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Vecsey: Doug Collins turns down Bucks GM position
Bullet. Dodged. While nobody has ever accused Peter Vecsey of being the most accurate, reliable reporter in the world, it’s still worth noting that he is reporting in the New York Post that Doug Collins has turned down a $5 million/year offer as the GM/Head Coach job of the Milwaukee Bucks , as well as $4 million for the GM job alone. Apparently Collins, who didn’t want ...
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Brew Hoop — ... on a winning streak, etc.) we are going to have a top 10 draft pick to either use or trade. That should be a major tool that the new GM should have at his disposal when attempting to adjust our roster. But he won't get to. Babcock will be in charge of the draft. But of course Babcock won't ultimately be in charge. When he decides who we need to draft, he will then have to run it by Kohl, Walter, etc. just like Harris had to do when he decided we should take Yi. The Bratwurst checks in on the latest GM talk (our take). David Locke takes a closer ...

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The Rogue Hour — ... How many ways can you write that the Bucks are playing horribly right now? I'm running out of material along those lines and there are no new ...

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PistonsNationBlog.com — ... season, tied with Orlando for third-best in the league. FORMER PISTONS PRESS CLIPPINGS Allan Houston works out with the Suns, but not in a trying to make the team way Isiah says he’ll take any job to help the Knicks Mateen Cleaves was named D-League player of the month for March Vecsey: Doug Collins turns down Bucks GM position ...

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