FYI: Jason Quick on MSP

[Fez Hammersticks]

@ 7:00

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Is he going to continue with what he said on Friday that the Trail Blazers are looking for a young upcoming type guy for the GM gig? A day later ESPN reports that Danny Ferry is the leading canidate. Gotta love Quick!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Recap

* Paul Allen is the Devil

* KP was the greatest thing since sliced bread

* The Blazers are looking at a young assistant GM

* The Blazers are looking for an established GM that can make deals

* Portland will look to make a splash in free agency

* Portland just needs to tweak it's roster

* Nate is one of the best young coaches in the world

* Nate is under a little fire to perform

 

[LameR]

He's bashing on Patterson a bit. Saying that the stuff he's claiming about the 2006 draft contradicts what Allen told Quick, and what Patterson said at the time of the draft. Questioning the timing of all of these statements by Patterson.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Quick clearly does not like Steve Patterson, and I don't think he likes Brian Berger either. He scoffed (quietly) when Jaynes brought up the Berger/Patterson comments, and he claimed that Paul Allen told him directly that KP ran the 2006 draft. He then commented on the "interesting" timing of Patterson coming out of the woodwork.

Also says that Danny Ferry is the front-runner for the GM job.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I question Patterson's timing for coming out too, in fact I question a helluva lot of what's been going on around this organization and unfortunately the people that actually cover the team don't appear to be too interested in generating answers. C'mon Quick, your response to the question about why Patterson is coming out and contradicting the conventional wisdom that Roy and Aldridge were Pritch's picks is, "does it really matter?" I don't know if it matters or not, but it sure as hell seems like the kind of thing a reporter would like to find out one way or another.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Quick did say the rumor that has the most legs of why KP was fired was he and Penn were trying to undermind PA in contract negotiations.

Thinks that Ferry is the leading candidate, but thinks Pfund is a dark horse. I am not against Danny Ferry, but between the two I'd prefer Pfund.....even though he has piss and purple in his wardrobe somewhere.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Quick did say the rumor that has the most legs of why KP was fired was he and Penn were trying to undermind PA in contract negotiations.

Thinks that Ferry is the leading candidate, but thinks Pfund is a dark horse. I am not against Danny Ferry, but between the two I'd prefer Pfund.....even though he has piss and purple in his wardrobe somewhere.

That will come in handy in a couple of years when he ends up trading Nic and Roy to the Lakers for Sasha Vujacic, Luke Walton and DJ Mbenga

 

[Mediocre Man]

He did get help get Shaq for a decent price.

 

[Sug]

Is he going to continue with what he said on Friday that the Trail Blazers are looking for a young upcoming type guy for the GM gig? A day later ESPN reports that Danny Ferry is the leading canidate. Gotta love Quick!

How old is Ferry? He made some good deals in Cleveland.

 

[Mediocre Man]

How old is Ferry? He made some good deals in Cleveland.

He made deals in Cleveland. It's arguable that they were good. I don't think they were bad at all, but a lot here do.


45 by the way


Ferry's track record isn't that bad at all

http://hoopshype.com/general_managers/danny_ferry.htm

 

[mook]

Ferry's ok, I guess. Seems like he spent a few years working around the edges trying to find role players that fit with LeBron. Never pulled off a deal to find James a legit second banana, although he thought he had in Larry Hughes and then Mo Williams.

Is Ferry the guy who can get a stud PG on our team to complete our killer starting unit? I'm not so sure. Is he the guy who can find the best possible collection of guys 6-9 on the bench? Maybe.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I like Ferry in that he gets the big deals done.

Something that KP has never been able to do in Portland.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I like Ferry in that he gets the big deals done.

Something that KP has never been able to do in Portland.

Brian Berger came on after Quick and said Ferry isn't interested.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Brian Berger came on after Quick and said Ferry isn't interested.

LeSigh

Hey, that should be LMA's nickname!

Le'Sigh > LaMarshmallow

 

[BGrantFan]

I like Ferry in that he gets the big deals done.

Something that KP has never been able to do in Portland.

He didn't get the Amare Stoudemire deal done, and he traded for an old Shaq and an old Antawn Jamison. Those are his "big moves".

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Quicker said that the coaching staff is sky high on Babbitt and the only (current) Blazer that can put the ball in the hoop better than Luke is Roy.

Even with his offensive talent I have a feeling McMillan is going to park him in the corner.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Quicker said that the coaching staff is sky high on Babbitt and the only (current) Blazer that can put the ball in the hoop better than Luke is Roy.

