KP's mistake

by porterfan30 on Oct 22, 2008 11:52 PM PDT Comment 47 comments

Those of you who believe in jinxing people, stop reading now.

I think everyone can agree KP has done an amazing job, better than I thought would be possible. Many writers have him as the favorite for the exec. of the yr. KP if you are reading this... please accept my huge thanks for the job you have done... the friends that gave me crap for being a PTB fan a few years ago have season tickets this yr (no exaggeration).

Here's the question: When will KP make his first mistake? That is assuming, of course, that he will. It seems like he has a lot of decisions on the middle of the road players this year ie. Trout, Web, Frye, etc. He has been remarkable in the draft so far and it seems like the NBA draft (for everyone not named KP) is a crap shoot. Is Bayless' attitude a good fit for the Blazers? Is a pritchslap trade going to go the other way? We are freeing up that cap space and will we bring in the right player? My feeling is that could be the easiest time to make a mistake... you have this cap space and the right guy isn't available and we look at the space and think 'well, we can't waste this space...' or we think we just need the player with 'X' skill set and we overlook character thinking it will get us a ring and we implode.

So, what's your take... what situation is KP the most likely to make a mistake?

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In your crystal ball, when does KP make a mistake?

Its KP, he won't make a mistake

68 votes

He already has... Bayless

7 votes

He already has...trading Randolph

3 votes

He already has...you haven't mentioned it

12 votes

A draft in the near future

2 votes

re-signing or not re-signing one of the middle roaders

53 votes

Free agency

7 votes

upcoming trade

6 votes

He will make a mistake but not soon

30 votes

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Because the nature of the business isn't simple

I can’t imagine KP making a mistake. I think that has to do with the way I would define mistake. This is the first definition of mistake:
1. an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.

KP has only made intelligent, well thought out moves. I can only assume he will continue to do so. Therefore, the only way he could potentially mess up would be if something truly strange happens, something that couldn’t be predicted, something like Pau Gasol to the Lakers for Kwame Brown (essentially).

KP would have to act completely contrary to what we’ve seen him do over the last 2 years in order to truly make a mistake. I’m not saying that KP is incapable of making a mistake, it’s just that “well thought out” and “mistake” don’t often coincide.

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by Magnum on Oct 23, 2008 12:17 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

very well put, Magnum

The nature of the beast is that sports managment decisions are often risky. There are pure gambles, and there are calculated risks. KP takes smart risks, with great results so far. A slave to the law of averages, I expect that sooner or later a smart risk will turn bad. When it does, I’m won’t call it a mistake.

Example: Kevin Durant goes on to become the next K*be/McGrady/MJ, and Greg O. Jr. becomes the next Bogut. Mistake to draft Greg? No way. I call it a smart gamble by KP, under the circumstances.

(Do I think the above scenario will happen? No way. But if it do, I would not fault KP for the choice he made.)

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by Saba on Oct 23, 2008 1:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're right

Rasheed is dumb

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by hobobob on Oct 23, 2008 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I disagree with the Durant/Oden example

You can make the same argument about our 1984 draft. Here’s a little bit of analysis on it:

http://dberri.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/a-little-bit-of-hindsight-bias-reviewing-the-drafting-of-sam-bowie/

I do firmly believe in Oden’s future dominance, though, and I need to go wash my mouth out with soap for making the comparison, but my point is just because a pick is defensible doesn’t make it infallible. Every GM in the league has valid reasons for the trades they make and the players they draft, and yet mistakes get made. We need to get over this sense that KP never makes any mistakes whatsoever and realize it’s not the end of the world to make mistakes as a GM, as long as they’re not major ones that either completely destroy cap space for no solid return (Z-Bo’s contract), or reaching for a guy who had no business being drafted where he was (Telfair).

KP has made plenty of smaller mistakes so far, but in that time, he appears to have gotten the big ones right. Time will tell on GO and Bayless, and obviously there have been guys we could have taken instead of Freeland/Kopo who would probably have helped us out more (Gibson, Millsap, Powe, Landry, Big Baby, possibly Sessions). The fact that other teams passed on these guys also doesn’t mean that KP didn’t make a mistake, so much as it means he made a mistake other GMs also made (except for Landry, who was taken with the pick after kopo).

Are these big mistakes? no. Will they matter in the long run? probably not. But the guy isn’t infallible, just possibly the best GM in the league. Even MJ missed a shot once in a while.

by Royster on Oct 23, 2008 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

wrong move

If you wish to insert “wrong move” where the word “mistake” is currently…feel free. I agree KP seems to do everything he can, but I’m curious about is when will he make the wrong move – avoidable or unavoidable.

