Printer-friendly copy Email this topic to a friend
Lobby Okay Sports Okay Sports Archives topic #107474

Subject: "A proto-agenda is forming around The Prodigal Sun. Grant Hill = GM?" This topic is locked.
Previous topic | Next topic
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:10 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
"A proto-agenda is forming around The Prodigal Sun. Grant Hill = GM?"


  

          


THIS. BOARD. GON BE FIYAAAAH!!!


The Phoenix Suns have not filled their general manager position yet and ESPN.com's Marc Stein reports they might be waiting on Grant Hill.

Stein writes: "Rumblings persist Suns haven't hired GM yet because they remain hopeful Hill, out of playoffs now, returns to Phoenix to take (the) job."

Hill, who was injured for most of 2012-13 with the Clippers, has said he'll consider retiring after this season. If that happens he can take some time away from the NBA or head straight in as an executive.

The Suns, by most rumors, are down to Milwaukee assistant general manager Jeff Weltman and Boston assistant general manager Ryan McDonough if Hill takes himself out of the mix.

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top


Topic Outline
Subject Author Message Date ID
Because when people think about the "NBA" & "Winning"...
May 07th 2013
1
they sure don't talk about mashburn and dentistry.
May 07th 2013
2
      Lock and archive, I can't deal with this right now. I'm TOAST
May 07th 2013
3
      LMAO
May 07th 2013
4
      http://oi54.tinypic.com/dvkgnr.jpg
May 07th 2013
5
      Mashburn got a rich man's smile though......
May 07th 2013
7
      He got a contra spray gun smile and his face hard
May 07th 2013
10
           Fam, I couldn't understand 95% of that. You posting like Nigger Jim.
May 07th 2013
12
           i don't understand why you care what grant does.
May 07th 2013
14
                You posted it. Don't be sad when cats disagree.
May 07th 2013
18
                     you know i don't care about disagreements. i invite that.
May 07th 2013
19
                          Anger? Lol...of course it's anger when I disagree.
May 07th 2013
                               who cares? just give him a massive corner office wit a PS3 and 2k14
May 07th 2013
27
                                    You won't be able to get anybody mad off this. Trust.
May 07th 2013
30
                                         man, i BET you he get rid of them within 3 months at the gig
May 07th 2013
32
                                              yeah right, Kendall shows up with sweater vest all light skin...
May 07th 2013
33
                                                   hopefully, we'll find out
May 07th 2013
35
                                                        lol...if we do, that roster once he starts working will be yours
May 07th 2013
36
           This is funniest thing I've ever read in my life. Ever. n/m
May 07th 2013
16
           jive.
May 07th 2013
21
           Lol!!!!!
May 07th 2013
22
           Good lord...I was dead at the subject line, then it got BETTER
May 07th 2013
24
           this post should be legendary, it did get even better in the body
Jun 02nd 2016
165
           bwahahahahahahaha shit i'm rolling
May 07th 2013
37
           No, I'm serious. This is the funniest thing I've ever read. Ever. n/m
May 07th 2013
38
           this dude said "contra spray gun smile".....
May 07th 2013
82
           Archive.
May 07th 2013
40
           THIS SHIT IS DEFINITELY ARCHIVED...
May 07th 2013
43
           Contra spray gun smile
May 07th 2013
68
           I didn't know what to say for about 5 min after reading this
May 07th 2013
73
           LMAO!!!!
May 07th 2013
76
           flawless victory....I'm laughing like shit lol
May 07th 2013
78
           RE: He got a contra spray gun smile and his face hard
May 07th 2013
80
           Holy Fucn Shit
May 07th 2013
84
           Greatest reply in the history of the internet
May 08th 2013
89
           hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
May 08th 2013
119
           LMAO!!
May 08th 2013
145
           OH SHIT!!!!
Sep 19th 2013
163
      difference is no one is dumb enough to hand mash the keys to a team
May 07th 2013
8
      i've seen ire and i've seen sane - Sweet Voice James
May 07th 2013
9
      damn.
May 07th 2013
25
      fiyah!
May 07th 2013
42
      *gunshots*
May 08th 2013
112
not a good move to put him right in that spot...he needs to work
May 07th 2013
6
sounds totally fucking insane.
May 07th 2013
11
They need a Daryl Morey-level genius to grab that 8 seed
May 07th 2013
13
nope...he can do it. what qualifications does he need?
May 07th 2013
15
According to Guiness: be white talk about about usage rates
May 07th 2013
17
      basix. he got harden for some potted plants and won't build a thing
May 07th 2013
20
           you really co-signing this bozo above?
May 07th 2013
23
                You just dodged the question and proved my point
May 07th 2013
28
                LOL - you're a funny dude
May 07th 2013
39
                     Well, I might be a genius like a white GM and sign James Harden.
May 07th 2013
41
                          like magic johnson or michael jordan did?
May 07th 2013
44
                               ^Aaand O_E baits him into an openly racist reply.
May 07th 2013
46
                               i agree. his reply is racist.
May 07th 2013
47
                               I did a double take when I read that. Like "huh?"
May 07th 2013
48
                               lol you never divert this way if you actually think you have a point
May 07th 2013
51
                               Too late dogg. You made a racist reply. Apologize.
May 07th 2013
59
                               HA!
May 07th 2013
65
                                    Apologize, you little pussy.
May 08th 2013
133
                                         oh fuck off
May 09th 2013
148
                               he can spell?
May 08th 2013
134
                                    lol
May 09th 2013
149
                               he don't believe race is a real thing guys
May 07th 2013
85
                                    here's the thing...if he had a real point and believed in it
May 08th 2013
88
                                         You may not believe in race, but what you said was racist.
May 08th 2013
131
                               did I miss Magic as a GM? do Mike's flaws as an exec seem like the ones
May 07th 2013
60
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^
May 07th 2013
61
                               Basically.
May 07th 2013
64
                               that is not the same as "good"
May 07th 2013
66
                                    so 'Sixers suck'=sum total of your reply to all that? Fairly telling.
May 07th 2013
72
                                         i mean...he is a former player, and thats the extent of his quals
May 08th 2013
87
                                              ARE there any qualifications to be a GM?
May 08th 2013
91
                                              exactly.
May 08th 2013
97
                                              maybe, maybe not
May 08th 2013
100
                                                   Being white seems to help.
May 08th 2013
104
                                                   I think hiring a rookie GM is a crap-shoot in general
May 08th 2013
121
                                              LOL, 33 year-old white dude with no bball pedigree working for 3 years
May 08th 2013
95
                                                   well for one, a REALLY low bar
May 08th 2013
99
                                                        A low bar for white boys who aren't qualified, you mean.
May 08th 2013
106
                               I mean, that's different, you dont think Hill TRAINED ON THE JOB?
May 09th 2013
159
                Well, I'd argue he's not gonna be a current player for too long.
May 07th 2013
29
                     i get that.
May 07th 2013
31
                          He could be a genius who understands TS% and sign James Harden.
May 07th 2013
34
                          I don't get why you keep harping on the Harden thing
May 07th 2013
70
                               It was a smart move but not necessarily an under the radar move
May 09th 2013
153
                          if he's gonna be the Suns' GM, he's obviously gonna retire as a player
May 07th 2013
58
                          Wait - you're the guy who thinks assistant coaches/video guys...
May 07th 2013
67
                          could he really do worse than ernie fucking grunfeld?
May 07th 2013
74
does anyone really know...
May 07th 2013
45
I like Grant Hill. I think he would do well if he hires a consultant
May 07th 2013
26
Right, so nevermind...(Twitter swipe)
May 07th 2013
49
totally unqualified
May 07th 2013
50
He's a genius...I'll bet he offers Chris Paul a max contract.
May 07th 2013
52
that's more of a genius signing than harden, for real.
May 07th 2013
69
      Harden was an undersized two who Morey discovered from Ukraine.
May 07th 2013
79
3 years as celtics assistant GM.....
May 07th 2013
71
      33, 3 seasons as Ainge's assistant while the C's made ZERO major moves
May 08th 2013
86
           http://tinyurl.com/d4yeocr
May 08th 2013
90
           RE: http://tinyurl.com/d4yeocr
May 08th 2013
93
           experience as a players doesn't equate to experience in front office
May 08th 2013
122
                experience as a go-fer for Danny Ainge has no correlation to being a bos...
May 08th 2013
125
                     Getting Danny Ainge's coffee = genius enough to sign Chris Paul
May 08th 2013
129
                     shouldn't we look at how former players have done as GMs
May 09th 2013
152
                          Should we wonder why West, Dumars, Ainge & Bird were left off your list?
May 09th 2013
161
Good pick
May 07th 2013
53
Well there goes that.....
May 07th 2013
54
Indeed
May 07th 2013
57
Suns should have hired him imo
May 07th 2013
55
They'd be setting him up to fail though.
May 07th 2013
56
Kind of a junk situation for him plus black execs laying low now
May 09th 2013
151
Plenty of quotables here. Carry on.
May 07th 2013
62
nowhere to go but up
May 07th 2013
nowhere to go but up
May 07th 2013
63
Ba, you're a fool, I'm here wondering how this shit got so much traffic
May 07th 2013
75
...a bitch (c) Fab 5 doc
May 07th 2013
77
Goof for Ryan, but com'n
May 07th 2013
81
obviously lots of nepotism.
May 08th 2013
92
      Thats kinda not nepotism tho.
May 08th 2013
94
      stop with the bullshit, the GM is the head of the organization
May 08th 2013
96
           wouldn't that be team president?
May 08th 2013
98
                I don't know why you're hinging everything on *this season*
May 08th 2013
101
                cool, cool.
May 08th 2013
103
                     Sounds like he's almost as qualified as RealBillyOcean
May 08th 2013
105
                     ***preps resume***
May 08th 2013
111
                     Nothin to do w/lotto on Bassy but Rondo who I called a steal there was a...
May 08th 2013
107
                          what's your point?
May 08th 2013
109
                          I said 'Asst GM' for 3 years, in those 3 years they made 0 good moves
May 08th 2013
114
                               He backed away from that argument. Picks don't matter to him now.
May 08th 2013
135
                          In the Celtics defense Sully can play & the rest are shit picks.
May 08th 2013
113
                               avery bradley was a decent pick at 19.
May 08th 2013
115
                               you might wanna actually read what I wrote, I clearly said Asst GM
May 08th 2013
118
                                    dude, i don't give a shit about his picks.
May 08th 2013
120
                                         clearly u dont-I wouldnt either if the last 4 were JuJuan/Sully/Fab/Kris
May 08th 2013
123
                                         coaching and being GM are not the same thing.
May 08th 2013
130
                                              You're honestly an awful person.
May 08th 2013
132
                                              RE: coaching and being GM are not the same thing.
May 08th 2013
138
                                                   haha
May 08th 2013
141
                                                        RE: haha
May 08th 2013
142
                                         You are SUCH a fucking PUSSY. Seriously
May 08th 2013
127
                                              LOL his whole shit sounds like white criticisms of affirmative action
May 09th 2013
150
                               Sully *can't* play physically, thats the whole reason he was still there
May 08th 2013
116
                                    Nah, Sully needed surgery and tried to play through it.
May 08th 2013
124
                                         he was available....bcuz he had an injury history....he then got injured...
May 08th 2013
126
                                              Those are low 1's and a 2nd round pick.
May 08th 2013
128
                                                   good GMs seem to make those work, meanwhile none of those guys
May 08th 2013
136
                                                        The C's needed bigs going into both drafts.
May 08th 2013
137
                                                             and they gonna keep needing bigs if they keep picking big busts
May 08th 2013
139
                                                                  I've never watched Melo. I've seen Moultrie.
May 08th 2013
140
                                                                       RE: I've never watched Melo. I've seen Moultrie.
May 08th 2013
143
                                                                            RE: I've never watched Melo. I've seen Moultrie.
May 08th 2013
146
                                                                                 RE: I've never watched Melo. I've seen Moultrie.
May 08th 2013
147
                Actually, the opposite is happening
May 08th 2013
102
ARCHIVE
May 07th 2013
83
This post title is gonna be confusing in the archives.
May 08th 2013
108
I want one of the photoshop warriors
May 08th 2013
110
http://oi43.tinypic.com/2v9xc7o.jpg
May 08th 2013
117
      Quick effort there
May 08th 2013
144
SMH
May 09th 2013
154
Nice how you didn't focus on the senseless anti-Hill stuff.
May 09th 2013
155
because it's just wrong, not outright absurd, imaginary and fabricated
May 09th 2013
157
      My ONLY ISSUE here is the double standard. NOT Mcdonaghafdafdsf
May 09th 2013
160
Danny Ferry a bad GM now? when that happen?
May 09th 2013
156
      lmao
May 09th 2013
158
How was this not archived?
Sep 18th 2013
162
Upping this again so it'll get archived.
Jun 02nd 2016
164
Upping this again in the hopes it'll get archived. n/m
Dec 27th 2016
166
I just sent an inbox to a mod asking for archive.
Dec 27th 2016
167

TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:24 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
1. "Because when people think about the "NBA" & "Winning"..."
In response to Reply # 0


          

the 2 names that always come up are "Grant Hill" and "the Phoenix Suns".

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:25 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
2. "they sure don't talk about mashburn and dentistry. "
In response to Reply # 1


  

          

you can leave now.

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:26 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
3. "Lock and archive, I can't deal with this right now. I'm TOAST"
In response to Reply # 2


  

          


SHIT



----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
Frank Longo
Member since Nov 18th 2003
86670 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:28 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
4. "LMAO"
In response to Reply # 2


  

          

My movies: http://russellhainline.com
My movie reviews: https://letterboxd.com/RussellHFilm/
My beer TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebeertravelguide

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
CherNic
Member since Aug 18th 2005
37156 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:29 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
5. "http://oi54.tinypic.com/dvkgnr.jpg"
In response to Reply # 2


  

          

http://oi54.tinypic.com/dvkgnr.jpg

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:33 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
7. "Mashburn got a rich man's smile though...... "
In response to Reply # 2


          

http://ksr.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/MashGraduation.jpg

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

            
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:03 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
10. "He got a contra spray gun smile and his face hard"
In response to Reply # 7


  

          

grant gettin microsoft money wit dat tru life cosby family he got...he spent a chunk of that 80 mil he stole from FILA and bought all da black people art...all of it...museums be callin him tryna be friends.

mash bought some played out ass fash food places, capitalizing off the community's deadly relationship with food.

SPREAD TEETH MASH: Quentavia, where dat big ass shipment of pink slime and ammonia sulfate. WE NEED DAT! DIS IS A BIDNESS!

ELEGANT G: Tamia, honey, you'll never guess who called today. The Corcoran. Yes, apparently the new director is obsessed with Romare Bearden. Why don't we 69 for an hour while the kids are at ballet and soccer and I'll think about their offer.

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:19 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
12. "Fam, I couldn't understand 95% of that. You posting like Nigger Jim."
In response to Reply # 10


          

I do not have time to decode dialect.

