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Wizards ready to negotiate with Jarvis
Posted: Thursday May 18, 2000 08:02 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michael Jordan's courtship of Mike Jarvis for the Washington Wizards coaching job, now official with all the appropriate people notified, became a long-distance affair Thursday with the St. John's coach back in New York and Jordan still in Washington. "Discussions are still ongoing. There has not been a formal offer made," St. John's spokesman Dominic Scianna said after a meeting with Jarvis. As talks continued, it became clear Jordan will not meet his self-imposed Sunday deadline for naming a new coach. A team source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were no plans to announce a new coach until early next week. Jordan, the Wizards president of basketball operations, talked to Jarvis by phone to discuss the job Wednesday. Jarvis was in the Washington area, where he still has a home and where he is helping his daughter prepare for her wedding. Jarvis drove back to New York on Wednesday night and notified St. John's President Rev. Donald Harrington and athletic director Edward Manetta Jr. that he was formally talking to Jordan about the Wizards job. Only then did Jarvis make his interest public. Jarvis remained in New York on Thursday, while Jordan was in Washington for Sunday's NBA draft lottery, the event for which he had hoped to have a coach in place. Jordan was not available for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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