Zombie Fire Olshey

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    Look, you obviously don't know what it takes to put together the most expensive team in the NBA. Not just anyone could accomplish that...
     
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    It would be the easiest thing for Neil to do so he could get the focus off of himself
     
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    He just got an extension. He’ll get at least another season. Same with Olshey.
     
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    I don’t think it’s enough to keep him if the wheels continue to fall off.
     
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    if Jody Allen is ok with paying 34M in luxury tax over two years, she'd very likely be ok with eating 5-7M of Stotts dead salary
     
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    I just want the next coach not to be a "yes" man. Someone who tells Neil who we are going to draft, and not the other way around. Because it's quite obvious that he's shit at doing that.
     
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    In my case, it's mutual.
     
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    Why would you fire Stotts or Neil with the injuries we've had? The only mistake right now is trying to get wins.
    -Nurk should take the rest of the season off as should Collins.
    -Get Dame out of there as well.
    -Let CJ and the Simons build their stock up.
    -Reload the team (using your expiring contracts as trade bait) and get a great draft pick.
    -Come in next season guns blazing.
     
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    He's right. He's not talking about all of the fans. He's talking about the fans that bitch no matter what. And he's right about them.
     
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    the way they are losing is key not just that they are losing
     
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    Yup, exactly.
     
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    Remember the Nate McMillan mutiny? We got our asses handed to us by the Knicks and Nate got fired the next day.
     
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    Just curious; anyone remember who fired Nate?
     
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    Paul Allen and Larry Miller, and tangentially, Chad Buchanan. We were 20-23 at the time. We also traded Camby's contract and Gerald Wallace (in the greatest trade in franchise history) on the same day. Landmark day for the franchise.

    https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/nba/portland-trail-blazers-fire-coach-nate-mcmillan-nba/
     
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    Thanks for looking that up. So they fired KP first and then Nate not too much later. I was just wondering how KP and Nate got back together if KP had fired him, but this explains it.
     
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    Right.

    And KP's unceremonious firing on the draft day prior to Nate's ouster was brutal. He did get his revenge with the Babbitt pick, tho.
     
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    Does anyone else find it ironic that NO made 'sweeping changes' to the team after making it to the conference finals? Especially after giving this gem of a quote...
     
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    Not to mention Elliot Williams and Armon Johnson. (not laughing)
     
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    I hope you are right.
     
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    First of all, his extension has to be more than $5-7 million. He's probably getting close to $5 million per season and there are still multiple years left.

    Second of all, Olshey doesn't seem like the type that would want to put himself in the position of having to explain to Jody why she should pay out all that money to fire Stotts just months after Olshey convinced her to give him that extension. It wouldn't look good for his job status either.
     
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