Welcome back, Clifford: ‘New’ Hornets coach gets a second chance in Charlotte
New York TimesSteve Clifford is getting a second chance from Michael Jordan, so already the former-turned-current coach of the Charlotte Hornets knows he’s breathing rare air. “Obviously it’s different or unique – I don’t even know what term would best describe it … but for me it was zero — zero — reservations,” Clifford said. Clifford said he stayed in contact with Jordan, the Hornets’ owner, and Kupchak, who was hired as the Hornets’ GM a week before Clifford was fired in 2018, even after he left Charlotte and became the coach of the Orlando Magic, where his teams reached the playoffs in the first two of his three seasons. Talk to me in five weeks, six weeks, and we’ll have a better idea where we stand.” Clifford said the Hornets of the past two seasons “weren’t lucky.” Hayward, signed to a four-year, $120 million contract, has played in just 93 games in his first two years in Charlotte, due to injury.
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