do we really have to go threw this again???? OK boys and girls listen carefully this will be the last time I explain this........KP WAS NOT THE FREAKIN GM IN HE 2006 NBA DRAFT!!!!! SO STOP GIVING HIM THE CREDIT LIKE HE WAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They weren't using his ranking sheet eh? He had nothing to do with the recruitment of LaMarcus Aldridge or Brandon Roy, I take it. Kevin Pritchard had everything to do with the players they chose. He may not have brokered the deals to bring them here. But it was his scouting team that indentified the players they were going to take. That's all you need to know.
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECRUITMENT AND BEING THE GM AND MAKING THE PICKS ARE TWO VERY VERY VERY DIFFERENT THINGS! i MEAN U CANT BE SERIOUS!!! [video=youtube;ekQ_Ja02gTY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQ_Ja02gTY[/video]
Kp was the director of scouting for the blazers in 2006. It was his scouting team that recruited every player in that draft. During the nba draft, it was his scouting departments rank sheet they used to select the players they did. This rank sheet had nothing to do with Steve Patterson. I can bet you anything that Steve Patterson did very lil to no scouting for that draft. So, let's go over this again. KP and his scouting team is the major reason why LMA is a blazer today. And guess what he's a power forward. Which sticks thorn through your crazy observation.
OH OK I GET IT NOW. SO CHAD BUCHANNON IS NOW RESPNSIBLE FOR ALL OUR PICKS SENSE 2007?? HMMM INTERESTING.
He might be but I don't think so. The scouting department which is headed by KP is responsible for it.
Do you not understand that KP was the director of scouting for the blazers in 2006? It was his team that did all the work for draft? Do you understand atleast that much? KP does the same thing now as he did then just with a gm tag instead. If you don't think he has any say in who the blazers draft now or that he doesn't give any of his own insight. Your crazy. The man is a draft day guru. He is scout. That's what he is .
DID I SAY HE HAD NO SAY? YOU ARE PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH NOW. HE DID NOT DRAFT THEM AND WAS NOT THE GM. THOSE ARE THE FACTS YOUR HONOR AND THEY WILL NOT BE DISPUTED.
He may not have drafted them. But the fact is LaMarcus Aldridge is his guy. And you can't dispute that.
UM REALLY? AND HOW DO YOU KNOW HE WASN'T STEVE PATTERSONS GUY? ....... YOU KNOW THE GM OF THE TEAM THAT YEAR.??//??
OdenIsGod, Relax dude, KP doesn't hate Pf's. That is just odd that you would think that. If the season starts and LMA still doesn't have an extension then you should let your conspiracy theories run crazy. From what I've heard and read it was KP and John Gabriel who were the brains behind getting LMA and Roy. Those two and PA's checkbook is why we had such a successful draft. Patterson was the Team President and Nash was the GM but in the war room PA listened to everyone and went with KP and JG. You're right, KP doesn't deserve the entire credit for that draft. John Gabriel also deserves a ton of it. KP knew the players he wanted but it was JG who orchestrated the deals. From what I heard PatterNash wanted to "Draft the Stache". Thank god but PA was not interested in Morrison at all.
willing to take any bets right now LMA is not signed bye training camp. so come on put your money where your mouth is people we can paypal this to the bank. NO WAY he gets signed.
but then when he doesn't it won't be KP's fault everyone will blame Vulcan cause boy genius could not possibly be low balling someone
Sure, my friend Lanny from Oregonlive's Blazer forum has 2 sets of season tickets. One pair in the 100 level, one pair in the 200 level. The bet is this, if LMA hasn't signed his extension by the time the regular season starts I'll pay for the tickets and you and I will go to a Blazer game together. If LMA is signed to an extension by the time the regular season starts you pay for the tickets and we'll still go to a Blazer game together. You can decide if the bet is for the 100 level or 200 level seats.
You replied to me after I posted "If the season starts and LMA still doesn't have an extension then you should let your conspiracy theories run crazy." I said by the start of the season. Why does this matter to you? I thought your main concern is that LMA isn't going to be signed at all.
I don't THINK he will be signed, but I KNOW that he won't be bye training camp thats why I made the above statement. So read it over and I will agree to any bet you want. I do this for a loiving son.
I'll stand by what I said and the bet I proposed. LMA will get his extension by the deadline which I think is Oct. 31st. I'm not as confident that it will happen before training camp. I can see everyone taking a break and waiting until LMA arrives in town for camp before they finalize the deal. You're the one who is saying, "NO WAY he gets signed." I'm saying he will.
