<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Jim Paxson was fired Thursday as general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers, whose stunning second-half collapse this season cost them their first trip to the NBA playoffs in seven years. Paxson's dismissal has been expected for weeks and came exactly one month after Paul Silas was fired as coach by owner Dan Gilbert, who has had a tumultuous first 50 days running the franchise. The Cavaliers were 31-21 on Feb. 25, and 34-30 when Silas was fired. But the team fell apart down the stretch despite the play of LeBron James and finished 42-40, losing a tiebreaker with New Jersey for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Gilbert, who took over as principal owner from Gordon Gund on March 1, said he released Paxson with two years and $2 million left on the GM's contract because he said change was necessary.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
*Key the Halleuya Chorus* Paxson hurt us badly when we needed a shooter and he brought in Jiri Welsh. Don't get it confused, Gilbert is the reason this team tanked. I'll never forget Paxson for pulling off the trade that sent Kemps contract to portland, he was truely a miracle worker.
yea We heard about this a month ago didn't we? Why did it take so long to finally just make the firing? (grammer check?)
You guys can't complain at all. The Knicks had the worst GM in NBA history!!! Scott Layden. Enough said!
