Is Olshey playing it too safe?

[Natebishop3]

Tried to trade for PG13.... but ran into a vindictive douche.

Tried to trade for Melo..... but Melo didn't want to come to Portland.

 

[ripcityboy]

Tried to trade for PG13.... but ran into a vindictive douche.

Tried to trade for Melo..... but Melo didn't want to come to Portland.

I think if Olshey had been able to pull off one of those moves and if it had made us x games better??? Then the positive press would have deflected from all the bad contracts he signed. He would have been able to bring it up in every press conferencs or podcast. The Nurkic trade originally looked like that. But that signing spree a year and half ago has just created one too many bullets for the firing squad. It's not that Olshey a bad GM it's just he's in a system that doesn't allow for mistakes. Sometimes an exec can make that many bad signings and cut themselves loose from the dead weight.... and sometimes they can't.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

I mean seriously, what do people think the P stands for, LOL

(Hint: It isn't "persona".)

Hispanic Caucasian Polack?

 

[tester551]

It's not that Olshey a bad GM it's just he's in a system that doesn't allow for mistakes.

He may not be bad, but he's definitely not a great GM either.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Tried to trade for PG13.... but ran into a vindictive douche.

Tried to trade for Melo..... but Melo didn't want to come to Portland.

Neil went after PG-13 but he wouldn't pony up the player the Pacers really wanted which is C.J McCollum. And yes it would have been a big risk but that's what I'm talking about. So the Pacers got Victor Oladipo instead.

 

[ripcityboy]

He may not be bad, but he's definitely not a great GM either.

No. I completely agree. But we could have done worse, I guess. He's good at flipping second round picks for journeyman players. Not exactly "Jerry West" levels of player trading. But Olshey's limitations are definately showing now.