting and moves and Jackson directing everyday things, from trainers to coaches to individual players things. Not sure how proven/ sure bet as GM Phil is and last time we bet all in (and I think that would have to be like this) to aging HOFer... we al still remember where it got us and there is still one consequence to workharder out.

BrotherDave wrote:We'll know something is up when the team is renamed the Charlotte Bodhisattvas.

fatlever wrote:just listen to that guitar solo from denny dias around 2 minute mark. NASTY.

BigSlam wrote:Phil Jackson as GM.

Sloan as head coach.

Sure, why not.

Might as well start hoping that LeBron opts out and signs here too.

BigSlam wrote:Phil Jackson as GM.

Sloan as head coach.

Sure, why not.

Might as well start hoping that LeBron opts out and signs here too.