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Meanwhile, several other potential candidates who are held in high regard and could be interested in the position didn't turn up any other requests for permission by the Blazers. As of Saturday, Portland had not requested to speak with Rockets assistant general manager Sam Hinkie, Pistons assistant GM Scott Perry (or GM Joe Dumars, who was atop the Blazers' list a year ago but has not shown interest), Warriors assistant GM Travis Schlenk (or former GM Larry Riley, who was named director of scouting because of Bob Myers' promotion to general manager), or Nuggets front-office advisor Pete D'Alessandro. SI.com

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That the Warriors replaced general manager Larry Riley with protege Bob Myers comes as no shock. The big surprise is the timing. Why now? According to multiple team sources, a few factors came into play. The coming draft, and all the ensuing prep work. The pending free agent season, which kicks off July 1, and the Warriors’ need to woo someone though armed with nothing more than a mid-level. Contra Costa Times

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But perhaps the biggest factor, per the sources, was Myers’ as assistant general manager. It was part of the plan for Myers to succeed Riley when they lured Myers from the player agent side of the business a year ago this month. But at the time, co-owner Joe Lacob said Myers was in line for the job after Riley retired “in a few years.” Contra Costa Times

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It’s been 12 months. In that time, Myers, according to sources, has proved to Lacob he is ready now. Lacob is impressed with Myers’ connections around the league, his negotiation skills and the relationships he’s built in the organization. Contra Costa Times

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Lacob, Riley and Myers sat down and discussed the transition. According to one source, Riley wanted to see through what he started. But the source said Riley understood the move and was grateful the Warriors kept him around. Contra Costa Times

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Q: Joe, why make the move now? -LACOB: You come towardss the end of the year, you start to reflect and you say, ‘OK, where are we? What are we going to be going forward?’ And it just became apparent to me and the others that I confide in that Bob was ready to do the job. I didn’t know, we didn’t know when we hired Bob. You never know for sure… until you’ve worked with someone, you never really know. Working with Bob, he’s outstanding. He has all the capabilities to do this and be really, really good at it. We just decided that rather than wait another year or two, which was sort of the original plan, we were going to go ahead and make the move now and give Bob the opportunity to continue to prove himself and give him the authority he needs to go forward and do the job. San Jose Mercury-News

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Marcus Thompson: Riley had security and humility to operate in shadows of big personalities. Takes a certain kind of guy. Most couldn't work in such envrnmnt Twitter

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Lacob, Riley and Myers sat down and discussed the transition. According to one source, Riley wasn’t happy that it’s happening now – presumably because he wanted to see through what he started. But the source said Riley understood the move and was grateful the Warriors kept him around. Contra Costa Times

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The Warriors have promoted Bob Myers to general manager, the team announced Tuesday. Larry Riley, who has spent the last four years in the Warriors' front office -- including the last 12 months as general manager/Executive VP of Basketball Operations -- will stay on as the team's scouting director. San Jose Mercury-News

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According to sources in the franchise, the Warriors promotion of Bob Myers to GM and demotion of Larry Riley was more about Myers proving he was ready. In the 12 months, Joe Lacob has been impressed with Myers connections, relationships and negotiating skills. This is happening now largely because Myers has convinced Lacob he was right in pegging him as the next Warriors GM Sulia

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From the day they bought the Dakota Wizards last summer, the Golden State Warriors made no secret of the fact that relocating the team from Bismarck was a possibility. Now that the Wizards are on the verge of a move to Santa Cruz, Calif., in time for the start of the 2012-13 season, Warriors general manager Larry Riley insists taking the team from Bismarck was not a foregone conclusion at the time. “I wouldn’t say that the team was totally doomed when we bought it, but we had to have an eye on all the factors,” Riley said. Bismarck Tribune

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Dave Joerger, who led the Wizards to four titles in five seasons in Bismarck, expressed disappointment about the potential move. “Thats certainly unfortunate,” said Joerger, now an assistant with the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies. “There are a lot of people who care very much about the Wizards, not just the people who work for the team, but the season-ticket holders, the sponsors, the fans. ... There are passionate fans in every city, but there were a high number of passionate people in Bismarck.” Bismarck Tribune

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Gotta love Warriors GM Larry Riley's candor. His take on the pairing of Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry: "Now that it's over, the doggone thing didn't work. We didnt get a (center) and it didn't work. We've heard for a long time that you can't play with two small guards. Well, we've now opened up some playing time for somebody at (shooting guard) that's not a small gaurd. We're going to be a more traditional looking team." There. The first open confession that the small backcourt did not work. Sulia

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Sean Deveney: Larry Riley says the Bogut-Monta trade dated back to last year's Chicago pre-draft camp in May and "heated up" 10 days before the A-S break. Twitter

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Scott Howard-Cooper: Warriors GM Larry Riley said there is a "slight possibility" Andrew Bogut will play this season. Twitter

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Tim Kawakami: Ellis also never trusted GM Larry Riley after Riley told him the team wouldn't draft a lead guard in 2009... then drafted & kept Curry. Twitter

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As their season of promise (literally) quickly slips away, with their veteran roster unable to consistently win close games and their chance at recovery damaged by the possibility that their 2012 draft pick is ticketed for Utah, the Warriors are pursuing a deal before the March 15 trade deadline, general manager Larry Riley said. "We're working day and night and we're hopeful," Riley told NBA.com on Monday night. "But what will not happen is, we won't do something that sets us back just to do a deal. We want to find the right deal, and if we get one of those we'll do it. I don't know what the odds of it are right now." NBA.com

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-Q: I know you addressed this a little at shoot-around, but Larry Riley did mention that it might be time to look to the future. Do you not like hearing that? -MARK JACKSON: I have no time for that. Really, the front office’s job is to look towards the future. So Larry making that statement, whether it’s Larry, Bob or Joe or anybody else, the job is to look towards the future, prepare us to be effective down the road. My job is to handle the business today. I let my guys know, I have no time to think about a lottery pick or anything that doesn’t have anything to do with right now. Our goal is to be a playoff basketball team, continue to get better and put ourselves in position to be the team that we hope to be. San Jose Mercury-News

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Many Warriors fans already have given up on this season and started looking toward building for the future. Warriors general manager Larry Riley has not reached that stage. But he's getting closer. "That'll be a decision we will make pretty soon here, probably in the next week or so," Riley said in a phone interview Sunday. "But we have a little more time to look at things." Riley said the next week, starting with Monday's home game against the Los Angeles Clippers, is crucial. Golden State, which has lost three straight, needs to start showing some results. San Jose Mercury-News

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If the Warriors don't turn things around quickly, Golden State will be forced to turn its attention away from the playoffs and to developing the young talent. That probably means more time for rookie swingman Klay Thompson and even more minutes for second-year big man Ekpe Udoh. Maybe even rookie big man Jeremy Tyler gets into the rotation. It could also mean Riley will turn his attention to the trade deadline and potentially revamping the roster. Riley said he's not quite ready to start looking toward the future. "But the clock is ticking," Riley said. "No question." San Jose Mercury-News

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