Now that Pritchard's gone does anyone honestly think there will be a "real" trade?

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Re: Now that Pritchard's gone does anyone honestly think there will be a "real" trade

BrianFromWA said:
You mean, like KP saying that he didn't make trades between training camp and the draft b/c of chemistry? Was that absurd, too?
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Link?
 
Re: Now that Pritchard's gone does anyone honestly think there will be a "real" trade

BrianFromWA said:
Never say never, but it appears the Blazers won’t make any trades this season.

“If we’re offered an all-star tomorrow, who knows?” Pritchard says. “But I don’t see anything on the horizon. We have good young talent, good chemistry, and we’re playing well. Why mess with it?

“A lot of people would like for us to trade for a bruiser or rebounder. We have one (in Oden). Unfortunately, he’s not playing this year.”
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What the are you on about?

that says NOTHING about NOT making trades in some blocked off frame of time.
 
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Re: Now that Pritchard's gone does anyone honestly think there will be a "real" trade

BGrantFan said:
Good point. I'll point out that Thorn is no longer employed by New Jersey, though.

Also, isn't this Nate's last year (2010-11). Even if he's fired, he keeps his dough unless he goes all mavericky on the organization.
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Nate's been on one-year deals for a couple of years now, supposedly. Every year is his last year.

Thorn is still employed by NJ, until July 15.

barfo
 
Re: Now that Pritchard's gone does anyone honestly think there will be a "real" trade

BrianFromWA said:
The NBA Draft and the offseason: those are the two times of year when Pritchard does his best work. Look at the way the Blazers have been built – via the draft and during offseason transactions. Aside from trading Taurean Green to Denver for Von Wafer at last year's trade deadline, Pritchard isn't partial to making in-season trades. For Pritchard, it boils down to putting his coach and team in a position where they can be successful. And by bringing in a player for the second half of the season, expecting him to effectively contribute while getting acclimated to a new system, isn't setting a coach or his players up for success. Obviously, it can be done and is done around the league. Portland – and least according to Pritchard's stance – isn't one of those clubs.
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So Pritchard didn't say it. Someone else said it about him this one time. And he's actually done what that write up said he doesn't do.

brilliant. :grin:
 
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BlazerBenner said:
Pritchard is the guy who made everything happen.
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Yea, he certainly made the Hedo and Milsap deals happen last summer.

KP was good in the draft, but Camby seemed to be his only good deal in the regular season. And guess what made that deal work? Paul Allen's cash. Our next GM will have that advantage as well.
 
Re: Now that Pritchard's gone does anyone honestly think there will be a "real" trade

First, the "paraphrased" part should've told you that Pritchard said it, but wasn't quoted. Your fail, not mine.
Second, he didn't do for 3 years (as evidenced in the second, QUOTED, part) for the reasons paraphrased in the first. Again, your fail, not mine,.
Third, I acknowledged that Camby was a great move, but in this article from Feb 10 of this year he talks about how he doesn't want to trade multiple players for one big man. One could read that and say, "reluctant".

Again, your mouth wrote checks you can't cash. Not my fault you go Tourette's from comprehension fails.
 
Re: Now that Pritchard's gone does anyone honestly think there will be a "real" trade

The Camby trade was nothing great, we gave up far too much for the little time we'll have him.

KP's good deals all involved picks and cash.

Larry Miller was the driving force in abandoning our rebuild through youth strategy last season, and now we're severely depleted in too many ways to count. Now we're just a bunch of aging and injury-prone vets with an inexperienced bench full of question marks.
 
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barfo said:
Nate's been on one-year deals for a couple of years now, supposedly. Every year is his last year.

Thorn is still employed by NJ, until July 15.

barfo
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No, Nate has one year left on his deal. He is guaranteed next year.

Plus, Thorn's contact expires tomorrow, not July 15th. I doubt he'll be making many calls for FAs, since he won't have a job on July 1st. ;)

http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2010/06/weary_after_10_seasons_on_the.html
 
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MARIS61 said:
The Camby trade was nothing great, we gave up far too much for the little time we'll have him.

KP's good deals all involved picks and cash.

Larry Miller was the driving force in abandoning our rebuild through youth strategy last season, and now we're severely depleted in too many ways to count. Now we're just a bunch of aging and injury-prone vets with an inexperienced bench full of question marks.
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Huh? Aging and injury prone vets? Are you talking about Camby, Joel and Roy? Those are the only guys on the team that fit that description. Most are barely old enough to drink.
 
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BGrantFan said:
No, Nate has one year left on his deal. He is guaranteed next year.
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How is that different than a one-year deal?

Plus, Thorn's contact expires tomorrow, not July 15th. I doubt he'll be making many calls for FAs, since he won't have a job on July 1st. ;)

http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2010/06/weary_after_10_seasons_on_the.html
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You didn't read your link very carefully, did you?

barfo
 
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barfo said:
How is that different than a one-year deal?


barfo
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It means Nate is guaranteed next year. You posted someting about his contract about expiring by October.
 
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BGrantFan said:
It means Nate is guaranteed next year. You posted someting about his contract about expiring by October.
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No, I didn't say that, but I was wrong about his contract status, and you were right.

barfo
 
Re: Now that Pritchard's gone does anyone honestly think there will be a "real" trade

BrianFromWA said:
First, the "paraphrased" part should've told you that Pritchard said it, but wasn't quoted. Your fail, not mine.
Second, he didn't do for 3 years (as evidenced in the second, QUOTED, part) for the reasons paraphrased in the first. Again, your fail, not mine,.
Third, I acknowledged that Camby was a great move, but in this article from Feb 10 of this year he talks about how he doesn't want to trade multiple players for one big man. One could read that and say, "reluctant".

Again, your mouth wrote checks you can't cash. Not my fault you go Tourette's from comprehension fails.
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NONE OF THE ABOVE IS WHAT YOU CLAIMED HE SAID IN YOUR ORIGINAL POST.

NONE OF IT.

BrianFromWA said:
You mean, like KP saying that he didn't make trades between training camp and the draft b/c of chemistry? Was that absurd, too?
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LINK???????
 
Re: Now that Pritchard's gone does anyone honestly think there will be a "real" trade

BGrantFan said:
I'm willing to move on from KP at this point. It's over. What worries me is that the Blazers just seem to be winging it right now. Who will fill the leadership vacuum? Who is actually running the basketball side right now? And why has Nate been so silent, outside of one appearance at the press conference after the draft?

Way too many questions with 2 days until the summer bonanza.
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Yes. While everyone else has rumors about free agency signings and trades, the Blazers only rumor is about Danny Ferry. How's that working for you, all of you kool-aid drinking Blazer fans?
 
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BlazerBenner said:
Yes. While everyone else has rumors about free agency signings and trades, the Blazers only rumor is about Danny Ferry. How's that working for you, all of you kool-aid drinking Blazer fans?
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This very fact is why it would have been far preferable to have fired KP months ago and gotten his replacement sometime in May.

I answered your question even though I am far from a kool-aid drinking fan.

In short, it doesn't work for me at all.
 
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To be honest, I'm not sure any of this matters. Whether the GM this summer was KP, somebody else, or nobody at all, there wasn't much chance of the Blazers being involved in a blockbuster move. And by "blockbuster", I don't mean something like LMA for Amare - which involves big names but only marginal (if any) improvement.

Their best hope (IMHO), was always that the initial FA frenzy would leave other teams capped out, and that some good vet would fall through the cracks and be available for the MLE.
 
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