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Williams promotes Ayers to lead Hornets assistant

Published Jun. 13, 2011 5:52 p.m. ET

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New Orleans Hornets coach Monty Williams says current assistant Randy Ayers will be his lead assistant next season.

Ayers fills a void created by Mike Malone's decision last week to join the staff of new Golden State coach Mark Jackson.

Williams says promoting Ayers makes sense because he has spent a season in New Orleans and has been both a head coach and a lead assistant before.

Ayers was Philadelphia 76ers coach for part of the 2003-04 season.

Williams, who is hosting a youth basketball camp this week, says he still intends to hire a new assistant coach. He wants to be deliberate in filling that job and is not offering a timeline for doing so.

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