Chad Buchanan and Michael Born, who had been integral scouting voices under Pritchard and ran the team day-to-day before Cho was hired, turned to Rosenberry and Branch during a meeting and asked for their honest evaluations of the Blazers' roster.
What they heard, as well as learning about the ways different organizations handle scouting and evaluating players, was as rewarding as anything for Buchanan.
"A fresh perspective on our team has been really good for us," Buchanan said. "We're around our team and our players all the time, so you develop a strong opinion about them. To have guys like Rich, Steve and Bill come in and give you kind of an outsiders perspective, it makes you kind of change gears with how you think about your team. It was kind of the tip of iceberg for us, with our staff, getting in a room and bouncing ideas off of each other."...........
