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SEATTLE (AP) - P.J. Carlesimo was hired Thursday as the new head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, eight years after being fired from his last head coaching job, and ending Seattle's search that lasted more than two months.
Carlesimo, who spent the last five years as an assistant in San Antonio, replaces Bob Hill, who was fired on April 24 after Seattle struggled to a 31-51 record in Hill's only full season leading the Sonics. Carlesimo was previously a head coach for Portland and Golden State.
In Seattle, Carlesimo, 58, will inherit a young team in the middle of a roster overhaul orchestrated by 30-year-old general manager Sam Presti. In the last week, the Sonics traded seven-time All-Star Ray Allen to Boston on draft night, and free agent Rashard Lewis agreed to sign with the Orlando Magic, erasing Seattle's top two scorers from its lineup.
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