We assume that Paul Allen doesn't mind his money being wasted. Then we can't figure out why he has turned against Pritchard.
Allen doesn't care about paying $3M for a draft pick that never plays here. He likes being the only team to stockpile several recent picks in Europe for many years, while their required salaries zoom upward. He likes maxing out Roy and almost maxing Aldridge without hard negotiations. He likes paying money to enable trades of picks, then picking lemons like Bayless.
At the start of this season, Pritchard wanted his contract renegotiated almost 2 years before it will be necessary. He has the easiest GM job in the league--he's really the Chief Scout and Media Liaison, while Larry Miller does the business side. I can't figure out why Allen is turning against Pritchard, can you?