[Ric Bucher] “Another move that has not been reported, a league source says, is that director of scouting Stephen Giles also has been moved aside, and Grant Liffman — a scout hired last summer and Fields’ college roommate — has been promoted.”
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Relevant section from the article:
> PALACE INTRIGUE IN ATLANTA: The announcement that Atlanta Hawks team president Travis Schlenk was stepping back into an advisory role earlier this season caught the rest of the league off-guard as much as the Harden news. The only certainty is that no one is buying that Schlenk abruptly decided he wanted a lifestyle change.
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> One league source said the move was inspired by the souring relationship between Schlenk and both All-Star point guard Trae Young and the team’s director of basketball operations Nick Ressler, son of Hawks principal owner Tony Ressler.
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> Nick Ressler, Young, and Schlenk’s replacement, GM Landry Fields, are close and committed to building around Young, league sources say. The move to acquire DeJounte Murray from the San Antonio Spurs last summer was engineered by them, not Schlenk, according to those sources.
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> Another move that has not been reported, a league source says, is that director of scouting Stephen Giles also has been moved aside, and Grant Liffman — a scout hired last summer and Fields’ college roommate — has been promoted, though the exact details of his new role were not known.
Yay more nepotism
This “college roommate” bullshit usually doesn’t lead to winning.
Imagine if the Hawks traded for 1982 Utah Jazz stud Bill Robinzine because he was someone’s college roommate. No thanks on Dominique Wilkins, give us six points a game Bill instead.
This team is headed in the wrong direction.