NBA NOTEBOOK: BAYLOR MEETS WITH CARLISLE.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired American basketball player who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor was a gifted shooter, a strong rebounder, and an accomplished passer. interviewed former Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. Franchise history From Fort Wayne to Detroit coach Rick Carlisle Richard Preston Carlisle (pronounced KAHR-lye-uhl) (born October 27, 1959 in Ogdensburg, New York) is a former basketball player and former coach of the NBA's Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons. Playing career Carlisle was raised in Lisbon, New York. for the Clippers' vacant coaching position, league sources confirmed Wednesday. Baylor met with Carlisle during a predraft camp in Chicago late Tuesday night but both sides declined to comment on how the meeting went. The Clippers refused to confirm or deny that the interview took place. ``We're talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to a full range of potential candidates,'' Clippers vice president of communications Joe Safety said. ``The process is moving along, and we're going to get a good coach. But we're not going to contribute to speculation.'' Sources said Carlisle was interviewed and that the coach has two interviews to come, including one with the Washington Wizards. Carlisle was fired Saturday after guiding the Pistons to two consecutive 50-win seasons and this year's Eastern Conference finals. He was named the league's 2002 Coach of the Year and led the team to a 100-64 record in his two seasons. Carlisle is the third candidate the Clippers have interviewed. The other two are interim coach Dennis Johnson Persondata NAME Dennis Wayne Johnson ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dennis Johnson SHORT DESCRIPTION NBA basketball player DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1954 PLACE OF BIRTH Compton, California DATE OF DEATH February 22, 2007 PLACE OF DEATH Austin, Texas Dennis Wayne Johnson and Mike Dunleavy, former coach of the Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks and Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise, based in Portland throughout its existence, entered the league in 1970 and has won the NBA Championship once, in 1977. . --Cheeks saga continues: The Philadelphia 76ers have not received permission to talk with Portland Trail Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks about their coaching vacancy, despite continued reports to the contrary, team representatives say. ``As we said last week and over the weekend, we denied permission to the Sixers to speak with Maurice,'' Mike Hanson, Portland's executive director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. , said Tuesday. ``Nothing's changed.'' A story in The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times on Tuesday was the most recent report saying the Sixers had been given permission to pursue Cheeks. The first was in Sunday's Detroit News, less than a day after Carlisle, a former Portland assistant, was fired as the Pistons' coach. Carlisle's job ultimately went to former Sixers coach Larry Brown. The report in Tuesday's Times attributed its information to a ``league source familiar with the discussions'' between the Sixers and Blazers. But representatives of the Blazers and Sixers vehemently denied the report. Still, the question remains: If there is smoke, is there fire? Sixers general manager and newly appointed president Billy King was in Chicago on Tuesday for the NBA's predraft camp. For most of the afternoon, King attended a competition meeting. Cheeks and Bob Whitsitt, the Blazers' president and general manager, also were in Chicago on Tuesday, although it was unclear if there was any contact between King and Whitsitt, or King and Cheeks. |
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