You just trying to salvage something about Grant to be happy about. Hooray!

He's gonna fail at being a G.M. too.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                    
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:31 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
14. "i don't understand why you care what grant does. "
In response to Reply # 12


  

          

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                        
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:41 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
18. "You posted it. Don't be sad when cats disagree."
In response to Reply # 14


          

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                            
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:43 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
19. "you know i don't care about disagreements. i invite that. "
In response to Reply # 18


  

          

anger sometimes catches me off guard, even if i'm chasing it.

you mad, dogg.

grant an ambassador.

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:53 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
"Anger? Lol...of course it's anger when I disagree."


          

There's zero evidence that shows Grant Hill would be a good G.M. for the Suns.
The Suns aren't a winning organization.

Them shits are facts.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                    
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:58 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
27. "who cares? just give him a massive corner office wit a PS3 and 2k14 "
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

he gonna make things happen...i'm sure of it.

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                        
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:01 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
30. "You won't be able to get anybody mad off this. Trust."
In response to Reply # 27


          

You're gonna be sitting there trying to pick out trends in Kendall Marshall's fg% go from 38% to 39% back to 37% and watching Wesley Johnsons +/-.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                            
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:03 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
32. "man, i BET you he get rid of them within 3 months at the gig"
In response to Reply # 30
Tue May-07-13 12:06 PM by Basaglia

  

          

grant seems like he'd be ruthless as a GM, because his mom's a straight business person and all his decision would be logic-based and tactless.

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:06 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
33. "yeah right, Kendall shows up with sweater vest all light skin..."
In response to Reply # 32


          

and earnest and shit.

Talking about Virginia or wherever he's from.

That shit would melt Grant's heart.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                    
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:12 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
35. "hopefully, we'll find out"
In response to Reply # 33


  

          

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                        
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:14 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
36. "lol...if we do, that roster once he starts working will be yours"
In response to Reply # 35


          

the ROSTER

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:37 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
16. "This is funniest thing I've ever read in my life. Ever. n/m"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
dula dos pistolas
Member since Sep 12th 2006
3295 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:45 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
21. "jive."
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

>grant gettin microsoft money wit dat tru life cosby family he
>got...he spent a chunk of that 80 mil he stole from FILA and
>bought all da black people art...all of it...museums be callin
>him tryna be friends.
>
>mash bought some played out ass fash food places, capitalizing
>off the community's deadly relationship with food.
>
>SPREAD TEETH MASH: Quentavia, where dat big ass shipment of
>pink slime and ammonia sulfate. WE NEED DAT! DIS IS A
>BIDNESS!
>
>ELEGANT G: Tamia, honey, you'll never guess who called today.
>The Corcoran. Yes, apparently the new director is obsessed
>with Romare Bearden. Why don't we 69 for an hour while the
>kids are at ballet and soccer and I'll think about their
>offer.

___

low end crazy, eastside crazy, wild hunnids crazy, englewood crazy.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
LBs Finest
Member since Sep 28th 2005
19846 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:50 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
22. "Lol!!!!!"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

>SPREAD TEETH MASH: Quentavia, where dat big ass shipment of
>pink slime and ammonia sulfate. WE NEED DAT! DIS IS A
>BIDNESS!

_________________________

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Ryan M
Member since Oct 21st 2002
43736 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:57 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
24. "Good lord...I was dead at the subject line, then it got BETTER"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

------------------------------

17x NBA Champions

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                    
J_Stew
Member since Jul 06th 2002
22363 posts
Thu Jun-02-16 12:55 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
165. "this post should be legendary, it did get even better in the body"
In response to Reply # 24


          

which should be impossible since the subject/title was the most amazing reply ever

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
b2thej
Member since Feb 11th 2005
9146 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:17 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
37. "bwahahahahahahaha shit i'm rolling"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

PSN ID - dirty_MF_bucks

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:20 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
38. "No, I'm serious. This is the funniest thing I've ever read. Ever. n/m"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                    
Dstl1
Charter member
56224 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:33 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
82. "this dude said "contra spray gun smile"....."
In response to Reply # 38


          

dawg I'm typing this with tears running down my face.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Frank Longo
Member since Nov 18th 2003
86670 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:28 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
40. "Archive."
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

My movies: http://russellhainline.com
My movie reviews: https://letterboxd.com/RussellHFilm/
My beer TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebeertravelguide

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
CyrenYoung
Charter member
34204 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:32 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
43. "THIS SHIT IS DEFINITELY ARCHIVED..."
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

..sheesh

*skatin' the rings of saturn*

..and miles to go before i sleep...

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Numba_33
Charter member
19322 posts
Tue May-07-13 02:28 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
68. "Contra spray gun smile"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

Holy smokes.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
FromTheGo
Member since Feb 04th 2003
10606 posts
Tue May-07-13 03:26 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
73. "I didn't know what to say for about 5 min after reading this"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††
http://s17.postimg.org/6r7bfqpnz/kyrieglass.jpg - They Call Him Mr. Glass

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
soulfunk
Charter member
10998 posts
Tue May-07-13 03:52 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
76. "LMAO!!!!"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
darius heyward bey
Member since Oct 13th 2009
5119 posts
Tue May-07-13 04:03 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
78. "flawless victory....I'm laughing like shit lol"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

Nigga I'm FAST....*pyoon*
ARE YOU TRYING TO RACE?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Hiper18Yc

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
bshelly
Charter member
71730 posts
Tue May-07-13 08:36 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
80. "RE: He got a contra spray gun smile and his face hard"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ha2uyfh71rwcc6bo1_400.gif

----
bshelly

"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.†(c) The God

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
astralblak
Member since Apr 05th 2007
20029 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:54 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
84. "Holy Fucn Shit"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs4/1417026_o.gif

shit the line about Hill telling Tamia about art and 69ing and the kids at soccer practice LOFL... the opening line was etherous enough

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
JAESCOTT777
Member since Feb 18th 2006
28487 posts
Wed May-08-13 08:49 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
89. "Greatest reply in the history of the internet"
In response to Reply # 10
Wed May-08-13 08:53 AM by JAESCOTT777

  

          

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bz80e6kWy-g/USUbvD8_B-I/AAAAAAAAKw8/hau1V82mSFQ/s1600/the-one.gif

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
the_time_is_when_god...lounge
Member since Nov 19th 2012
5495 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:41 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
119. "hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

--------
Twitter: _TheloniousFunk
Instagram: thelonious_funk_

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Roadblock
Charter member
7871 posts
Wed May-08-13 07:48 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
145. "LMAO!!"
In response to Reply # 10


  

          

@GetoutTheroom
http://getouttheroom.podomatic.com
******************************************
https://twitter.com/Jayric

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
isaaaa
Member since May 10th 2007
30565 posts
Thu Sep-19-13 02:50 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
163. "OH SHIT!!!!"
In response to Reply # 10


          


New Mantra: anti-gentrification, cheap alcohol & trying to look pretty in our twilight posting years (c) Big Reg


Take advantage of 25% off www.karmaloop.com w/ rep code JR9103 | Nike, G-Star, Herschel, Adidas etc.
+ Wome

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:41 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
8. "difference is no one is dumb enough to hand mash the keys to a team"
In response to Reply # 2


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

            
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:56 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
9. "i've seen ire and i've seen sane - Sweet Voice James"
In response to Reply # 8


  

          

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
dillinjah
Charter member
9025 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:57 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
25. "damn. "
In response to Reply # 2


          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
CyrenYoung
Charter member
34204 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:29 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
42. "fiyah!"
In response to Reply # 2


  

          


*skatin' the rings of saturn*

..and miles to go before i sleep...

