Fire Olshey and hire Danny Ainge?

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Someone on Twitter mentioned him going to Utah (Jazz)....back where he went to college.
 
He hasn't done as well in Boston as was thought a few years ago, but I'm all for change.
 
I was thinking more of Stevens now that your not HC the Blazers will give you Stotts but we want a 2nd round pick for him not a bad deal considering he is a good coach when rebuilding NOT when a team is ready.
 
Tince said:
I'd love a GM who could luck into obtaining 7ish all-stars vs one who hasn't added one in 8 years.
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Basically we need to hire a GM who's former teammates with the GM of another team with an aging superstar, who also happens to be a former HOFer from our team....

Who fits that description?
 
Natebishop3 said:
Basically we need to hire a GM who's former teammates with the GM of another team with an aging superstar, who also happens to be a former HOFer from our team....

Who fits that description?
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This is how Ainge obtained Tatum, Brown, Hayward, Irving, Rondo, Walker, Thomas, Allen?

I'll take a guy with enough connections to land that many all-stars based on former teammates. The list is slightly longer than the list of All-Stars Olshey has obtained in Portland.
 
Tince said:
This is how Ainge obtained Tatum, Brown, Hayward, Irving, Rondo, Walker, Thomas, Allen?

I'll take a guy with enough connections to land that many all-stars based on former teammates. The list is slightly longer than the list of All-Stars Olshey has obtained in Portland.
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All those all stars, and the "treasure trove" of assets he got from moving Garnett, and what more do they have to show for it than what we've done over the same time? 2 more series wins? I would expect more with that many acquired all stars coming through the halls.
 
Tince said:
This is how Ainge obtained Tatum, Brown, Hayward, Irving, Rondo, Walker, Thomas, Allen?

I'll take a guy with enough connections to land that many all-stars based on former teammates.
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The dude was widely considered a bust until he got Allen and Garnett. His strategy of tanking for Oden failed miserably.

Tatum and Brown are the fruits of Brooklyn's stupidity, but with that said, it's on Ainge that he thought adding a shoot-first point guard in Kemba was a good idea to put with his two star wings. He actually reminds me a lot of some of the GMs we have had here. They are afraid of turning young talent into superstar pieces. Kemba was the wrong signing. Gordon was great, but they spent all that money adding a wing when their two best players are wings. Those moves made no sense.
 
Dame deserves a Ring!!! If Jody and Neil can’t get this man some help then trade him to the Lakers or Warriors. Lebron-AD and Dame or Curry-Klay-Dame is a Must See TV every night
 
This talk of trading Dame needs to stop. However, we NEED to get him more help. It's beyond time now.

No matter what, this franchise is letting him down. It's time the team steps up and shows him (and the world) that choosing to be loyal is not a mistake.
 
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DDolla said:
Dame deserves a Ring!!! If Jody and Neil can’t get this man some help then trade him to the Lakers or Warriors. Lebron-AD and Dame or Curry-Klay-Dame is a Must See TV every night
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Totally agree. This franchise is embarrassing Dame
 
Players won't forget Ainge trading away IT for Kyrie after IT gave everything to that organization. Pass on Ainge. It's wild the Brooklyn Nets are going to win a title before the C's after that lopsided KG + Pierce trade a few years back. People complain about Neil holding onto assets, but have you met Danny Ainge?
 
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I think Ainge is a great GM, but he’s retiring for health reasons. He’s had a couple heart attacks in the past few years.

And he basically has zero association with this region in the past 30 years.
 
I give Ainge some grace. Pretty horrible luck with Kyrie going bonkers and Kemba and Hayward's injuries. He's done a good job of drafting well, collecting assets, and hiring coaches.
 
boredinsalem said:
I give Ainge some grace. Pretty horrible luck with Kyrie going bonkers and Kemba and Hayward's injuries. He's done a good job of drafting well, collecting assets, and hiring coaches.
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his draft record is VERY suspect. and who cares about collecting assets if he turned it into nothing.
 
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illmatic99 said:
his draft record is VERY suspect. and who cares about collecting assets if he turned it into nothing.
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Yeah, it seems like every big name that has come up over the last 5 or so years, any suggestions made here for us to acquire them was met with...Boston could easily beat that. And he never did.

Having 20 future draft picks is great, but if you don't use them to trade up, you end up with a run of James Young, RJ Hunter, Guerschon Yabusele, Ante Zizic, Romeo Langford, Carsen Edwards, Grant Williams.
 
if you are keen on replacing Olshey, this is the guy right here that should be in consideration:



He is due for a contract extension and will be in high demand. But we have an enticing building block that he does not have in Toronto.
 
RR7 said:
All those all stars, and the "treasure trove" of assets he got from moving Garnett, and what more do they have to show for it than what we've done over the same time? 2 more series wins? I would expect more with that many acquired all stars coming through the halls.
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I'm with you here... He hasn't been an A+ GM... I'm looking for an above average one at this point.
 
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Natebishop3 said:
The dude was widely considered a bust until he got Allen and Garnett. His strategy of tanking for Oden failed miserably.

Tatum and Brown are the fruits of Brooklyn's stupidity, but with that said, it's on Ainge that he thought adding a shoot-first point guard in Kemba was a good idea to put with his two star wings. He actually reminds me a lot of some of the GMs we have had here. They are afraid of turning young talent into superstar pieces. Kemba was the wrong signing. Gordon was great, but they spent all that money adding a wing when their two best players are wings. Those moves made no sense.
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Everything your saying may be true. But again, I would be happy to have a GM who puts himself in a position to take advantage of other teams stupidity instead of watching other GMs taking advantage of a teams stupidity. Or worse, being the GM making stupid moves.

I don't think Ainge is a lock to bring titles to Portland, but all I've been asking for in a 2nd all-star, and he's proven he can do that a lot better than Olshey.
 
Tince said:
Everything your saying may be true. But again, I would be happy to have a GM who puts himself in a position to take advantage of other teams stupidity instead of watching other GMs taking advantage of a teams stupidity. Or worse, being the GM making stupid moves.

I don't think Ainge is a lock to bring titles to Portland, but all I've been asking for in a 2nd all-star, and he's proven he can do that a lot better than Olshey.
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But hasn't Ainge been basically doing the same thing that Olshey has been doing? Sitting on talent that realistically play the same position instead of flipping it for a position of need?
 
Natebishop3 said:
But hasn't Ainge been basically doing the same thing that Olshey has been doing? Sitting on talent that realistically play the same position instead of flipping it for a position of need?
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Ainge has been rotating around multiple all-stars as of late, not all of which have stuck. I find that strategy to have a much better chances of paying off than rotating around marginal wing players and adding 0 all-stars to the roster in 8 years. That difference feels huge to me.

If Olshey had provided Dame with 3-4 different all-star teammates over the last handful of years and we have no success to show for it, I would be singing a different tune.
 
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