Neil Olshey was in New York Tuesday night when he got the biggest promotion of his career, taking a call during a Big East tournament game from the Clippers saying that they were severing ties with General Manager Mike Dunleavy.

Olshey spoke to Clippers' owner Donald Sterling and team President Andy Roeser and learned he would be assuming Dunleavy's duties, moving up from the position of assistant general manager, which he had held since the start of last season.

"I definitely didn't go to bed last night wondering how I was going to do this," he said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "It was more about what we're going to do. I feel completely confident that I'm ready."

Olshey initially moved to Los Angeles to become an actor, listening to the advice of the late Jerry Orbach, whom he appeared on an episode of 'Law & Order' with.