OT: Bummer for Kevin Pritchard

[Minstrel]

I always thought the young Tim Hardaway was the most talented of the group. Awesome player to watch.

 

[NewsSource]

I always thought the young Tim Hardaway was the most talented of the group. Awesome player to watch.

It's still nuts to me that GS traded Webber without ever having him play a regular season game with Hardaway. What a horrific trade.

Mitch Richmond being in the Hall of Fame, and Tim Hardaway not being in it, is an oversight to me.

 

[Natebishop3]

I saw that Hardwood Classics game too Nate. Quite fun.

Do you think Mitch Richmond is a HOFer? I lived in Sac when he played there. He was great, but I wouldn't have voted him in.

I don't know... he had the disadvantage of playing during the same era of guys like Jordan, but he still stood out. If he played now, with the overall lack of quality shooting guards, I think he'd be arguably the best in the league at his position. Harden would just be another shooting guard back then.

 

[Minstrel]

It's still nuts to me that GS traded Webber without ever having him play a regular season game with Hardaway. What a horrific trade.

Mitch Richmond being in the Hall of Fame, and Tim Hardaway not being in it, is an oversight to me.

Yup, the Webber trade stands out as perhaps the lowlight of a hapless organizational history in my lifetime.

 

[MickZagger]

Is Pritchard still banging that old Blazer dancer?

 

[MickZagger]

They were terrible up front, though, and had to make a move to get better. The dumbest move they made back in the '90s was trading away Chris Webber for Tom Gugliotta and picks. What a horrific trade, especially since the Warriors basically chose Don Nelson over Webber, and still fired Nelson the next season.

PG Tim Hardaway
SG Chris Mullin
SF Latrell Sprewell
PF Chris Webber
C Chris Gatling

That's a nice starting 5, but because Nellie insisted on playing Webber at the 5, he and Webber clashed, and the rest is one of the most boneheaded decisions in NBA front office history. It took until Baron Davis in 2007 for the Warriors to even make the playoffs again.

Victor Alexander was aiight. What about Alton Lister.

 

[NewsSource]

Victor Alexander was aiight. What about Alton Lister.

Gatling was way better than either of them, and should have been the starting C.

 

[MickZagger]

Gatling was way better than either of them, and should have been the starting C.

Gatling was good, but he just wasn't a Centre.

 

[Ed O]

The moves that worked out for KP were few and most have blown up in his face. I do not know why anyone thinks he is genius.

If only he could have signed Hedo. That would have saved the franchise...

:|

 

[fumanchu]

The Pacers were pretty injury free last year and still collapsed. George getting injured just gives him an excuse for losing.

I wouldn't call losing to the Heat in the ECF a collapse. They had as good a chance of winning the East as anyone next year. Too bad.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

I wouldn't call losing to the Heat in the ECF a collapse. They had as good a chance of winning the East as anyone next year. Too bad.

They played nearly .500 ball in March and April and got taken to a game 7 by a mediocre Atlanta Hawks squad. Despite having home court advantage, they barely mustered a fight vs. the Heat. As said, there was no injury problems and the team still regressed.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

If only he could have signed Hedo. That would have saved the franchise...

:|

I think everyone was fooled by the "icing on the cake" campaign. We were all expecting something spectacular that off season.