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Natebishop3 said:
Neil has never built a balanced starting unit as good as the one he basically inherited.

Dame
Wes
Nic
LMA
Rolo

That lineup had good defense. Good outside shooting. Length. Rebounding. Grit. This was the team that Stotts was hired to coach. In fairness, Wes has never been the same player since his injury, and LMA bailed, but Neil has done an absolutely horrible job getting back to this balance.

His absurd marriage to CJ and his inability to acquire a second star has prevented this team from taking the next step.
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Neil traded for RoLo. One of his best trades. Went from 33-49 to 54-28 largely because of that deal. No Williams was important too, of course.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I think people are framing Neil's time here in the wrong way. He inherited a team that was pretty much playoff ready.

LMA
Wes
Nic

And Dame was basically already the pick before he was hired. So he had most of that playoff starting lineup in place before he took the job. He added a few role players (which is basically what he's good at) and we were able to get our first playoff series win in a long time, but the core of that winning team had nothing to do with Neil.

Neil killed that team. He let LMA walk for nothing. He traded Nic for garbage. He let Wes and Rolo walk away and he basically tried to start over from near scratch with only Dame from that core. Since LMA left, Neil hasn't been able to put anyone nearly as good next to Dame. That's 7 seasons since LMA left and we still haven't had another All-Star caliber player in that time. He has whiffed on first round picks. He has whiffed on trades. He has whiffed on free agents signings. The guy is honestly mediocre at best.

Now we find out that he's also a toxic douche. It's time to go.
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LMA publicly said he wanted to stay a blazer his entire life and we had just won our first first playoff series a year before for the first time in over 10 years.. I don't knock him for that.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
Olshey certainly deserves at the least some credit for the Dame pick. He was the GM at the time. The GM job is to communicate and convince the owner of the best actions to take. Allowing Paul Allen and agreeing himself to go along with a prior recommendation is an action. If that is indeed the one Olshey took, he should get credit for that. Maybe others deserve a ton of credit for the Dame pick, that could be the case too. But saying Neil deserves no credit is incorrect.

I'm all for firing Neil, but I'm not going to unfairly blame, remove his accomplishments, or unfairly criticize him. There's plenty of justifiable criticisms against him.
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This exactly! Im happy to see him fired but jeez some people here act like hes literally has done not one positive in his time here.
 
To the people defending Olshey.....why?

I mean, I'd be a bit more sympathetic if he had targeted and drafted Giannis, or Adebayo, or Mitchell, or trade for PG at some point.

But there is like....no results from his tenure here. I agree being an asshole is not necessarily damning, but what is keeping you guys attached to him?
 
Yikes, anyone hear from Leslie Radakovich yet!? :dunno:

Penny Sarver, wife of Robert Sarver, sent messages to three former Phoenix Suns employees

Three former Phoenix Suns employees have received messages from Penny Sarver, the wife of Robert Sarver, who is the team's majority owner.

Two messages came from the @pennsar Instagram account and another was a text message from a number that belongs to Penny Sarver.

These former employees say they consider the messages an attempt to intimidate them.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...t-messages-three-former-phoenix-suns-employees

 
Haakzilla said:
Yikes, anyone hear from Leslie Radakovich yet!? :dunno:

Penny Sarver, wife of Robert Sarver, sent messages to three former Phoenix Suns employees

Three former Phoenix Suns employees have received messages from Penny Sarver, the wife of Robert Sarver, who is the team's majority owner.

Two messages came from the @pennsar Instagram account and another was a text message from a number that belongs to Penny Sarver.

These former employees say they consider the messages an attempt to intimidate them.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...t-messages-three-former-phoenix-suns-employees
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https://twitter.com/leslieolshey

Most recent activity was liking a post from Norm about his return here. And lots of pro-dem political stuff.
 
B-Roy said:
To the people defending Olshey.....why?

I mean, I'd be a bit more sympathetic if he had targeted and drafted Giannis, or Adebayo, or Mitchell, or trade for PG at some point.

But there is like....no results from his tenure here. I agree being an asshole is not necessarily damning, but what is keeping you guys attached to him?
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Is anyone that particularly attached? My only angle with drama/discord is how it impacts Dame's mindset. He's more my priority than Olshey-- been saying for a while we need someone who takes more risks.
 
I have a friend in another organization.. not gonna say the position or what team but he’s saying the talks round the league is olshey is gone.
I know I know…but I can’t reveal the source.
 
blazedanugz said:
I have a friend in another organization.. not gonna say the position or what team but he’s saying the talks round the league is olshey is gone.
I know I know…but I can’t reveal the source.
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He's obviously gone. I completely believe what you're hearing. He's gone and will not get paid the rest of his contract. .
 
Phatguysrule said:
He's obviously gone. I completely believe what you're hearing. He's gone and will not get paid the rest of his contract. .
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There is no endgame where he keeps his job after some of these leaks. I think that much is clear. If he had a chance of return, we'd have seen people come to his defense publicly. Hell even Woj woulda said something by now. Think his firing is inevitable. I just hope they don't drag this along too much.
 
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NeO story: Sellwood Starbucks one early weekday morning. Said hey Neil, looks up from his BlackBerry (years ago), think its really cool you brought in Maccabi Haifa for a game. Gives a half smile like why the F are you talking to me. I'm out.
 
HailBlazers said:
NeO story: Sellwood Starbucks one early weekday morning. Said hey Neil, looks up from his BlackBerry (years ago), think its really cool you brought in Maccabi Haifa for a game. Gives a half smile like why the F are you talking to me. I'm out.
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That really surprises me. I’m not doubting you at all, but just surprised.
 
illmatic99 said:
There is no endgame where he keeps his job after some of these leaks. I think that much is clear. If he had a chance of return, we'd have seen people come to his defense publicly. Hell even Woj woulda said something by now. Think his firing is inevitable. I just hope they don't drag this along too much.
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that's what I've been watching...to see if any people who have dealt with Olshey will come out to defend him. So far it looks like he has no character witnesses on his side. Probably early, but still....
 
julius said:
I'm both surprised and not surprised that Neil hasn't gotten ahead of this and resigned.
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how long is the remaining balance of his contract? He might be giving up 10 million by re-signing
 
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