Choad-meister, coming through in the clutch!

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  1. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    Status Cho, knows how to close out deals.
     
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    he had to after the okc, suns and grizz all got better
     
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    I don't believe for a second this was Cho's doing, but props to the organization for making something happen
     
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  4. MickZagger

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    lol. okay.
     
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    Two future first round picks...

    Sounds like the opposite of Cho's philosophy,

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    do we know the details of the picks yet? Do you envision the Blazers having high picks anytime soon?

    I suppose now is the time to start backpedaling though after months of corny nicknames for the Choad-meister.
     
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    Rich-slapped MJ as well
     
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    None of those teams outside of maybe the Suns got any better. Dragic might be better than Brooks, too.
     
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    I can live with that. PA can just buy back picks if he wants.
     
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    And what philosophy would that be?
     
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    I'm just waiting for all those lovely posters berating Cho and basically the entire front office to come forward and claim that it was their bitching that helped to convince Cho and Co. to make the deal.

    Good work guys (S2 posters, not Cho)!!!
     
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    I think OKC did. Getting Perk for a playoff run is a pretty big deal, IMO. At least he and Nazr will be able to play D and rebound for Durant and Westbrook.
     
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    To accumulate first round picks.
     
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    I'd say that with the late-model Sonics of Presti's reign they were about collecting future assets, not going in on "player X NOW!!". Renting out cap space, trading expirings for future picks, etc. We gave up our expirings along with future picks and got a NOW asset, instead of stockpiling for the future.
     
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    Accumulate first round picks for what? To draft an army of rookies? Or, I don't know...to trade them for bigger things?

    I like your persistence, though. Good effort.
     
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    He said that getting picks was the way he would get the team better. I read it in an interview with him.
     
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    First of all, no good GM has a set philosophy regarding making "now" moves versus "future" moves. It's fluid based on the circumstances. Just because Presti maneuvered more for the future 5-6 years ago, doesn't mean he'd do the same if he was in control of the Blazers today. Second, Cho isn't Presti. They may have similarities, but I'm sure they're not clones.
     
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    Yes, and I addressed that in response to Fez. Draft picks aren't only used for drafting. They are also used for trading. Draft picks are fungible, so make a good currency to accumulate. How you cash them is not set in stone and I've never seen Cho put it in stone that he'd store up draft picks to use them all for drafting.
     
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