I think Pritchard got fired because he passed on Durant.

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crandc said:
Please, could people watch football or baseball, or read a book, or go for a walk, or take up knitting, or learn to dance, or jerk off? Anything more productive than an endless argument based on total speculation? Is it worth reading after Page 1 (I didn't)?

Qyntel Woods and Greg Oden? Someone has too much time on his/her/its hand.
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In most of our defenses, it's hard to jerk off knowing you have that avatar.
 
BGrantFan said:
Think of this as well. Had Seattle won the lottery, and then picked Oden (which they would have done), Cho would not be our GM, and he may even be unemployed. Instead, dropping to #2 by luck made him a hot commodity.
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Ding ding ding!

We have a winner.


Seattle was almost in a better position then Portland as far as risky choices that year.
They just couldn't lose.
They could take whichever awesome prospect Portland didn't take and come out of it better regardless.
And, if the guy didn't really work out, they couldn't be blamed since they didn't actually have a choice.

There is not one doubt in my mind that Seattle would have taken Oden had they had the number one pick.
There is not one doubt in my mind that Oden was the correct pick for this Portland team.

There is a whole lot of doubt in my mind as to whether or not Oden will ever have the impact he could have.
 
Oden was NOT consensus #1. There were red-flags regarding his health and future, even back then. I specifically recall several GM's stating they would take Durant.
 
Targus said:
Oden was NOT consensus #1. There were red-flags regarding his health and future, even back then. I specifically recall several GM's stating they would take Durant.
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Which GMs, specifically? :)
 
Targus said:
Oden was NOT consensus #1. There were red-flags regarding his health and future, even back then. I specifically recall several GM's stating they would take Durant.
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I don't recall any GM's coming out and saying they would take Durant. I remember some media people saying certain teams probably wouldn't, like Orlando.
 
hasoos said:
Who cares. It's history.
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this... Jesus Christ people... it sucks if Oden ends up being a bust and KD ends up being a hall of famer... but get the F*** OVER IT! If you are stabbed in the stomach with a sword.. would it make sense to keep pulling it out and stab yourself over again??? Dammit this is annoying. I guess it is a little difficult for those people who might have jumped on the bandwagon BECAUSE of Oden... but seriously STFU.
 
BGrantFan said:
Think of this as well. Had Seattle won the lottery, and then picked Oden (which they would have done), Cho would not be our GM, and he may even be unemployed. Instead, dropping to #2 by luck made him a hot commodity.
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Targus said:
Oden was NOT consensus #1. There were red-flags regarding his health and future, even back then. I specifically recall several GM's stating they would take Durant.
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Link please? Good luck finding that. Heck, I'd love to even find a link to red-flags regarding health pre-draft. I think he had all of one injury in his 12 years since playing organized ball up until late his high-school season, and that was his only documented injury up until draft day (unless I'm missing some other flu or sprained toe or dust in his eye or some other irrelevant injury). Must be some fortune-tellers if someone was making red-flags out of that.
 
It is and will forever be KP's legacy. You live and ya learn. It's the only defense I can come up with.

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When I first read the title, I thought it said that kpee pissed on Durant.
 
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Fez Hammersticks said:
It is and will forever be KP's legacy. You live and ya learn. It's the only defense I can come up with.

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I like how you included a crotch shot of GO in that... at least we got this one on you KD!!!! :lol:
 
there goes my respect for Wookie ;)
 
I've said this for a long time, no GM could survive the Oden fiasco unless the team went deep into the playoffs despite his injuries. They didn't and he paid the price.

Dumars only survived in Detroit so long since since they won a title making fans forget all about Darko.
 
espn_hall_of_famer said:
Link please? Good luck finding that. Heck, I'd love to even find a link to red-flags regarding health pre-draft. I think he had all of one injury in his 12 years since playing organized ball up until late his high-school season, and that was his only documented injury up until draft day (unless I'm missing some other flu or sprained toe or dust in his eye or some other irrelevant injury). Must be some fortune-tellers if someone was making red-flags out of that.
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While this may be the literal truth, it is rather misleading.

First, his hip condition may not have been a basketball related injury - but it was still a red flag.

Second, no one knows when he suffered the knee damage that lead to the MF surgery. For all you or I know, it was a pre-draft condition.

For the record, I don't believe that picking Oden was the reason KP was fired, and I disagree with the premise of the thread. Durant was the "safe" pick, but *at the time*, Oden seemed to have a higher ceiling.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
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What the heck is that a picture of? Is that a picture of Durant getting the shoulder he injured at the end of the Turkey game wrapped up in some magnetic sling? Or is it just a picture of a coach trying to teach him how to carry the ball by dribbling too high like his clone - AI.
 
Nhawz said:
That was his pre draft workout for us
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I gotta say the one thing disturbing about this message board is the regularity of people putting incredibly hot women in their avatar pictures, just so we can't think straight when we're trying to read a reply. I'm not sure if there is a psychological thing going on there to make the post that much "better" or what. Anyways, as soon as I think they should be banned, I find myself eagerly wanting to come back for more, so stop it.
 
Targus said:
Oden was NOT consensus #1. There were red-flags regarding his health and future, even back then. I specifically recall several GM's stating they would take Durant.
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really? which ones? got any links with named GMs actually quoted and not Canzano-esk unnamed sources?

STOMP
 
Re: I think Pritchard got fired because he pissed on Durant.

The Choad will trade Oden for Durant, then return to work for the Okies.

He's thinking 3 steps ahead of PA.
 
sorry that I came off the heavy and didn't laugh, but I was actually hoping there was a link to be had. oh well

STOMP
 
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