Patterson:
- Patterson hired KP, and is a big fan of KP's. The Blazers could've hired one of Patterson or Nash's friends instead of KP, but didn't and Patterson wanted someone from the outside.
- His first draft with the team, they just had five names on the white board and that was how the draft was conducted in their war room. He wanted to change that, and that's why he hired KP and his new-age approach/thinking.
- The franchise will get somebody and they'll survive.
- 2006 Draft, he was the GM and made the trades with Ainge and McHale, and not KP's. The deals for the 2nd-round picks were made by John Gabriel.
- KP was the one that made the Sergio deal during the draft.
- Some scouts preferred Morrison, some scouts wanted Foye.. and PA was leaning toward Morrison during the pre-draft workouts.
- PA wavered on the trade with Minnesota for Roy, and it came down to how much money the Blazers were going to pay Minnesota. It got down to $1 million, and there was a minute left on the clock and Patterson told PA to do it but he was hesitating. With 45 seconds left, Patterson basically told PA you have to do it or else you're not going to get the deal done, and he did.
