I always liked KP, and loved what he did here. It was hard on all of us to lose Roy and Oden to injuries, and in the process lose a championship window. It must have been really tough though on the architect of that team. And here it happens to him again. He helped build a contender in Indy, and now that window is firmly closed, and again with a devastating injury - this time to Paul George. That must really suck.
I think KP recommended to the Indy owner that PG gets a max contract knowing he was going to suffer a severe injury.
I have no sympathy for KP. Here in Portland he drafted players like Roy and Oden, KNOWING they had injury risks. Teams have come out and talked since about the medical red flags on both. He rolled the dice and crapped out
I like the cute response, but Roy was different in that he had bad knees when he signed. George broke his leg after the fact
The Pacers were pretty injury free last year and still collapsed. George getting injured just gives him an excuse for losing.
Even knowing what eventually happens I would still draft Roy again. He was a huge breath of fresh air at the time when this franchise desperately needed one. I haven't ever considered drafting Roy a mistake. I'm sorry that you do.
THE WARNING SIGNS WERE THERE. http://www.basketballforum.com/portland-trail-blazers/365891-fire-pritchard.html
I was already saying it when the Pacers were folding late last season. The presence of Pritchard is a curse to wherever he resides.
3 teams later, ZBo finally got it and understood he's not a franchise player. How did the Knicks end up after that deal? 55 wins total with Randolph. Meanwhile, the 2008-09 Blazers won 54 games, nearly matching the 2 year total of ZBo's Knicks.
So you're saying we should have replaced McMillan with Lionel Hollins, kept Zach, and traded Aldridge for the Durant pick. We agree.
I just remembered why I have you on ignore. My mistake for clicking "view post." I thought maybe you had something substantive in your post, since clearly Portland had more success compared to the Knicks after the ZBO trade. Instead, more of the same.
Also Zach's personal life was completely out of control here in Portland. Bringing in Hollins would not have changed that.
This guy seems to be one of the only reasonable posters in the thread that El Presidente linked! http://www.basketballforum.com/4858342-post89.html Keep in mind that Oden had just been drafted to be the center to LMA's PF, so let's not start the "but LMA would have played center" stuff again.
Huh? You think teams won't trade us #2 for Aldridge? I never forgot. Next time, ask me if you can't remember.
You have miraculous prescience...and everyone knew Jordan would be GOAT. How could we be so stupid as to pass him up?
The Knicks and the Clippers were laughably badly run organizations. Not the best measure of his performance. Zach on the meantime, multiple time all star, led his team to the Western Conference Finals, 3rd team all NBA. What did the Blazers do with the assets they acquired? Sat on them with the promise of assloads of cap space which basically crippled them from making any major moves for years. What we traded him for was shit, it was reactionary. In that sense, Pritchard was fucking horrible. Him and his cap guru errand boy just wasted the time away which is why Pritch was eventually fired and cap boy is nothing more than a commentator on ESPN. Channing Frye was useless. So was paying Steve Francis contract. ZBO-Expiring Contract would have been much better. And he wouldn't have hindered Aldridge at all. I wonder what ever happened to those "impending federal charges" certain posters had "inside knowledge of". Just laughable.
