According to Tim MacMahon, the NBA has contacted the Utah Jazz to raise concerns about Omar Cooper Jr. as a guest coach for the Jazz.
From MacMahon’s article:
The Jazz intended to help ease Bailey’s transition to the NBA by having Omar Cooper Jr. — the son of Bailey’s advisor who just finished his career at McNeese State and plans to enter coaching — serve as an unpaid guest coach during summer league. That plan was called off after the league office contacted the Jazz to raise concerns, sources told ESPN.
That’s all the information we have on that. It’s another wrinkle to a situation that the NBA or national media can’t seem to let be. I’ll admit the situation seems unique, but not as unique as you might think. The NBA seems okay with Jalen Brunson’s dad as an assistant coach of the New York Knicks, so why would they want to step in on this?
Maybe they have the integrity of team positions in mind, but I don’t like the idea of the NBA meddling with team functions. The NBA has done no favors for teams in the past when it’s stepped in on the actions of certain teams. Don’t forget how they sabotaged the Sixers and Sam Hinkie. It ruined their plans and cut short their potential chances at building a contender. With that in mind, I can’t help but think the NBA has an eye on the Jazz, given their recent fine for tanking last season and now their efforts to prevent Omar Cooper Jr. from serving as a guest coach. My message to Adam Silver and the NBA would be fix your own yard before looking at your neighbor’s. Maybe it’s time to fix your officiating situation and stop ruining things like the NBA lottery with flattened odds. You want to stop tanking, yet you incentivize late lottery teams with flattened odds rather than the put the best talent to the worst in the league. They keep the rich rich and the poor poor. They worry about ratings, yet they let egotistical referees, in need of eye exams with thin skin, use their own style of officiating. They don’t enforce any of their rules against flopping and look the other way at foulbaiting nonsense.
Before meddling in team business, perhaps the NBA can fix its own issues first.