New Orleans Hornets President Hugh Weber said he hopes to have a general manager hired by next week Published: Friday, July 16, 2010, 2:27 PM Updated: Friday, July 16, 2010, 3:30 PM LAS VEGAS -- New Orleans Hornets President Hugh Weber said Friday he is aiming to have a general manager hired by the end of next week with hopes of having most of the interviews completed by Sunday when the Las Vegas Summer League ends. Weber星期五表示：當這星期天夏季聯盟結束後，下星期黃蜂預期將會找到新任的GM “We’re not dilly-dallying around,’’ Weber said. “We’re well down the path of recruiting and finding the right candidate. I’ve literally had back-to-back meetings with agents of potential candidates. Progress is something we understand that needs to be done quickly and I’m confident we can get this wrapped up quickly. I’ve had a full day every day since Tuesday.’’ Weber說：我們不會讓這件事情拖太久。我們已經鎖定幾個合適的人選。講白點就是我們 已經開始評估幾位人選了。我很清楚這件事情不能拖延，從星期二開始我每天都在處理 這件事情。 Weber said the Hornets are holding off making any free agent signings or trades until the general manager is hired. Sources confirmed that Weber met with Kevin Pritchard’s agent, Warren LeGarie, on Thursday at the Las Vegas Summer League. Weber表示，當新GM上任前，黃蜂對於簽自由球員或交易都不會有任何動作。另一方面有 消息指出星期四Weber有跟Kevin Pritchard的經紀人碰過面。 "There is no front-runner at this point, but there are a lot of qualified candidates and certainly Kevin is one of them,’’ Weber said. “There is a lot of ways to build championship teams, we need to find and make sure that we seek out those people that are doing it in the philosophy that we have.’’ Weber說：雖然有很多人選，但是還沒有人脫穎而出，當然拉Kevin是其中之一個。建立冠軍 球隊有很多方法，我們必須適合的人帶領我們往這條路前進。 Other candidates the Hornets are considering include Denver Nuggets Vice President of Player Personnel Rex Chapman, Washington Wizards Vice President of Basketball Administration Tommy Sheppard, former Portland Trail Blazers Vice President of Basketball Operations Tom Penn, San Antonio Spurs Vice President of Basketball Operations Dell Demps and former Sacramento Kings Assistant General Manager Jason Levien. 黃蜂其他人選還包含了，金塊的Rex Chapman、巫師的Tommy Sheppard、前拓荒者的 Tom Penn、馬刺的Dell Demps、前國王的Jason Levien The Hornets have received permission from the Spurs to interview Demps, but they have not received permission yet from the Nuggets to interview Chapman, according to sources. 據消息人士透露，馬刺已經同意黃蜂和Dell Demps會談。不過金塊尚未同意黃蜂和 Rex Chapman會談。 The Hornets are not considering Joe Dumars, the Detroit Pistons' president of basketball operations, who is a Louisiana native. 黃蜂並沒有將Joe Dumars列入考慮範圍。 The Hornets' general manager's job became vacant Tuesday when the franchise and Jeff Bower mutually agreed to part ways. http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ssf/2010/07/new_orleans_hornets_team_presi_1.h http://0rz.tw/us03f --

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