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666 wrote: View PostI dont like BC. I'd be in support of any new face over him.
Once Steve Nash retires he will become the Raptors GM. And I think that is going to happen either after next season or within the next three years. Till then the Raptors should hire an interim GM whose sole job is to draft prudently, free-up cap space, and create a cast of young, inexpensive, developing players.
If the team can only win 22 games with this roster, how much worse can it be after dumping salaries such as Calderon?Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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Apollo wrote: View PostYes, he was the consensus #1. Come draft day Greg Oden was hands down the guy the majority of people were ranking the best talent in the class. What happened to the Blazers here was very bad luck...Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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mmissile wrote: View PostI'd prefer to see BC extended 2 more seasons. But if the Raps choose to find a replacement, Bill Simmons would be on my list. He has openly expressed interest in a GM position in the past.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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mmissile wrote: View PostI'd prefer to see BC extended 2 more seasons. But if the Raps choose to find a replacement, Bill Simmons would be on my list. He has openly expressed interest in a GM position in the past.
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Matt52 wrote: View PostYou mean the Bill Simmons who at every opportunity writes about how the Raptors should be re-located? No thank you.
FWIW - i'm not a fan of simmons' teams, but i do appreciate his passion, knowledge & his writing ability. do i think he could be a GM of an NBA team? i honestly don't know (would anyone?), but when i look around the league at the catastrophe's currently holding GM positions, i have a hard time believing he couldn't/wouldn't be better than a significant %. sometimes, when evaluating players, you just 'know' if they have what it takes, if they 'get it.' when durant was with texas, you just watched him & knew. IMO, simmons 'gets it.' it might not mean much, and you may want to simply pass him off as another american blow-hard trying to get noticed...and that's cool. just don't make shit up.TRUE LOVE - Sometimes you know it the instant you see it across the bar.
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Matt52 wrote: View PostYou mean the Bill Simmons who at every opportunity writes about how the Raptors should be re-located? No thank you.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/070620
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/070622TRUE LOVE - Sometimes you know it the instant you see it across the bar.
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Other teams already hunting for new management?
Despite the Indiana Pacers having a president and general manager in place, a franchise official called the San Antonio Spurs for permission to speak to assistant general manager Dennis Lindsey about a prominent front-office job, Eastern Conference sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Jim Morris, who runs the organization’s business side, reached out to Spurs officials to talk to Lindsey, sources said. The call was received with trepidation, sources said, as Lindsey and the Spurs made clear there would be no conversations as long as Pacers president Larry Bird and GM David Morway still occupied their current jobs.
It is unclear whether the call was made with the blessing of Bird, or made discreetly on behalf of owner Herb Simon.
See this is the kind of stuff I've been talking about. Most of the good options are going to be gone by the time the Accountant comes on board or gets his way.
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Tim W. wrote: View PostAnd what credentials does Steve Nash have to become GM of an NBA team?TRUE LOVE - Sometimes you know it the instant you see it across the bar.
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Apollo wrote: View PostSource: RealGM.com
See this is the kind of stuff I've been talking about. Most of the good options are going to be gone by the time the Accountant comes on board or gets his way.
http://raptorsrepublic.com/forums/sh...ght=#post69794TRUE LOVE - Sometimes you know it the instant you see it across the bar.
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Apollo wrote: View PostThe name isn't the important information. It's the actual act that's the important thing here. This doesn't validate Lindsey as a good candidate, just as a canadidate.
time will tell. meanwhile...tick-tock...what's the over/under on navel-gazing by the board?Last edited by yertu damkule; Mon May 2, 2011, 01:25 PM.TRUE LOVE - Sometimes you know it the instant you see it across the bar.
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yertu damkule wrote: View Postwell, to be fair, what credentials do ANY current players have to be anything related to the running of a pro team, or coaching? in general, i agree...but at the same time, i wouldn't want to discount anyone out of hand. with respect to nash, i could see him being successful in a team-building role - as mentioned above, he's a guy who simply 'gets it.' not that i would necessarily want his first GM experience to be as a raptor...it would be nice if he became involved with the team (or any team) in an assistant-GM capacity first (though the ideal mentor, IMO, wouldn't be BC), and develop the necessary skills/experience to become a GM over the course of a few seasons - like stevie Y.
My point, though, is that Steve Nash has not exhibited any ability to scout and judge players. Nor has he exhibited any knowledge of how the team runs on the business side. I think he's a smart guy, and he's obviously a great player, but I just think it's ludicrous when people assume that just because a guy is a great player he will also be a great teach/coach/GM etc. It doesn't work that way.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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Apollo wrote: View PostSource: RealGM.com
See this is the kind of stuff I've been talking about. Most of the good options are going to be gone by the time the Accountant comes on board or gets his way.
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