This report I read that Allen took out a restraining order on Pritchard--does everyone agree that if true, it looks like Pritchard's done?
I've seen Pritchard sitting in 114 a few times before. It's not that unusual and I believe it indicates nothing.
I'll tell you what's a good sign. The three veterans he acquired for this team--Howard, Miller, and Camby--have been phenomenal and have made him look like a genius.
Funny, on politics and science Shooter/Talkhard lives in an alternate fact-free universe, but on basketball he can be surprisingly spot on. Maybe KP pinched Paul Allen's girlfriend or something. But Allen is not a moron, would he really fire someone who has done such a fabulous job? Stop reading tea leaves and enjoy Blazers basketball.
Yet his midseason trade for Blake and Outlaw yielded a superior game than the #2 pick in the draft. Durant 30 points 5 rebounds 4 assists 0 steals 0 blocks Camby 30 points 13 rebounds 3 assists 1 steal 1 block
I agree, I love KP. After moves like that, he shouldn't be walking around the RG looking like a dead man walking...
Come on people. if it indicates anything it shows that KP has a beef with his superiors, both Allen and Miller on contract negotiations. Miller likes to play hardball with PA money!
Seems like an ominous sign to me. If it were just one game, I wouldn't worry....but I don't think KP has sat next to Allen since the Penn firing. They used to sit together all the time. I don't understand how anyone can look at this, on top of everything else that has happened, and not be worried.
I'm guessing Paul Allen chanting Mar-Cus Cam-By, Mar-Cus Cam-By after the game is an ominous sign that he is pissed off at the decision making of KP.
ALARM OFF!! ALARM OFF!!! PA has a few seats under the basket. PA, Larry Miller, President, and Bert Kolde, Vulcan were sitting in them. It's no big deal that KP was seated elsewhere. What, was PA going to sit in 114?? Mountain out of a mole-hill.
I understand this point, as many people in this thread have made it. However, you're missing some other key points: 1) He was sitting by himself, which I've never seen. 2) His body language and facial expressions were not of someone who was enjoying himself. He's two most recent acquisitions were ripping it up yet he looked depressed for the majority of the game. All I'm saying is that when you look at someone carry themselves the way KP was, you can tell something is wrong. Yesterday we read the quotes that Roy had a bone bruise in his knee, yet the energy Roy, Nate, and others were projecting hinted that it was something worse. KP was projecting that something wasn't right. I hope I'm wrong, but my eyes are telling me otherwise.
Mountain out of a molehill is exactly right...and I have seen Pritchard sitting next to Allen since this fiasco emerged.... Pritchard hasn't been perfect, but Allen would be stupid to let him go after the Miller, Camby & Howard acquisitions....
When? They just said on the radio yesterday that they haven't been seen together since Penn has been fired. Are you confident that he's coming back?
It's the biggest game of the season, Pritchard's veteran acquisitions were carrying the team, and he's sitting by himself while Paul Allen and his flunkies are high-fiving each other in the front row. I don't see any problem with people reading more into this than Pritchard just wanting some privacy. To ignore potential implications, or dismiss it out of hand, seems to be a bit naive.
I haven't, and I've gone to most of the games since Penn was fired, and watched the others on Comcaset. When did you see them sitting together?
This is astonishing to me that people are pretending it's no big deal that Pritchard is not sitting next to Allen anymore. They used to sit next to each other every single night. Penn was fired, stories started to leak to the papers re: what a "shitty" job Pritchard as done and now they don't sit together. Yeah, no big deal. Business as usual.
