Posted by spencerdoobie:
you obviously missed my point.. here is a question for ya......is it harder to bring in "role players" or build a nucleus consisiting of star players? Ernie has brought in some nice "role players", huh? seriously, every team needs a joel prysbilla, jason caffey and greg foster. Throw in a dose of scott williams darvin ham and lindsay hunter and you have the makings of a champion! what would the bucks do without those studs, nice work ernie!
by the way, nice take on comparing the championship bulls supporting cast to the current bucks supporting cast, seriously. don't make your lack of knowledge THAT obvious......i never said that bucks had a great nucleus, all i said is that it was in place when ernie was hired......again, get your facts in order
oh, and what a great move signing mason turned out to be.......that wasn't predictable at all.......ernie for executive of the year!
lastly, when did ernie get fired from the knicks?
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[Edited by - Andrew]
[Edited by - spencerdoobie on 10/17/2002 10:35:09]
It's much harder to bring in role players. The typical NBA player was "the man" in high school, was "the man" in college and he comes to the NBA and finds out he's only mid-level at best. Most players never recover from this. It’s very difficult to find a player that will accept this role. To build a good team you must find multiple players that will accept this role. That’s very, very, difficult and that is the mark of a good GM. Sometimes it’s just a matter of timing. Look at Doug Christie. When he was a Knick all he wanted to do was chuck, and dunk. He’s matured some and he’s willing to accept his role on the Kings.
As for the players you mentioned. Yes, every team does need the guys you mentioned.
Prysbilla-playing only 15 minutes per game he’s ranked #17 in BPG. He’s actually ranked #2 in BP 48 minutes played
Caffey- he’s not doing anything different than what he did for the bulls. Same points and rebounds per game. So now you’re saying getting a guy who’s been a role player for championship team to play a role when you’re trying to build a championship team is a bad idea?
Foster- Ditto
I could go on, but I agree with Andrew that this discussion has degenerated into something other than basketball. So instead I’ll bring this full circle. Checketts has said many times that he was very hands off with Ernie. Which, BTW is one if the reasons he felt firing him was he right decision. You are my basketball guy, and I put all my marbles in your basket and my team is not winning. The buck stops with you, and you get the ax. That’s the way the game is played. So Ernie builds extremely competitive team that unfortunately has the bad luck of being at their peak the same time the Bulls were at theirs, Checketts acknowledges that it was Ernie basketball knowledge that made them competitive, so you’re either saying Ernie has lost his mind and forgotten everything he ever knew or you’re saying Checketts doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