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by porterfan30 on Oct 23, 2008 12:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

makes more sense this way.

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by Y5k on Oct 23, 2008 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This poll is oppressive to me, where is my yes or no answer

If KP makes a mistake, it won’t be due to incompetence, ignorance, or lack of hard work.

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by blzrfan on Oct 23, 2008 12:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

During the 2007 off-season, Ime Udoka should've been resigned to a two-year contract.

It was completely foolish for a fourth point guard, Taurean Green, to take up Udoka’s old roster spot.

Once Green was dealt to the Denver Nuggets for Von Wafer, it indicated Kevin Pritchard made an error.

by AK1984 on Oct 23, 2008 1:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think you're combining separate moves

I thought Ime was let go because we wanted to give our younger SFs a shot and because we didn’t want to pay for a 30 year old journyman. If someone could provide more details about that, I’d appreciate it. That’s not really the point I want to make though. I don’t remember it being Ime vs. Green for a final roster spot. I’m pretty sure those were separate decisions. Again, if I’m not remembering this well, please tell me. Finally, Green to Denver isn’t the indicator of an error. We drafter the starting PG of the 2 time NCAA champions. We were taking a 2nd round flier on a guy who could become the PG of the future for us. It didn’t work out that way. We saw that he wasn’t going to get playing time behind Blake, Jack and Sergio and we knew that he had another year of a guaranteed contract while Von Wafer didn’t. We wanted another open roster spot for this year which may even have been used on PK.

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by Magnum on Oct 23, 2008 1:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're right about Taurean Green not techincally being Ime Udoka's replacement.

Instead, it’s a matter of the downgrade that occurred at the last roster spot to start last season.

As it was, Ime Udoka should’ve been offered a two-year, $2 million contract in the summer of ‘07. Udoka’s shutdown perimeter defense off of the bench would’ve definitely been useful at the wings alongside the sharp-shooting James Jones.

Green, by the way, had an non-guaranteed salary for the second season of his contract; that’s why the New York Knicks recently acquired him and Bobby Jones for Renaldo Balkman, while subsequently waiving the duo for roster flexibility and financial purposes.

by AK1984 on Oct 23, 2008 2:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That assumes KPs goal was to win as many as games as possible with no other side goals

The point of the move was to free up space for Outlaw and Webster to develop. If you put Udoka in for D, you’re not giving either of them the oppurtunity to learn, and you’re certainly not letting them feel the pressure that’s needed to form the desire to play D.

Would The Blazershave been a better team in ’07 with Udoka? Probably. Would the Blazers be a better team this year and into the future if Udoka stayed? Probably not. The rational for not re-signing Udoka was based on winning a champsionship in the years to come, not on maximizing wins for the ’07 season.

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by hobobob on Oct 23, 2008 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

In that case, the 52nd pick in the '07 NBA Draft should've ...

been used to select a projected defensive stopper on the wing (e.g., D.J. Strawberry) rather than a fourth-string point guard in Taurean Green. While I won’t knock Kevin Pritchard for drafting Green over someone who’s become a more successful point guard (i.e., Ramon Sessions) — as a playmaker shouldn’t’ve even been targeted at that juncture — it absolutely boggles my mind that he added another player to what was an already overstocked position, as Steve Blake, Jarrett Jack, and Sergio Rodriguez were already on the team.

I also don’t buy this whole concept about freeing up playing time for backup combo forward Travis Outlaw or starting small forward Martell Webster, since Udoka wasn’t blocking either one of them. As it is, Udoka could’ve been the Blazers’ lockdown perimeter defender off of the bench — even though he started 75 games during the 2006-2007 season — which was a specialist role that ended up being shortsightedly left unfilled upon his departure to the San Antonio Spurs. Udoka, moreover, complemented James Jones, whose marksmanship from beyond the arc compensated for the Portland State grad’s deficiencies on offense.

by AK1984 on Oct 23, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It looks like the post below

explains another reason why Udoka wasn’t resigned. So basically, it’s down to debating who should have been taken with the 52nd pick. Not exactly a game breaker whatever way you look at it. If the worst move KP has made to date was taking a flier on a 2 time NCAA champion at PG instead of a potential wing stopper deep in the 2nd round then let’s count ourselves as the most fortunate team in the NBA.

