KP has one more "big" move up his sleeve........a big enough one that "might" save his job. However, while pressed, he wouldn't reveal his sources, nor anything else about this tidbit of juicy info on this morning's MSP. Although, he did mention a potential scenario whereas KP goes to PA and say's, "I have three players for player X. Can I pull the trigger?" I wonder what this all means?????????????
It would have to be one helluva maneuver to save his job. That said, I've heard Quick suggest this kind of thing before and nothing came of it, I'd say the odds of some kind of blockbuster happening now are fairly slim -- that's not a knock on KP's talents as a GM, these kinds of trades just don't happen very often.
Quick also alluded to the Darius Miles fiasco as, perhaps, the biggest factor in KP and Penn losing their jobs.
How could the Darius thing be KP's fault, when it was Paul Allen who got a boner for Darius and agreed to grossly overpay him?
What did Quick say that we dont already know? Based on what KP has done in the past and what's been reported by ESPN etc, we all know KP is very active in trade talks around draft time. Based on our roster, if we do make a trade its obvious it would be a 2 or 3 for 1 type deal. Quick told us nothing we didnt already know. The Miles thing is KP's fault? That sounds like Quick looking for another angle that hasnt been brought up already. He's reaching... reaching to bring attention to himself which is how guys like Crapzano and him make a living. Quick see's the news (probably from this message board) that Miles is going to work out in Charlotte, so he thinks to himself "hmmmm, I can spin that into this whole KP situation and get my name in the news".
Did KP and TP sign Miles to that contract? Hell, no. PA has no one to blame but himself. In fact, Nash told Miles to go out and get an offer, which we would match. So his agent gets a six year deal at $24MM from Denver. It was then Miles voiced his displeasure, so PA decides to sign off on a six year $47MM deal. I don't recall KP pushing that deal as DPP. In fact, I don't even know if KP was here. TP sure wasn't. Look, the guy showed no desire to play the game anymore. He made a move that cost himself at least $4MM by returning to the NBA. He wasn't an NBA quality player when he returned, but Memphis signed him just to fuck us. That's a move most owners won't make against each other, as it cost PA $9MM. It was a series of unlikely circumstances that turned out to be a worst case scenario. If that's why Allen is pissed, then he needs to look in the mirror.
Basically, he just sells tickets and hot dogs. And that ain't too tough to do. It's Vulcan that presides as team 'president'.
It means KP is working his ass off to save his job, and all Quick knows is that its going to take something big!
KP didn't trade Miles to NY when he could have been included in the Zach deal for Malik Rose. KP and Penn told Allen that Miles would come off the salary cap so the team should have him medically retire instead of keeping him on the roster to move in a trade.
True, but then again, Penn was the cap guy, and I imagine he crafted the idea to try and have Darius medically retired. Had the Blazers just kept him and sat him, we would have had his cap space last summer.
I'd need Storyteller to back me up on this, but I was under the impression that the move that got Penn hired by KP in the first place was removing Miles from the deal and adding Jones and Dickau to get the exception we used for Rudy. Up until then he was a "consultant" to KP. In fact, I think KP confirmed that at the first M&G ABM had.
