wow nobody every gives thorn credit for good moves like this and traylor. they only point out the bad ones. then again, that is how haters roll...ONLY hate...never good.
hey i love and trust in ROD thorn always did... i have my doubts with frank but i hope he really steps up, esp this season being that he helped assemble it! LETS GO NETS
Thorn has made some great moves, but he didn't administer Julius' nor Tractor's physicals, nor did he write the medical reports. And he was still willing to sign Shareef to a lesser contract.
Let's get real and stop with the crap. 1. On SAR, Thorn didn't administer the physical, but as president of basketball operations, he ordered a more thorough MRI than other teams did. It's why the Nets orthopedists found something other teams' orthopedists didn't and which the Sacramento orthopedists dismissed. When you are a responsible corporate official, it is your job to make sure that risks are minimized. So with the support of your owner, you ask for the best possible PROFESSIONALS. Because he did, the Nets' risk was limited. 2. On Traylor, Thorn didn't administer the echo-cardiogram, but as president of basketball operations, he demanded it be included in the battery of tests. At the time, the NBA didn't require echo-cardiograms, which, unlike EKG's, pick up signals that show hidden dangers. Some teams required them. Some teams didn't. The reason: they're expensive. The NBA now requires them in all physicals. Thorn saved that guy's life (He then went out and laundered money for his cousin's violent drug gang.) By being prudent and not being cheap, Thorn made certain risks were minimized. You may recall he was criticized for doing so, and not just by fans, but by others, including writers and other executives. You should, as someone who claims to be a Nets fan of long standing, give him credit for that. Thorn did offer SAR a new contract which would have guaranteed him a third year (this year) and if he had played without a knee injury his first year, so would the fourth year (next year). SAR luckily for the Nets rejected it.
I stand by my statement. You can dress it up with things you can't prove, but my statement is totally accurate. And I don't remember Thorn being criticized for the exams, other than by SAR and his agent. But after the SAR revised offer, I do remember that you criticized Thorn for leaking the results of the exam.
Actually, last season would have been the third year. Thorn's timetable would've been just about right. Keep in mind that when you negotiate a contract with someone, and you discover something that gives you pause, it is customary to put a modified offer on the table. Otherwise it is highly unlikely that anyone would want to do business with you again. It is likely that Thorn may have known they would never have accepted the modified offer, but he had to put it out there. It's not like SAR had any issues with the knee since high school. If Thorn discovered torn ligaments in a physical it would have been acceptable to not offer a modified deal.
