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Scott Layden (born 1959) is an American former general manager for the National Basketball Association (NBA). He currently serves as a scout for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. He is the son of former coach and general manager of the Jazz, Frank Layden, and a graduate of Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, where he studied Business and Sports Management. Layden was the general manager for the Minnesota Timberwolves from 2016 to 2020.
Layden played basketball for Niagara Catholic High School while his father was coaching at Niagara University. Layden also held various coaching jobs for the Jazz during the 1980s and '90s when his father was the head coach for the team. in 1981-82 he worked as a talent scout/assistant coach; he was promoted to assistant coach prior to the 1982 season, a position he held until 1988. It was during this time that he is generally considered responsible for the selection of a relatively unknown collegiate point guard out of Gonzaga University with the 16th pick in the 1984 NBA draft: John Stockton.[citation needed] The following year, he directed the draft again and selected Karl Malone with the 13th pick.[citation needed] Stockton and Malone helped the Jazz make the playoffs 18 consecutive seasons, including two Western Conference Titles in 1997 and 1998. From 1988 to 1990 Layden was the team's director of player personnel & assistant coach, a position he held shortly before he gave up his seat as assistant coach to focus solely on being the director of player personnel. In 1992, he was named director of basketball operations, where he stayed until his 1996 promotion to vice president of basketball operations. He left the organization in 1999 to replace interim general manager of the New York Knicks Ed Tapscott.
Layden was the New York Knicks executive vice president and general manager from 1999 to 2001, and the president and general manager of the organization from 2001 to 2003. The Knicks under Layden's watch (and that of his successor Isiah Thomas) were called the "Worst Franchise in Sports" by ESPN.com.
Layden took over as general manager of the Knicks after the strike-shortened, Cinderella-story season of 1998-99 that saw the team make history by becoming the first #8 seed in a conference to reach the NBA Finals. He replaced interim GM Ed Tapscott, who had already used the team's selection in the 1999 NBA draft to take injured Frenchman Frédéric Weis with the team's first-round pick, surprising many by passing over Ron Artest.
The new general manager of the Knicks made his first notable transaction when he signed controversial shooting guard Latrell Sprewell to a five-year, $61.9 million contract extension that would keep him in a Knick uniform through the 2003–04 season, although Sprewell would later be traded. Sprewell was a highly touted basketball talent, but he ran into off court issues with his former organization the Golden State Warriors when he assaulted head coach P. J. Carlesimo during a practice. Soon after becoming a member of the Knicks, Sprewell was involved in a car crash that saw him "drive his Mercedes-Benz on a freeway from an exit lane".
August 1, 2000, saw Layden make his second big move, when he re-signed free agent power forward Kurt Thomas to a 3-year, $13M contract extension, with a 1-year team option.
On September 20, the Knicks GM traded veteran, all-star, and team captain center Patrick Ewing to the Seattle SuperSonics in a four-team deal that saw back-up center Chris Dudley and the Knicks 2001 first-round draft pick go to the Phoenix Suns, in return for forwards Glen Rice & Lazaro Borrell, guard Vernon Maxwell, centers Luc Longley, Travis Knight, Vladimir Stepania, a 2001 first-round draft pick from the Los Angeles Lakers, a 2002 first-round draft pick from the Seattle SuperSonics, and two 2001 second-round draft picks. Rice played in 75 games, averaging 12 points-per-game for New York before being traded to Houston. Knight appeared in 126 games over three seasons, averaging less than 9 minutes per-game. Longley played in 25 games for the Knicks, averaging 2 points and 2.6 rebounds, while Borrell, Maxwell, & Stepania never saw action for the team. Ewing's production had decreased due to age and chronic injury over the past few seasons, and team brass felt that a deal was in the best interest of the future of the organization.
On January 30, 2001, guard Erick Strickland and a first and second-round draft pick from the Ewing trade were sent to the Vancouver Grizzlies for back-up forward/center Othella Harrington. Harrington would go to play in 237 games for New York, while starting in just 77. Vancouver would take Jamaal Tinsley with the 27th-pick in the draft acquired from New York.
