Conference Call - Vinny Del Negro Will Return To Coach Clippers Next Season

The Clippers on Tuesday said would likely come back while coach next time of year after leading these folks towards greatest succeeding percentage from the franchise's record inside regular period as well as acquiring these people in to the second circular from the playoffs.

Eight a short time after the Clippers possessed depart interviews with their players, the crew reported they had exercised the option on Del Negro's post paid with the 2012-13 season.

Neil Olshey, Clippers vice chief executive connected with hockey operations, explained there "was never an issue" about whether Del Negro would always be retained. Olshey mentioned seller Donald Sterling and also President Andy Roeser "were many in unison" on delivering Del Negro to come back for just a third months while coach.

"Mr. Sterling, Andy along with I form of knew it was a fait accompli soon after the particular season," Olshey said throughout a meeting call. "It was merely a topic involving individuals having other housecleaning circumstances to deal with. We dealt out along with those, it's true we live willing to leave in order to some of our off-season and also the first arrangement involving business appeared to be that will training Vinny's option."

Del Negro mentioned he by no means apprehensive regarding a period shape on when they would certainly pick up regardless of whether his long term contract has been picked up with the Clippers.

"I experienced an awesome conversation using Mr. Sterling previous week," Del Negro stated from Phoenix, where he lives from the off-season. "Really, there had been simply no serious urgency on anybody's portion because I assume most people felt very good regarding the direction we have been heading. . To be trustworthy together with you, I wasn't troubled too much."

The Clippers and also Del Negro decided not to look at a legal contract further than upcoming season. "That was not to the radar right now," Del Negro said.

Olshey seemed to be asked around the conference name related to his individual future after a number of stories stated your ex boyfriend as you connected with about three finalists being standard office manager of the Portland Trail Blazers . His name seemed to be brought up coupled with past New Orleans Hornets general office manager Jeff Bower as well as Indiana Pacers GM David Morway.

Multiple stories claimed Olshey travelled to be able to London not long ago to satisfy along with Portland owner Paul Allen . Olshey has recently been working with out a deal with all the Clippers seeing that August, getting given with a month-to-month basis.

Olshey was inquired several times regarding his noted attention while in the Portland job. "I you should not include just about any touch upon my situation and also everyone while in the the front business office correct now," he or she said.

Del Negro, 45, required the actual Clippers towards the subsequent spherical of the Western Conference playoffs, where by they were swept throughout four game titles from the San Antonio Spurs .

But it turned out merely the other occasion inside 31 a long time Sterling includes possessed your workforce the fact that Clippers reached the other spherical of the playoffs.

Del Negro led this Clippers into a 40-26 record, a 60.6% succeeding percentage, throughout the shortened, 66-game lockout season. In his earliest season with the Clippers, 2010-11, this staff attended 32-50.

"Clearly, Vinny had among the list of almost all successful months as a trainer around Clipper history," Olshey said. "We're not gonna judge themselves by simply Clipper history, but we live gonna appraise ourselves by means of NBA history, in addition to including I said, I imagine we've been on the proper path."

Del Negro came below intense scrutiny plus his employment appeared tenuous following a Clippers displaced several consecutive online games in March. But Del Negro and also the team converted items around, winning 13 involving their future 15 games.

Then inside the Clippers' first-round playoff sequence towards the Memphis Grizzlies , your Clippers returned from a 27-point deficit to help win Game 1. The Clippers gained the particular sequence together with your Game 7 triumph with Memphis.

Del Negro, who seem to in addition coached that Chicago Bulls for two seasons, explained he has to hold getting "better during my craft."

"I really need to get much better at occasion direction during practice in addition to perform distinct circumstances to press guys' control keys just a little bit," Del Negro said. "Obviously, I really need to get greater at in-game decisions, no matter if this be offensively or defensively. . It's a nonstop process."