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  1. jlprk

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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    Nolan Smith was recommended by McMillan's summer buddy Coach K. I think that McMillan had something to do with our taking Nolan.

    Buchanan brought in veterans, which I'm all for. McMillan can't coach veterans who come from any system more sophisticated than his. I'm glad Allen delayed a year replacing Pritchard, because it got McMillan fired, which may have been Allen's reason for delaying the GM hire.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    Bismack Biyambo.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    +1

    Something about the way KP talks always gave me hope even when things were obviously off the rails with Oden and Roy it just made me feel good to hear him ramble on about culture and what not.
     
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    I'm a KP fan. I blame imaginary cap space mainly on the influence of Tom Penn.

    hoop fam
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    Bingo.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    The Blazers have gone from a playoff team to a joke since KP left. Rich Cho had to have Larry Miller give his introductory interviews to the media, with Cho sitting beside Miller.

    So the rebuild failed. At least the team made the playoffs 3 straight years at the end of KP's term here. The Blazers MAYBE will fight for the 7th or 8th seed next year. Once again, Portland fans are self-destructive.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    I remember people on this board going nuts wanting to draft that stiff.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    And if you think that's bad, think of how far we've descended since Bob Whitsitt left.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    Agree! Pacers already had West, George, Green, Granger, and Hibbert when KP joined the team as a Director of Player Personal in July 2011... then promoted to GM in June 2012.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    KP is ok, but what exactly has he done in Indiana? Drafted Miles Plumlee?

    What exactly did he do in Portland?

    Since 2006 here are the Blazers draft day picks or players traded for on draft day

    2006
    Aldridge
    Roy
    Rodriguez
    Freeland

    2007
    Oden
    Fernandez
    Koponen

    2008
    Bayless
    Batum

    2009
    Claver

    2010
    Babbitt
    Williams

    Of that list, 2 players were worth a shit to this team last year. 2 out of 12 first round picks in a 5 year span contributed in a real way to our team last year? That is an epic fail.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    Pretty much spot on.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    Mediocre Man said (unquoted so my emphasis will show up);

    KP is ok, but what exactly has he done in Indiana? Drafted Miles Plumlee?

    What exactly did he do in Portland?

    2006
    Aldridge
    Roy
    Rodriguez
    Freeland

    2007
    Oden
    Fernandez
    Koponen


    2008
    Bayless
    Batum

    2009
    Claver

    2010
    Babbitt
    Williams

    Of that list, 2 players were worth a shit to this team last year. 2 out of 12 first round picks in a 5 year span contributed in a real way to our team last year? That is an epic fail.



    ME: And some of those players are either out of the league period (or should be), or on another team doing Portland no good.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    Pritchard wasn't GM during the 2006 draft was he?
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    Some people say he was in charge, others say no
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    "This was Kevin's draft." - Steve Patterson, 2006

    "I ran that draft." Steve Patterson, 2012-ish
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    Yeah, I liked how Patterson completely tried to re-write history when he was in the market for a new job. That guy always gave me the creeps.

    BNM
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    KA-BOOM
     
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    Very creepy and super awkward.
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    Wow, that's a pretty bad drafting track record outside of '06, but I maintain that Oden was the right pick at the time, but I really don't want to open Pandora's box when it comes to that one.

    Roy was a great, Lillard-esque pick. He was in no way a clear-cut #6 prospect, especially with Foye, Gay, and some workout wonders (Sene and O'Bryant) on the table, that was a great pick. Fernandez was also a great pick, but how much did KP have to do with that pick? (That's not rhetorical, I'm genuinely interested in information ya'll probably have on the pick.... because, for example, the Grizz's management defends the Thabeet pick by saying it was owner Michael Heisley's pick.) So, did Pritchard really have the most influence on that pick, or was that result of their international scouts striking gold?
     
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    Re: Being that KP is the GM of the Pacers, How bitter will you be if the Pacers go to

    The Pacers organization chart looks different from most teams. They have a President who is a tip-top expert in basketball. It was Larry Bird. It is Donnie Walsh. Looks like it will be Larry Bird.

    And it's not Kevin Pritchard.
     
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