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
ShinobiShaw
Charter member
48550 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:18 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
112. "*gunshots*"
In response to Reply # 2


  

          


http://soundcloud.com/djshinobishaw
http://www.rareformnyc.com
http://twitter.com/DJShinobiShaw
https://twitter.com/RareFormNYC
PSN: ShinobiShaw

"Arm Leg Leg Arm How you doin?" (c)T510

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Warren Coolidge
Charter member
41998 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:31 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
6. "not a good move to put him right in that spot...he needs to work"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

under a mentor in another capacity first..

I was looking at an interview with the Golden State GM Bob Myers


FROM?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?


But anyways he was talking about how Jerry West took him under his wing ...after Myers was an agent for some years...

that experience was huge for him.... Now he's put together a very young and exciting playoff team...the right trades...the right signings..the right hires..

Grant could be a good GM....I'm sure he could...but to just put him in the spot right away isn't the right move IMO...

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:16 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
11. "sounds totally fucking insane."
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

i'm sure grant is very sharp and likable and whatever other qualities they're looking for, but isn't he wildly unqualified to make personnel decisions for a basketball organization? maybe the idea is that he'd just be a respected figurehead/recruiter.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:19 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
13. "They need a Daryl Morey-level genius to grab that 8 seed"
In response to Reply # 11


  

          

>i'm sure grant is very sharp and likable and whatever other
>qualities they're looking for, but isn't he wildly unqualified
>to make personnel decisions for a basketball organization?
>maybe the idea is that he'd just be a respected
>figurehead/recruiter.



----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:32 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
15. "nope...he can do it. what qualifications does he need?"
In response to Reply # 11


  

          

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:39 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
17. "According to Guiness: be white talk about about usage rates"
In response to Reply # 15


  

          


That's pretty much all those GMs do

We just call them a genius for obvious shit like
signing James Harden to a max deal he was going to
get already


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

            
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:45 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
20. "basix. he got harden for some potted plants and won't build a thing"
In response to Reply # 17


  

          

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:53 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
23. "you really co-signing this bozo above?"
In response to Reply # 20


  

          

cmon

look, the suns are clearly familiar with grant from being in their organization. they know infinitely more about how he would perform as a GM than we do. but on the surface, hiring a *current player* to be in charge of personnel decisions, signings, cap issues, drafting, etc is insane. unless, as i said, it's a ceremonial role.

there are former players as GMs--ainge, dumars, paxson, ferry, etc--but installing a dude who's a *current player* in that position seems like a major reach.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                    
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:59 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
28. "You just dodged the question and proved my point"
In response to Reply # 23
Tue May-07-13 11:59 AM by Orbit_Established

  

          


You didn't answer the question as to why Grant Hill
should'nt get the job.

>cmon
>
>look, the suns are clearly familiar with grant from being in
>their organization. they know infinitely more about how he
>would perform as a GM than we do.

Which means you should probably shut the entire fuck up,
but carry on.

but on the surface, hiring a
>*current player* to be in charge of personnel decisions,
>signings, cap issues, drafting, etc is insane. unless, as i
>said, it's a ceremonial role.

"On the surface" means he's not a white dweeb who sucks
at sports like Morey.

If the Suns hired a random white guy who was an alleged
"thinker" you wouldn't say anything.

>there are former players as GMs--ainge, dumars, paxson, ferry,
>etc--but installing a dude who's a *current player* in that
>position seems like a major reach.

LOL

And what was Ainge's great move other than being white and
a former Celtic and getting McHale to give away Garnett?
The Jason Terry move?

Dumars? Same one who drafted Darko Milcic? (nice racial
token job there)

Ferry? Bwahhaaha. Stop

You can't name a single reason why Grant Hill doesn't
deserve this job any less than those random white nerds
who get jobs who you don't complain about, or even worse,
call a genius for signing James Harden.


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                        
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:23 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
39. "LOL - you're a funny dude"
In response to Reply # 28


  

          

making up reasons to shit on championship GM's now?

there is literally no reason to think that G Hill will be a competant GM

>>cmon
>>
>>look, the suns are clearly familiar with grant from being in
>>their organization. they know infinitely more about how he
>>would perform as a GM than we do.

>Which means you should probably shut the entire fuck up,
>but carry on.

and then you turn around and say that because the most incompetant franchise in the nba likes him he must be ready lmao

as tho PHX is a model for sound decision making

lol

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                            
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:29 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
41. "Well, I might be a genius like a white GM and sign James Harden. "
In response to Reply # 39


  

          


>there is literally no reason to think that G Hill will be a
>competant GM

Well, duh

He's black and is actually good at basketball

We'll see if he has the heightened statistical understanding
to run a team

He better get them regressions and markov chains down if
he wants to recognize how James Harden's beard will do in
Houston and how to capitalize on that residual Yao Ming
fan money

Only the best and the brightest can figure that out



----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:32 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
44. "like magic johnson or michael jordan did?"
In response to Reply # 41


  

          

>
>Well, duh
>
>He's black and is actually good at basketball
>
>We'll see if he has the heightened statistical understanding
>to run a team
>
>He better get them regressions and markov chains down if
>he wants to recognize how James Harden's beard will do in
>Houston and how to capitalize on that residual Yao Ming
>fan money
>
>Only the best and the brightest can figure that out

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                    
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:38 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
46. "^Aaand O_E baits him into an openly racist reply. "
In response to Reply # 44


  

          


Look at him, y'all.

Its 2013, and I still got it.

----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                        
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:39 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
47. "i agree. his reply is racist. "
In response to Reply # 46


  

          

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                            
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:41 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
48. "I did a double take when I read that. Like "huh?" "
In response to Reply # 47


  

          


Wha?

----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                        
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:53 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
51. "lol you never divert this way if you actually think you have a point"
In response to Reply # 46


  

          

does grant hill have anything going for him that magic johnson did not?

no.

is Grant Hill more likely to end up like Magic than Joe Dumars?

yes.

good talk.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                            
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:46 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
59. "Too late dogg. You made a racist reply. Apologize. "
In response to Reply # 51


  

          


I'm listening.

----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Tue May-07-13 02:11 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
65. "HA!"
In response to Reply # 59


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                    
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:18 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
133. "Apologize, you little pussy. "
In response to Reply # 65
Wed May-08-13 05:25 PM by Orbit_Established

  

          


I'm not the due who work in your mail room, show
some respect

Apologize for being an idiot


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                        
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Thu May-09-13 09:08 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
148. "oh fuck off"
In response to Reply # 133


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                            
40thStreetBlack
Charter member
27109 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:18 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
134. "he can spell?"
In response to Reply # 51


          

>does grant hill have anything going for him that magic
>johnson did not?

___________________

Mar-A-Lago delenda est

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Thu May-09-13 09:08 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
149. "lol"
In response to Reply # 134


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                        
astralblak
Member since Apr 05th 2007
20029 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:55 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
85. "he don't believe race is a real thing guys"
In response to Reply # 46


  

          

he LOLs @ race constantly

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                            
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Wed May-08-13 08:45 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
88. "here's the thing...if he had a real point and believed in it"
In response to Reply # 85


  

          

he would have never turned the narrative that way

race came up because he had nothing real to contribute

sort of like how he falsely sums up peoples arguments into something stupid to draw eyes away from his own lack of one

i mean this is OE 101 really, and not deserving of anything more than lolz

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:13 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
131. "You may not believe in race, but what you said was racist. "
In response to Reply # 88


  

          


I'd be mad and copping pleas if I was you too.

What you said was racist.

