Warren LeGarie......is he our benedict arnold?

Coach Dean Demopolous, another LeGarie client is not being retained......maybe LeGarie is the architect of everything happening.

http://www.dwightjaynes.com/warren-legarie-blazer-fan

 

I've seen all I want to see of LeGarie over the years at the LV summer league. This douche, in his faux Tommy Bahama, blue jeans and cowboy boots reeks of pompous dicktitude. I'm shocked KP and Dem would associate themselves with this scumbag, but then again he was doing their dirty work in negotiations so maybe he's not too bad to have on your side. Sitting next to him courtside at Thomas and Mack for an hour made me want to take another shower. For example, my wife and I were sitting near half court and the Maloofs sat down next to us - no biggy, and they were really cool guys. No sooner had they sat next to us, slimeball LeGarie comes out of no where and tells my wife and I to scoot over so he could talk (hound) the Maloofs. They kept telling him they would talk to him later as they were watching Spencer Hawes (who was a rookie then). He was standing in front of my wife at courtside and wouldn't move until we moved. Finally, he said "just move, will ya?" and we relented. After a while of listening to this bafoon pester the Maloofs, Joe Maloof got up and sat on the other side of my wife and I, directly to my right. He had enough of LeGarie and was pissed. I struck up a conversation with Joe about Hawes and he was REALLY cool - he was curteous to LeGarie, but obviously didn't like the guy.

I'm not happy with the way the Blazers handled KP and Dem, but I can't blame them for not wanting ANYTHING to do with LeGarie.

 

A good agent will generally find a "win-win" scenario. This guy reminds me of Drew Rosenhaus.

 

Thanks for the first hand info. The plot thickens. The more time goes on, and I will get crucified for this, the more I think this KP thing could be good for the Blazers in the long run once things settle down.

Between Legarie and some other revelations of Medicore Man, you with the Legaire account, Patterson and that other guy that PapaG hates so much (blanking on the name) all point in the same direction. There was shady dealings KP was involved with at least as a willing pawn if not worse. That's bullshit and Allen was right to fire him. Allen isn't a people person and Vulcan fucknuts are worse. I bet the Asperger's to not ration in Vulcan is about 35:3. They don't understand a fucking thing about people.

So there are no hero's for sure. That said getting rid of this cloak and dagger bullshit is a step in the right direction. We have the talent, it would be nice to get Collison without giving up a core guy, but nothing will make more of a difference for this team then health.

 

Sounds like LaGarie did what was best for his client. Dwight Jaynes can't be so dumb to think that an agent's job is to do anything other than what is best for his client, right?

Regardless of what Drazen said, ownership blinked and granted him his wish. Also, keeping him behind Young was a fucking travesty, and a bad move by Adelman.

 

wonder if thing about KP being low paid GM is true, if so, LeGarie has to suck

 

we need to do a Vulcan expose one day.....

 

Why the hell did you give up your seat?

Warren: Pal, scootch down so I can take your seat.
Masbee: I am not your pal. Take a fucking hike.

 

What!!!!

Do you know anything about basketball.

In the playoffs, defense is essential to winning.

Drazen, RIP, was an amazing scorer, but defense to him was poison. He was TERRIBLE.

Aldeman is a great coach. Screw you for throwing him under the bus for making the right choice.

 

Well, LeGarie essentially runs the LV summer league. Being a dick to him would have been a quick ticket to the parking lot. I wanted to see Oden play so I was happy. And LeGarie is still a douche - he has to live with himself, not me.

 

Gotcha. Now I understand. Would have moved too.

 

I'm fine with my opinion. In Drazen's rookie year, both Young and Drazen played 12 mpg, and the team made the NBA Finals.

Starting in 1990-91, Drazen was getting 7 mpg, while Young was getting 17 mpg at the time Drazen was traded. Fast forward to the playoffs, where Young plays a whopping 5 mpg in 7 games out of a possible 16 games.

Unless Young is the best defensive player in history, I doubt he made much of a difference in those 5 minutes in less than half the games Portland played.

The next season, Young was waived, and the Blazers got nothing in return. Great fucking move, Rick!

Drazen becomes an All-Star, and Danny Young gets waived because he sucked.

Do you know anything about basketball, or are you just making things up? Adelman fucked up by playing the horrific Danny Young, and in the playoffs, when Young played for 5 mpg in less than 50% of the total games possible, it obviously turned out to be the wrong move. The year he was waived, Portland somehow managed to again make the NBA Finals, all without the brilliant defense of Danny Young!

Screw you for being ignorant to the actual facts.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/y/youngda01.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/petrodr01.html

 

That is the way the NBA was back then. You get in line and wait your turn.

Danny was a vet who would do what they were told, and mostly get out of the way of the stars of that team. He understood the pecking order.

Drazen was (a very cocky) sophmore who whined about shots and playing time and still needed to improve his game to adjust to the NBA.

Fine that he later became an All-Star on a team that did crap - though his stats when he made the team are barely all-star worthy. That has little to do with his time in Portland - a team that was championship caliber despite getting nothing from this "all-star".

And the main reason he wasn't getting time that year - the team was trying to win games to get a good position to be a contender. There were more pressing concerns than developing their ansty sophmore.

Drazen started out the season in a HORRIBLE shooting slump. Since Drazen was a shooter, having a shooter that doesn't shoot straight is a problem. Son, meet the bench until you can get your head out of your ass. Instead, whiney boy goes straight to Warren who attempts to disrupt the chemistry of a championship caliber team. FUCK HIM!

And anyway, your complaining about Danny Young is strange as he was a combo guard who didn't play much that year, and Drazen was a SG who couldn't swing to point. Danny Ainge got most of the backup guard minutes. It basically a 3 guard rotation - Porter/Drexler/Ainge.

Again I defend Adleman, that guard rotation kicked ass, likely the best in the NBA that year. Don't you know that?

 

What I found funny is the way LeGarie played Canzano. Legarie got Cazano to write and talk about exactly what he wanted.

I don't know if LeGarie could have stopped KP from being fired, but he didn't help the situation and I'm convinced made the situation between KP and management worse.

 

Dude, you're the person who said how important defense was in the playoffs. Drazen's minutes went to Young, and the team flamed out in the playoffs before Young was waived the next year.

As for "waiting in line", Drazen was a 25 year-old rookie. It's not like he was some youngster. Rick fucked up by playing Danny Young over Drazen. I do like how you stepped back a bit from your earlier "Do you know basketball!!!" bullshit. Oh well, at least we got Old Man Walter Davis and the terrible Reggie Smith for Petro!

 

Huh, that sounds familiar. Sounds like KP's situation.

I'm guessing Dwight knows that since he wrote:

But the point seems to be that while the agent might think he's doing what's best for his client, in the end it's not what's best for his client. Not if this is how he prefers to operate. Burning bridges in such a small fraternity is pretty stupid.

 

+1 Young was also 0.02 seconds from extending the closest series we've come to winning since 1977.

 

We will just have to disagree then.

When you are gunning for a championship you don't worry about a no-defense, can't shoot straight, not setteled into the NBA yet whiner -

no matter what YOU say.

Aldeman was right.

He hardly played Young at all. Drazen didn't get minutes unless he could fill it up. But, ya, Young got his minutes for the reasons I already explained dense boy - a shooter who can't shoot straight is as useless as tits on a bull. The guard rotation was set. That is all that team should worry about at that point.