”For us we’re on a really thought-out process,” general manager Jon Horst said Friday. ”It will start out immediately and we’ll hopefully get to a great
result at the end of it.”Current coach Joe Prunty will be among those interviewed after the former assistant led the Bucks to a 21-16 record following the firing in late January
of Jason Kidd. The Bucks said then that Prunty would get a shot to keep the
job.”Joe has earned the right to be part of this process. He will be,” Horst said at the Bucks’ training facility. ”Now it’s our job to not only focus on Joe but
the other candidates that we’re going to bring in and try to come up with a
great result.”The Bucks’ job is attractive with a new arena opening in the fall and budding NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo leading a young core.Interviews could start as early as Saturday, Horst said, and there was no timeline to make a hire. Teams are also preparing for the NBA dr
aft on June 21, and free agency begins July 1.”So we’d like to have someone in place in a timely manner, but we’re not going to rush a decision … at the end of the day, we’ll take as a long we need
to take the right person,” Horst said.The Bucks took a small step forward this year after winning 44 games, two better than last year. They were eliminated in seven games in the first round of
the playoffs by the Boston Celtics Authentic Lukas Dostal Jersey , a year after losing in six in the first to Toronto.Forward Jabari Parker returned in early February from the second major left knee of his career. About the same time, key guards Malcolm Brogdon (quad) and
Matthew Dellavedova (ankle) went down with injuries that forced them to miss of
the last two months of the year.Milwaukee adjusted to the arrival of guard Eric Bledsoe by trade from Phoenix in November, along with the firing of Kidd.”I was really proud of our guys, I thought we continued to get better,” Horst said. ”We kind of fought through some adversity and to put ourselves in position
to have a real chance to win in spite of all those things, I thought was pretty
remarkable.”—Bryan Colangelo may not have authored any of the tweets himself, but he seemed to provide private information that went into them.And when his wife used those details to criticize his own players or rival colleagues, Colangelo and the Philadelphia 76ers knew he could no longer remain
their top basketball executive.Colangelo resigned Thursday as president of basketball operations for the 76ers in the wake of what an investigation found was ”careless and in some
instances reckless” sharing of sensitive team information.The independent review by a law firm did not determine that Colangelo operated or was even aware of Twitter accounts that anonymously trashed some of
his own players and fellow executives, and defended him against criticism from
fans and the sports media.Paul, Weiss http://www.ravensauthorizedshops.com/authentic-mark-andrews-jersey , Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP said evidence supported the conclusion that
Colangelo’s wife, Barbara Bottini, operated the four accounts it investigated,
and she admitted to doing so – though also said she deleted contents of her
iPhone with a factory reset of the device prior to surrendering it for forensic
review, limiting the investigation.”Our investigation revealed substantial evidence that Mr. Colangelo was the source of sensitive, non-public, club-related information contained in certain
posts to the Twitter accounts,” the report said. ”We believe that Mr. Colangelo
was careless and in some instances reckless in failing to properly safeguard
sensitive, non-public Mason Rudolph Color Rush Jersey , club-related information in communications with individuals outside the 76ers organization.”As for Colangelo, there was no evidence he knew of the accounts before a May 22 inquiry from the sports website The Ringer for a story it reported linking
him to five Twitter accounts that took aim at Philadelphia players Joel Embiid
and Markelle Fultz, former Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie, Toronto Raptors
executive Masai Ujiri and former Sixers players Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens
Noel.Colangelo released a statement disputing that his conduct was reckless.”At no point did I ever purposefully or directly share any sensitive, non-public, club-related information with her,” he said.”Her actions were a seriously misguided effort to publicly defend and support me, and while I recognize how inappropriate these actions were, she acted
independently and without my knowledge or consent. Further, the content she
shared was filled with inaccuracies and conjecture which in no way represent my
own views or opinions.”Evidence found that Bottini established and operated four of the accounts – Eric jr Sam Darnold Jersey Elite , Still Balling, Enoughunkownsources, and HonestAbe – but it seemed some of the information being posted, such as details of trade
discussions or medical reports, was coming from Colangelo himself.As such, the team said it had ”become clear Bryan’s relationship with our team and his ability to lead the 76ers moving forward has been compromised” and
that it had accepted his resignation.”We find the situation to be disappointing for our entire organization,” 76ers managing partner Josh Harris said. ”We are determined to continue the
tremendous progress we have made over the last two seasons in our quest to win
an NBA championship.”It’s a stunning fall for Colangelo, a former two-time Executive of the Year who was expected to lead the improving 76ers into an important summer when they
are hoping to pursue LeBron James or another All-Star player to add to a young
core that includes Embiid and Ben Simmons.Instead that role will be led for now by coach Brett Brown. The 76ers said he would oversee basketball operations on an interim basis and that the search for
a new general manager would begin immediately.”You never want to see someone’s job end through an unfortunate circumstance like this. I certainly understand from the 76ers’ standpoint that that bond has
been broken,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. ”It’s not even necessary to
assign fault, just the reality of where they all find themselves. I think Bryan
recognizes like that as well http://www.redskinsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-derrius-guice-jersey , that these teams are like families and it can get to a point where it becomes
dysfunctional and I think that’s where they found themselves right now.”Colangelo, the son of longtime sports executive Jerry Colangelo, was hired as president of basketball operations in 2016 after Hinkie abruptly resigned.
Hinkie was the architect behind what has been called ”The Process” – the
long-term tearing down and rebuilding of the Sixers.Colangelo previously served as Raptors general manager, adding the 2007 Executive of the Year award to the one he won two years earlier in Phoenix. But
he lost his job there after Toronto missed the playoffs for the fifth
consecutive season, and Ujiri took over basketball operations.”Over the last two years, I have worked hard to help build a foundation for what I hope will soon be many championship seasons for the 76ers,” Colangelo
said. ”I am grateful to team owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer for the
opportunity they gave me to be part of such a great organization. I am saddened
to have to leave under these circumstances.”—AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds in Cleveland contributed to this report.—.
