New Orleans Hornets hire San Antonio Spurs' Dell Demps as general manager Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 10:58 PM Updated: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 3:11 PM San Antonio Spurs vice president of basketball operations Dell Demps accepted the New Orleans Hornets' offer to become their general manager and will be introduced next week. 黃蜂的新GM人選決定了，馬刺的Dell Demps，他將在下週開始上任。 Demps, 40, was weighing offers from both the Phoenix Suns and Hornets. He interviewed for the Suns' general manager's job Monday. 40歲的Demps從黃蜂跟太陽中作選擇。而他星期一的時候有去拜訪過太陽隊。 "Through our extensive research with a number of GM candidates, Dell shined through as a rising star from a program in San Antonio that has a tremendous history of building a franchise into a championship contender,” said Hornets President Hugh Weber. Weber說：雖然有很多的人選可選擇，但是Dell作為一個後起之後卻有參與過馬刺奪冠的 經歷。 "Beginning with the hiring of Head Coach Monty Williams, we’ve begun a path of building our basketball operations with people we feel are going to be the best in the business, and Dell Demps certainly fits into that category. Our owners Mr. Shinn and Mr. Chouest both feel confident that we are developing our organization in a way that will raise expectations. Dell along with Monty share a lot of the same philosophies and work ethic that will help lead our franchise to the next level.” 從僱用Monty Williams作為總教練之後，包含聘請GM球隊一直往正確的方向前進。我們的 老闆Shinn和Chouest兩人也有信心認為這決定將會帶領球隊往正確的路走。Monty和Dell 兩人都有著相同理念，這有助於球隊的進步。 If Demps had accepted Phoenix's offer, he would have worked for just hired Lon Babby, who heads the Suns' basketball operations. In New Orleans, Demps is in charge of the Hornets' basketball operations. Demps replaces Jeff Bower, who had served as the Hornets' general manager since 2005. Last Tuesday, the franchise and Bower "mutually agreed to part ways." Demps接下了Jeff Bower留下來的GM位置。 "I’m very happy we were able to consolidate this down to a very short period. The biggest reason that was is that the universe of people with candidates and agents were all in the same place (last week’s Las Vegas Summer League). It saved us flying all around because we do want to meet with people face to face. We’re not the type of organization that reads someone’s name in the newspaper, calls their agent and hires them.’’ 我很高興新GM的招募很快就定案了，其中最大的原因是Demps和他的經紀人上週都一直在 夏季聯盟裡。這讓我們可以直接面對面的會談，而不是只能看看報紙上寫得那些。 Demps was the only candidate to be interviewed twice last week during the Las Vegas Summer League, which included a dinner meeting with Hornets Coach Monty Williams. Demps是黃蜂上星期再夏季聯盟唯一有兩次會談的人選，其中一次還包含總教練Williams 一起的吃晚餐聊聊天。 Demps was briefly a teammate of Williams with the Spurs in 1995-96. Demps, who went undrafted, played three seasons in the NBA with San Antonio, Golden State and Orlando before eventually playing in France, Greece, Croatia, Turkey and the Philippines for seven years. Demps曾經在95-96球季和教練Williams曾經再馬刺一起打球過，他在NBA打了三個球季包含 馬刺、勇士、魔術，之後又去法國、希臘、克羅埃西亞、土耳其、菲律賓打了七年。 "Dell Demps is a highly respected basketball person who has been around a model organization in San Antonio,” Hornets Owner George Shinn said in a statement. “Gary and I both have the goal to be a great organization and work towards a championship. Dell is the right guy for this position and the future is bright for the New Orleans Hornets.” 老闆George Shinn再一份聲明中表示：Dell Demps再馬刺有很高的威望，Gary和我都希望 球隊往像是馬刺那樣的成就邁進，而Dell是可以帶領黃蜂往這條路前進的人選。 Demps is considered to be a well-respected front-office executive, working the past five years for the Spurs and learning under Coach Gregg Popovich, General Manager R.C. Buford and former Spurs assistant general manager Sam Presti, now the Oklahoma City Thunder general manager. Demps also serves as general manager of the Spurs NBA Development League team in Austin, Texas. Demps被認為是馬刺優秀的制服組之一，他過去在馬刺五年的經歷中和Gregg Popovich、 R.C. Buford以及前馬刺助理GM現任雷霆GM的Sam Presti等人身旁學習過。同時Demps也是 馬刺在發展聯盟球隊-Austin擔任GM工作。 “I’ve known him and seen him work the past seven or eight years in the different avenues of our careers,’’ Williams said. ”Guys like that who have come from successful programs is the type we love that come from success. They bring good stuff that we didn’t have.’’ Williams說：我了解他，看著他過去七八年在不同領域裡有著成就。他的成就是我們喜愛 的類型，他可以為我們帶來我們所欠缺的東西。 John Reid can be reached at [email protected] or 504.826.3407. http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ssf/2010/07/san_antonio_spurs_dell_demps_e_1.h http://0rz.tw/cUYeb --

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