After his departure from the Denver Nuggets following the expiration of his
contract, former general manager Calvin Booth reportedly is eyeing a move to
the East Coast.
在與丹佛金塊隊的合約到期並離開後，前金塊GM Calvin Booth據報正在考慮轉戰美國東
岸。
According to NBA insider Marc Stein, Booth was among the candidates to
interview with the Atlanta Hawks, who are searching for a president of
basketball operations.
The Hawks fired general manager Landry Fields last month and promoted Onsi
Saleh to replace him. Still, the team initiated a search for a president of
basketball operations to create a new power structure in its front office. In
addition to Booth interviewing with Atlanta, Stein reported that former
Sacramento Kings general manager Monte McNair also met with the organization.
根據Marc Stein的消息，Booth是老鷹的面試人選之一，老鷹正試圖找出新的籃球營運
總裁好重建管理層的架構
在老鷹上個月開除前總管Landry Fields後，由Onsi Saleh接任總管，不過球隊還是
啟動了尋找籃球營運總裁的搜尋作業，除了Booth以外，前國王總管Monte McNair也
跟老鷹進行了會面
"Booth and McNair are among the five GMs leaguewide — along with Atlanta's
Fields, Phoenix's Jones and New Orleans' David Griffin — to lose their jobs
in the past month," Stein explained. "For the Hawks' purposes, Booth's
scouting acumen and strong reputation as a talent evaluator could pair well
with Saleh's strategic expertise. McNair, meanwhile, just worked in a two-
executive structure alongside Wes Wilcox with the Kings."
Booth was dismissed alongside former Nuggets head coach Michael Malone with
just days left in the regular season. ESPN's Tim MacMahon and Ramona Shelburne
reported that team president Josh Kroenke "held Malone and Booth responsible
for allowing their personal issues to negatively affect the organization."
Denver advanced to the Western Conference Semifinals on Saturday with a
dominant win over the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 7.
"Booth跟McNair是過去聯盟失去自己工作的5位5位總管之一，包含老鷹，太陽，鵜鶘
這些球隊也都更換了總管"
"對於老鷹來說，Booth作為球探的能力跟他評估天賦的眼光可能會跟Salen以精於計算
的策略專長互補，McNair在則之前在國王與Wes Wilcox搭檔，剛經歷雙總管的架構。"
Booth跟Michael Malone在例行賽結束的前幾天下課，根據ESPN的報導金塊總裁認為
Malone與Booth的兩人之間的個人問題對球隊造成負面影響，因此一併開除，而金塊
最後在這週六的第七戰中擊敗洛杉磯快艇，晉級西區準決賽
If Booth lands with the Hawks, he will certainly be hoping to have similar
success after he helped construct a roster that won the Nuggets' first
championship in franchise history in 2023.
如果Booth順利加入老鷹，他無疑會希望能夠複製他過去的成功經驗——他曾協助打造出2023年拿下
隊史首冠的金塊冠軍陣容
https://reurl.cc/M32zEK
老鷹目前確立的是Young沒有意願要離開，球隊也沒要交易他
預期暑假關於他的交易流言會減少，球隊對於Young這一季的改變跟領導能力上的進步
很滿意，想以他為核心繼續打造
而Young也表態他希望看到這支亞特蘭大老鷹隊迎來轉機，而他也想成為當中關鍵的一員
話是這樣說，暑假該補的替補中鋒跟控球後衛的坑還是要填
而且這次選的人不只要跟Saleh一起工作，還有一個問題是要整頓管理層
老鷹的管理層被報導長期處於"太多人擁有發言權的狀態"
老闆的小兒子雖然已經不太管事，但重大決策還是會出場，Snyder也有很大的發言權
，所以老鷹過去幾年的決策面常常不是單純總管說的算，而是一堆人一起做決定
管理層還有Saleh、副總經理Kyle Korver、顧問（前騎士GM）Chris Grant、經紀人出身
的顧問Chris Emens，以及另外七位擁有副總裁職銜的籃球營運人員
在Fields下課後，老鷹把Saleh轉正，然後Grant跟Emens離開，所以已經開始在整理
了
目前找新的籃球營運總裁就是希望有能力一舉統整所有的管理層人員，跟Saleh
一起確保說方向性是一致的，這也是老闆這一次還特別委託獵人頭機構幫忙物色人選的
原因，還說願意開高薪
不然老闆之前還跑去問Grant Hill(老鷹股東)，但人家沒興趣
他的夢幻名單是Bob Myers跟Tim Connelly，前者被認為比起錢工作環境更重要，而且
要Myers要放棄ESPN的爽工跟犧牲陪伴家人的時間不太可能
後者預期灰狼會續約，也沒什麼理由要來
所以先從目前可以談，跟沒合約的總管開始談
但這個新籃球營運總裁背負著決定老鷹未來幾年決策路線的重責大任的決策權之一，還
是希望能找個可靠一點，然後能跟總教練以及核心球員站在同個方向的人啊。