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Funny, KP is a big meanie sounds an awful lot like what we heard about Bill Gates, doesn't it?
 
Hank The Dwarf said:
multiple reports coming from all over the NBA saying that other GM's don't like KP.. they say he believes his own press clippings, brags about having a Billionaire owner with unlimited resources.. and just acts like an Ass in general...


The NBA is different than Ford vs Chevy.. its not win at all costs.. NBA franchises are business partners.. you must be able to develop relationships that are based on trust and mutual respect.. burning bridges by sending threatening emails (Memphis), insulting them (the Pritch-Slap nonsense) and trying to "bully" them into making deals that only benefit one team (Utah w/ the toxic Milsap offer) is just simply bad business.

Bad business always comes back to get you in the end.

Always.
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Hank, look at it this way: No one likes you, and you can still post here.:cheers:
 
Hank The Dwarf said:
This is a legitimate topic of conversation... David Aldridge, Wojo and other national columinsts who break tons of deals in the NBA have flat out said that other GM's don't like KP and are reluctant to deal with him.. that is BAD business.

If you don't like the topic - don't respond. If you have anything of value to add (highly doubtful as I have read your posts before) .. feel free to do so.
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Hank, this is just the national media narrative right now. Wojo has had a bug up his ass about KP for over a year, for what reason I don't know.

I think most of this resentment is KP doesn't suck at his job like Nash. Everyone in the NBA liked John.
 
Hank The Dwarf said:
multiple reports coming from all over the NBA saying that other GM's don't like KP.. they say he believes his own press clippings, brags about having a Billionaire owner with unlimited resources.. and just acts like an Ass in general...


The NBA is different than Ford vs Chevy.. its not win at all costs.. NBA franchises are business partners.. you must be able to develop relationships that are based on trust and mutual respect.. burning bridges by sending threatening emails (Memphis), insulting them (the Pritch-Slap nonsense) and trying to "bully" them into making deals that only benefit one team (Utah w/ the toxic Milsap offer) is just simply bad business.

Bad business always comes back to get you in the end.

Always.
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You realize that the Blazers (KP gets most of the credit), "fucked" 4 teams to get Brandon Roy.

Ainge is tricked into thinking Telfair has some "potential" and might be a good PG someday, thus giving up the #7 pick for him.

Armed with the #7 pick, KP finds out that Houston is totally hot-to-trot for Roy, thinking he is the perfect "glue" player to pair with T-Mac and Yao, and will be good right away. Amazingly, they are 100% correct.

Deciding that Portland is going to take Roy at #7, Houston tries to jump in front of Portland by asking Minnesota to draft Roy for them at #6.

Portland gets all up in Minnesota's mess by drafting the guy they want - Foye. Forcing Minnesota to abandon its pact with Houston and make what is now called the worst trade in Minnesota franchise history - Roy for Foye.

John Nash was a "nice" GM. He even returned my e-mails. A true sweetie pie.

Would you rather have a "nice" GM and no Brandon Roy?
 
maxiep said:
Hank, this is just the national media narrative right now. Wojo has had a bug up his ass about KP for over a year, for what reason I don't know.

I think most of this resentment is KP doesn't suck at his job like Nash. Everyone in the NBA liked John.
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Its more than that. KP has struck out on several players that would have helped this team...


One of two things are happening right now with the Blazers...

1 - KP is wildly overrating his players and is looking for a magical deal that turns garbage into gold...

or

2 - Other GM's are not offering up the same deals to KP that they are to other franchises.

Either way.. it reflects poorly on KP.
 
Hank The Dwarf said:
Its more than that. KP has struck out on several players that would have helped this team...


One of two things are happening right now with the Blazers...

1 - KP is wildly overrating his players and is looking for a magical deal that turns garbage into gold...

or

2 - Other GM's are not offering up the same deals to KP that they are to other franchises.

Either way.. it reflects poorly on KP.
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I do think KP has high opinions of our players. It may or may not turn out to be a fact that they are as good as he thinks they are.

I think GMs will execute any deal that makes their team better. I don't think given roughly equivalent offers a GM will give us the final piece to put us over the top for the next 5-10 years.
 
I think the "KP is a dick" stuff is overblown. This is business, after all.

But I will say that if the way KP has conducted himself personally or professionally is becoming a hindrance to getting deals done moving forward, then it is a potential issue. I have no evidence that this was/is the case, but there seems to be a small narrative forming around the league that teams are unwilling to deal with Portland for this reason (or it might be the fact that we keep fleecing people and no one wants to be next). So to that end, I would say that Portland management, especially KP, needs to not be doing anything that kills business relationships and holds them back from improving this team through deals. That's just smart business.

I'm all for being a hard ass in negotiations, but if the way you do it is keeping anyone from wanting to negotiate with you at all, then (fairly or unfairly) it is worth reconsidering.
 
Hank The Dwarf said:
We don't want Milsap.. there is ZERO chance Milsap comes here and the Blazers know that. The only purpose of that contract was to force Utah into trading Boozer for scraps or have to pay the Lux Tax.
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Excuse me, but are you out of your freaking mind???

