Zombie Fire Olshey

Front offices around the league clearly disagree with your assessment and voted as such.

https://www.blazersedge.com/2014/5/7/5691128/blazers-gm-neil-olshey-finishes-third-in-2014-nba-executive-of-the

 

Did he? I'm pretty sure the guy had a super happy day and got to celebrate it with his family. Speculation either way.

 

Team needs to be sold. Neil has too much power at this point.

 

This will probably be his last year unless the Blazers make major noise in the post-season.

 

Don’t you do it, Neil!

 

for fucksakes that was 7 years ago, and that was Olshey getting credit for Portland going from 33 wins to 54. But 4 of 5 starters were essentially already on the team before Olshey arrived. All he did between seasons was upgrade from Hickson to Lopez and sign Mo Williams with the BAE

that was after he offered a max contract to Roy Hibbert & drafted CJ while Giannis was on the board. But it was before he allowed Aldridge & Lopez to walk for free; traded Batum for scrubs; offered a max deal to Greg Monroe; gave out 340M in contracts in 2016 with not an all-star in sight; made max contract offers to Chandler Parsons & Whiteside; traded Crabbe for Andrew Nicholson and accrued a 7 year encumbrance on the salary cap; made a bunch of low-ball trade offers for elite players; spent millions taking on Varejao to get a 26th pick which he then used on Swanigan; completely fucked-up the 2017 draft; made Portland the custodian of Melo's legacy; and threw Terry Stotts under the bus

just like that 2014 season was the high water mark for the Blazers under Olshey, it was also the high water mark for Olshey's rep as the Blazer GM

 

Kinda wonder if Neil would have been fired if any of those stupid offers went through.

Hibbert
Parsons
Monroe
Whiteside

 

he made a max offer to Kanter too, although that was more of a 'fuck you' to Presti

 

Clearly directed at Olshey...



Am I reading into things correctly now?

 

I forgot them all, but there were even more huge rejected offers/lucky bullet-dodgers. He is bad at evaluating positions other than guard. He's a sucker for shooting and dribbling skills, reflecting The Will of Stotts.

 

It did bother me a little when Billups told Brooke that this job was going to be a great "learning experience".

 

No; sounds like he is having girlfriend problems.

 

Clownzano strikes again. Obviously it's his job to be opinionated. But he always seems to have a bone to pick with the Blazers . Doesn't matter what it is. I listened to his daily show on Eugene Radio. He seemed to give a lot of leeway to the Local colleges. But he was never that favorable to the Blazers. Hey he's a transplant. Grew up in Rural California. Not saying he has to be a fan, but c'mon. He's ready to pounce on anything that rubs him the wrong way with the Blazers. Dwight Jaynes used to get my blood going too, especially back in the early 90's. But he will give credit to the Blazers when it's due. I really like Dwight now. I've matured. But Clownzano has been off his rocker on the Blazers for years.

 

Come one... that's just some standard interview fluff.

 

So, everyone who thought Neil would be fired before the presser was clearly wrong.

 

who said that?

 

This shit is annoying

 

Its beyond time for him to go

 

“I want to go to a big market so I hope I get fired” seems like bad logic. I don’t think he wants to get fired. I do think he is sick of the media and fans and the big fish small pond atmosphere. Most people think he loves the attention but he couldn’t care less.