Yesterday, Brian Windhorst reported that coach Kelvin Sampson is on a list of potential candidates in the NBA assistant coaching ranks.  Many people know Kelvin Sampson because of his infamous tenure with the Indiana Hoosiers basketball program, specifically the recruitment of Eric Gordon.  That short tenure in Indiana ended up costing Sampson his job at the school, a $500,000 bonus, and a team scholarship.  The real question is whether or not this guy can coach or not.  Regardless of the controversy surrounding Sampson over the years at Oklahoma and Indiana as fans, we really don’t know the answer to that question. We can look at his records in college, but if he was underhandedly recruiting stars all the time, it stands to reason he might have just had better players.

The other question is where does Sampson fit on the Cavaliers’ list of priorities? Danny Ferry is probably still working on this project, but wouldn’t it be strange if Danny Ferry left his GM post shortly after working through the list of candidates?  The idea of the organizational structure is to have the GM working with the coach and vice versa.  At this stage of the game, we still don’t have any word that Danny Ferry will definitely be back at his GM post next season. [Read more...]