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by Magnum on Oct 23, 2008 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The mistake was by Ime's agent

My understanding is that she told the Blazers (and Ime) he was worth big bucks and there were lots of teams interested. Truth was, there were no teams interested at her price. Because she held firm for so long the Blazers turned their backs on the idea of resigning him. I think if Ime (maybe another mistake here) had told her to back down the Blazers might have been willing to negotiate. But because her request wasn’t even in the arena with what they were willing to pay they let him walk. I guess maybe the real mistake was Ime hiring a personal friend as his agent. I don’t know how his salary with S.A. compares to what the Blazers were willing to pay.

by jorga on Oct 23, 2008 7:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's about the same

even a little less than what was reported here. I can’t remember the numbers, just that the margin of difference was very small.

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by hobobob on Oct 23, 2008 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not kicking Nash and Patterson out earlier. "You are useless, get out of my way".

Then maybe keep that #3 pick in 2005…

Though of course Allen is mainly to blame for hiring/promoting a few wrong guys to manage his operations.

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by Norsktroll on Oct 23, 2008 1:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That wasn't Pritchard's decision

he was only director of player personnel at that time. It was all in PA’s lap.

by jorga on Oct 23, 2008 7:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right, but he should have found a way to get rid of those dudes, land CP3

and sit him for two years, so we still got all the other players. Yee haw, can someone get me a time machine.

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by hobobob on Oct 23, 2008 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

KP actually got the job in part because he was a huge advocate of picking CP3

During internal debates, KP made the case for CP3, but the leadership chose another direction. But when CP3 became the best player in the draft, PA remembered.

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by KP Corleone on Oct 23, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How do you define mistake here?!

Can you really ask us to anwswer and vote on this question today?

Could you please ask again in maybe 3-4 years? I’m sure we will all have opinions then, or maybe you won’t have to ask…

Also… Why does he have to make a mistake?

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by Outlaw is Rejector on Oct 23, 2008 5:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Incomplete

There are mistakes of commission, which you handle quite nicely, and mistakes of omission, which are completely ignored. So this survey is really 50% complete. Suggest you modify your multiple choice sample, or add an all new one, to take account of possible KP omissions. Not saying there necessarily are any errors, but, just as examples, one can surely at least argue the proposition that failure to upgrade small forward or point guard might cost the Blazers playoff position, seeding, or advancement this season.

by blazerwizard on Oct 23, 2008 6:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

:) I'm not a huge bayless fan.

And don’t really see what it is that everyone else sees. all I see is a high toned young guy who if I knew him personally, I wouldn’t like very much.

but not many people like me either, so….tu shey!!! put me in a ring with him, I bet I beat his butt blue…

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by faith on Oct 23, 2008 6:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I would bet on

the opposite result

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Oct 23, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with Magnum Above

I chose “KP can’t make a mistake” not because I’m being flippant but because it’s the truth.

KP does an exhaustive amount of research and data collection (reportedly). He also appears to have developed a new set of statistical analysis (Moneyball!) for evaluating players that is proving deadly accurate. Not to mention his own charisma in helping achieve culture.

All this supported by a really great owner.

I think we can safely assume that any decision KP makes will be the best possible given the avaialble data.

That leaves a “mistake” in the realm of “freak injury” or “accident” or “psychotic breakdown” or other such eventuality. Or he just gets so old that mental infirmity takes over.

KP, for me, is one of the reasons I watch and follow the Blazers. I love the kind of team he’s put together; the way he’s put it together; and I love trying to unravel his methods.

But mistake? I just don’t see it…

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by Phizbin on Oct 23, 2008 6:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He isn't God

He can make a rational decision each and every time, but at some point, his fundamental assumption will be incorrect. He has to gamble, plain and simple. Being forced to do that, he’ll need to come up with predictive assumptions. At some point, those assumptions will be incorrect.

It’s like with odds; most people I know (I played poker for a very modest living for a while) think odds are predictive of what’s going to happen. That’s wrong. They’re descriptive of what happenned in the past. You might think you have a 40% chance of drawing to a flush, but in reality it’s either 100% or 0. 40 only comes into play when you play over iterations of the game (ideally more than a hundred) and if you bet properly, and IF THE GAMES PLAYS TO HISTORICAL TENDENCIES, you make more than you lose. It’s not that there’s a 40% chance of getting a certain card, that’s make believe. You’re trying to indicate guess what the next card will be.

