Olshey should get the biggest praise

He had a good starting 4, but there is no one except freeland playing off the bench. That means he had 9 mil, had to fill the center spot and build a bench.

He nabbed Lopez for White and cap space. Got T. Rob for just cap space and second rounders. It didn't stop there. Drafted CJ, crabbe (steal) and grabbed Watson, Wright and Mo for scraps.

I am soooo thankful our GM gets it!

 

At this point in the season, our team looks to have a ton of "of the year" awards in contention: GM, coach, MVP... I'm really in awe of how this all has come together...

 

...this must have been the cake we have all been waiting for!

 

Me too. I'm a homer but I never imagined we would look this good. I had a feeling, but it really didn't become real until the Chicago and golden state game.

 

Lol

 

This thread should appear when we beat a top team, not on a night when we are lucky to get out of Detroit alive.

 

We have beaten top teams. This game is a b2b, and we didn't get to hotel until 2am because of weather. Then they had an early game.

 

Even good teams lose to bad teams. We have not lost to a bad team yet. What does that make us?

 

And I don't consider Detroit a bad team. I consider them a young team. That squad has so much talent it's disgusting.

 

I'd like to give Olshey props for hiring Stotts and for hiring Stackpole along with all the new training staff. I doubt this teams starters would've played every one of their first 25 games with Bob Medina's 1985 training program.

 

To be fair, any night you can get out of Detroit alive is worthy of celebration. That place is a dangerous hell hole.

 

Agreed; this thread should have been made long ago when we beat the top teams.

 

After the bad breaks this franchise has had an our loyal fan base has suffered through, we deserve an almost miracle turnaround as this one.

 

I think everyone gets praise and he won't get this but maybe Allen deserves the most.

But everyone and everyting seems aligned right now. Everything is in cohesion, even our broadcast team, the Mikes are hitting on all cylinders and I think they have been better than at any other time before and the two are having a lot of fun. They are fun to listen this year. I'm actually laughing at Rices jokes more now but I think it's him.

I bet Olshey is in the corner someplace scratching his saying to himself, what the hell did I do.

 

I also think we should remember the accomplishments of some former GM's in building this team. Pritchard made the trade to move up and get Aldridge. He also made a trade that moved up enough to get Batum. And the decision to try to get Matthews as a restricted free agent was made while he was GM.
Cho made the steal of a trade that netted us the draft pick for Lillard.

 

Why do you insist on derailing every GD thread on this forum with facts? Stop hording all the bones and leave some for the rest of us!

 

Not sure who brought the IPad to the bench idea. We're making in game adjustments all the time, and the players often refer to it being due to something they saw. It's like film session IN THE GAME. Little things like that are making a difference. The previous culture and reputation inside the organization wasn't good, even last year at times you heard things. But now it feels like we're the Spurs when it comes to professionalism, anylitics, technological innovation, organizational culture, etc. That's as surprising to me as the 21-4 start. Olshey has to be a big part of that.

 

I beat you to is as usual Mags almost a month ago - see this thread

http://sportstwo.com/threads/250930...n-Thread?highlight=olshey appreciation thread