Cronin's vision (interview with NBA.com) (1 Viewer)

[Mediocre Man]

If we tinker, I hate this franchise

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Sounds like the guy is angling for a sponsorship with Lenscrafters...

 

[Idog1976]

Until the trade deadline comes and goes with no real changes, many people being too quick to toss Cronin out.
Trades are a game of poker. Like he’s gonna reveal his hand????

id be more concerned about him becoming our permanent gm if he DID give details out.

and the funny thing is, most of the posters railing on him are smart enough to know this…so why the bashing before the game has been played???
Give the man a chance…

PTSD Post-Traumatic-Stotts(Olshey)-Disorder and very understandable. Nonetheless, you are 100% correct. I will give Cronin through the offseason to evaluate. That said, he's going to have a HUGE hole to dig out of in terms of my view of him if he doesn't make significant moves by the deadline. If he hasn't traded CJ by the end of the Summer I'm done with him.

 

[blazerfan11]

In our wins in Boston and Chicago, our starting lineup was Simons, McCollum, Little, Covington and Nurkic. If I were GM, I would do everything and anything to trade for a player who could duplicate what Little was bringing to the SF position. I'd try to trade Powell or McCollum or Simons at the deadline. I'd prefer to keep Simons of the three, but it all depends on what we get back. If we could also replace Covington with such a player that would be good too, but the big problem right now is the SF position.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Dame was not "healthy" for those series...he has battled abdominal issues in the playoffs for 4 straight years....Nurk wasn't able to play two of those years....

Sadly, he was able to play in all 3 of the series in question: 2018 vs Pels, 2020 vs Lakers, and 2021 vs Nuggets. I disagree with the line of thinking that they are garbage because they didn’t win those three series. There is a middle ground. We didn’t win the title or even a round but we had a high level of entertainments during the regular season those years. In the year we lost to Pels, we had a 13 game win streak. We earned the 3 seed in the West in back to back seasons. These are accomplishments. I don’t hold up the 3-12 as end all be all. I want to win a title, but if we don’t, that doesn’t mean there was ZERO success like some people act as if there was.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

In our wins in Boston and Chicago,

There was no win in Chicago.

 

[Orion Bailey]

There was no win in Chicago.

i think he meant toronto.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

So they going to run Dame, CJ, Nurk back. Those of you thinking that said anything different are delusional. They ain't trading Dame. They can't Trade CJ. Nurk is as good as they can find available.

 

[TBpup]

So they going to run Dame, CJ, Nurk back. Those of you thinking that said anything different are delusional. They ain't trading Dame. They can't Trade CJ. Nurk is as good as they can find available.

Depressing.

 

[blazerkor]

So they going to run Dame, CJ, Nurk back. Those of you thinking that said anything different are delusional. They ain't trading Dame. They can't Trade CJ. Nurk is as good as they can find available.

If this is the truth which there is a good chance that it is, then Cronin is really stupid for saying it. Why on earth would Joe tell everyone who we do and don't value when that only devalues the players that he is openly saying he intends to trade? I think there is also a good chance that Cronin likes the offers that are on the table for CJ and Nurk and he's trying to talk them both up and make other GMs believe that we still want them in order to squeeze extra assets out of the teams already interested.

I think this week will be very telling and we'll know for sure by the draft but by no means do I like the things he said unless he makes huge moves and was only giving the interview to better his negotiating position.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

If this is the truth which there is a good chance that it is, then Cronin is really stupid for saying it. Why on earth would Joe tell everyone who we do and don't value when that only devalues the players that he is openly saying he intends to trade? I think there is also a good chance that Cronin likes the offers that are on the table for CJ and Nurk and he's trying to talk them both up and make other GMs believe that we still want them in order to squeeze extra assets out of the teams already interested.

I think this week will be very telling and we'll know for sure by the draft but by no means do I like the things he said unless he makes huge moves and was only giving the interview to better his negotiating position.

You are going to be on pins and needles until Thursday I see.
JK
Got to admit that is a pretty good spin though.

 

[royo]

No one is running Dame, CJ and Nurk back.
If CJ stays here, Nurk will be waving us goodbye first game after deadline.
He knows he can play as first or second option. With CJ he goes as a 3rd and sometimes it ends as no option at all.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

No one is running Dame, CJ and Nurk back.
If CJ stays here, Nurk will be waving us goodbye first game after deadline.
He knows he can play as first or second option. With CJ he goes as a 3rd and sometimes it ends as no option at all.

Read it again.

 

[Freshtown]

All the Cronin defenders saying “give him a chance” sound stupid now.

 

[Strenuus]

All the Cronin defenders saying “give him a chance” sound stupid now.

No they don't. Try again. This was his chance. You can't say someone sucks before you see them do anything. That's moronic.

Nice try.

 

[Freshtown]

No they don't. Try again. This was his chance. You can't say someone sucks before you see them do anything. That's moronic.

Nice try.

but you can be worried and skeptical based in their interviews and answers, which is what many of us were

 

[Natebishop3]

Save that money! Save that money! Save that money!

 

[wizenheimer]

No they don't. Try again. This was his chance. You can't say someone sucks before you see them do anything. That's moronic.

Nice try.

if you take the guy at his word, then serious doubts were justified....now they are just confirmed

 

[maxiep]

"Cronin's vision" badly needs corrective lenses.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

"Cronin's vision" badly needs corrective lenses.

But CJ and Nurk “Like” it here.

 

[Natebishop3]

Cronin's vision is impaired because his head is shoved so far up the Vulcan ass.

 

[wizenheimer]

Cronin's vision is impaired because his head is shoved so far up the Vulcan ass.

that is illogical

 

[Natebishop3]

that is illogical

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Great with numbers.

Lacks intelligence and awareness outside of crunching numbers.

He’s the fucking Rain Man of general managers

 

[oldmangrouch]

Discussing the vision of a drunken blind man.

 

[wizenheimer]

Discussing the vision of a drunken blind man.

well...I'm certainly drinking tonight after today