During last year’s NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, members of the team and staff met for an after-dinner party, where Haydel alleges former Stockton Kings assistant coach Akachi Okugo made numerous unwelcome advances. Haydel alleges she reported the behavior to her supervisor, Paul Johnson, general manager of the Stockton Kings and vice president of player development for the Sacramento Kings, who she said had a duty to escalate her complaint. She feared retaliation if she were to do so herself, and ultimately left the tournament early due to how the experience made her feel, the lawsuit states.
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Thunder lose yet another member of front office, this time, to Kings
Paul Johnson is taking his talents to Sacramento.
First, Troy Weaver left for the Detroit Pistons, then Billy Donovan took his talents to Chicago. Now, Paul Johnnson will follow suit.
Just two weeks ago, the Thunder announced that it promoted six members of its front office, with Rob Hennigan and Nazr Mohammed among the most recognizable names.
Johnson, however, was also among those who were promoted. After serving the franchise in a number of roles, he was promoted to general manager of the Oklahoma City Blue — the Thunder’s G League affiliate.
As it turns out, his tenure in that role will be short-lived, as ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Tuesday night that Johnson will be departing Oklahoma City to join the Sacramento Kings’ front office.
After the resignation of Vlade Divac back in August, the Kings eventually filled its general manager vacancy by hiring Monte McNair away from the Houston Rockets. McNair served as an assistant general manager under Daryl Morey, and since earning the job, has begun to reshape the front office in his own image.
Johnson is one of the individuals he’s tapped.
New Kings GM Monte McNair is reshaping his front office, hiring former Hawks GM Wes Wilcox as assistant GM, Philadelphia’s Phil Jabour as VP of Player Personnel and OKC’s Paul Johnson as Director of Basketball Operations, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 14, 2020
Johnson, who served as a Pro Evaluation Coordinator for the franchise before being named general manager of the OKC Blue, is just the latest member of the franchise to depart.
Over the past few years, there has been a lot of change within Sam Presti’s organization, and with Danilo Gallinari, Chris Paul and Dennis Schroder all potentially finding new homes this offseason, there may very well much more in store.
What has become obvious at this point is the fact that the Thunder organization has become highly regarded across the NBA. Others are beginning to feverishly poach Presti’s talent, which can be considered an indirect form of flattery.
In the interim, however, it may make things more difficult for Presti he will now have to make additional moves within his organization.
Thunder’s Paul Johnson interviews for GM of Mexican G League team
Johnson, a pro scout coordinator for the Thunder, interviewed for the general manager position with the expansion Mexico City Capitanes.
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Thunder pro evaluation coordinator Paul Johnson interviewed for the general manager position with the expansion Mexico City Capitanes of the NBA G League, according to Marc Spears of ESPN.
The NBA announced in December that it will bring a 29th team into the G League to be based in Mexico City in a landmark partnership with Capitanes, a professional basketball team in Mexico. The team will play its home games at the Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera in Mexico City.
Johnson played collegiately at LaSalle and spent time as a referee operations analyst with the NBA prior to joining the Thunder, according to the report by Spears.
Thunder Pro Evaluation Coordinator Paul Johnson interviewed for the new general manager position for the expansion G-League Mexico City Capitanes on Monday, a source said. The former LaSalle basketball player was also previously a Referee Operations Analyst with the NBA.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) June 2, 2020
The original plan was for Capitanes to make its debut starting with the 2020-21 season but it is unclear if that has changed based on the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. The team will be the first outside of the U.S. and Canada.
Capitanes, which was established in 2016, currently competes in Mexico’s Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional. Starting next season, Capitanes will play in the NBA G League for an initial term of five years.
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Notre Dame Almanac: Charlie Weis’s Dumbest Decision
That loss to Navy was laughable and anyone with any sense saw how over-matched Notre Dame had become, not in terms of talent, but in terms of employing a know-it-all coach who actually didn’t know a sneeze from a wet fart.
With it being Navy week I started to try and think of the most-memorable moments in the rivalry to me. For a series that has been played seemingly forever, I have very few actual lasting memories of it. With that said, a few did come to mind from games I remember watching.
2002 – A week after getting upset against Boston College, the Irish trailed 23-15 entering the fourth quarter before Carlyle Holiday threw two late touchdown passes, the final being the go-ahead score to Omar Jenkins to avoid a disasterous loss to a 1-7 Navy team.
2012 – Ten years later the Irish kicked off their season in Ireland, dismantling Navy 50-10. Stephon Tuitt’s fumble return for a touchdown helped blow things wide open on an afternoon that belonged to the Irish, even abroad in Dublin.
And the single worst in-game-decision Charlie Weis made at Notre Dame, which is saying something…