Highlighting The Warriors Increasingly Dysfunctional Atmosphere

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What we know
Brian Scalabrine has been reassigned: This on its own reflects some sort of disagreement between Jackson and the management about what should be happening with the team: management intends to keep Scalabrine with the organization despite the coach wanting him reassigned.
There are not currently any plans for a contract extension: That's not exactly a vote of confidence from management. And adding a disagreement over Scalabrine on top of that doesn't exactly bode well.
Jackson has explored other job opportunities: Although he was unsuccessful, Jackson at the very least tried to get jobs elsewhere. For those of you who want Jackson fired, it certainly sounds like he has one foot out of the door on the surface.

What we still don't know
Why specifically was Scalabrine reassigned? The fact that there seems to be disagreement between Jackson and management is reason enough to believe that there might be some growing tension between the two sides. But just to put some context around this, it might help to know why the move was made. Trey Kerby tweeted out a link from January today that might provide some insight into how Jackson approaches his relationship to his assistants that might be relevant: when Jackson was asked back then about Jason Kidd's decision to reassign Lawrence Frank, he said the following:


"Theres no difference of opinions with my staff and I. They give suggestions. Some I go with. Some I dont. But at the end of the day its my decision and we are united in whichever way we decide to go. If you have a problem with that, you should not be my assistant coach. Thats the way I feel about it."

Is Jackson still interested in exploring job openings should they become available this offseason? Woj's report says nothing about whether Jackson is still interested in leaving or if there was something uniquely attractive about those particular job openings, but the fact that the Warriors apparently made no effort to extend him in light of that knowledge further reinforces the idea that they're not too concerned about him walking.

http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2014/3/25/5547306/golden-state-warriors-mark-jackson-brian-scalabrine

 

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