Kawakami: New Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy makes a confident, relaxed introduction
1 year, 6 months ago

Kawakami: New Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy makes a confident, relaxed introduction

New York Times  

SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Dunleavy Jr. spoke quietly and deferentially at first, but that didn’t last for too long. You will be missed, but we know you’ll be around.” Of course, nobody understands the demands better than Myers, who set Dunleavy on this path five years ago or, really, maybe a decade before that. “Anything I’ve been here for, I stand on board,” Dunleavy said when asked if he was a big part of all the moves under Myers the past five years. Then he added with a smile: “The three championships I wasn’t, I’m down with that, too.” Lacob said he didn’t interview anybody else for this job, partly because he kept hoping that Myers wouldn’t walk away and then it got very late in the process, partly because Lacob was already comfortable with Dunleavy and partly because it was pretty obvious to everybody that Dunleavy’s relationships and experience with Curry, Draymond, Klay, Steve Kerr and the entire personnel shop made him by far the prime candidate. GO DEEPER Mike Dunleavy Jr.'s journey from Warriors draft pick to general manager “He’s a really good communicator,” Lacob said of Dunleavy.

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