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Canzano is getting hyped over Yahoo's article on the Ducks. "At some point the Ducks are going to have to let Chip go!" So he just pushed back the KP interview.

But I am interested to hear what KP has to say.
 
Its a battle for which is the bigger non story, and the Ducks won
 
KP speaks!

No one conducts an interview like The Great One
 
KP, "I'm not sure why I was fired."
 
More...give me more....
 
BBert said:
More...give me more....
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On picking Oden over Durant, "Before Oden came to Ohio State he had only lost 3 games. That showed he cared more about winning than scoring."
 
Ohh...that's good....
 
Relax, Nik. Calm waters.

Just wait a few years and your dreams will come true.
 
I listened, and probably two most informing bits of information:

1. Roy's contract is nearly fully insured. It was in question I guess.

2. Oden is a locker-room leader. Pritchard talks about how it was becoming Oden's team shortly before the last injury. How he held teammates accountable and said something along the lines of Oden being the most emotionally invested player he'd seen since Larry Bird. If there's just a fraction of truth to that, it probably paints Oden in a completely different light than what a lot of people think of him.


Listening to Pritchard again, left me missing him. For all his blemishes and warts, he had a very forgiving charisma about him. Sort of like if Bill Clinton GM'd the Blazers.
 
Drttimmy said:
I listened, and probably two most informing bits of information:

1. Roy's contract is nearly fully insured. It was in question I guess.

2. Oden is a locker-room leader. Pritchard talks about how it was becoming Oden's team shortly before the last injury. How he held teammates accountable and said something along the lines of Oden being the most emotionally invested player he'd seen since Larry Bird. If there's just a fraction of truth to that, it probably paints Oden in a completely different light than what a lot of people think of him.


Listening to Pritchard again, left me missing him. For all his blemishes and warts, he had a very forgiving charisma about him. Sort of like if Bill Clinton GM'd the Blazers.
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1. Doesn't change the cap hit, right?

2. I like that
 
mgb said:
1. Doesn't change the cap hit, right?
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Nope, nor the luxury tax implications. And if he keeps playing, it doesn't matter at all.
 
Canzano also asked him if the blazers offered the job back, would he take it. He paused and said yes. He still says he is too attached to the team. He is probably seriously depressed about the whole situation still.
 
Drttimmy said:
I listened, and probably two most informing bits of information:

1. Roy's contract is nearly fully insured. It was in question I guess.

2. Oden is a locker-room leader. Pritchard talks about how it was becoming Oden's team shortly before the last injury. How he held teammates accountable and said something along the lines of Oden being the most emotionally invested player he'd seen since Larry Bird. If there's just a fraction of truth to that, it probably paints Oden in a completely different light than what a lot of people think of him.


Listening to Pritchard again, left me missing him. For all his blemishes and warts, he had a very forgiving charisma about him. Sort of like if Bill Clinton GM'd the Blazers.
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I know what you mean about KP. I find him knowledgable, articulate and and well spoken. He seems genuine in his passion for the Blazers. I don't know anything behind the scenes, but if I owned a team, I would want KP as my GM.

Unfortunately PA obviously doesn't feel the same. He was quick to squash any rumors of KP coming back to the point it seems like there is something personal there.

Anyways, KP is a good guy in my book and I hope he finds the right franchise that fits his style.
 
His fans defend his drafting Babbitt and Armon as: It was his revenge. It was the last Pritch-Slap.

Did they ask him whether that's true?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
On picking Oden over Durant, "Before Oden came to Ohio State he had only lost 3 games. That showed he cared more about winning than scoring."
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Worst reason to draft Oden instead of Durant I've ever seen.

Ed O.
 
Ed O said:
Worst reason to draft Oden instead of Durant I've ever seen.

Ed O.
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The ONLY way that is a solid reason is if both players are equal, or at least Oden is healthy.
 
Former Portland Trail Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard broke his year-long silence after being fired in the days before the 2010 NBA Draft in a radio interview this week.

