Rich Cho for executive of the year?

You have ridiculously high expectations.

You give Cho an F because he didn’t do any major move for a period of a few months? How many major roster shakeups should a franchise have? What if Cho had traded LaMarcus for a worthless young prospect, would he get an F-? He already got an F by you for doing nothing… I’m glad he didn’t make a bad trade just because we had a “roster in a mess” whatever the heck that means. Cho did nothing because he didn’t believe there was a move that helped the team.

Then he gets a borderline all-star who is the second best player on our roster for late first round draft picks. That is one of the most lopsided trades in Blazer history, it’s nearly on the level of a Pau Gasol steal of a trade.

 

Rich Cho winning EoTY would be like Kevin Love making the all-star team....totally undeserving.

 

I would say it depends on the playoff success. Does the vote occur before then?

If not, and if Miami doesn't get passed the second round and the Blazers do then I'd say Rich Cho would be deserving. Making some history and Living up to all the pressure that's been placed on him.

 

Sounds like you're thinking more CoTY than EoTY.

Cho is only responsible for one meaningful player on the roster. Hardly EoTY worthy. He's had a good first season though after a shaky start with the Bayless trade.

 

I think Denver's GM deserves this award. He found a way to ship out Anthony, their one superstar, and still get better in the process. Side benefit: he made the Knicks worse.

Now that's a brilliant deal.

 

I think it was simply a move intended to placate Rudy.

 

Last year we had a functional Brandon Roy- in that sense this year is much worse injury-wise, we lost the engine that makes us go. If we had the same Roy this year as last year, we'd be knocking on the championship door.

As a whole, the front office has done an excellent job since last year- Matthews was a great signing (I know it's not Cho) and Gerald Wallace was the most lopsided trade since Pau Gasol- it could have put us over the top if not for the diminished Roy. Bayless (whom I liked) was not a significant loss.

Even as a whole, though, there's no way this is equivalent to signing two of the top five players and Chris Bosh. My hat's off to Riley.

 

I did. The team lost more games to injury last year.

Including Roy in the comparision, he played 65 games last year, and is on pace to play 49 games this year. So, whatever you need to do with those 16 games, please note that they are included in a this year v. last year comparison.

 

I'm not criticizing Cho, nor did I, unless thinking he doesn't deserve EotY is considered criticizing him. As I posted earlier, I think that Ujiri should win it for making the Nuggets better after trading away his two "best" players. The Blazers will win less games than last year, have a similar playoff seed, and will be the underdog to win a playoff series. I guess I don't see what about that would make Cho EotY, especially when compared to the two previous years of 54 wins and 50 wins.

 

I think BB30's point is that this year's Brandon Roy is essentially an 82 game season missed due to injury. Even when he's on the floor, he's a shell of the player he once was. To not acknowledge that we had to rebuild on the fly with a new #1 option is simply being disingenuous.

 

I think the point is, the team lost 82 games of Roy this year, because he's broken. Yes, he's "playing," but the team lost their superstar from last year (for the season and probably forever).

 

I think you missed my point. You'd have to count all 82 games of this year in Roy's "games missed due to injury". Maybe that doesn't change the outcome, but Roy is not last year's Roy and hasn't been all season.

Edit: maxiep and Minstrel already beat me to it.

 

I really don't understand the Cho hate.... it's kinda like the Andre Miller hate.... doesn't make any sense. Are/were people still butthurt over the whole KP thing?

 

I'm butthurt over the whole KP thing, but that doesn't mean I'm not willing to give Cho a chance. I didn't like his Bayless trade and I loved his Wallace trade. The Wallace trade is much bigger in the positive direction, for me, than the Bayless trade is in the negative direction...so he's in the black with me.

I actually liked the Cho hire, though I disliked losing Pritchard. Cho seemed like a good recovery.

 

Unfortunately thats been Bayless' M.O. so far in his career. He's fools gold.

 

Executive of the Year? A stretch. But, most around here were so quick to rush judgement on the guy before he even had a trade deadline or a draft under his belt. I think were in good hands.

 

I think Cho's done a good job so far. In essence, his trades have amounted to moving Przybilla (damaged goods), Cunningham (journeyman), and Bayless (tweener combo guard) for Gerald Wallace. I don't know a GM in the league who wouldn't have made that move and chortled all the way back to his office.