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  1. Mediocre Man

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    That OP in RealGM maybe did see Ferry, but it means nothing
     
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    And yet, it also means everything.
     
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    Dear God, you're MB?
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    If true it's a good sign.

    Even better that Chad Buchanan wont be calling the shots on draft night.
     
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    That's what's important to me. I know Chad can blow a draft. What I'd like to see is someone else either pass or fail.
     
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    Maybe I am. Maybe I am not.

    It could be that I think exactly like him. Or perhaps I think very differently from him.

    But I can tell you this, it might mean everything...
     
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    Not much for Chad to blow with this draft, really. I mean, we'll be picking at #11, and that's it.

    What's to blow?
     
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    Ferry would be better than who we have now. Atleast he knows how and and has the balls to get trades done. His draft history isn't horrible. Eyenga was a lousy pick, but it was at the very end of the 1st round. But, Hickson, Shannon Brown, Boobie Gibson and Danny Green have all been good picks for where they were drafted.
     
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    Everyone seems to give Chad a hard time. I like him, but not as GM.

    That being said, I wouldn't mind Ferry as GM. He certainly wouldn't be my first choice, but he's at least a serviceable GM. If we had a full-time GM, I'd at least feel like the team was trying to set course on a specific direction, and move forward. There's a lot of worse GM's out there than Ferry, that's for sure (John Nash, anyone?)....
     
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    11, 12, 13 or 14
     
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    Ferry's drafting resume isn't that bad all things considered. A few 2nd round steals and guys late in the 1st that have made impacts.
     
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    Yes, I was keeping it simple for semantics. But really, it's one late-lotto pick. I'm not expecting anything much from this pick regardless of who our GM is come draft day. I'd like to see us trade it, but I don't have much confidence in that either.
     
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    Totally agree, here. I would have been fine if we'd have hired Ferry or Pfund last year when those were two of the rumored names.
     
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    I expect it to be traded as well. Part of a package for a mid level player so the management team can say we are reloading
     
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    Name a few players you would call "mid level"?
     
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    Andre Miller
    Devin Harris
    Iguodala
    Rodney Stuckey
    Jameer Nelson
    Augustin
    Calderon


    Guys that are either pretty average or aging and will only get worse
     
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    Watch Chad & Co. package both picks for another PF.

    You know it's coming.
     
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    No, actually, I don't.
     
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    If we trade both picks for one of those guys, I'd be pissed. But there are a couple of guys in your list that I would love to see in Portland, and if we were trading just one of the picks for one of those guys, I wouldn't be disappointed. I think the value of the pick at #11 is better than the player we likely get. Of course, a lot will change leading up to the draft and where are pick(s) actually lands could change my opinion. But I'm not excited about the players I see being available at #11.
     
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    I heard a rumor we're offering both picks up for Faried. :MARIS61:
     
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