Travis Heath: "75 percent chance Warkentien lands with Blazers"

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Marcus in Portland,OR:
I saw your tweet about Warkentien to Portland being about a 75% chance. Can you get into that any further? That would obviously slam the door shut on Pritchard's career in Portland.

Travis Heath:
Talked to a player personnel guy currently employed by a NBA team and he told me that Paul Allen is still a fan of Warkentien. This personnel guy had talked to some people in Portland and was told that there is "a 75 percent chance" Warkentien lands back with the Blazers. The person I spoke with had no dog in the hunt, so it's not like he had any kind of agenda.

That said, this is a fluid situation. Things can change quickly. Obviously, Pritchard is still employed by the Blazers and Warkentien's contract with the Nuggets doesn't expire until August. Good organizations are always thinking a step or two ahead, though.

I have talked to multiple sources in Denver and know there are some people who are pushing for Wark's return. The thing about the Blazers is that Paul Allen is always willing to spend. If he comes with the right kind of coin, it's hard to see Denver matching it. The other variable worth noting is that Mark's wife still lives in the Portland area, so it would be an easy transition from a personal standpoint.

This is by no means a done deal, but it certainly appears Warkentien is still well liked by people with the necessary juice in Portland to get a deal done based on the conversations I had earlier today.
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Got it from here

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1008978
 
You know, if he was SO well liked before by Allen, why wasn't he named GM over John Nash and then Kevin Prithcard? I have to believe Allen had apprehension with WarK not to name him GM before the other two. Who knows, after seeing him in action, that might have all changed. But other that, who is Travis Heath? I have never heard of him before. Forgive me, if I don't find this credible.
 
OddEnormous said:
What an absolute pile of shit.

"Basically there's about an 97% chance Bosh comes to Portland. I've heard that. A guy told me who has nothing to do with either team so I can't see him lying. That being said, these things change and it might not even happen."

Fucking Hell. I can not believe the shit people get paid for these days. What a fucking joke.
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Right, because the two things are exactly the same. :dunno:
 
Yay another speculation arcticle with absolutely no ground to stand on! It is basically like getting paid to post on this board with your opinion!
 
If Paul wants the train-wreck that was the early to mid 00's, then I guess Warkentein is the way to go.
 
MARIS61 said:
He is Warkentein's son-in-law.
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Don't you mean "daughter-in-law?"

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OddEnormous said:
"Basically there's about an 97% chance Bosh comes to Portland. I've heard that. A guy told me who has nothing to do with either team so I can't see him lying. That being said, these things change and it might not even happen."
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For those who didn't read the link and are wondering whether Odd's quote is in the link or he made it up to be sarcastic, it's the latter. Travis Heath is just one of several HoopsWorlds editors. He lives in Denver, so he talks to Nuggets management a lot. A few told him Wark's most likely move is to Portland, since the Nuggets owner is unsure about re-signing him. I wouldn't put a lot of credence in their speculation, but it sure got HoopsWorlds some attention, didn't it. As for being the son-in-law, that I do not know.
 
julius said:
If Paul wants the train-wreck that was the early to mid 00's, then I guess Warkentein is the way to go.
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If by train wreck you are referring to being an actual perennial contender with a yearly shot at winning the title, then Paul should publicly apologise to Bob Whitsitt and beg him to return.

Warkenteing was basically Bob's gofer, and little more.
 
In most NBA burghs, the Face of the Franchise is either the best player or the Coach. But in Portland, it has been the General Manager, perhaps because the Coaches changed so often. McMillan is now entering his 6th year and could perform as Head Face. The current team hierarchy is

Face of the Franchise: Kevin Pritchard
General Manager: Kevin Pritchard
Head Coach: Nate McMillan

Being a 1-horse haystack with only 1 whistle stop on the track, the City of Portland needs to adore a handsome Public Face of the Franchise or there threatens a hubbub of boondocks acrimony. Bob Whitsitt (see picture at left) more than sufficed, as does Kevin Pritchard. But Mark Warkentien, a plump man about 18 years older than Pritchard, just won't do.

So I propose to Paul Allen that when he reduces Pritchard back to Chief Scout and hires Warkentien for the job of sitting next to him, that Allen include a contractual requirement that Warkentien have plastic surgery before assuming duties. Like any offseason surgery, this needs to be performed now, not at the start of next season, or else the new Face of the Franchise will have to sit at his mother's home on the sofa hearing from his friends what happened in games until December.

In fact, if the cosmetic surgery doesn't take and Warkentien is too embarrassed to sit with the team like Oden, whose injurious sensitivity the kind-hearted Minstrel seeks to preserve, then perhaps our competent trainers could require that he and Oden share an apartment, perhaps in the Rose Garden rafters, cooing with the pigeons and being each other's weight lifting spotters in their recovery regimens.
 
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jlprk said:
The current team hierarchy is

Face of the Franchise: Brandon Roy
General Manager: Kevin Pritchard
Head Coach: Nate McMillan
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fixed in bold... start a poll if you doubt this

STOMP
 
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