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Baylor Out, Dunleavy In as Clippers GM
Baylor Out, Dunleavy In as Clippers GM
To say that this was a long time coming doesn't really do it justice.  Elgin Baylor had been the Vice President of Basketball Operations (essentially the general manager) of the Clippers for 22 years, longer than anyone else in the league - the second longest current tenure is 13 years for ...
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Elgin Baylor Roundup
ClipperBlog.com Blog for the Los Angeles NBA Clippers Fans — ... In October 2003, just a few months after the Clippers named Dunleavy coach, the team brought in personnel director Neil Olshey and let go of longtime personnel man Barry Hecker, a move that was seen by most as the result of a power struggle between Dunleavy and Baylor. With Hecker out and Olshey hired, there was no question that Dunleavy had put his stamp on the organization, and that Baylor was increasingly becoming a figurehead. Clips Nation: Baylor is a link to "The Worst ...

Reaction to Elgin Baylor’s, um, Retirement
SportsHubLA — ... Clips in the free-agent hunt for Kobe Bryant all the way to the buzzer in the summer of 2004 or combining with the supreme on-court confidence of Sam Cassell to lead them to within one win of the Western Conference finals in 2006 — gave this longtime laughingstock of a franchise credibility it had never had previously. Yet none of that stops us from wishing that ol’ No. 22, after an unfathomable 22 seasons at Sterling’s side, went out in the more stately manner he deserved this time… ClipperSteve, at Clips Nation:  To say that this was a long time coming doesn’t really do it ...

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Pickaxe And Roll — ... Elgin Baylor was recently dismissed in a dastardly way by the Clippers.  Clipper Steve has complete coverage nd the  ...

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