In it, he discussed Portland's decision-making process in giving Brandon Roy an $85 million extension, revealing that the team knew that Roy's knees were a serious long-term health risk. Pritchard said the team went ahead and resigned him because it would have cost them more money if they had waited another year; they also took out insurance to protect themselves in the final years of Roy's contract.
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http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...hard_Portland_Was_Aware_Of_Roys_Knee_Injuries
 
Mediocre Man said:
Had they waited another year it would have cost them more?
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Yeah probably not, he would have been a restricted free agent after the Phoenix series, I guess he could have received a Rudy Gay size contract offer as people thought he was going to make a full recovery from that minor knee surgery, but in actuality it was the final straw that broke the camels back.

I do wonder if he had been coming up on restricted free agency would he have rushed back to get on the court 10 days after surgery? Would a longer recovery time have benefitted his knees?

I suppose Roy's knees would likely have ended up where they are now regardless of his contract situation. If Roy was a restricted free agent last offseason, and only took the 1 year and was now an unrestricted free agent, he wouldn't get more then the MLE.

It's pretty easy to criticize the extension in hindsight. I guess KP's point was the team would've had to pay a max 6 year contract at the end of the season so it was better to just do a 5 year extension at the time.
 
It's a silly point for him to make. They knew his knees were bad, so there is 0% chance he would have made more. Even better had they let him talk to other teams because medical reports would have circulated in the media, and no one in their right mind would have criticized the Blazers if they either didn't offer, or offered low and he walked
 
julius said:
The ONLY way that is a solid reason is if both players are equal, or at least Oden is healthy.
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Yes... it is true that as a tie-breaker, I can see it having some value. But... "Before Oden came to Ohio State he had only lost 3 games" reminds me of that Shaq quote where he talked about how he'd won championships at ever level except college and the NBA :)

When I heard the Blazers say that "Durant was the kind of player that won scoring titles and Oden was the kind of player that won championships" ... I thought they were talking about positional scarcity (a dominant center is much less common, and perhaps more valuable, than a dominant wing player). I didn't know they were talking about Oden being a "winner".

Sheesh.

The sad thing is, this sort of touchy-feely decision-making wasn't eradicated with KP being dismissed. It looks, indeed, like it has won. A very sad thing, if true, for Blazers fans.

Ed O.
 
Draco said:
Yeah probably not, he would have been a restricted free agent after the Phoenix series, I guess he could have received a Rudy Gay size contract offer as people thought he was going to make a full recovery from that minor knee surgery, but in actuality it was the final straw that broke the camels back.

I do wonder if he had been coming up on restricted free agency would he have rushed back to get on the court 10 days after surgery? Would a longer recovery time have benefitted his knees?

I suppose Roy's knees would likely have ended up where they are now regardless of his contract situation. If Roy was a restricted free agent last offseason, and only took the 1 year and was now an unrestricted free agent, he wouldn't get more then the MLE.

It's pretty easy to criticize the extension in hindsight. I guess KP's point was the team would've had to pay a max 6 year contract at the end of the season so it was better to just do a 5 year extension at the time.
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I think that Roy's extension might be THE reason that KP got fired.

If KP and the team knew that his knees were toast, and yet STILL felt compelled to bid against themselves by giving Roy an extension... that's bad decision-making.

I don't think it's just a matter of hindsight, either. They had information that we did not, and yet they still pulled the trigger. It's not my money, but it IS money, and I can see Paul Allen feeling more than a bit miffed by such a bad decision. Maybe even to the extent that it cost KP his job.

Ed O.
 
Ed O said:
I think that Roy's extension might be THE reason that KP got fired.

If KP and the team knew that his knees were toast, and yet STILL felt compelled to bid against themselves by giving Roy an extension... that's bad decision-making.

I don't think it's just a matter of hindsight, either. They had information that we did not, and yet they still pulled the trigger. It's not my money, but it IS money, and I can see Paul Allen feeling more than a bit miffed by such a bad decision. Maybe even to the extent that it cost KP his job.

Ed O.
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It's not
 
No
No. In a short time (Pacers maybe?)


IMO of course
 
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