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djsunyc
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1/12/2009  3:57 PM
Kevin Pritchard Doesn't Have Many Friends
Monday, January 12, 2009
Posted By Bethlehem Shoals 10:51 AM

I already suggested that Portland GM Kevin Pritchard's handling of the Darius Miles saga could compromise his standing around the league. Since he was supposedly more advanced in his goals and thinking than most everyone else with front office security clearance. I thought even that was a little harsh.

But according to The Oregonian, I totally underestimated the sheer rawness, enmity, and reputational collapse this episode has brought upon the Pritchard regime. Take this quote, for example:

Said one Western Conference GM of Pritchard on Saturday: "(Bleep) that guy, he's walking around rubbing everyone's nose in the deals he's made and even with all those lottery players his team is still not in the playoffs.

"There was a line of guys in the league waiting to sign D. Miles if Memphis didn't."

Apparently I grossly underestimated just how grudging respect for KP had been, how much he was seen as equal parts brilliant and smug. This Miles stuff was the last straw, the culmination of several seasons worth of ambivalence toward Pritchard. For any other general manager, it would have been awkward. In this case, it was not only embarrassing -- it was just the misstep others had been waiting for.

In The Oregonian, John Canzano speculates that now, Pritchard will have trouble doing business. This supposedly happens whenever any GM (like Joe Dumars) is thought to be too shrewd. But outright dislike, that's another level. It could be an even deeper freeze. On the other hand, taking the focus off of Pritchard's superiority at playing the game, and clouding business with personal, might be just the kind of wrinkle that a real boy wonder could exploit. The kind of thing Pritchard's going to have to pull off, now that among us observers he's looking a little silly right about now.

And that's what it all comes down to. The honeymoon is over for Kevin Pritchard. But if he can continue to fine-tune his up-and-coming roster, pull of slick deals, and accurately judge talent, who cares if anyone likes him?
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1/12/2009  4:17 PM
Jealousy. Other GM's are acting like those little backbiting, gossip hoes on 'The Hills'...I dont like Kevin, he's a douche!

But he was dead wrong in the handling of the Miles situation.
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1/12/2009  4:22 PM
I wish the Knicks would hire a GM who was hated that much...but for those reasons.
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1/12/2009  4:28 PM
I think he's a bit overrated. They got lucky in the draft and have had high picks...you're going to get it right eventually. Lets see if he can morph his talented young team into a contender. He needs to make a strong trade to accomplish that.

They really blew the 05 draft tho, trading down when they could have grabbed Paul or Daron.
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1/12/2009  4:32 PM
POR deserves as much credit as the Rays did last year for putting that talented young team together... having the top draft picks every year is a major advantage towards accomplishing that goal, but to be fair u gotta give them credit for not wasting those picks for the most part.
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1/12/2009  4:35 PM
Posted by sebstar:

I think he's a bit overrated. They got lucky in the draft and have had high picks...you're going to get it right eventually. Lets see if he can morph his talented young team into a contender. He needs to make a strong trade to accomplish that.

They really blew the 05 draft tho, trading down when they could have grabbed Paul or Daron.

They didn't really get lucky at least you can't say it yet because Oden has to prove he can establish himself. He made the moves necessary to get Aldridge, Roy, Bayless, Rodriguez(all via draft day trades not luck). He bought Rudy Fernandez with cash. He's a pretty good GM would love to him have him here. He should of handled the Miles situation differently but let's not fool ourselves into to thinking the whole Portland Brass wasn't behind the threat, including Allen.

[Edited by - GallOfFame on 01-12-2009 4:38 PM]
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1/12/2009  4:50 PM
Posted by GallOfFame:
Posted by sebstar:

I think he's a bit overrated. They got lucky in the draft and have had high picks...you're going to get it right eventually. Lets see if he can morph his talented young team into a contender. He needs to make a strong trade to accomplish that.

They really blew the 05 draft tho, trading down when they could have grabbed Paul or Daron.

They didn't really get lucky at least you can't say it yet because Oden has to prove he can establish himself. He made the moves necessary to get Aldridge, Roy, Bayless, Rodriguez(all via draft day trades not luck). He bought Rudy Fernandez with cash. He's a pretty good GM would love to him have him here. He should of handled the Miles situation differently but let's not fool ourselves into to thinking the whole Portland Brass wasn't behind the threat, including Allen.

