What! We turned down a deal for Amare? Wonder what the last Suns offer was? http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/02/young_and_restless_for_the_pla.html
Get out your shovels--the B.S. is piling up! The idea that the Blazers turned down Amare Stoudamire to protect their "culture" is ridiculous. Pritchard just couldn't get him for free, so he gave up. I'm really getting tired of Pritchard's lies. This guy has got to learn that he can tell the truth; it's not necessary to keep "spinning" all the way to the grave.
"but in the end, he said the Blazers' culture and core talent were too important." it appears that you missed a couple of words. that would seem to indicate to me that aldridge would have been in the deal and he didn't want to trade him.
I guess you're new here. I'm a diehard Blazer fan who loves the team; I'm just getting tired of Pritchard's constant distortions of the truth. Can you see the difference?
I didn't see Amare get traded, thus meaning Pritchard didn't want to give up what it would take to get Amare...just like every other GM in the NBA that was interested. Pritchard iz da worst GM!
Kerr was interviewed during the game vs. Boston and he said he never came close to trading Amare, he just listened to some offers.
I'm thinking that KP didn't want to part with LMA in a deal for Stoudemire, which if fine, but it would have been a very scary front court for atleast next year since Stoudemire is out for the season.
He mentioned "culture," which means he thought Stoudamire might have been a negative influence or would have somehow disrupted what the Blazers have going. I seriusly doubt that was the real reason--the real reason was that Phoenix wanted someone that he was unwilling to give up. It may have been Aldridge, but we don't know.
what was he supposed to say? "we tried really hard to trade amare but no one wanted him so i guess we'll have to keep him"?
he mentioned culture and core talent. amare not fitting in with the culture made it not worth it to give up the core talent even though amare might be better than the core talent. at least that's how i read it. really not a big deal and really not some huge unexpected amount of spin.
somebody misses John "Genius" Nash and the way he used to play all his cards face up for everyone to see. What a sly fox that dude was STOMP
Exactly. It had nothing to do with Pritchard "protecting" our culture, and everything to do with who he had to give up.
sorry if i hurt your feelings, just letting you know that what he said(like any gm) likely didn't accurately explain what happened.
Na, I think riding ourselves of the young core would change our culture as well. Therefore I think KP was straight up.
Yes I am new here and have already sussed you out. All you do is moan about this team, the players, the GM, everything. Distortions of the truth? Whats the truth? Hoops.com trade rumors?
