I'm not concerned about KPs love for his players. He didn't hesitate to dump Sergio and Frye. And Quick agrees with me about Bayless (so probably I'm wrong). It won't hurt him to ride the pine for awhile. barfo
If his love is detached and logical, then of course there's no reason to be concerned. If he's overvaluing his players because of emotional attachment then he's setting himself up to fail. Nobody would blame him for loving Brandon Roy, because he's a very very good player. But loving Travis Outlaw or Steve Blake or Nic Batum and missing out on deals that would make the Blazers better because of an unwillingess to let go would be a bad thing to have happen. Ed O.
Jason Quick is comparing Jerryd's situation to George Hill's FYI Quick, George Hill played 17 minutes in 77 games as the primary backup which he will be again next season. Jerryd played 12 minutes in 53 games and he will again be the 3rd PG.
That's a very vague statement, however, isn't it? It makes sense only if we know that there are those deals that will make the Blazers better and for a long period of time... Heck, if you can swap Roy for LeBron you do it - but again - the deal is very unlikely. The fact, as was pointed earlier in this thread - is that guys like Blake, Travis and the rooks give you a great production for their salary in this league - so making a trade that benefits the Blazers long term is not a given - since you will usually have to package several of them for one good player and other teams might want to package bad contracts with that one good player...
I think it was intentionally vague...he wasn't criticizing a specific decision, since we don't know what decisions were there to be made. The point is, we rarely know what decisions were there to be made and, even when we do, we don't always know whether he made the right one (since we can't see the alternate futures). We can be concerned with decision-making process, though. By and large, I've liked what I can discern of it, but if he really has an emotional investment in "his guys," that seems like a potential weakness in the process. Perhaps not...as Ed said, if he can somehow be emotionally invested in his guys and, at the same time, be logical and detached when it comes to trades, great. If he can't, though, then it's a weakness. And "emotional investment" usually is at odds with "logical and detached," so there's some reason for concern.
I am pretty sure he was very emotionally attached to Sergio - you got the feeling it was so in past interviews - but he still shipped him for cap-space when the opportunity presented itself... So - personally, I am not worried about it. Sure he is emotionally attached to his past decisions, we all are. Those that are not are probably not people one should trust - because they are flip as the wind blows. As long as the team seems to progress - I, personally, think he is doing a good job.