I'll keep reminding you.

----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                    
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:50 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
60. "did I miss Magic as a GM? do Mike's flaws as an exec seem like the ones"
In response to Reply # 44


  

          

that would plague a guy like Grant Hill?

It's kinda ridiculous how out-of-your-way a few of y'all are going to pretend that GrantfuckingHill is somehow a reach as an NBA exec.

When you're of a certain stature, are known as a cerebral dude & also were a Hall of Fame (or close) player than you don't need to wait in the same line as others, that's just how it is.

Do people really think Grant Hill wouldn't hire some capologist/metrics guy or guys to work alongside him while he makes the final calls & heads up the franchise face in the media/with-fans/etc?

Didn't Larry Bird get both Head Coach & President Of Basketball Operations gigs without having a french lick of experience in those areas?

Didn't he delegate & do kinda ok in both of them, while not being as good with the media or being considered very intellectual?

I would hire Grant Hill to GM the Sixers right today & feel pretty confident he'd be better than anyone we had in the seat since......well, my entire life basically.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                        
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:52 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
61. "^^^^^^^^^^^^"
In response to Reply # 60


  

          

>that would plague a guy like Grant Hill?
>
>It's kinda ridiculous how out-of-your-way a few of y'all are
>going to pretend that GrantfuckingHill is somehow a reach as
>an NBA exec.
>
>When you're of a certain stature, are known as a cerebral dude
>& also were a Hall of Fame (or close) player than you don't
>need to wait in the same line as others, that's just how it
>is.
>
>Do people really think Grant Hill wouldn't hire some
>capologist/metrics guy or guys to work alongside him while he
>makes the final calls & heads up the franchise face in the
>media/with-fans/etc?
>
>Didn't Larry Bird get both Head Coach & President Of
>Basketball Operations gigs without having a french lick of
>experience in those areas?
>
>Didn't he delegate & do kinda ok in both of them, while not
>being as good with the media or being considered very
>intellectual?
>
>I would hire Grant Hill to GM the Sixers right today & feel
>pretty confident he'd be better than anyone we had in the seat
>since......well, my entire life basically.


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                        
Ryan M
Member since Oct 21st 2002
43736 posts
Tue May-07-13 02:09 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
64. "Basically."
In response to Reply # 60


  

          

I mean, Steve Kerr had broadcasting experience and that was it. Grant Hill may be a terrible GM, but there's no way to just assume he's going to be right off the bat.

It's a shame this dude is a Laker fan and doesn't realize that Magic was simply a (bad) coach, and not an exec...

------------------------------

17x NBA Champions

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                        
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Tue May-07-13 02:12 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
66. "that is not the same as "good""
In response to Reply # 60


  

          


>I would hire Grant Hill to GM the Sixers right today & feel
>pretty confident he'd be better than anyone we had in the seat
>since......well, my entire life basically.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                            
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Tue May-07-13 03:19 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
72. "so 'Sixers suck'=sum total of your reply to all that? Fairly telling."
In response to Reply # 66


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Wed May-08-13 08:41 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
87. "i mean...he is a former player, and thats the extent of his quals"
In response to Reply # 72


  

          

he might be good

he might not

but going right from the bench to the front office without any sort of apprenticeship or anything seems rushed and clumsy

and the reason i said that is that im sure there are a lot of teams that would have rather had grant hill than whatever GM they had. the kind of owner that keeps awful GM's around is the same kind that would hire a totally unproven former player so thats where they end up going. they also have the worst roster in the NBA so there isnt even anything to build on.

hiring mcdonough instead of Hill, on its face, seems like the best front office decision PHX has made in years

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                    
Cocobrotha2
Charter member
10884 posts
Wed May-08-13 11:15 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
91. "ARE there any qualifications to be a GM?"
In response to Reply # 87


          

We know what a GM generally has to do, but it seems like good GMs have come from various backgrounds, including being a recent player.

Apprenticeship sounds great but I don't think there's any basis to saying that being a recent player precludes you from being a good GM.

<-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->
<-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                        
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 12:53 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
97. "exactly. "
In response to Reply # 91


  

          

>We know what a GM generally has to do, but it seems like good
>GMs have come from various backgrounds, including being a
>recent player.
>
>Apprenticeship sounds great but I don't think there's any
>basis to saying that being a recent player precludes you from
>being a good GM.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                        
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Wed May-08-13 01:31 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
100. "maybe, maybe not"
In response to Reply # 91


  

          

but there is nothing objective anyone can point to and say "oh yeah he'll be good"

in reality, there is a bunch of circumstantial shit like

"playing for coach k"
"he was injured for a long time im sure he learned something"
"he went to really good schools"
yadda yadda yadda

one position is no more outlandish than the other, and on top of that he's assigning Guinness's idea to me ("insane")

i do think hiring McDonogh is the best move PHX has made in years but if they had made any other good moves they wouldnt be here now would they?

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                            
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 01:51 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
104. "Being white seems to help. "
In response to Reply # 100


  

          

>but there is nothing objective anyone can point to and say
>"oh yeah he'll be good"


Whiteness.


>in reality, there is a bunch of circumstantial shit like
>
>"playing for coach k"

That's less relevant than being an "assistant" in the
Jeff Green trade?

>"he was injured for a long time im sure he learned something"

Never heard this.

>"he went to really good schools"

That's part of how Morey got his job.

>yadda yadda yadda

Yeah, like you hear whenever a white person gets a job.

>one position is no more outlandish than the other, and on top
>of that he's assigning Guinness's idea to me ("insane")

Problem is, you're defending the white guy and chastising the
black guy.

>i do think hiring McDonogh is the best move PHX has made in
>years but if they had made any other good moves they wouldnt
>be here now would they?

I'd start backtracking if I was you.


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                            
Cocobrotha2
Charter member
10884 posts
Wed May-08-13 04:05 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
121. "I think hiring a rookie GM is a crap-shoot in general"
In response to Reply # 100


          

I kinda feel you that hiring an apprentice at least appears less risky... I don't know if it actually carries any weight.

Being a GM is such a combination of soft and hard skills that I don't think you can tell if someone really can do the job until you see them do it for you.

<-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->
<-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                    
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 12:46 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
95. "LOL, 33 year-old white dude with no bball pedigree working for 3 years"
In response to Reply # 87
Wed May-08-13 12:54 PM by Bombastic

  

          

as Danny Ainge 'assistant' who 'assisted' in signing Jeff Green & selecting four players in the past two drafts who will be out of the league before their rookie contracts are up and was the son of a Boston Globe sports columnist & brother who also was a nepotism hire has been failing for the past four years as the Jags' Director of Player Personnel while they regularly hold court as one of the worst teams in the league?

That's better than a Coach K disciple who played on two NCAA title teams, won Gold as an Olympian under the league's all time winningest coach, has been on an NBA roster for the past twenty years (including 6/7 years he pretty much couldn't do anything physically so was forced to 'observe'), is great with the meida, has the respect of the entire league and is commonly thought as one of his generation's best ambassadors for the sport & most thoughtful cats in the league?!?!

Not even just that, it's 'one of the most brilliant hires they've made'? LMFAO, BASED ON WHAT?!?!

Did Jerry West have experience before being handed head coaching gigs & then GM gigs?

(I'll tell you since you clearly don't seem to know, the answer is NO).

That turn out alright?

Larry Bird?

Pat Riley?

What are y'all really even talking about?

It's GRANT HILL.

This dude has been groomed to be an Executive, a Senator, or whatever the fuck he wants to put his mind/effort into post-playing-career (something he's been forced by injury to look towards dating back to the late 90s) since he was a fucking teenager.

