There is some smoke about Nazr coming in an NIL/GM type role! He has been in the OKC front office so this would be a good get and knows the expectations.
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A Nazr hire would be huge. He's another guy that gets it.
Nazr authored the most unexpected and dramatic season-to-season improvement I've ever seen. He went from an afterthought to an All-American caliber player and a long, fruitful NBA career.
Bring him on!
Bring him on!
That's a good question. From the wording when it's been mentioned I wouldn't think so.
I’m not hung up on filling the whole staff with UK grads just for the sake of it, but I think Nazr would be a killer hire. That dude has been on every side of the league and knows basketball in and out.
Pope trying to create the tallest coaching staff ever?
As long as Nazr isn't teaching FT shooting. 
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I like it. Recruits will see that our staff looks like basketball players.
These articles indicate that he should have a very good skillset for the type of position that he could fill at UK. If he can perform as the director of basketball operations for an NBA franchise, I would think that could correlate well to doing so in Lexington...in short, this doesn't appear to be a "buddy" hire
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/spo...ed-explains-his-front-office-job/60401362007/
https://www.si.com/nba/thunder/news...-oklahoma-city-blue-oklahoma-city-thunder-nba
That would not qualify as a "huge" get IMO. Great assistant by all accounts but KSR said it's someone that everyone knows...Fueger is not that.
They made it sound like it would be a big name hire and since I had to Google this guy to see who he is I wouldn't think that is the home run guy they keep referring to.
He's extremely qualified. As I understand it, he's the GM of OKC's G-League team. He's already done this stuff at the highest level.
Sure wish my dad was still alive been dead since 2016… He loved all the Wildcats. He loved Pope and Nazr just thinking if we pick up Nazr too what he would be thinking today…..
If Fueger is the one responsible for BYU's offensive success and is Pope's right hand man, then he's immensely important.
I'm not saying he isn't important but just that Matt Jones said we were going after a big name that would make a splash if he came. So while he is important he doesn't seem like the high profile name Jones insinuates is a possibility.
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To insure Juwan Howard doesn't smack them after losing.
First person I thought of when Pope was talking about staff.
Oh, he is a homerun hire. The guy absolutely knows modern offense. Wouldn't be seeing any more of this "stand around gimme gimme gimme run out the shot clock bullsheet" we've watched under Calipari.
He has been a factor for sure.
But Pope is actually an elite bench/X's and O's coach himself, he doesn't necessarily need a Robic in the way Cal does.
They suggested that Pope said the assistant would be bringing some guys with him….that doesn’t seem like he is talking about his BYU right hand man.
Sounds like an assistant from another program that we aren’t already expected to get a few to follow Pope from
That is clearly not who they are talking about though. There is someone else that they said IF it happens would likely be announced today or tomorrow and could bring some guys with him. This is a name most would know already if it were to happen. I’m assuming it’s either a former player or a high profile assistant either in the NBA or college.
I agree it would be a great hire, but Jones said it’s a big name that everyone knows. So these are probably two different hires.
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