Even with his offensive talent I have a feeling McMillan is going to park him in the corner.

I can hear it now

Roy with the ball.
Calls the 4 down play
Roy working 1 on 1, now doubled.
Shot clock down to 5
Roy drives and kicks to babitt standing in the corner
He shoots, and it's JUST off.
He was working against the clock, and might not have been set for that.
Nate makes a move to the bench, who is it going to be?
Steve Blake comes in for Babbitt.

 

[andalusian]

Quicker said that the coaching staff is sky high on Babbitt and the only (current) Blazer that can put the ball in the hoop better than Luke is Roy.

That's high praise, given that LMA can put the ball in the basket and so do Miller and (less consistently) Bayless.

Even with his offensive talent I have a feeling McMillan is going to park him in the corner.

Assuming that Nate is really under pressure to perform - I am certain that if Babbit warrants the minutes and can handle them - he will get them.

 

[THE HCP]

I actually saw Quick and Freeman at a kegger at a friend of mines this past weekend!

 

[BrianFromWA]

He didn't get the Amare Stoudemire deal done, and he traded for an old Shaq and an old Antawn Jamison. Those are his "big moves".

For all the Ferry-bashing in this and other threads, if we'd have somehow gotten Shaq, Antawn Jamison, and Mo Williams (one an 18 PER big man, the other two all-stars in the last two years) for the 30th pick and scraps, we'd be ecstatic. Some would say "he couldn't put anyone around LBJ" stuff...he's done the best job of anyone besides Ainge (including Mitch Kupchak/Chris Wallace and guys like Morey, Presti and Buford) of putting real, actual contributors around his star player in order to win. And he didn't mortgage the farm or make "consolidation trades" to do so. He's been active, done his homework, and picked up absolute steals. In the other threads we've been talking about what we have to sacrifice for Mo Williams. He got Mo Williams for Joe Smith, Damon Jones and Desmond Mason...which would've been like us trading Juwan, Webster and an old, decrepit Dante for an All-Star PG.
I'm not saying I want Ferry as a GM here...I'm saying that intimating that Ferry hasn't done enough to help LeBron win is misinformed.
BTW, if getting two all-stars, Shaq and Larry Hughes for almost literally nothing is the mark of an "amateur GM", sign me up for two or three of those guys. Keep your Petries and such

 

[BrianFromWA]

I actually saw Quick and Freeman at a kegger at a friend of mines this past weekend!

I don't know much about Freeman, but is Quick the type to turn down free beer? Really?

 

[illmatic99]

Man, I'm so glad I'm going out the country for all of July and won't have to hear more of this he-said, she-said bull shit from anonymous sources.

 

[illmatic99]

BTW, if getting two all-stars, Shaq and Larry Hughes for almost literally nothing is the mark of an "amateur GM", sign me up for two or three of those guys. Keep your Petries and such

Shaq was not that good last year. His PER might have been decent, but he clearly disrupted the team chemistry. In fact, I thought he was a detriment to their success in the playoffs because his teammates (outside of LBJ) and coach felt obligated to pass him to ball because he was a FORMER all star. If Brown would have played Hickson instead, they would not have been eliminated.

And calling Hughes an all star is a joke. He played 36, 70, and 40 games in three seasons and never shot even 41% from the field. He had one good year in Washington, and Ferry overpaid for him instead of going after Joe Johnson. That's not "nothing."

 

[BrianFromWA]

I didn't call Hughes an AllStar. I called Jamison and Mo Williams all-stars. And then appended after the comma to mean "additionally, Shaq and Larry Hughes". He got 4 players for the Hot Garbage Special.

 

[illmatic99]

Ah. My bad. I didn't mean to jump all over you.

Jamison was decent. Mo was an all star in the same sense that Magloire was an "all star." And he had to essentially cry himself onto the team.

 

[OddEnormous]

Quick clearly does not like Steve Patterson, and I don't think he likes Brian Berger either.

Perhaps there's reason not to.

 

[OddEnormous]

That will come in handy in a couple of years when he ends up trading Nic and Roy to the Lakers for Sasha Vujacic, Luke Walton and DJ Mbenga

 

[LittleAlex]

LeSigh

Hey, that should be LMA's nickname!

Le'Sigh > LaMarshmallow

I am partial to LaMargrett

 

[Wheels]

Man, I'm so glad I'm going out the country for all of July and won't have to hear more of this he-said, she-said bull shit from anonymous sources.

nice! where ya headed?