Michael Jordan and his Charlotte Bobcats will reportedly interview his friend and former rival Patrick Ewing for the team’s vacant head coaching position.
According to a report from Yahoo! Sports, the Orlando Magic assistant coach will meet with Charlotte management in the near future. The Magic were just eliminated from the NBA playoffs, losing to the Indiana Pacers in five games in their first-round Eastern Conference series.
The Bobcats are also expected to make pitches to Golden State Warriors assistant coach Mike Malone and former Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan.
Charlotte has been without a head coach since announcing that Paul Silas would not return to the Bobcats in 2012-13 after the team set a record for the lowest winning percentage in NBA history at .106.
Ewing has spent the last five seasons with the Magic as an assistant and is a longtime friend of Jordan, the majority owner of the Bobcats.
The 7-foot hall of famer played 17 seasons in the NBA after being selected first-overall by the New York Knicks in the 1985 NBA Draft.
