GM watch: Who leads the next era of Rip City?

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Who do you want to be the Blazers new GM?

  • Eversley (Bulls)

  • Perry (Knicks)

  • Prince (Grizzlies)

  • Barry (Spurs)

  • Cronin (Blazers)

  • Other

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TBpup

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FINALLY...Neil "It's not the roster" is gone and his valet may be getting him out of town as we speak. Joe Cronin has been named the interim GM for the time being. The last time we had an interim, Chad Buchanon turned Gerald Wallace into Damian Lillard.

Names that have come up already:

Marc Eversley (Chicago Bulls): https://www.bleachernation.com/bull...eration-for-blazers-top-front-office-vacancy/

Scotty Perry (New York Knicks): https://www.basketball-reference.com/executives/perrysc99x.html

Brent Barry (San Antonio Spurs): https://www.nba.com/spurs/brent-barry

Tayshaun Prince (Memphis Grizzlies): https://www.nba.com/news/memphis-grizzlies-tayshaun-prince-official-release

Joe Cronin (Interim GM, Blazers) https://www.blazersedge.com/2014/7/...te-joe-cronin-to-director-of-player-personnel

There are other names likely to surface as well. Do you have a preference.....and why?
 
We need a fresh start. Ainge got stupid at the end of his tenure in Boston. Bring someone new and inovative in. Now if Cronin hits a homerun this year with additions, and subtraction to the roster, he could turn interim into fulltime.
 
TBpup said:
The last time we had an interim, Chad Buchanon turned Gerald Wallace into Damian Lillard.
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How about Chad then?

barfo
 
For many years the Spurs have been the model small-market franchise. We went to the opposite end of the spectrum with Olshey,
 
After the Season go get Steve Kerr....he's probably tired of coaching and he's probably going to be a GM somewhere, again.
 
I left Ainge out because he has been talked about so much and if he resigned for health reasons, not sure that is who I want taking over a mid-season rebuild.
 
Hoopguru said:
After the Season go get Steve Kerr....he's probably tired of coaching and he's probably going to be a GM somewhere, again.
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He's going to get tired of winning championships?
 
There are only two old guys I'd want as GM...Popovich and Jerry West....other than that I'm thinking Prince or Barry is the guy....Pop loves Oregon and owns a winery here. He also loves Dame. He might be ready for a desk job
 
Barry or Eversley

But, will SAS or CHI really just let us come in and take either of them?
 
riverman said:
There are only two old guys I'd want as GM...Popovich and Jerry West....other than that I'm thinking Prince or Barry is the guy....Pop loves Oregon and owns a winery here. He also loves Dame. He might be ready for a desk job
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Maybe that's what he was talking to Chauncey after the game last night about. He seemed to be having a pretty good conversation with Billups.

Something along the lines of

"This roster is shit, but don't worry I'll be GM here next year and clean this shit up."
 
i just want to make sure they do their due diligence and have a vision for what they actually want with this hire. I don't know enough of about any of these guys to vote, tbh. Maybe Barry because I've been going on about him since this summer about our replacement GM after reading that he interviewed here, but all these others are foreign to me.

I just want to be sure the ownership group doesn't half-ass the process in hopes of getting it done quickly. I have 0 confidence in them to do the right thing, so color me skeptical about any of their decisions.
 
My #1 is Bobby Webster.

Among the names already connected I like Prince but would be ok with any of the others.

I think Ainge is the only one I’d be bummed about.
 
Scalma said:
My #1 is Bobby Webster.

Among the names already connected I like Prince but would be ok with any of the others.

I think Ainge is the only one I’d be bummed about.
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is webster available? it's interesting eversley got the job over webster in CHI last year.

 
illmatic99 said:
is webster available? it's interesting eversley got the job over webster in CHI last year.

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Yes

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No clue who it will be. We need new ownership to get this thing where it needs to be.
 
illmatic99 said:
is webster available? it's interesting eversley got the job over webster in CHI last year.

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Idk, I’m just assuming everyone who isn’t fully in charge of a team is available.
 
so, just how attractive would Portland's GM job be?

* a 31 year old franchise player with a super-max contract who has threatened to ask for a trade and may have a chronic injury
* only 1 player on the roster at all-star level, and he's that franchise player above
* an overpaid undersized SG that doesn't play defense
* a roster with no established talent at wing, and a deficit of length and ball skills
* a team seemingly stuck in the purgatory of 1st round exits and poor draft picks
* only a couple of young players with potential
* two starters are UFA this summer and both have hinted at dissatisfaction with the new coach
* and speaking of the new coach, he has a very limited resume and seems to have a mismatch between what he wants to do and the roster

this isn't some job that starts with an open slate. In many ways, the team has been run into a ditch. There will have to be some dismantling and major remodeling and the assets to do so are pretty limited

I know most would jump at an opportunity for a promotion to GM. But would any established GM's look at the Portland job favorably?
 
wizenheimer said:
so, just how attractive would Portland's GM job be?

* a 31 year old franchise player with a super-max contract who has threatened to ask for a trade and may have a chronic injury
* only 1 player on the roster at all-star level, and he's that franchise player above
* an overpaid undersized SG that doesn't play defense
* a roster with no established talent at wing, and a deficit of length and ball skills
* a team seemingly stuck in the purgatory of 1st round exits and poor draft picks
* only a couple of young players with potential
* two starters are UFA this summer and both have hinted at dissatisfaction with the new coach
* and speaking of the new coach, he has a very limited resume and seems to have a mismatch between what he wants to do and the roster

this isn't some job that starts with an open slate. In many ways, the team has been run into a ditch. There will have to be some dismantling and major remodeling and the assets to do so are pretty limited

I know most would jump at an opportunity for a promotion to GM. But would any established GM's look at the Portland job favorably?
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and yet again, this is the same argument that people made about our coaching opening and almost every perceived top candidate was available for interview for our team this summer. i don't buy it at all.

This is one among 30 openings in the world. anyone worth a damn who wants to move up to a head role will be open. These positions aren't exactly available every week of the year. If we're dealing with retreads who have had other GM positions before, this might apply maybe. But for up and coming candidates, the attractiveness of our opening will hardly matter.
 
illmatic99 said:
and yet again, this is the same argument that people made about our coaching opening and almost every perceived top candidate was available for interview for our team this summer. i don't buy it at all.

this is one among 30 openings in the world. anyone worth a damn who wants to move up to a head role will be open. these positions aren't exactly available every week of the year.
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Agree, this job is Prime. The new GM will have a chance to do special, in a very special basketball market. He has a chance to revive rip city. Doesn't get much better than that.
 
TBpup said:
I left Ainge out because he has been talked about so much and if he resigned for health reasons, not sure that is who I want taking over a mid-season rebuild.
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If you are going to hire someone that old, why not Petrie? He had success with 2 small market teams.

Please note! I am not saying we should hire a senior citizen, just that if you were determined to go that route Ainge wouldn't even be the best candidate in that group.
 
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