More - Ernie Grunfeld Quotes

He won't be a participant in training camp. He'll start doing his rehab and we'll see how all that goes, and that will determine how quickly we can have him back in action.

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When you only have the 49th pick to deal with, you don't have much leverage, ... We had some conversations, but nothing really came close to getting into the first round.

Ernie Grunfeld

 Conversations

I've always believed that player development is absolutely crucial to a franchise, ... You can do some things with trades and free agency but you have to develop your own players. I think you've seen some of our young guys really improve the last couple of seasons. What we've tried to create is a culture of hard work and commitment and we've put a premium on working with our young players.

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The special ones, you keep a closer eye on. He was a very highly rated player and very unselfish. I used to tell him that one of the negatives people say about you is that you're too unselfish. That's a negative you'd like to have. He's very tough, very competitive.

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We have spoken to Andray and the doctors have informed us that he is in good condition and doing well.

Ernie Grunfeld

 Doctors

Our number one priority is to keep our own players, ... Larry Hughes's situation we want to deal with first, and then we have some other free agents we also want to deal with.

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There's no secret to finding guys at the back end of the draft, ... Sometimes, you just have to get lucky. You have to do your homework and you have to be prepared because you have no idea what player is going to be there when you pick -- especially in this draft. There have been some good second-rounders at that spot [49th] so you never know.

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 Draft

I think the thing we're most excited about is that Andray has shown that he has a nice feel for the game. He's versatile and he's coachable so we're excited about working with him and helping him continue to improve.

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It is very unfortunate that an injury like this occurred. Larry has been playing extremely well, but I am confident that his teammates will step up in his absence.

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It's a very scary situation,

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