[Edited by - GallOfFame on 01-12-2009 4:38 PM]

The Trailblazers as a whole I give credit to, but I dont know if I can single out Pritchard since he was promoted in '07 to General manager and before then he was just giving his imput.

They've done some work...LOL at essentially turning Telfair into Brandon Roy and punking out the Bulls by snatching Adridge. Again, they're a good team but he still has work to do to turn them into a contender, and it looks as if he is doing himself no favors at this point.

Might have blown the '07 pick, BTW. Durant would look so good on that squad right now.
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1/12/2009  5:25 PM
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1/12/2009  5:36 PM
He's done a tremendous job of putting together a team of very solid young players through drafting and very smart trade decisions (draft day deals - Zach to NY, draft swaps to get Aldridge and Roy, purchasing a late first and turning it into Rudy Fernandez, trading for a lower pick and taking Jerryd Bayless in a steal, etc...). Now he's looking to pick up that one player or two that could really transform this team into a title contender. That's how you do it IMO. Pritchard should write the book on how to sucessfully rebuild an NBA team. He's might not have the respect of his peers at the moment (no idea how he conducts himself behind the scenes, apparently not too well it would seem) but he damn well has my respect.

[Edited by - finestrg on 01-12-2009 5:37 PM]
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1/12/2009  5:49 PM
how can a GM do his job if the rest of his peers hate him? this is going to seriously hurt his ability to make trades, i would think. dumb move.
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1/12/2009  6:06 PM
he took a roster that was basically as capped out as us, and turned it into youth and good talent at that.

His D Miles threat should have been handled better- rather than issue a threat of lawsuit, state he hopes a team wouldn't sign miles for the wrong reasons, etc.
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1/12/2009  6:28 PM
I don't think anyone can question that Pritchard has done a good job in Portland. The e-mail about Miles though was a huge misstep. You cannot threaten to sue another team for doing something within the rules. Moreover, how in the world did Portland think they could prove their case? Unless some person within the other teams' organization spilled the beans and said "we signed Miles for no other reason than to screw over Portland," that was a case that was going no where. In fact, even if a witness like that appeared, I doubt Portland would have any actionable claim. The whole thing was dumb and Portland's legal counsel should have told them it was dumb.

[Edited by - thegame on 13-01-2009 12:33]
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1/12/2009  6:36 PM
Purchasing first round draft picks... Can't believe the Knicks haven't tried that. We've been run by garbage GMs...


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1/12/2009  7:01 PM
The letter of threat wasn't even from Pritchard it was from the team's president, Miller. All Pritch did was force Miles out of the org via medical disability.
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1/13/2009  12:40 PM
Whoops....


The Trail Blazers attempted to claim Darius Miles off waivers last week, only to be stopped by the league, multiple front-office sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Portland president Larry Miller and general manager Kevin Pritchard apparently were willing to stash Miles on the sideline and keep him away from other NBA teams.

In denying the Blazers’ move to control Miles, NBA front-office sources say that league executives in New York denied the waiver claim because they believed the Blazers were merely trying to circumvent league salary cap rules.
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1/13/2009  1:28 PM
Mr. Kevin is a great General manager. He looks good, and does good deals.

sebstar is just being a jerk towards K.Pritch because he is biased against any good GM.

GO K. Pritch!

[Edited by - knicksfansince94 on 01-13-2009 1:29 PM]
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1/13/2009  1:35 PM
Posted by Knicksfansince94:

Mr. Kevin is a great General manager. He looks good and does good deals.

I hope you're female. Thats crazy suspect. Probably explains your emotional post.

And what has he personally done, since he was named general manager in '07, that warrants him being called "great"? I just cast the same objective eye on others that I do for our Knicks.

I dont feel the need to exalt people just because they work for other organizations and they are beneficiaries of the hype that surrounds current flavors of the month. Seen it far too many times. I'm saying he needs to prove himself. Thats all.
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1/13/2009  1:39 PM
Your objective eye is highly biased, and disgusting.
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1/13/2009  1:42 PM
Posted by Knicksfansince94:

Your objective eye is highly biased, and disgusting.

What is up with the website being such a magnet for emotinally disturbed, punk ass herbs??

Go bother somebody else.
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1/13/2009  1:59 PM
Posted by Knicksfansince94:

Your objective eye is highly biased, and disgusting.

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