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New Orleans Pelicans news: Scott Skiles interviewed

The latest New Orleans Pelicans news is related to the coaching search the team is currently involved in. According to Marc Stein, of ESPN, the Pelicans interviewed Scott Skiles recently for the position of head coach.

Story going online now: ESPN sources say Scott Skiles has joined Alvin Gentry and Jeff Van Gundy as candidate for New Orleans coaching job

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) May 28, 2015

Skiles is frontrunner for Orlando Magic job but, according to ESPN sources, has been interviewed by Pelicans along with Gentry and Van Gundy

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) May 28, 2015

There have been a lot of rumors lately for the position of head coach for the New Orleans Pelicans, and it’s possible that some of them are situations in which a coach is trying to use that position for leverage.