Sorta OT: Another reason I am glad KP is not our GM and Olshey is

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Yeah that makes sense at first glance, but I thought about it a bit more. I can’t remember when the claims were put in for Scola, did the Pacers still have cap space available at that point? If they did have cap space, perhaps they put a sizeable bid in for Scola but lost out by just a few $$. The bids are blind so you don’t want to overpay if you’re the only bidder, they had no idea how much Phoenix was bidding. I’m not going to fault them terribly much for losing the amnesty bid on Scola. But KP shouldn’t get credit for much of the Pacers success to date, he inherited that team. What value they get for Granger and what they do with his cap space in the next year could really determine the direction of that team.

Gerald Green, the Mahimni trade as well as the DJ Augustin signing happed on July 12th. Houston amnestied Scola on July 13th. While I cannot say for certain, I would have thought Houston would have shopped Scola beforehand and teams knew he was going to be amnestied. KP spent the Pacer money and assets on crap that offseason. Phoenix saved their money and got more value.

 

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Gerald Green, the Mahimni trade as well as the DJ Augustin signing happed on July 12th. Houston amnestied Scola on July 13th. While I cannot say for certain, I would have thought Houston would have shopped Scola beforehand and teams knew he was going to be amnestied. KP spent the Pacer money and assets on crap that offseason. Phoenix saved their money and got more value.

PHX is terrible. The Pacers were one game away from the NBA Finals.

What a bizarre thread.

 

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And it's funny - KP gets flack both ways: last year "Plumlee was a HUGE reach - what a waste of a pick!"
This year: "You're giving up PLUMLEE?"

I look at it as KP taking a dollar (the #1 draft pick) and buying a stock that is worth 50 cents saying it was undervalued. To justify overpaying, there has to be a huge return.

 

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PHX is terrible. The Pacers were one game away from the NBA Finals.

What a bizarre thread.

So if a billion dollar company makes a million dollar profit and a mom and pop makes a half million dollar profit, you are still going to applaude the manager that made the most profit?

 

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Meanwhile, KP is the GM of a team contending for a title, and is being groomed as a future Director of Basketball Operations by Donnie Walsh and Larry Bird.

Link? Walsh is doing this from his grave and Bird doesn't want the job he just took last month? So neophyte Pritchard replaces such old pros?

What a bizarre thread.

Every reader is thinking the same thing, but for a different reason...

You know, I have come to appreciate your bitter thread hijackings, which are irrelevant to the thread titles. Because if it weren't for you getting all the attention, I might be considered the dumbest poster. So I'd just like to thank you for providing cover for me. Keep it up, you're doing a great job, and I'm grateful for your help.

 

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BS chimes in.

"I'm gonna tell ya something. I want this guy taken out, and I want him taken out fast. You and that other dummy better start getting more personally involved in your work, or I'm gonna stab you through the heart with a f----ing pencil."

To Larry Legend again — he quickly dumped every recent Indy move he didn't make (D.J. Augustin, Gerald Green, Miles Plumlee), and he didn't even have to stab GM Kevin Pritchard with a f---ing pencil. Much respect to Larry's Pacers for assembling a legitimate contender despite (a) the crippling aftereffects of the Artest melee, (b) everyone in Indiana turning on the team and professional basketball in general, (c) being a small-market team that could never pay the tax under any circumstances, and (d) never picking higher than 10th. Degree of difficulty there: 9.89 out of 10. Now if he can only convince Paul George to switch to no. 13 so we can call him PG-13. Come on. How hard is this?

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9521103/the-nba-midnight-run-part-1