Yet somehow this Masshole Sportswriter's Son who got the Assistant C's GM gig off Boston connections, who's seven years younger than Grant who has been working in the league for three non-descript seasons with the C's as Ainge's waterboy is now a more worthy candidate?!?

THAT GUY paid dues and GRANT HILL hasn't?!?

GTFOHWTWBS, y'all don't even seem to understand how silly & lilly you sound.

You must just be mad at O_E or Ba if you're really trying to prop this dude up.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                        
cgonz00cc
Member since Aug 01st 2002
35243 posts
Wed May-08-13 01:23 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
99. "well for one, a REALLY low bar"
In response to Reply # 95


  

          


>Not even just that, it's 'one of the most brilliant hires
>they've made'? LMFAO, BASED ON WHAT?!?!

but as for the rest of that, its a coin flip

*shrug*

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                            
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 01:55 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
106. "A low bar for white boys who aren't qualified, you mean. "
In response to Reply # 99


  

          



----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                    
ConcreteCharlie
Member since Nov 21st 2002
71387 posts
Thu May-09-13 06:01 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
159. "I mean, that's different, you dont think Hill TRAINED ON THE JOB?"
In response to Reply # 44


  

          

I gotta say that 9/10 times when I talk to a former player turned exec, they tell me they tell me they started training during their career. Of the guys who battled injuries, that's more like 10/10.

Guys like Jordan and Magic are kind of the exceptions. Sure they were into the business side of things but maybe not the front office specifically. They were given the gig based on their pedigree as players. Is that going to happen with Hill, who is like 15 years removed from stardom? Doubtful.

Hill had plenty of down time to study up on the business side. Even if he did not have that time, he still could have prepared adequately, especially if he started early.

I cannot do anything more than speculation on his level of preparedness but if I had to guess, he's not a bad pony to back.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                    
Ryan M
Member since Oct 21st 2002
43736 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:59 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
29. "Well, I'd argue he's not gonna be a current player for too long."
In response to Reply # 23


  

          

>
>there are former players as GMs--ainge, dumars, paxson, ferry,
>etc--but installing a dude who's a *current player* in that
>position seems like a major reach.

As in like, he's retiring.

------------------------------

17x NBA Champions

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                        
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:03 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
31. "i get that."
In response to Reply # 29
Tue May-07-13 12:03 PM by Guinness

  

          

just appears rash to parachute a guy with absolutely no experience into a position where his peers are morey, ujiri, riley, walsh, presti, etc.

then again, he can't possibility be worse than colangelo or dem specs.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                            
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:09 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
34. "He could be a genius who understands TS% and sign James Harden."
In response to Reply # 31


  

          


And you're still dodging the question


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                
KosherSam
Member since Mar 18th 2004
70132 posts
Tue May-07-13 03:06 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
70. "I don't get why you keep harping on the Harden thing"
In response to Reply # 34


  

          

Harden was a really good player in OKC, but never had to be the guy to carry the team night after night. He was the best sixth man in the league, and people thought he could be really good, but he had yet to be the #1 option on a team. He had seven career starts in OKC.

Morey gave up practically nothing, and convinced OKC to part ways with him, (a year before they had to) and the gamble paid off, as Harden blossomed into a star.

Now, the Rockets have the inside track to re-sign him, as they can offer him a longer contract worth more money, and he didn't have to give up any pieces to get him.

Is that not a smart move? If it was so obvious, how come no other GM beat him out for it? No one could have done better than Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb and two draft picks?

*Jews you*

"this is okp tho, reading is completely optional" (c) desus

Proceed with caution. I am overtly racist.

<-- In Pigpen we trust

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                    
ConcreteCharlie
Member since Nov 21st 2002
71387 posts
Thu May-09-13 01:32 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
153. "It was a smart move but not necessarily an under the radar move"
In response to Reply # 70


  

          

Did teams have the assets to get it done? Some of them, yes, but most with any picks of value were lousy teams so that's limiting and regardless of quality teams had to also have the contracts and financial flexibility going forward to make it work.

So I don't think there was a short line of teams that would have wanted Harden and as a central player to their team, but I do think Houston was in the best position to make the move and, in turn, made a shrewd deal.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                            
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:37 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
58. "if he's gonna be the Suns' GM, he's obviously gonna retire as a player"
In response to Reply # 31


  

          

I mean he didn't even crack the playoff rotation for the Clippers when they were running Turiaf/Hollins out there for 25 minutes a night & starting Googley-Eye-Butler.

He knows that part of his life is probably finally over but he's a smart dude who undoubtedly learned some things over the course of his decorated college/international careers along with his two full decades in the NBA which featured about six or seven years of being forced to mostly watch due to injury in the middle of it.

He's basically going to be the same age Steve Kerr was (41) when the Suns pulled him out of his brief post-retirement broadcasting career to take over as their GM back in the mid-to-late-aughts.

Same with John Paxson after Krause left & he came down from the booth.

We could easily start a pretty long list of people less qualified going into this gig than Grant Hill over the years.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                            
Ryan M
Member since Oct 21st 2002
43736 posts
Tue May-07-13 02:27 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
67. "Wait - you're the guy who thinks assistant coaches/video guys..."
In response to Reply # 31


  

          

Are supposed to tell the coach how to do his job, right?

Why wouldn't you assume that many of the GM's responsibilities would be delegated to other people?

------------------------------

17x NBA Champions

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                            
Beamer6178
Member since Jan 09th 2006
6379 posts
Tue May-07-13 03:42 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
74. "could he really do worse than ernie fucking grunfeld?"
In response to Reply # 31


  

          

>just appears rash to parachute a guy with absolutely no
>experience into a position where his peers are morey, ujiri,
>riley, walsh, presti, etc.
>
>then again, he can't possibility be worse than colangelo or
>dem specs.

seriously. like where does this bullshit ass speculation come from? do you only watch HALF of the NBA?

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
CyrenYoung
Charter member
34204 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:35 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
45. "does anyone really know..."
In response to Reply # 11


  

          

..what hill's done in his downtime regarding front office work?




*skatin' the rings of saturn*

..and miles to go before i sleep...

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

FromTheGo
Member since Feb 04th 2003
10606 posts
Tue May-07-13 11:58 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
26. "I like Grant Hill. I think he would do well if he hires a consultant "
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

I still don't know how John Paxson beat out BJ Armstrong for the Bulls GM back when, but if Pax and Gar/Pax can do it, hell Grant Hill can too.


More power to him.

†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††
http://s17.postimg.org/6r7bfqpnz/kyrieglass.jpg - They Call Him Mr. Glass

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Ryan M
Member since Oct 21st 2002
43736 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:48 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
49. "Right, so nevermind...(Twitter swipe)"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/331827191044268033

Marc Spears says: Suns have hired Ryan McDonough as GM

This thread is still great tho

------------------------------

17x NBA Champions

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:53 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
50. "totally unqualified"
In response to Reply # 49


  

          

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
Ryan M
Member since Oct 21st 2002
43736 posts
Tue May-07-13 12:56 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
52. "He's a genius...I'll bet he offers Chris Paul a max contract."
In response to Reply # 50


  

          

BECAUSE HE JUST KNOWS

------------------------------

17x NBA Champions

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

            
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Tue May-07-13 02:49 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
69. "that's more of a genius signing than harden, for real. "
In response to Reply # 52


  

          

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Tue May-07-13 07:51 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
79. "Harden was an undersized two who Morey discovered from Ukraine."
In response to Reply # 69


  

          


According to Guinness and friends.


