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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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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Attractive as opposed to what? There are only 30 NBA GM jobs and only a handful are open each season. There will be plenty of quality candidates.
 
Most of ALL, hire someone who is ALL IN on rip city. This is a great basketball town, and it's a Privilege to work there.
 
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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Phoenix went with a younger guy that was willing to go to an organization that struggled for nearly 10 years. McDonough drafted Ayton & Bridges.
 
Brent & Rick Barry would be a dynamic team....
 
Thibs will be without a job before long, we could use a strong NY personality thats not afraid to bench 6'3" guards.
 
Hoopguru said:
Thibs will be without a job before long, we could use a strong NY personality thats not afraid to bench 6'3" guards.
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There just needs to be not so many of them here. If he can improve his shooting, I'd like to see Nas at SG. It would be nice to have a size/athletic advantage there on most nights with the ability to switch on to bigger players.
 
e_blazer said:
Attractive as opposed to what? There are only 30 NBA GM jobs and only a handful are open each season. There will be plenty of quality candidates.
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So, who did we pass on to hire Olshit? I honestly can't remember a single one of the other candidates.
 
to be fair at the time NeO was a very good hire but he wore out his welcome and too be honest i do not recall who the other options were at the time.
 
TBpup said:
There just needs to be not so many of them here. If he can improve his shooting, I'd like to see Nas at SG. It would be nice to have a size/athletic advantage there on most nights with the ability to switch on to bigger players.
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??? Look, have him defend SG, sure. But he would be the worst dribbler I've ever seen at guard. He's barely adequate for SF.
 
Imagine if we'd offered Steve Kerr the combined coach AND GM.
Is there somebody (like, say, Spoelstra) we could do that for THIS time? I'm not wedded to Chauncey!
 
Everybody realizes it will be Cronin at least until the end of the season, right? We're not getting a savior right away.
 
e_blazer said:
Attractive as opposed to what? There are only 30 NBA GM jobs and only a handful are open each season. There will be plenty of quality candidates.
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notice that I qualified that list as con's for current GM's. I explicitly said that guys like current assitsnt GM's would view the promotion as such
 
wizenheimer said:
notice that I qualified that list as con's for current GM's. I explicitly said that guys like current assitsnt GM's would view the promotion as such
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Fair enough. I missed that when I skimmed your post.
 
e_blazer said:
If Cronin wants to be considered for the job long term, he may be inclined to find the big deal that impresses Jody Allen. Maybe he becomes the savior.
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The club already mentioned his replacement in their statement, he’s just a placeholder. Doubt he’ll even have the power to make any moves.
 
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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Lol
This reminds me of the people saying we were like the 10th best head coaching job behind places like…

NEW ORLEANS LOL

(not saying that was you)

But, in general, I agree with your premise that getting an established GM from another team is going to be tough sledding. Unless that team has terrible ownership (Knicks?).

Also, money? I hope… can sway some minds lol
 
been reading up some of these dudes.

Stay the hell away from Scott Perry. His track record is miserable.

Eversley also, I'm lukewarm on. Bulls are OK now, but there's a very clear ceiling with that roster and some of the decisions from last summer might hinder their growth moving forward financially. Eversley apparently gets credit for some of their summer moves. I'm more intrigued by the connections he made with players while at Nike than his short tenure with the Bulls. Even with Philly, it's hard to figure out what his contributions were.

Think I'm leaning more towards Barry and Prince, because of their backgrounds as players but neither has been executive for very long. I like that Barry has been in San Antonio but it's hard to figure out what he actually did there. Same with Prince-- I like his obvious connection with Chauncey, but can we pinpoint to a single move that either contributed heavily towards? That's on the organization to find out. Hope everyone gets a fair interview and they take a calculated decision.
 
By the way, I don't know Prince's relationship with Billups, but getting a GM who isn't on the same page as Billups could be a potential disaster. Or potentially great if you think Billups is a bad coach. Dame is probably gone in the latter scenario though.
 


take it with a grain of salt. Quick has been wrong recently
 
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