Prada: Kevin Pritchard Is #6 GM In The NBA
Mike Prada of SBNation.com put together a thorough analysis of the NBA's 30 General Managers from last season.
Kevin Pritchard slotted in at #6, behind Pat Riley, Kevin O'Connor, Daryl Morey, Sam Presti and Mark Warkentien.
Too high, too low or just right?
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I'd say #0
Seriously, I don’t want to pile on but if he wasp great why hasn’t another team hire him?
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by mark twain on Jul 22, 2010 10:24 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
"if he wad so great"
Sorry, typo.
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by mark twain on Jul 22, 2010 10:25 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Aggghhh!!!!
“was”, not “wad”…!!!!!
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by mark twain on Jul 22, 2010 10:25 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Ah forget it
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by mark twain on Jul 22, 2010 10:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Mark Twain was famous for coining his own terms, don't sweat it man
just say it like you mean it.
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This list contains a number of unemployed people
Cho will be #1 after he acquires CP3.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
One can hope!
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by mark twain on Jul 22, 2010 10:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Too high since he's not a GM now.
by thefansattic on Jul 22, 2010 10:33 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
About right
…although I don’t think it was fair to drop him because of Oden over Durant, he got too much credit for 2006. So it evens out. He was an outstanding GM for the Blazers and anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.
If Luke Babbitt and Jerryd Bayless played a game of table tennis I'm not sure who would win but the ping pong ball would lose no matter what. - Ben 7/16/2010
I agree that his firing likely had nothing to do with Oden/Durant
And that they’re giving him undeserved credit for things that went down before he was GM. I don’t agree about the article being just right, since that’s about all they said about him. Where did the writer come up with that stuff? Obviously not from people who actually follow the Blazers.
Still on the Rex bandwagon.
by dan_the_man on Jul 23, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd say about #8
I don’t think you can put him ahead of Buford or Ainge. Just ahead of Petrie sounds right.
Warkentein?
Is he still riding the Chauncey Billups wave?
Really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree.
by trailblazerfan1969 on Jul 22, 2010 10:49 PM PDT reply actions
I think KP was great at what he was great at
but I would have a hard time ranking him #6 if the ownership can not trust him to represent the organization in contract negotiations which is still the thing that I feel started KPs demise here.
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I don't live in Oregon anymore (head droops,sorrow follows)
I’m stuck in BFE Colorado and am still confused about the whole KP firing. What happened, did he wink at PA’s wife? I get no news here and we all know how much Yahoo! news is speculation and that you and I could write better. Why would he be fired/or quit? The Blazers were a joke before he took over, can someone fill me in on what I missed? To me from now afar, he built quite a team and a foundation. If there was a prob I’d say it was Nate not Pritchard. NM was overated as a player and now as a coach. Just my thoughts while missing P-Town.
"I figured we ought to hang around for a while and see if we can give 'em all a nice big shitburger to eat!" -Manager Lou Brown -Major League
i still think kp not repping the organization
in last summers contract negotiations was a big factor. it is a principal part of a gms job and he could not be trusted to do it.
"Oh Yeah!" ~ Kool Aid Man
I love Pritchard but...
R. C. Buford is pretty good at drafting low and getting results. I guess that Jefferson trade knocked him down a couple pegs. I would put him ahead of Wark, Riley (Wade and Florida taxes did the work) and Kevin O’Connor. I put him behind Presti, Buford, Morey, Petri and Kupchak. In that order.
Last year he was in my top 10
After last off season, he’s in the 15 – 20 range.
by tominhawaii on Jul 22, 2010 11:25 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
but if KP had found a way to trade Andre before he was let go
he would’ve been back up in your top 5, eh?
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much too high. his track record is what exactly? draft day he opposed every good deal the blazers ever made on his watch and anyone could spend paul allen’s millions to move up/buy draft picks. trade-wise what was his best move, moving z-bo for a handful of magic beans? and as far as free agent signings we’re left with letting RLEC pretty much come and go before signing dr dre as plan c. a good plan c mind you but still plan c.
I think it's a fair assessment...
I mean there’s all sorts of conspiracy theories about Pritchard’s firing, which I think have affected his employment opportunities – it probably doesn’t help his chances with this whole cloud of rumours and confusion regarding his termination in Portland. I think when all the dust settles he will find another opportunity and do another amazing job.
I think that KP’s ranking should be based on what he did with the team – and I’m not just talking about draft success (which he definitely had), but how he cleaned up the roster and removed the bad eggs, and built a successful team, hired good people, gave the fans a team they could love, support and be excited about. Even if other people are clamouring for credit for Portland’s success, it came under Pritchard’s watch, and as a result he deserves credit, and I believe he is right up there with the best.
I know people say he wasted the RLEC, but I also think that was shrewd management of the salary cap, and Presti has followed suit by not spending just because he can.
by simoninaustralia on Jul 23, 2010 12:27 AM PDT reply actions
I mean there’s all sorts of conspiracy theories about Pritchard’s firing, which I think have affected his employment opportunities
With each passing day that KP remains in job search mode the allegations that A-Woj reported (that other NBA GMs and agents didn’t like KP’s negotiating style) are validated. This is not what got KP fired, but it’s affecting his opportunities re: becoming a GM again in the short term. Make no mistake, Kevin doesn’t want to take a TV job or sit around and collect a paycheck, he wants to be back in the saddle ASAP and so far he hasn’t been rehired—it’s not for lack of desire or trying
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
Like an "ex" after a separation, many of us are trying to think up things to dislike about KP.
But I’d put his ranking in about the right general range. I’d probably put RC Buford higher and Mark Warkentien lower than KP.
EXACTLY!
Same problem with Rudy. Rudy isn’t terrible at anything he just doesn’t want to be a Blazer.
KP was great, I would be happy if he was still here
but trying to figure out what went wrong is natural. It is not so much an ex thing more so than trying to understand what happened. I still maintain that being replaced by Miller in contract negotiations should have signalled to al of us the end was near.
"Oh Yeah!" ~ Kool Aid Man
If Oden pans out, and he becomes the Beast that the Oden Draft predicted
Then KP moves up. How far? If Oden > Durant, then KP is top 3.
In KP I trusted!
RC Buford has won four titles...
I appreciate Mike Prada’s effort, but c’mon.
The Leeroy Rule: being insistent >>>> being correct
for some reason i thought you were a blazer fan
sheesh
yes buford is 6 spots too low, but your comment about KP was Laker lover level hating…
OJ Mayo is the Blazers' PG of the Future
by GreatOden'sRaven on Jul 23, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
KP? KP who?
KP2? CP3? KPTV? KMFDM?
Rich Cho fo’ sho, Benjamin. Looking forward to the first Little Dickie Cho’kehold Strangler he puts on some fool.
Being insistent when you're wrong is just really, really annoying.
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 23, 2010 9:09 AM PDT reply actions
Just right...
Pritchard defined an era for the Trail Blazers, for better or worse. Ultimately, he brought about a change even if he wasn’t the only one to do it. He made, in my opinion, great trades, brought us ‘Dre instead of “Turkeyglue”, Camby for Outlaw, and Blake — and managed to sign him to an extension before the year’s end. Kevin built us a team that could potentially be a serious contender.
Yes he’s deserving of #6 on that list.
On my list, he’ll always be #1, you know that Kev’sies…
brought us ‘Dre instead of "Turkeyglue"
Kevin used his Jedi mind tricks to convince Colangelo to make a higher offer to Hedo?
KP made Hedo his #1 FA offer last July 1, and he was upset when Turk took off for Toronto after the Blazers had a verbal agreement with his agent
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