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
Warren Coolidge
Charter member
41998 posts
Tue May-07-13 03:14 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
71. "3 years as celtics assistant GM..... "
In response to Reply # 50


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

            
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 12:38 AM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
86. "33, 3 seasons as Ainge's assistant while the C's made ZERO major moves"
In response to Reply # 71


  

          

unless you count paying Jeff Green plus coming off two terrible drafts (Damaged Goods Sully, then the wack Fat Melo/Kris Joseph combo, JaJuan Johnson the year before who's already out of the league in 2011).

Other than that, what? Being a Boston Globe columnist's son?

That trumps Grant Hill's past two decades in terms of being qualified for this role?!?

I honestly don't know what y'all are talking about at all in this thread.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 11:05 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
90. "http://tinyurl.com/d4yeocr"
In response to Reply # 86


  

          


http://tinyurl.com/d4yeocr

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                    
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 12:28 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
93. "RE: http://tinyurl.com/d4yeocr"
In response to Reply # 90


  

          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj8XwL9oUgM

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Warren Coolidge
Charter member
41998 posts
Wed May-08-13 04:15 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
122. "experience as a players doesn't equate to experience in front office"
In response to Reply # 86


  

          

>unless you count paying Jeff Green plus coming off two
>terrible drafts (Damaged Goods Sully, then the wack Fat
>Melo/Kris Joseph combo, JaJuan Johnson the year before who's
>already out of the league in 2011).
>
>Other than that, what? Being a Boston Globe columnist's son?
>
>That trumps Grant Hill's past two decades in terms of being
>qualified for this role?!?
>
>I honestly don't know what y'all are talking about at all in
>this thread.


There is nothing about Grant Hill that's a guaratee his playing career would equate to success as a GM without first getting some front office experience....nothing at all.

He's smart...he's a good dude from a good family...but none of that means he would make a good GM right way.

experience as a player imo could equate to getting a coaching job right after retirement because that's about the play on the court....Front office...GM stuff is about business...completely different..

I go back to Bob Myers...one of the best young GMs in the game right now....he played in college but not the NBA....he was an agent first...then Jerry West took him under his wing to work in a front office......now he's a GM...

Kupchek was a player...but didn't go right into being a GM...first againt Jerry West mentored him and he eventually became a GM.

the guy Phoenix hired has front office experience under a successful GM for a successful franchise.... that holds more weight for the job than just being a player.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                    
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 04:49 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
125. "experience as a go-fer for Danny Ainge has no correlation to being a bos..."
In response to Reply # 122


  

          

>>unless you count paying Jeff Green plus coming off two
>>terrible drafts (Damaged Goods Sully, then the wack Fat
>>Melo/Kris Joseph combo, JaJuan Johnson the year before who's
>>already out of the league in 2011).
>>
>>Other than that, what? Being a Boston Globe columnist's son?
>>
>>That trumps Grant Hill's past two decades in terms of being
>>qualified for this role?!?
>>
>>I honestly don't know what y'all are talking about at all in
>>this thread.
>
>
>There is nothing about Grant Hill that's a guaratee his
>playing career would equate to success as a GM without first
>getting some front office experience....nothing at all.
>
nothing in life is guaranteed, if you're a journalism school white boy who didn't even play high school ball then you might take a different road than a twenty-year-NBA-playing vet with a legacy.

You are saying......nothing at all.

>He's smart...he's a good dude from a good family...but none of
>that means he would make a good GM right way.
>
I don't even know if McDonough's very smart, was never a fan of his dad's columns, his brother's currentlty fucking up the Jaguars royally & both got into the business of sports because of who their dad was.

>experience as a player imo could equate to getting a coaching
>job right after retirement because that's about the play on
>the court....Front office...GM stuff is about
>business...completely different..
>
Dude, it's knowing the salary cap, being able to evaluate & make draft picks, spending money on the right guys, etc.

It's actually not as hard as you might think, you just either have it or you don't.

>I go back to Bob Myers...one of the best young GMs in the game
>right now....he played in college but not the NBA....he was an
>agent first...then Jerry West took him under his wing to work
>in a front office......now he's a GM...
>
Funny you should mention Jerry West, since he had zero coaching & then zero GM experience before getting each gig.

>Kupchek was a player...but didn't go right into being a
>GM...first againt Jerry West mentored him and he eventually
>became a GM.
>
>the guy Phoenix hired has front office experience under a
>successful GM for a successful franchise.... that holds more
>weight for the job than just being a player.

The guy Phoenix just fired had front office experience with not one but two franchises more successful than the Celtics were while McDonough was there.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                        
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:11 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
129. "Getting Danny Ainge's coffee = genius enough to sign Chris Paul"
In response to Reply # 125


  

          


You're not getting it

----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                        
Warren Coolidge
Charter member
41998 posts
Thu May-09-13 01:28 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
152. "shouldn't we look at how former players have done as GMs"
In response to Reply # 125


  

          

particularly one's that didn't have front office experience first..

particularly in recent years..

guys like..

Ferry?
Smith?
Kiki?
Petrie?
Isiah?

how did those dudes..and cats like em do....and how are they doing now..

it's not a given it's gonna work.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                            
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Thu May-09-13 07:14 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
161. "Should we wonder why West, Dumars, Ainge & Bird were left off your list?"
In response to Reply # 152


  

          

should we ask how these underling with no GM experience guys like McDonough or the guy who preceeded him in Phoenix that just got fired did?

Of course there's no guarantees, I'm saying I'd bet on Grant Hill to be a success in the role but in both his or McDonough's case you won't know until they do it.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:05 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
53. "Good pick"
In response to Reply # 49


  

          

Qualified, metrics guy, white.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:09 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
54. "Well there goes that....."
In response to Reply # 49


          

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
Marauder21
Charter member
49516 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:36 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
57. "Indeed"
In response to Reply # 49


  

          


>This thread is still great tho

------

12 play and 12 planets are enlighten for all the Aliens to Party and free those on the Sex Planet-maxxx

XBL: trkc21
Twitter: @tyrcasey

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

southphillyman
Member since Oct 22nd 2003
90059 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:15 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
55. "Suns should have hired him imo"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

