CLIPPERS UPDATE: CLIPPERS DROP TODD AS COACHING CANDIDATE.Byline: Randy Hill Staff Writer The Clippers moved a step closer to choosing next season's head coach by officially crossing one name off the list. Interim coach Jim Todd, who directed a 4-33 finish after Chris Ford was fired Feb. 3, was scratched Monday as a candidate to coach the team on a permanent basis. Clippers vice president of basketball operations Elgin Baylor said Todd - whose contract expires at the end of June - could be retained as an assistant coach. Todd was at his Staples Center office when the announcement was made but could not be reached for comment. ``He would like to be here, or somewhere, as an assistant next season,'' Baylor said. ``Of course, a position on the staff would be based on the wishes of the new head coach.'' The Clippers hope to cross that bridge before the June 28 draft. ``We've been talking to various people about the head-coaching vacancy,'' Baylor said. ``I'm not going to get into who is and who isn't a candidate.'' However, he did confirm there have been discussions with Mike Fratello, who coached the Atlanta Hawks for eight seasons before a six-year run with the Cleveland Cavaliers ended last year. He is an NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= game analyst for TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. and NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. . Clippers assistant coach Dennis Johnson also has had talks with Baylor and team executive vice president Andy Roeser about the head-coaching job. ``I would say he's a candidate,'' Baylor said. As for on-court personnel adjustments, the Clippers' predraft screening continues today when UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX freshman Jason Kapono and Duke senior Chris Carrawell arrive for workouts at USC's Lyon Center. Other prospects expected this week include UCLA sophomore power forward Jerome Moiso, Kentucky center Jamal Magloire and shooting guard Jimmie Hunter, who led Life College in Georgia to the NAIA NAIA abbr. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes championship after transferring from University of Memphis The University of Memphis is a public research university located in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, and is a flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system. . This week's visitors will be considered for the Clippers' second and third picks (18 and 30, respectively) in the draft. The team received the third pick in the draft during Sunday's lottery. The short list for that pick could produce visits from Marcus Fizer (Iowa State), Stromile Swift (LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit ), Darius Miles (East St. Louis, Ill. High) and Courtney Alexander (Fresno State). |
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