Merged: Quick on 1080 / Gerald Wallace and David Lee speculation

The Lakers/Spurs have improved by a lot. What is KP doing? We're on plan-C at the moment.

Maybe plan-E is where things really start cooking?

 

#1 thing I want in a GM.

 

BRING ME WALLACE NOW!!!

 

I believe it isn't necessarily his ability to close out a trade, but it is overall philosophy of having the owner, GM, and coach all on the same page when assembling a roster. I really believe that Nate has had too much input on which players to go after and which ones to keep.

 

Stop with this. At some point, Kevin Pritchard has to be held responsible for much of this. Trying to make Nate take most of the blame is just stupid.

 

Well it is part of the philosophy, so I'm not trying to deflect blame from Pritchard. It's his philosophy, so he has to take responsibility. I'm just pointing out that this isn't a 1 man show like it was back with Bob Whittsit. Kevin is a big believer of chemistry within the entire organization.

At some point Kevin does need to override McMillan if Paul Allen is giving him the green light and go with his gut if he feels that he has a chance to get a major talent upgrade.

 

How are you even sure Nate has a big say in the talent we acquire anyways? I'm sure he has some input, but it probably isn't as much as some people think.

 

I don't really know for sure, but everything Pritchard has talked about was that everybody within the organization has a voice. It was in an interview a while back, but Kevin went on and on about it was important for the entire organization to be aligned from the owner, to the management, to the coaches, to the scouts, and all the way down to the players. Every interview you here from Pritchard when it comes to signing or drafting players, he always mentions how Nate feels about it in some form. Pritchard just seems like there is always constant dialogue going on to ensure that the right move is being made. It doesn't seem like lip-service to me, but I don't really know for sure but that's the impression that I get from it all.

 

Miller would feel like a consolation prize at this point.
If we really can pry Wallace away from the bobcats(Joel, Outlaw+ picks cash) then that would be a way better acquisition than Turk.
Possibility of Wallace without dealing Batum?, then KP , go in guns Blazin'!

 

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Don't even bother fixing it; a highlight reel can make anyone look good.

 

Wait a second...."I'm Jason Quick!"




....just had to Idog!

 

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I'm liking it!


Blazers, Knicks, Bobcats in 3-way deal;


Portland to NY: Travis + Frye (1 yr)

NY to Cats: Lee

Cats to Portland: Wallace

 

I would love to get Wallace, but it really depends on what we have to give up. I'm really more a fan of signing someone like Odom to take the starting spot until Batum is ready. We have this cap space. It's the only time we'll have cap space for probably a decade. We should use it to bring in someone to either hold down the point guard spot or the small forward spot while our young guys develop at those positions.

 

Think about a small-ball team of Rudy, Mills, LMA, Wallace and Batum!!!! Wow!

 

That has to be a typo. If there's one thing you can count on from Larry Brown, is that he believes that Larry Brown is the center piece of any team he coaches.

 

I think the one philosophical difference between KP and Nate has always been, Nate has wanted to add veteran pieces to the core since probably the beginning of last season while KP would rather 'let it bake' and 'go to war'.

It got to the point that KP even admitted jokingly that Nate would probably kill him if he brought in more rookies. So far, since last season, we've gotten rid of our third-year backup PG and third-year backup PF and replaced them with three more rookies and a Euro stashee.

I'm sure Nate has a say in things as well, and the great thing about KP is he leaves an open door of communication for everyone to voice their opinion, but ultimately, it's up to him to make the personnel decisions. Nate is just one piece of the puzzle.

 

Mills? Where's Brandon? But yeah, I'd love to roll out a team of LaMarcus at C and Wallace at PF, with Nicolas and Rudy. That'd be one hell of a team to fast break with.