Former Clipper Coach and GMMDSr part of group to buy Hornets

Looks like Dunleavy is up to something after all these years... He must want a second crack at EJ.

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I’d laugh if the Hornets get moved to Anaheim.

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by FlyByKnight on Feb 24, 2012 10:57 PM PST reply actions

Man that settlement with DTS must have paid more then we thought

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by bestclipfan on Feb 24, 2012 11:15 PM PST reply actions

at least we know where Korolev will end up playing

by Rubble44 on Feb 24, 2012 11:28 PM PST reply actions

Interesting

I wonder if this means MDSr will be GM/Coach again or just settle down in the front office role.

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by ClipperChuck on Feb 25, 2012 1:26 AM PST reply actions

for a long time the biggest travesty in an alread relatively corrupted league was the fact that the nba owned a franchise.. the paul veto was a sham not because of the lakers getting screwed or any range like that, but because it was fine for the league to veto a trade because the owned a team.. just a gigantic conflict of interest.

ill be happy once this sale is done, good luck to mdsr. always thought he did a quality job as our gm despite the korolev flop.

by shap on Feb 25, 2012 3:54 AM PST reply actions

Hard to believe that franchise is worth 340 million.

And hard to believe that particular ownership group would be willing to leave the team in NO.

by John Raffo on Feb 25, 2012 7:02 AM PST reply actions

For such a small market, yep, it is hard to believe it is worth that much money.

by lovinglosangeles on Feb 25, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions

I hope MD Sr becomes and owner and wins a title.

While MD was majorly bashed on this blog in the past, he never really got much credit for helping turn the Clipper culture around by convincing free agents to sign and DTS to pay them, building the training facility, and by facilitating the firing of the other EB (Elgin Baylor). He also helped tank the team toward the end of the season prior to the Griffin draft. Of course, without the team’s playoff run in 2006 under his command, this blog would probably not even exist now.

Cheers to MD Sr if he can swing this deal.

by Jerdog on Feb 25, 2012 9:30 AM PST reply actions

This.

"Buckle your seat belts, folks. This one's going down to the wire." -The inimitable Ralph Lawler.

by Gordon for President on Feb 25, 2012 4:12 PM PST up reply actions

I actually liked Dunleavy.

He got a lot of crap for the hard times the team had, but he did do a lot to change the franchise.

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by Chris McD on Feb 27, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that a group led by a California businessman could pay up to $340 million for the franchise, while agreeing to keep it in New Orleans for the foreseeable future.

For the “foreseeable future?” whatever that means.

Looking like Anaheim may get their NBA team yet one way or the other as I don’t think the Kings to Anaheim is out of the question at this point.

by Buddahfan on Feb 25, 2012 10:45 AM PST reply actions