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Rapper Grasp P has thrown his hat into
the ring as a candidate for the New Orleans Pelicans’s unique head coach
following the dismissal of Stan Van Gundy after the crew failed to
qualify for the 2021 NBA playoffs.
Grasp P, exact title Percy Miller, instructed
TMZ Sports actions in an interview launched Tuesday he’s pondering the
gig as a New Orleans native who had preseason stints as a participant with the
Charlotte Hornets and Toronto Raptors within the slack 1990s, and who’s
also gained coaching expertise at the AAU level.
“I performed within the NBA. I performed
coached a amount of considerable gamers which are within the league,” Grasp P
acknowledged. “I performed took my sons from being excessive college athletes to maybe
they may perhaps perhaps be the subsequent future gigantic-time pro athletes. … If they elevate me in
as a head coach or assistant coach, I center of attention on I will trade the game!”
The Pelicans entered the season with
excessive expectations on fable of a core led by Zion Williamson, Brandon
Ingram and Lonzo Ball alongside with a solid supporting solid. The crew in no method came upon its footing, on the other hand, finishing with a 31-41 file, and Van Gundy modified into let trek after comely one season.
A tale from The Athletic on Thursday
urged “particular relatives favor Williamson on one other crew,” and there is field inner the organization about whether these “emotions
seeped into the participant’s possess views.”
So finding a coach who can lend a hand opt
Williamson joyful, a route of that seemingly starts with winning extra and
changing into a legitimate contender within the loaded Western Conference, is
foremost this offseason.
Grasp P believes he’s the particular particular person
at the particular time to repair what’s ailed the Pelicans since taking Zion
with the first total resolve within the 2019 NBA draft.
“We will resolve, and Zion will seemingly be
joyful,” he instructed TMZ. “… I essentially feel relish or no longer it’s motivating the
gamers and working out them. That’s the ideal ingredient.”
The renowned musician pointed toward the
Jacksonville Jaguars’ signing of frail quarterback Tim Tebow as an
example of thinking open air the box.
“You explore at Tim Tebow, they
introduced him to play as a tight end because they wanting at cases is
changing,” Grasp P acknowledged. “The NBA is leisure. I center of attention on
or no longer it’s a ways time for me to be the first hip-hop coach.”
He is a long shot within the
Pelicans’ hunt for a head coach, nonetheless the franchise may perhaps perhaps maybe neutral raise pleasure in
getting him extra fascinated about the organization given his connection to
the metropolis and his passion for the game.
