I was procrastinating from my finals studying today when I came across a very informative piece at True Hoop.  Check out the piece here.  It's a bit lengthy, but I found it to be one of the best reads that I have seen in a while.  Very insightful and informative.  I just hope for the sake of the NBA that the bulk of the "fixing" of games isn't true.  But I digress...

Dave has brought up the subject for discussion and has been a very interesting read.  I wanted to take a slightly different perspective on the topic.  The gambler featured in this piece made it clear that he would be very interested in an NBA job.  A poster, TheVolv, made an interesting point in that a man with the vast amount of NBA knowledge would be a great asset for an NBA front office.  I was also unaware that our own Blazers currently employed a notable ex-gambler for similar statistical analysis.  To this I posit the question: Would the Blazers benefit from the analysis of this gentleman?  

My initial reaction is this would be a great acquisition.  He's knowledgeable and very successful in what he does.  Would this fit with our current culture? Would this be taking badly by the media and the fans here in Portland?  I'd like to see where the community stands on this idea.  Should PA look into hiring this guy to improve our front office even more?  One big strike against him is that he did profit from our Western Conference Finals meltdown in 2000, though isn't enough not to look into this prospect in my opinion.