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Two days ago, Bzdelik and Gentry were having conversations at Pels summer league game.
— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) July 8, 2019
Now? @TheSteinLine is reporting Pels have offered Bzdelik a spot on staff. https://t.co/weZmqBdAuJ
The Pelicans have offered a spot on Alvin Gentry's coaching staff to the highly regarded Jeff Bzdelik, league sources say, as Bzdelik weighs his next steps after parting ways with Houston
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 8, 2019
Basketball.
That has been speculated since Erman left or was dismissed.
Yep, but since the Bzdelik rumours were just that (rumours) and were also buried in the thread about Erman leaving, I figured that it wouldn't hurt to have an actual thread about the confirmed offer of a job to Bzdelik.Originally Posted by PELICANSFAN
Of course, that's a subjective thing, maybe nobody else finds it interesting or useful to have a separate thread for this in particular, that's cool too.
Is that the guy that was suppose to help Houston on D?
Yep, and by all accounts, he did it. In this three years with Houston, they went from 21st in defense to 6th. Before he was hired, Houston had the league's worst defensive rebounding rate: last year, they were 3rd.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/b...bzdelik-harden
This article covers a lot of the numbers pretty well. Here's an interesting excerpt from it;
''Only four teams averaged more deflections per 48 minutes than the Rockets this season; they tied for 12th last season. According to Synergy Sports, the Rockets also jumped from 28th to sixth defending isolation plays, and 18th to second defending dribble handoffs.''
I think that is fine.
Pelicans, continuing their fantastic offseason, are close to a deal with longtime NBA assistant coach Jeff Bzdelik, who was in Houston the past several years, to join Alvin Gentry’s staff in New Orleans, per sources. Bzdelik’s one of the best defensive minds in the game.
— David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) July 8, 2019
Looks like it might well be happening!
A couple of questions about Bzdelik:
1. Why did Houston part ways with him?
2. How the heck do you pronounce his name?
Last edited by GameBreaker; 07-08-2019 at 07:51 PM.
He retired last year... and they beg for him to come back. Rockets new ownership is kind of weird.
1. He initially retired. They convinced him to come back for another year, but he was apparently not very interested in staying with Houston. The official reason for him being let go has not been announced, but it's probably to do with that.
2. Bzz (like the noise a bee makes) delik. Bzdelik
Has Bzdelik already signed a contract with us?
Haven't heard anything yet.
This game s a good hire! Heavenly praised by the NBA’s toughest critic,
Pat Riley knows on no better qualified defensive coaching talent. Riley said, “I can’t think of a man in the NBA that has more experience, more knowledge, more wisdom about how to defend in the contemporary game today, than Jeff.”
According to the same Vice article that quoted Riley, ”Only four teams averaged more deflections per 48 minutes than the Rockets this season; they tied for 12th last season. According to Synergy Sports, the Rockets also jumped from 28th to sixth defending isolation plays, and 18th to second defending dribble h
Whoops Forgot to give source
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christo...-lead-defense/
Any official confirmation? This article is just another proof of our interest.
Stein has confirmed it. He is as reliable as they get.
I hope You are right . Thx.
But he has not confirmed it yet. The article references his tweet that we have offered it to him. Hopefully we will get official confirmation soon.
Nothing can be confirmed as his contract with Houston doesnt end until the end of August. Expect an announcement around labor day. Apparently he turned down offers from Lakers, Grizzlies and Bulls.
Read this on another forum.
Found article suggesting this-
https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/2...ll-weeklyx201d
So is it safe to say he agreed in principle, and he's just letting his contract run out?
Gentry has now allowed 3 staff members to leave since last season - Erman, Penberthy and Hanson (and brought back McMillan).
Do we have any confirmation of Bzdelik's employment?
Not that I've seen. You've got to hope that it would be confirmed soon, or that they would have somebody else lined up, because it's getting awfully late now.
Possibly a Reddick situation. No hurry to go out of the way to sign. He's an old head. So, we probably just get around to it when convenient
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