Patrick Ewing To Interview For Bobcats Job

[King Taharqa]

Ewing, an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic, will interview with the Jordan-owned Charlotte Bobcats for their head coaching position, once the Magic's playoff run is over, Yahoo Sports reports. (The Magic, face elimination Tuesday night in Indianapolis).

Ewing and Jordan are not only Hall of Famers but longtime friends, so a possible working relationship is not a surprise. As CBSSports.com's Matt Moore notes, Ewing has openly lobbied for positions including the Knicks gig when it came available.

Last month, the Bobcats announced they would not renew coach Paul Silas' contract after the team finished 7-59 this season for the worst winning percentage in league history (.106).

If Ewing gets the gig, he has his work cut out for him. The Bobcats were last in the league in scoring and shooting percentage and lost 22 games by 20 or more points.

Golden State Warriors assistant Mike Malone, current assistant Stephen Silas and former Blazers coach Nate McMillan have also been rumored as candidates for the job.

http://www.cbsnews.c...d-coaching-job/

[Chaos]

I like that pic of them toe to toe / /\

[nickzz]

kept seeing pat ewing on the sidelines this year and couldn't help but think that the guy is ill in some way. he doesn't look good at all.

[Kakarot]

Meh...

I dont know if I'd like this or not. Ewing just doesn't seem like a head coach to me. I don't think he's done a great job on D. Howard. Howard is still limited offensively, and he was supposed to be helping with that. Oh well, I trust Cho knows what he's doing when it comes to stuff like this.

[nickzz]

Meh...

I dont know if I'd like this or not. Ewing just doesn't seem like a head coach to me. I don't think he's done a great job on D. Howard. Howard is still limited offensively, and he was supposed to be helping with that. Oh well, I trust Cho knows what he's doing when it comes to stuff like this.

dwight will never be nearly as skilled [offensively] as patrick ewing was imo. he lacks finesse and has a terrible shooting stroke. dwight would be better off with shaq as a mentor... a lot more similarities in their games. too bad shaq hates him.

[Carl Spackler]

FOM

[4Corners]

I hope they hire him. It will set the team back another 3 years when he gets fired after two seasons

[Carl Spackler]

May work, may not work, wouldn't be good P.R. to hire another coach who's a friend of the owner. I understand sometimes they work out great, but not 100% of the time. And we've hired friends of the owner 100% of the time.

[4Corners]

Heard on espn and wfnz today that MJ is going to have a hands on approach to finding the next coach and there was no mention of cho. I heard that MJ plans to interview a fuging assistant coach at st johns, too.

Man this is getting more and more embarrassing by the week and I love it.

[teeray]

No plz

[Panthers128]

Really doesn't matter who they interview. I'm more interested in who they hire. Regardless of who they hire it's not like the coach will have much to work with.

[Vagrant]

Would love to have Ewing around to work with whatever player we take at 1st or 2nd.

[MadHatter]

Jordan has a prime opportunity to make a good coaching decision and move this franchise forward. I hope that he does not stick with his MO and hire one of his buddies.

Another disaster like Sam Vincent would set this team back even further.

[CatofWar]

Must be in the minority here. Would be pleased with Ewing as coach. When Jeff VG was coaching the rockets he brought Ewing along to work with Yao. Yao had his most successful seasons with Ewing mentoring him.