[TimesPicayune] Shinn sets his sights on WNBA's Cooper, Fratell

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http://www.nola.com/hornets/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1085380070297330.xml Shinn sets his sights on WNBA's Cooper, Fratello Monday, May 24, 2004 By John Reid and Jimmy Smith par Staff writers Hornets officials declined to say whether majority owner George Shinn interviewed Michael Cooper in Los Angeles on Sunday for the team's vacant head coaching job. "I can't comment about that," said Bob Bass, the Hornets' retiring executive vice president of basketball operations/general manager. League sources indicated Saturday that Shinn had received permission to interview Cooper, a former Los Angeles Lakers player in his fifth season coaching the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, and would talk to him Sunday or today. Neither Cooper nor any officials from the Sparks could be reached for comment. Cooper has never been an NBA head coach, but he was an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers from 1994-97. He has guided the Sparks to two WNBA championships and has a 105-26 record. Shinn also is expected to interview former Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Fratello this week in Los Angeles. Fratello is an analyst for TNT and the network is televising the Western Conference finals, which resume in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. It appears Byron Scott still remains one of the top candidates, despite Shinn's interviewing of other candidates. Last week Shinn said he told Scott that the Hornets had a couple of other people they were planning to interview, but they wanted to make a decision quickly. Besides Cooper and Fratello, there is a chance that Shinn could interview New Jersey Nets assistant Brian Hill later this week. The Hornets have received permission from the Nets to speak to Hill, who was a finalist for the job last season and is a former Hornets assistant coach. The Hornets have been searching for a head coach since firing Tim Floyd on May 7. . . . . . . . John Reid can be reached at jreid@timespicayune.com or (504) 826-3405. Jimmy Smith can be reached at jsmith@timespicayune.com or (504) 826-3814. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.166.78.126