Here's an old interview with Cho if you are like me and just want to learn his background for the first time: http://www.nba.com/thunder/news/QA_with_Assistant_GM_Rich_Cho-84051-51.html
So he was an engineer for Boeing, and then an attorney. Jesus. How many years did he go to school? Anyway, with the coming changes to the CBA, it'll be nice having on board a guy who understands both complex regulation and numbers. The teams that adapt quickest to the new environment will probably succeed the most.
Dude....think! Every GM had a first job somewhere. Teams take that route all the time. Many LA fans were upset that when West left they replaced him by promoting the "inexperienced" Kupchak. All he has done in his first job is collect a few rings. Take a look around the NBA. You will find a number of GMs who did well at their "first" job.
Are there any that have failed in their first job? Mitch Kupchak winning NBA titles is not a reason to hire Richard Cho. They're 2 different people.
Well he was the understudy of someone better than KP, I mean OKC has basically caught us with less resources.
On paper, looks like a nice hire. He has a diverse background and experience working on legal, talent evaluation and other basketball related matters. As usual, the devil is in the details, the proof is in the pudding, it's not over until the fat lady sings. Would be interesting to see how this goes on. I, btw, am already sure of his ability to make things happen. Somehow he managed to take Margaret, which someone told me was batting for the other team, and persuade her to marry him, change her name to Julie and have 2 kids with her. Onward and upward! To infinity and beyond! Are you feeling lucky? Punk? Dude, where's my car?
If you're claiming that Cho is a different person than everyone else... you win. Good going. Now run along and let those of us who actually prefer to apply reason to a discussion post for a while, OK? Ed O.
Well alot of that has to do with pure luck getting Durant. And let's be fair who's luck was that anyways? OHHHHHH Right! You know when Napoleon was being shown candidates for generalship they would tell him about the candidates exploits and Napoleon would ask...yes...but is he lucky?
I am hoping he works out. Unlike the situation when KP first started as GM, Cho has very little margin for error. He needs to hit the ground running. BTW, that doesn't mean he needs to start making trades right away or anything like that. It just means he needs to formulate a game plan for the future of the team and begin implementing it right away. That plan may very well be "Bake It".
By "catching" us you mean they won only as many games as we did despite them having an injury-free season? For all the hype the Thunder get, it's important to remember that among all the guys who played major minutes, only two (Durant and Westbrook) had above average PERs. And Durant took absolutely no skill for the Thunder to acquire. In some ways, the current Thunder remind me a lot of the 2005ish Cavaliers. A 50 win team with one awesome player everybody would've taken in the draft if given the same chance. Portland, in comparison, had six guys playing major minutes and above 15 PERs. It's a truly loaded team that just got hit by injuries. That said, I don't necessarily hold the Thunder's limited success against Cho. The Thunder haven't had Paul Allen's deep pockets, and they've had the whole move from Seattle to deal with.
