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Sloan told The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday that he has talked to Charlotte owner Michael Jordan about the Bobcats’ job and could meet with him as early as this week. Salt Lake Tribune

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When reached at his farm near McLeansboro, Ill., by the Deseret News Tuesday afternoon, Sloan said he didn't have time to talk about the coaching possibilities, saying, "I can't right now because I'm trying to hook up my sprinklers." However, although he couldn't talk in detail, Sloan was able to at least confirm that he is interested in getting back into the coaching profession. "I've thought about getting back into coaching," he said. "There has to be an opportunity and right now I don't have any offers. We'll just have to wait and see what goes on." Deseret News

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The Charlotte Bobcats' coaching search will continue this week when owner Michael Jordan's club interviews Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing on Thursday and Memphis Grizzlies assistant Dave Joerger on Friday, according to sources. ESPN.com

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The Bobcats, whose top priority is to find a coach capable of developing young players, are interviewing Mike Dunlap Wednesday. Dunlap, a well- respected basketball mind in both college and pro circles, is the associate head coach to Steve Lavin at St. John's University. ESPN.com

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The Bobcats are not expected to make a hire for several weeks. They also have interest in Indiana assistant Brian Shaw, former Portland and Seattle coach Nate McMillan, and former Utah coach Jerry Sloan, sources said. Bobcats assistant Stephen Silas, son of recently released coach Paul Silas, will also be interviewed, according to sources. ESPN.com

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In fact, if you were to go back for as far as ESPN keeps PPS data (1999-2000), Harden has the best single-season PPS of any NBA guard during the 13-year span, and Chandler’s 1.97 PPS is the best overall PPS in at least the last 13 years. To put Harden’s feat of 1.66 PPS as a guard into even more perspective, neither Michael Jordan nor Steve Nash nor Ray Allen ever broke the 1.5 PPS mark. And while dead-eye assassin Reggie Miller has broken 1.5 several times, he’s never cracked the 1.6 PPS mark. HoopsHype

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A health group is asking the U.S. government to yank a Gatorade ad that it says deceptively implies that basketball great Michael Jordan prevailed over the flu during a memorable 1997 game because he fueled with Gatorade. The Public Health Advocacy Institute, a legal research center at the Northeastern University School of Law, said it was targeting the ad by Gatorade owner PepsiCo Inc because it encourages teens to engage in dangerous behavior. Chicago Tribune

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"The Jordan Ad openly promotes engaging in vigorous physical activity while suffering from a very high fever, in Jordan's case 103 degrees," the institute said in a letter dated May 8 to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. "It is a generally recognized safety principle that teens and even professional athletes suffering from a severe fever and flu-like symptoms should not engage in vigorous physical activity." Chicago Tribune

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As such, the phone of Magic assistant and Jordan's good friend Patrick Ewing shouldn't be ringing from the 704 area code anytime soon. But odds are that it will, especially because Jordan and Ewing talked about the job before Silas replaced Larry Brown in December 2010 and it was speculated then that Ewing would come on board as head coach eventually. A second Magic assistant, Steve Clifford, is another name to remember as someone who could receive an interview. And if Ewing did, in fact, wind up getting his first shot as a head coach, Clifford could even come with him as a package deal of sorts. SI.com

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Nate McMillan is a North Carolina native and natural candidate for Michael Jordan, but remote chance he'll have interest, sources tell Y! Twitter

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Rick Bonnell: Nate McMillan to the Observer on #Bobcats opening: "I certainly do want to be in coaching again, so we'll see what happens.'' Twitter

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Chris Mannix: This is one of the richest free agent coaching markets in history but MJ will have to sell a top coach hard on the Bobcats job Twitter

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Adrian Wojnarowski: From roster to salary to ownership, Charlotte will be offering one of the least appealing coaching jobs in modern NBA history. Twitter

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Rick Bonnell: Rod Higgins says Paul Silas will continue in some sort of consultant role. Higgins says Stephen Silas will get an interview for HC. Twitter

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Rick Bonnell: GM Rich Cho says important next #Bobcats coach sees this as an opportunity, not a burden. Twitter

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During an interview on ESPN radio last week, Charles Barkley, a fellow Hall of Famer, criticized Jordan. “I love Michael, but he just has not done a good job,” Barkley said. “Even though he is one of my great friends, I can’t get on here and tell you he’s done a great job. He has not done a great job, plain and simple.” Barkley repeated a familiar criticism that Jordan was too stubborn to surround himself with anything but yes men. “I think the biggest problem has been I don’t know if he has hired enough people around him who he will listen to,” Barkley said. “One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills, so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check. They want to fly around on your private jet, so they never disagree with you. I don’t think Michael has hired enough people around him who will disagree.” New York Times

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Despite that, Maggette says players enjoy playing for Jordan and doesn't believe free agents will shy away from signing with Charlotte because "he's a winner, and will be a winner" again. Charlotte's elder statesman, Maggette believes Jordan is ready to spend money to bring in free agents. The Bobcats expect to be more than $20 million under the salary cap and are guaranteed no lower than the fourth pick in this year's draft. Maggette says he's convinced Jordan "is going to make this organization better." Oklahoman

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Appearing on the “Dan Patrick Show” on Wednesday, Brown said Michael Jordan was very disconnected as owner of the Bobcats and surrounded himself with sycophants. “I love the guy, but he’s around people that don’t have a clue,” Brown said. “And, they won’t challenge him. “It was almost like there were spies wondering what you were doing and getting back to him. ... I do see a passion. I think he’s just hurt right now.” Chicago Sun-Times

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“It’s absolutely wrong that I don’t want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren’t in the room,’’ Jordan told the Observer. “The idea that people can’t do that is just wrong. Curtis (Polk, team vice chairman) has worked with me for over 20 years and he’s never had a problem telling me, ‘no.’ Rod (Higgins, president of basketball operations) has no problem telling me no. Fred (Whitfield, team president) has no problem telling me ‘no.’ And Rich (Cho, the team’s general manager) is about as direct and candid a person as you’ll ever meet.’’ Charlotte Observer

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“This was going to be a trying year – we knew that,” Jordan said. “But did we want to chase the most Ping-Pong balls (in the May 30 draft lottery)? No way.’’ “Ever since I’ve owned the team (buying control from Bob Johnson in March 2010), I think we’ve made some very positive moves on the business side. We had to make a difficult decision to turn over the (basketball) talent. “This year the talent we had didn’t respond, but that doesn’t cause me to turn my back on the plan.’’ Charlotte Observer

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