No way! He made a big trade without first leaking it to the local media and getting the approval of the message board arm chair GMs. BNM
Maybe better check out Bayless' last two games as starting PG for Toronto, he's done very well. In the meantime we are a team without a solid backup PG. And we didn't need that draft pick to get Wallace.
Still not sure why they made that move. Did they think that Armon Johnson was going to be a bigger contributor this year?
Well technically, that pick went to the Cats....although they might have taken our 1st rounder instead.
He made one really good trade. He also started the year with the roster in a mess, and didn't do anything about it until the last minute. The Wallace trade raises his grade from an "F" to a "C". That hardly qualifies as Exec of the *year* material. More like "save your ass move of the year."
While the Wallace trade was very good, I highly doubt it puts Cho in the winner spot for EOY with all the wheeling and dealing that took place this last summer and at the trade deadline. There were a lot of hugh deals made and, of course, "Teh Decision" as well. I'm very happy to have Wallace but Cho's not going to sniff EOY this year.
^Yeah, and the fact that the Crash trade isn't even on the radar of the media (who are constantly rehashing not only the Melo and Deron-is-Deron deals, but the Perkins to OKC trade) means that, much like Nate's CoY hopes, Cho's ceiling for awards is something like 4th place. Welcome to backwater Portland.
The team is going to lose more games than last year, while losing less games to injury than last year. Cho has done a nice job, but he is still looking at a 6-8 seed, and under 50 wins. In a fair world, Masai Ujiri would win the award for trading away an All-NBA player, and a proven veteran PG, and actually having his team improve. In Stern's world, Pat Riley will likely win it for living in Miami.
Reminds me of that poster I saw of Mike Brown. "Coach of the Year" 1. Have LeBron James on your team. 2. Wear a suit.
Bayless was the 4th SG on the depth charts and would have bitched abount getting little PT. He is not a PG. A near lottery pick was good value and still is. Bayless is the type of player you can get every offseason for a portion of the MLE. He is not the stud we thought he could be at draft time like Westbrook has become.
I think in retrospect--knowing what we know now about Johnson's play this season, our injuries and NO's better-than-expected record--we would have kept Bayless for at least one more year. Stuff happens. While I think we came out on the short end of the deal, it hasn't really hurt us too badly.
If you really want to compare this year's record to last year's record, you have to count all of Roy's games this year as "games missed due to injury".
