Another New Assistant Sergi Oliva

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  1. DDolla

    DDolla Well-Known Member

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    How many do we need as assistant GM?
     
    DDolla, May 30, 2022
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    Everyone has multiple assistants.

    Seems like Oliva will be the analytics guy. Pretty cool to see a euro in the front office. I like what Cronin is building.
     
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    complete overhaul. nice to see them adding different skills.

    funny to see woj tweet about all our assistants though. seems like these happen around the league and go unnoticed.

    the athletic named him among the top 40 under 40 execs to watch: https://theathletic.com/3138225/202...basketball-world-and-the-future/?redirected=1

    Oliva spent six seasons with the 76ers, where he was the VP and director of analytics and strategy. Now, he’s in his second on the bench behind Quin Snyder, where he can surely put his Ph.D. in computational complexity to work.

    “He has a unique skillset,” Snyder said when Oliva came aboard. “He helped build their analytics program. He’s teaching me as we go.”
     
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    Is assistant general manager or assistant to the general manager?
     
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    Hope this works out better than the last Sergei associated with the Blazers. Monia sucked.
     
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    Monia was a huge assist guy, best assist he dished out was getting us LMA.
     
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    Not the type of hires you'd expect from someone who is worried about everyone thinking he's the #1 guy at all times. Oh wait, that guy is gone...

     
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    I really like this. Fresh faces and fresh minds. Can’t build something new without starting from the top down.
     
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    I think you're confusing Monia with Khryapa.... which is understandable!
     
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    Yeah for me it's killing a huge concern that I had that we were just the same FO we had with Olshey minus Neil. It's clear that is not what Joe wants and so I expect some very un-Olshey moves going forward. I also hope the great purge of February 2022 is the last time we see this front office value salary flexibility over talent.
     
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    Alright, Mr. Schrute.
     
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    Seattle is definitely getting a good team
     
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    I certainly hope so. NW basketball was never better than when the Sonics would battle the Blazers up and down the I5 for playoff seeding.
     
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    This Cronin guy seems to be on it. I can't remember another off season when we had a legit shot at landing so many legitimate long, athletic, 2 way players.
     
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    We have more GMs than draft picks.
     
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    Isn't it a tie? If you count this year...we have a first and two seconds.....then a future first ...we have a GM and two ASS GM's.....everyone could use a little more Ass!
     
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    I've named myself the assistant assistant GM to the assistant GM.
     
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