That’s essentially what KPs doing. He needs assumptions to form perspective on what players will do. Those assumptions, at some point, must fail. The point isn’t to have perfect assumptions, but to have a preponderance of good assumptions. That way, eventually, we end up with the advantage.

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by hobobob on Oct 23, 2008 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Wow, I really could not have put it any better

Although the poker example seems to be less based on historical tendencies rather than a pure numbers game. As in, you wouldn’t have to look at historical data. If you know that there are 6 cards in the deck to complete your flush and 30 cards remain in the deck assorted randomly, then you will know you have a 20% chance of hitting.

Still, you could not be more right about the assumptions part. No one can see the future, but as long as you make the right assumptions more often than not, you’ll come out ahead, no matter where you’re drafting or how much cap space you have.

by Royster on Oct 23, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with everything you said

however, based on the definition of mistake I provided, I don’t think I would call the end result of what you describe a mistake.
If KP is using the best information he has, or anyone has, really, and it still doesn’t work out, which will happen, I’m not going to say he made a mistake.

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by Magnum on Oct 23, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Precisely

To use the poker analogy, it would be a mistake to go “all-in” as a reckless gamble or on “tilt” knowing that the odds are against you. That’s a mistake. I don’t see KP doing that. If he gets beat, it’ll be a bad beat and against the odds.

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by Phizbin on Oct 23, 2008 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

KP Biggest Mistake

Will ultimately be in being so darn close actually being perfect. Any little blip on his radar will now be magnified. People will instinctively find any flaw they can.

In the end I suspect his book of work will rate near 90-95% in making the correctt evaluation and moves. And that is as good as it gets in life.

Can we have a little tiny misstep soon so we can move on? Please feel free to toss one out there if you can.

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by Heymoe on Oct 23, 2008 6:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

KP's mistake

is in reading Bedge and being afflicted with stuff like this. But he’s probably having a laugh over it.

He probably knows some mistakes he’s made that he would be foolish to admit to, and that we may never know about. Trades he turned down that he wishes he had made in hindsight, etc.

What’s the point, actually? This isn’t about KP being some god-like character. He’s a guy who works hard, knows his philosophy, and is implementing it. And he’s getting some good luck along the way.

Did he know Brandon was going to be this good? Probably not. Did he know LMA was going to be as good as he’s turning out? Maybe.

Did he know these guys were good character, hard working, talented guys who were likely to give a good return on investment? Sure. He’d done the research. But Brandon’s success (2nd year all-star) isn’t something you could really predict. Brandon was going to be a solid contributor, all-round player, team-first kind of guy, the kind of glue guy that makes everyone a little better and fits well with your superstars. No one knew he was going to BE your superstar, probably not even KP.

So, KP got lucky. Those who work hard and do their homework get lucky a lot more often than those who don’t. But not even KP can predict the future, and know who will be great and who will just be very good.

KP may have traded away some superb players who just haven’t panned out yet. What is Randy Foye going to be? What about Asik — we gave him up for 3 second rounders, and that could prove to be the most one-sided trade of all time. Who knows what Tyrus Thomas will be in two years?

KP hasn’t made any moves that I know of that were obviously bad moves at the time, and I doubt he will. But there’s no guarantee that the Bayless/Jack trade was a good one for us, either. It looked good at the time. Time will tell.

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by jscot on Oct 23, 2008 7:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I saw Tyrus make some monster blocks the other day

couldn’t make the ball go in the basket, but the blocks were sick.

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by hobobob on Oct 23, 2008 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

D-glizzle, how we lookin'?

by Bust a Bucket on Oct 23, 2008 7:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

who the are the two people that voted that trading Ranolph was mistake?

by thomasikehara on Oct 23, 2008 7:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

lol,

One of them was me. I was laughing at the absurdity of having that as a possible choice.

by premthegrem on Oct 23, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Mistake" can't be viewed in hindsight...

Being an NBA GM is kind of like being a poker player. If you get your money in with the best chance to win, but the other guy hits his gutshot straight and takes your money, that doesn’t mean you made a mistake. You were making a calculated gamble.

That’s what KP does – evaluates the percentages and then plays them. So if Batum or Bayless doesn’t set the world on fire, that doesn’t mean drafting them was a mistake – they both have a strong chance to develop into really good NBA players, and they were worth the assets used to acquire them. If they don’t work out, as far as evaluating KP and company is concerned, that’s almost irrelevant.

With that said, KP won’t make a “mistake,” because he won’t act without carefully weighing all the options and giving everyone in the organization a chance to advocate their position, and then making the move that is MOST LIKELY in the organization’s best interests.