You actually think Portland is going to offer a $36 million contract and a $10 million signing bonus to a player they don't want? What if Utah doesn't match--then we're "stuck" with a player we never wanted in the first place. What team takes a chance like that??
 
Hank The Dwarf said:
Its more than that. KP has struck out on several players that would have helped this team...


One of two things are happening right now with the Blazers...

1 - KP is wildly overrating his players and is looking for a magical deal that turns garbage into gold...

or

2 - Other GM's are not offering up the same deals to KP that they are to other franchises.

Either way.. it reflects poorly on KP.
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Utter nonsense.
 
Hank The Dwarf said:
multiple reports coming from all over the NBA saying that other GM's don't like KP.. they say he believes his own press clippings, brags about having a Billionaire owner with unlimited resources.. and just acts like an Ass in general...


The NBA is different than Ford vs Chevy.. its not win at all costs.. NBA franchises are business partners.. you must be able to develop relationships that are based on trust and mutual respect.. burning bridges by sending threatening emails (Memphis), insulting them (the Pritch-Slap nonsense) and trying to "bully" them into making deals that only benefit one team (Utah w/ the toxic Milsap offer) is just simply bad business.

Bad business always comes back to get you in the end.

Always.
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Hank, you're so full of shit, your eyes are brown, lol...
 
maxiep said:
Hank, look at it this way: No one likes you, and you can still post here.:cheers:
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On the contrary. I loves me some Hank The Dwarf. That's one funny sumbitch right there, I tell you what.
 
maxiep said:
Hank, look at it this way: No one likes you, and you can still post here.:cheers:
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LMFAO!!!!!! Nice.

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I told KP that my close friend was in the hospital having the same procedure for the same heart condition as Lamarcus Aldridge, and two hours later a package arrived at the hospital containing some Blazers gear and get-well-soon wishes from the Blazers.

I don't care what anyone says about KP, he has a "get out of the doghouse free" card, as far as I'm concerned.
 
BlazerWookee said:
I told KP that my close friend was in the hospital having the same procedure for the same heart condition as Lamarcus Aldridge, and two hours later a package arrived at the hospital containing some Blazers gear and get-well-soon wishes from the Blazers.

I don't care what anyone says about KP, he has a "get out of the doghouse free" card, as far as I'm concerned.
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thats cool, was that at the meet n greet you told him?
 
maxiep said:
Hank might be the funniest guy on this board. It's a shame so few get him.
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I find him less annoying on here than on O-Live.. maybe cause he has to censor himself over there. I have hated him less now :pimp:
 
BlazerWookee said:
I told KP that my close friend was in the hospital having the same procedure for the same heart condition as Lamarcus Aldridge, and two hours later a package arrived at the hospital containing some Blazers gear and get-well-soon wishes from the Blazers.

I don't care what anyone says about KP, he has a "get out of the doghouse free" card, as far as I'm concerned.
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Yeah, that KP is a first-class prick. :sigh:

That's great to hear he lived up to his promise that quickly. Hopefully your friend is feeling better.
 
STOMP said:
I can recall around Y2K the constant mention of Blazer team salary being 90M+ by the national media. They would harp on it in every broadcast and magazine article as if it was some sort of terrible shame for a small market to spend money like a big market.

I doubt the national media will ever embrace a Blazer club as they want the marquee teams involved for bigger ratings. As the team progresses, I expect some sort of negative narrative to develop about the club and be repeated ad nausea. Clyde's era was that they were stupid. Then it was Sheed's Jailblazers. I doubt that they'll settle on KP is a big meanie as the next theme but we'll see

STOMP
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Well said and Repped this is EXACTLY what is going on. That and some local sports "journalists" who are desperate for some web hits for their dying newspaper during a slow summer in a one sport town. I can't wait for the next Oden is a bust article from Quick.

P.S. Repped senor stomp!
 
I don't have a problem with national media taking shots at KP . . . in fact maybe that is what is needed to eliminate any mystique that has been built up about him.

The fact that KP is going through some rough times and how he handles these rough times could be used to get rid of any animosity against KP . . . if any exists.
 
Never seen so much little person hate in such a small area before.
 
Here's an interesting item from Dave at Blazer's Edge:

"I have it from two independent sources among the national media corps that much of the news and criticism attributed to the Blazers this year via "unnamed sources" has actually stemmed from Denver Nuggets GM Mark Warkentien. Naturally neither of these sources is willing to go on the record but they are in a position to know, every bit as much as every "unnamed GM" is in a position to know about the inner workings of the NBA."
 
This is all from Mark Warkentein in Denver. He spreads venom and writers are feeding off each other. Jealousy is an ugly thing.
 
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HCP would be serving a life sentence at the Oregon State Penitentiary.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Here's an interesting item from Dave at Blazer's Edge:

"I have it from two independent sources among the national media corps that much of the news and criticism attributed to the Blazers this year via "unnamed sources" has actually stemmed from Denver Nuggets GM Mark Warkentien. Naturally neither of these sources is willing to go on the record but they are in a position to know, every bit as much as every "unnamed GM" is in a position to know about the inner workings of the NBA."
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That makes a ton of sense. He's bitter because this was supposed to be his job.
 
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