Am I the only one who liked Trader Bob?

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    There was one rumor going around that Cho was fired because PA's health isn't too good and he wants to win now rather then go back into some sort of a rebuilding mode.

    I liked Whitsett as GM. I know he was he architect of the Jail Blazer era but I think he could have gotten us out of a lot quicker than Nash/Patterson/KP did. The dude knew how to turn a roster quickly. The Pippen trade, the trade for Steve Smith, there were so great moves.

    If we are only going to have 2 years to really wheel and deal before the hard cap goes in place I say bring back Trader Bob!
     
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    I think Trader Bob was fantastic ... other than his ability to select coaches.

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    I think with the right people around him, Trader Bob would be ok. He can't be allowed to reassemble another laughing stock team that hgives the city a bad name though.
     
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    Trader Bob was great when he had a $100 million payroll and couldn't even make an NBA Finals, and ultimately even out of the first round. He had only 3 50-win teams in 9 seasons as GM, and he took over a playoff team.

    Pritchard had two 50-win teams in 4 seasons, and took over a 21-win team. Plus, he did it while preserving cap space.

    Revisionist history is fun.
     
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    Having lottery picks to work with is something, isn't it? Players on rookie scale contracts help quite a bit.

    Whitsitt had a remarkable streak of success as the Blazers' GM... Pritchard might have had one, too, but he got fired so we'll never know.

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    I'm not saying I didn't like the Trader Bob days. Those teams were fun and won games. The problem was that they didn't accomplish their goal, and then left the organization bereft of the resources for a quick rebuild. Whitsitt over PatterNash is a no-brainer. Whitsitt over Pritchard? I'm going with Pritchard, based on what he took over, and the more rigid financial constraints in place at that time because of the bankruptcy of the arena.

    Both were solid Blazer GMs, though. Bob was the right GM for Allen at that time, just as KP was the right GM for Allen after the tear-down.
     
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    I think it's safe to say that Trader Bob would have gotten more for Zbo than KP did.

    And I did like KP as GM.
     
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    This is right on the money. I have to admit it was fun to see what he would do, and you always knew he would do something. But what a great amount of screwed up personalities he amassed.
     
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    Trader Bob > KP

    no contest for me. He built the only team that was able to get out of the first round in the past 19 years.
     
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    What does he currently do for a living? If he has been out of the NBA then no. I used to talk to Bob at the old Rocky Mountain Revues. I liked him. And I agreed with his philosopy of getting plenty of depth. But like all GM's he made mistakes. (Petrie giving Petrovic away and Bob giving O'neil away)

    I wonder how a low hard cap will effect trades.
     
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    i was sad when he left, i always liked the fact he brought in all those great players those teams had like 12 starters
     
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    Actually, Trader Bob would have taken ZBO off of somebody's hands for young talent mixed with crap. See Shawn Kemp and Dale Davis for the blueprint.
     
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    I think Whittsit did a great job of identifying and assembling talent, but he was horrible at managing the cap and he felt like more of a fantasy sports manager rather than an actual sports manager ... I'd be fine if he came back, but we'd probably all have to accept the distinct possibility of this thing is going to go off the rails again (but it's already off the rails, so whatever).
     
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    Yes. better than what KP did.
     
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    It was the era of SPAM!

    Spending Paul Allen's Money!

    Whitsitt was great at getting PA to write checks.
     
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    I also didn't like most of his free agent signings. Kenny Anderson, Derek Anderson. Brian Grant was good, but we did have Rasheed Wallace already. But nobody NOBODY beat him in a trade. Exciting times!

    (If only he'd've just let Brian Grant walk and kept Jermaine... Oh, and fired Dunleavy sooner.)
     
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    The Dale Davis for Jermaine made perfect sense at the time. Windows, baby, Windows.
     
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    Yes. Fuck Damon.
     
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    When I think of Bob Whitsitt, I'm reminded of what Edward Bennett Williams once said about George Allen: "I gave him an unlimited budget...and he exceeded it."
     
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    The Shawn Kemp and Dale Davis aquisitions were mistakes, but Whitsitt made a lot of great trades during his tenure in Portland. I wouldn't mind having him back as long as he promised not to assemble another roster of thugs.
     
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