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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Mark Jacksons leadership skills as a player more than outweighed his lack of coaching experience when it came time for the Golden State Warriors to hire their coach. The Warriors hired Jackson to replace Keith Smart on Monday, giving the former point guard and television analyst his first chance to be a head coach on the games biggest stage. "He epitomized leadership as a player in this league for 17 seasons and we think that characteristic -- and many other positive traits -- will translate very well into his coaching duties with our young team," owner Joe Lacob said in a statement. "He was a leader and a winner both on and off the floor in this league and were convinced that he is the right person to guide this team into the future and help us achieve the success that we are striving for as an organization." Jackson will get a three-year, US$6 million contract with a team option for a fourth year, Yahoo! Sports reported. Jackson interviewed with Lacob, newly hired consultant Jerry West and general manager Larry Riley before being picked for the job. Riley said the decision was unanimous throughout the organization that Jacksons attributes outweighed his inexperience. "It was his analysis of the game and the way he sees the game overall in our discussions that really convinced me this guy has thought about the game of basketball," Riley said. "I think hes been yearning to be a head coach for a long time. Some guys sit back and say, I can be a head coach. I think hes been preparing all along for the day when he can be a head coach in this league. It isnt something he had a dream about." Jackson played 17 years as a point guard in the NBA, for New York, the Clippers, Indiana, Denver, Toronto, Utah and Houston. He won Rookie of the Year honours in 1988 and made the playoffs 14 times. He ranks third on the NBAs all-time assists list. But he has never coached, spending the past few seasons as the lead analyst for ESPN and ABC for their NBA coverage. He wont start his new job until after hes finished calling the NBA finals. His first coaching job is a daunting one, taking over a team that has made the playoffs just once since 1994. "I am really elated about this opportunity and Im looking forward to the challenge of building the Warriors into a perennial contender," Jackson said. Jackson played for five Hall of Fame coaches in his college and pro career: Lou Carnesecca, Lenny Wilkens, Jerry Sloan, Pat Riley and Larry Brown. Jackson, 46, had been looking to get into coaching while working as an analyst in recent years. He interviewed for the opening in New Orleans last year and was one of three finalists for the Minnesota job in 2009, but lost out to Kurt Rambis. He also interviewed in previous years for openings in Phoenix, New York and Chicago. He finally ended up getting the offer he wanted from the Warriors, who have made big changes in the front office and coaching staff under Lacobs new ownership. "I have sensed that Joe is committed to winning and building a team and a culture the right way," Jackson said. "I think we all witnessed that with some of the recent front office additions as well and some of the other positive things that have been done in recent months. This is an incredible opportunity." The hiring of Jackson is the latest move by Lacob, who took over the team last year after buying it from Chris Cohan for a record $450 million. The team cut ties with Don Nelson before Lacob and co-owner Peter Guber officially took over ownership and Keith Smart coached the team to a 36-46 mark this past season. But Smart did not keep the job despite Golden State showing a 10-game improvement in the standings. Lacob also brought in West as a consultant last month and former agent Bob Myers as assistant general manager and GM in waiting in April. Jackson takes over a team led by a high-scoring but undersized backcourt of Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry. The Warriors and their new coach must also address the teams lack of an inside presence. "He has a strong personality, not abrasive, but he has a strong personality and should have the right mix to lead our team," Riley said. "I think hell be a guy who will relate to our team. Thats important. That was part of this decision. That was an ingredient we were looking for. Not only can he relate to the team, he can get the point across and get results." wholesale jerseys . -- This weekends game between the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders has been moved to a night game because of the baseball playoffs. wholesale nfl jerseys . The skier from Gatineau, Que., captured the bronze medal in a mens freestyle aerials World Cup event on an artificial ramp Saturday. http://www.cheapnfljerseys2015.us.com/ . The all-star pitcher keeps the $550,000 salary for this year that was in the one-year deal he agreed to last month. His new contract, which adds $29,945,000, gives him a $1 million signing bonus and calls for salaries of $3. cheap jerseys from china . The Diamondbacks left-hander allowed two runs over 6 2-3 innings and Arizona beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Sunday. cheap nfl jerseys . Last year, after falling into financial disrepair, the Canadian Tour reached out to the PGA Tour, which came to the rescue and also began to do some due diligence about taking over the tour. The idea would be to build a third level of golf under the Web.COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil -- At least three World Cup stadiums in Brazil will not be finished by the end of December as FIFA requested. Soccers governing body said Tuesday the stadiums in Sao Paulo, Curitiba and Cuiaba are unable to meet the deadline because of construction delays. The announcement came after the World Cup organizing committee received updates from the six host cities that still must turn over the venues for next years tournament. The other six were ready for this years Confederations Cup. "Two stadiums will be delivered more in the region of February than in January or December," FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said. "Curitiba is the one where we are facing the most problems. Clearly, Curitiba will not be delivered before the end of February 2014, so thats a fact." The stadium in Cuiaba also is expected to be ready in February, four months before the World Cup opens on June 12. FIFA said it still doesnt know when it will have the venue in Sao Paulo, where a crane collapse last week killed two workers and damaged part of the stadium. A report on the scale of the damage is expected by the end of the week. "We are in a period of time when the opening game of the World Cup will be played in Sao Paulo,"; Valcke said.dddddddddddd "We are not in a crisis mood where we are looking for an alternative to Sao Paulo. We are confident they can deliver the stadium on time (for the opener.)" The Sao Paulo venue, which will host the opening match, was almost ready when a giant crane buckled while hoisting a 500-ton metal structure that clipped part of the roof and cut through a huge lighting panel that runs across the venues outer facade. FIFA said it would not tolerate the same kinds of delays that plagued the Confederations Cup, when only two of the six venues were completed by the original deadline. Valcke said FIFA is already rearranging plans for the installation of temporary facilities at the venues that also will not be delivered by the deadline. FIFA President Sepp Blatter downplayed the delays. "There are some small delays in construction of stadia, but so small that, with one exception, we can just close our eyes and say everything will be ready," Blatter said. FIFA wants the stadiums ready at least six months in advance mainly so there is time for at least two test events in each host city. It says there is no way of moving games because about 1 million tickets have already been sold for next years tournament. cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '
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