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by KP Corleone on Oct 23, 2008 8:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

ABP

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by timbo on Oct 23, 2008 8:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Alien Beats Predator?

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by prezofdeath on Oct 23, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

mistake...wrong choice...again

I understand that KP does his homework (and I’m glad). But when will he make the wrong choice. Will he re-sign a player that busts, will he not re-sign a future stud, will he sign a FA that gets paid big bucks to fall flat on his face… I understand that some of these situations can’t be avoided, that no matter how much you research and analyze there are still unknowns… THAT’S THE POINT OF THE POST. For fun try to predict when he will make the wrong choice. It seems that KP has entered into the fan sancuary that even if someone hints that he could possibly make a mistake, we must defend him. Make a prediction for fun and tell us why.

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by porterfan30 on Oct 23, 2008 10:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

James Jones/Udoka

It seems the the Blazers undervalue solid, non-flashy 3-point shooters who are decent defenders at the 3.

Okay, Udoka might not have fit our window. And Jones is injured. So I am an idiot. Or am I? We are looing to start a relatively untested Batum when we have a slot open and could have had either guy for a relative song.

When KP, with the cap space he is saving, signs LEBRON James at SF in 2010, then call me an idiot!

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by LaoTzu on Oct 23, 2008 12:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Regarding Ime Udoka, I'm a 100% with you.

Although I was still a Seattle SuperSonics fan heading into last season, it caught an outsider like me by surprise that the Portland Trail Blazers didn’t find a way to re-sign Udoka. However, the recent drafting of Nicolas Batum is likely a long-term solution to replace what Udoka brought to the table. Udoka, moreover, is in a good situation with the San Antonio Spurs as Bruce Bowen’s backup at small forward, so it seems that there’s no losers in this case.

by AK1984 on Oct 23, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

One word: Shavik.

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by Y5k on Oct 23, 2008 1:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I'm definitely not a Shavlik Randolph fan, ...

but that’s certainly not a mistake by Kevin Pritchard.

Randolph is a 15th man and practice fodder who, if necessary, will be waived to make room for a trade.

by AK1984 on Oct 23, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly! Rec'd +1

To the extent that KP is responsible for keeping this guy (and it’s still not clear whether they WILL keep him despite waiving Hill and Jackson today), he is a stain on the squeaky clean team image. The man is notably and publicly a bigot, and I don’t like to see him on the squad. I’d rather have somebody with a checkered past as a druggie or just about anything else than that.

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by CatMan2 on Oct 23, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i hear yea, however, as much as I like drugs, i don't want any more pot heads on our team.

Do i want a homophobe either, no.

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by Y5k on Oct 23, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's committed no crimes

He’s not advocated any crimes.

He’s not said anyone is a lesser individual, or shouldn’t have a job, or should be attacked. He never said he hated anyone.

He said he’s fine with it as long as no one tries to make homosexual advances towards him.

If a woman said she didn’t mind working with men, but she didn’t want them making sexual advances towards her, but it might be kind of awkward sharing a locker room with them, no one would think anything of it.

There’s nothing in that comment. Nothing at all. If someone likes guys, other guys may feel a little weird in the locker room with them, just like if someone likes girls, girls would feel a little weird in the locker room with them. But if the person isn’t on the prowl, they just get on with business.

So he doesn’t really understand homosexuals that well. Big deal. Lots of people don’t. Not understanding someone is hardly the same as hating them.

Maybe this is all because of other things he’s said, but the quote that Wilbon made a big deal over is nothing. You get the impression Wilbon was looking to view it as negative because Randolph is religious and lets people know he is.

by jscot on Oct 24, 2008 4:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

P.S.

What Lebron said was worse. He said a gay player who was in the locker room and didn’t tell people was untrustworthy. He made it a personal attack on the guy. Randolph didn’t do that. How come people aren’t going after Lebron? How come he gets a free pass? What gives?

I’ve never read, in all the posts dreaming of bringing Lebron here, anyone saying, “No way, he’s a homophobe.”

by jscot on Oct 24, 2008 4:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's a good GM. Perfection isn't expected.

KP is a good GM. He’ll make mistakes. So far, he has been right on with many of his moves. If he made all the right moves all the time, eventually he’d be a boring GM. Same if he made all sucky ones too. Plus often he take chances too. Some will work, some won’t. The nature of the beast. I don’t expect perfection.

by CanadianBlazerfan on Oct 24, 2008 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs