Blazers want to bring Pritchard back now?

The only person I have ever heard say that Steve Patterson ran that 06 draft is . . . Steve Patterson.

Bringing back KP would be the best. And sort of like Steinbrenner and Billy Martin - they were better together than apart, even though they had their differences.

 

Blazers considering bringing KP back??????

http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infom...min&feed:c=sports&feed:i=1.2932600&nopaging=1

"Pritchard, however, might not be an option for long. Coincidentally, two weeks ago, the Blazers fired Pritchard's replacement, Rich Cho, and an NBA source said Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen 's staff recently discussed bringing Pritchard back."

 

Re: Blazers considering bringing KP back??????

woops sorry guys didnt see the other thread

 

Re: Blazers considering bringing KP back??????

I'd love to have Pritchard back. I don't think he was one of the greatest GMs in basketball history, but I do think he was really good. As far as his general lack of making (non-draft) trades, I think a large part of that was the fact that he was, at the time, sitting on a really great young core and making a move of significance would have meant trading away from that. None of the players was untouchable, but unless a deal was fantastic, I can understand him choosing not to break up a Roy/Oden/Aldridge/Batum core.

Now, there have been some changes. Roy is no longer an elite player and projects never to be again. Oden suffered another lost season. Batum stagnated. On the upside, Aldridge is now an All-NBA player. But overall, Pritchard is no longer sitting on a straight flush, so my guess is that he'd be more apt to make moves.

In any case, I like what Pritchard built when he was GM and, while I didn't dislike Cho in the short time he was GM, I'd rather have Pritchard.

 

I do too. I liked his calculating boldness.

 

I heard KP himself credit Patterson the days following the draft as the guy who pulled off the deals working the phones. He credited many within management and PA for deciding on who to target.

thats entirely consistent with what Patterson has claimed since. Is that on me for believing a schmuck like Patterson & KP?

STOMP

 

In before a link is demanded

 

I have never read or heard such a thing. Please enlighten me to this comment.

 

If I'm not mistaken, he did that right here......

 

Every front office is a group effort, in sports or business. I don't have any issue with giving credit to the people Pritchard surrounded himself with. It's just when people (not you) pretend it's not really a credit to Pritchard and it shouldn't really count as part of his record, as if other GMs do things all by themselves but Pritchard was just along for the ride, that I think it becomes silly. Many hands are involved in what a team does, but the GM is the lead executive. He's the one who sets the agenda and determines the path.

Allen was fairly clear that Pritchard ran that draft. We can give others in front office credit for helping Pritchard get who he wanted, but then we have to do the same for all other GMs, like RC Buford, Sam Presti, etc.

 

That is his words. I can say "I heard GO speak about how he will sign a extension" and that won't mean shit unless there was an actual quote or link.

 

People also seem to forget that Millsap was KP's first FA choice, not Turkoglu.

 

Millsap would have been great, but I do like Matthews and Wallace as being the benefactor of losing out on that first choice.

 

So ... anybody else not finding KP's words about Patterson running the '06 draft?

Should I assume that poster was just talking out of his ass?

 

I remember it from the radio, so I will have no link. Must not be true

 

I think Milsap was his second choice? They were all about Hedo at 12:01 am on the first day they could contact someone

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/06/blazers_pursue_hedo_turkoglu_a.html