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Scott Layden
Scott Layden (born 1959) is an American former general manager for the National Basketball Association (NBA). He currently serves as a scout for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. He is the son of former coach and general manager of the Jazz, Frank Layden, and a graduate of Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, where he studied Business and Sports Management. Layden was the general manager for the Minnesota Timberwolves from 2016 to 2020.
Layden played basketball for Niagara Catholic High School while his father was coaching at Niagara University. Layden also held various coaching jobs for the Jazz during the 1980s and '90s when his father was the head coach for the team. in 1981-82 he worked as a talent scout/assistant coach; he was promoted to assistant coach prior to the 1982 season, a position he held until 1988. It was during this time that he is generally considered responsible for the selection of a relatively unknown collegiate point guard out of Gonzaga University with the 16th pick in the 1984 NBA draft: John Stockton.[citation needed] The following year, he directed the draft again and selected Karl Malone with the 13th pick.[citation needed] Stockton and Malone helped the Jazz make the playoffs 18 consecutive seasons, including two Western Conference Titles in 1997 and 1998. From 1988 to 1990 Layden was the team's director of player personnel & assistant coach, a position he held shortly before he gave up his seat as assistant coach to focus solely on being the director of player personnel. In 1992, he was named director of basketball operations, where he stayed until his 1996 promotion to vice president of basketball operations. He left the organization in 1999 to replace interim general manager of the New York Knicks Ed Tapscott.
Layden was the New York Knicks executive vice president and general manager from 1999 to 2001, and the president and general manager of the organization from 2001 to 2003. The Knicks under Layden's watch (and that of his successor Isiah Thomas) were called the "Worst Franchise in Sports" by ESPN.com.
Layden took over as general manager of the Knicks after the strike-shortened, Cinderella-story season of 1998-99 that saw the team make history by becoming the first #8 seed in a conference to reach the NBA Finals. He replaced interim GM Ed Tapscott, who had already used the team's selection in the 1999 NBA draft to take injured Frenchman Frédéric Weis with the team's first-round pick, surprising many by passing over Ron Artest.
The new general manager of the Knicks made his first notable transaction when he signed controversial shooting guard Latrell Sprewell to a five-year, $61.9 million contract extension that would keep him in a Knick uniform through the 2003–04 season, although Sprewell would later be traded. Sprewell was a highly touted basketball talent, but he ran into off court issues with his former organization the Golden State Warriors when he assaulted head coach P. J. Carlesimo during a practice. Soon after becoming a member of the Knicks, Sprewell was involved in a car crash that saw him "drive his Mercedes-Benz on a freeway from an exit lane".
August 1, 2000, saw Layden make his second big move, when he re-signed free agent power forward Kurt Thomas to a 3-year, $13M contract extension, with a 1-year team option.
On September 20, the Knicks GM traded veteran, all-star, and team captain center Patrick Ewing to the Seattle SuperSonics in a four-team deal that saw back-up center Chris Dudley and the Knicks 2001 first-round draft pick go to the Phoenix Suns, in return for forwards Glen Rice & Lazaro Borrell, guard Vernon Maxwell, centers Luc Longley, Travis Knight, Vladimir Stepania, a 2001 first-round draft pick from the Los Angeles Lakers, a 2002 first-round draft pick from the Seattle SuperSonics, and two 2001 second-round draft picks. Rice played in 75 games, averaging 12 points-per-game for New York before being traded to Houston. Knight appeared in 126 games over three seasons, averaging less than 9 minutes per-game. Longley played in 25 games for the Knicks, averaging 2 points and 2.6 rebounds, while Borrell, Maxwell, & Stepania never saw action for the team. Ewing's production had decreased due to age and chronic injury over the past few seasons, and team brass felt that a deal was in the best interest of the future of the organization.
On January 30, 2001, guard Erick Strickland and a first and second-round draft pick from the Ewing trade were sent to the Vancouver Grizzlies for back-up forward/center Othella Harrington. Harrington would go to play in 237 games for New York, while starting in just 77. Vancouver would take Jamaal Tinsley with the 27th-pick in the draft acquired from New York.