grant hill would be great as the face of a team
the nba needs more black executives imo
to OEs point Morey been building a 8th seed for 6 yrs and stay getting props for it
so grant woulda got a couple yrs to learn on the job from me

~~~~~~

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:30 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
56. "They'd be setting him up to fail though."
In response to Reply # 55


          

It's unlikely he'd get the benefit of the doubt to learn on the job.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
ConcreteCharlie
Member since Nov 21st 2002
71387 posts
Thu May-09-13 01:13 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
151. "Kind of a junk situation for him plus black execs laying low now"
In response to Reply # 55


  

          

They had a great run as a group with Joe D and Otis doing their thing but obviously those situations have turned pretty sour. Also, how is the movement going to move while Billy King remains a part of it?

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Castro
Charter member
50739 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:52 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
62. "Plenty of quotables here. Carry on."
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

------------------
One Hundred.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

rjc27
Charter member
14602 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:53 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
"nowhere to go but up"


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

rjc27
Charter member
14602 posts
Tue May-07-13 01:53 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
63. "nowhere to go but up"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Beamer6178
Member since Jan 09th 2006
6379 posts
Tue May-07-13 03:47 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
75. "Ba, you're a fool, I'm here wondering how this shit got so much traffic"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

And then you go in with "dentistry" and "contra spray gun"

some people are trying to WORK here.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

darius heyward bey
Member since Oct 13th 2009
5119 posts
Tue May-07-13 04:02 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
77. "...a bitch (c) Fab 5 doc"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

Nigga I'm FAST....*pyoon*
ARE YOU TRYING TO RACE?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Hiper18Yc

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

calminvasion
Charter member
12573 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:28 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
81. "Goof for Ryan, but com'n"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

I actually met Ryan a couple of times, even grabbed a bite with him, good dude. One of my boys in grad school was a fellow manager at UNC with him in undergrad. My man had a great hookup with the Celts while we were in Boston together and he took me to a couple of games (Floor seats at that, sadly might be the last time I get that kind of hookup, this was also the last year pre-KG so that might have been part of it)

The connect for the tickets wasn't Ryan (one of the very minority owners), but he would come down and kicked it at half time, and had dinner another time. he was a scout with the Celtics then. Seems like a smart hard working dude. No doubt he's put in the time.

BUT, come the f'k on, the notion that someone as smart as Grant Hill with 20 years of embedded NBA experience is some how dramatically less qualified than a guy who was a scout for ~5/Assistant GM for 3 is kind of ludicrous. I think RM will do well, but I think Grant would do just as well, and is smart enough to close the small gaps he may have and would arm himself with the appropriate people to help him close that gap.

Also, I like Ryan, broke bread with him ~ 6 yrs back, and my man speaks highly of him, but he got through the door because of nepotism, and who his father is, that simple. He made the best of it, and that's a big part off the reason he's a GM at 33, but the idea that he is such a superior more qualified candidate than Grant is insulting.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Wed May-08-13 11:18 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
92. "obviously lots of nepotism."
In response to Reply # 81


  

          

"McDonough’s family is loaded with professional sports ties: His father was Boston Globe columnist Will McDonough; one brother, Sean, is a broadcaster for ESPN; and his other brother, Terry, is director of player personnel for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars. The Boston Globe reports that those family ties helped him get his foot in the door."

that said, he was with the celtics for a decade and started in the scouting department. as for grant hill, i think he probably has the aptitude for the position, but was playing *this season.* i have no idea how involved he's been with front offices over his career, but i think it's fundamentally problematic to hire someone as a GM that isn't an expert on capology or metrics in 2013. that's THE JOB.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
Ceej
Member since Feb 16th 2006
66741 posts
Wed May-08-13 12:30 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
94. "Thats kinda not nepotism tho."
In response to Reply # 92


  

          

Like at all.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 12:51 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
96. "stop with the bullshit, the GM is the head of the organization"
In response to Reply # 92
Wed May-08-13 12:53 PM by Bombastic

  

          

it is far easier to find a guy you can have help you with the 'capology' & 'metrics' than to find a guy who actually will set a program/vision in place for the franchise while being the face/head of it.

And pretending off the break that Grant Hill wouldn't have thought about those things enough to even get an interview to pair against this McDonough's son clown whose brother's capology/'metrics' are currently sinking the fucking Jaguars in another sport is funny.

Grant Hill could have hired a dude a couple years out of school better than McDonough who can't even help Ainge figure out how to not burn the use of any player on a cap-friendly rookie-deal or who paid Jeff Green.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

            
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Wed May-08-13 01:14 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
98. "wouldn't that be team president?"
In response to Reply # 96


  

          

again, i don't want a dude who was playing *this season* to make personnel decisions for my team.
i don't want to have cap/metric stuff explained to him or relayed by other employees.
i don't want him to learn on the job.

grant hill may one day be a great GM, but i wouldn't hand the keys to my organization over to someone who has literally not spent a day working in the front office in any capacity. if you want those things, cool. neither of us has a basketball team.

mcdonough worked for the celtics for 10 years, starting in scouting. he might end up sucking, but posing him as an entitled naif who parachuted into the asst GM position is wildly dishonest.

i think his age is just making 30-plus sports fans furious on some lena dunham shit.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 01:32 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
101. "I don't know why you're hinging everything on *this season*"
In response to Reply # 98


  

          

he's done playing, he's been preparing to be done playing for quite sometime now.

To pretend he's never looked into any of this 'metric' shit as if it's so complex you need to spend years studying it or can't delegate it to some degree is the stuff that's wildly dishonest.

>again, i don't want a dude who was playing *this season* to
>make personnel decisions for my team.
>i don't want to have cap/metric stuff explained to him or
>relayed by other employees.
>i don't want him to learn on the job.
>
>grant hill may one day be a great GM, but i wouldn't hand the
>keys to my organization over to someone who has literally not
>spent a day working in the front office in any capacity. if
>you want those things, cool. neither of us has a basketball
>team.
>
I'd take him in Philly today.

>mcdonough worked for the celtics for 10 years, starting in
>scouting. he might end up sucking, but posing him as an
>entitled naif who parachuted into the asst GM position is
>wildly dishonest.
>\
We have no idea what he actually did in any of those roles, we do know how he got the role had nothing to do with his ability to assess basketball matters & his period as an Assistant GM has been three years & the Celtics haven't made one move in that time period you'd even consider good.

>i think his age is just making 30-plus sports fans furious on
>some lena dunham shit.

LOL, jesus.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                    
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Wed May-08-13 01:48 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
103. "cool, cool."
In response to Reply # 101


  

          

you'd be happy with the sixers hiring a dude solely because he's smart, likable and been around pro basketball for a long time. i mean, there's not even a single other nugget of information to indicate what kind of GM he'd be.

all we do know, however, is that he was PLAYING BASKETBALL THIS SEASON.

meanwhile:

"While the rest of the world sort of dropped on Rondo, Ryan continued to evaluate him even higher," says Ainge. "Ryan was pushing very, very hard for Rajon. Ryan was very big in us having that strong of a desire for Rajon."

The Celtics used their lottery pick to acquire Sebastian Telfair, but as the draft continued to unfold, McDonough made a renewed pitch. The price was fairly steep to buy back into the first round and included cash, a future first-round pick and assuming Brian Grant’s contract.

"Ownership deserves a lot of credit for that," McDonough says. "Wyc and Steve said, ‘Alright you guys think he’s going to be that good,’ and it was unanimous that we did. We thought he could be a special player and luckily he was because we asked them to pay a lot of money to go get that pick."

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                        
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 01:54 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
105. "Sounds like he's almost as qualified as RealBillyOcean"
In response to Reply # 103


  

          


>"While the rest of the world sort of dropped on Rondo, Ryan
>continued to evaluate him even higher," says Ainge. "Ryan was
>pushing very, very hard for Rajon. Ryan was very big in us
>having that strong of a desire for Rajon."


You're an embarrassment.

Shame on you, seriously.


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                            
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:12 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
111. "***preps resume***"
In response to Reply # 105


          

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                        
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 02:33 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
107. "Nothin to do w/lotto on Bassy but Rondo who I called a steal there was a..."
In response to Reply # 103


  

          

All Will McDonough's kid.

Congrats to him for watching the NCAA tourney the prior year.

Cool, so lemme guess: he was hands off on JaJuan Johnson, Brokeback Sully & those two 'Cuse scrubs too but got overruled?

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                            
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Wed May-08-13 02:52 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
109. "what's your point?"
In response to Reply # 107
Wed May-08-13 02:53 PM by Guinness

  

          

you've been wailing about him being with the celtics for three years.
he's been there ten.
you've been moaning about him not being involved in any good decisions.
i gave you an example for a crucial one that shaped the franchise.

i'm not even riding for this dude, just saying he's been around for a while and has a solid reputation as a scout and numbers guy. you being furious about a guy who has spent a decade in the front office being hired for a front office position is beyond weird.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:31 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
114. "I said 'Asst GM' for 3 years, in those 3 years they made 0 good moves"
In response to Reply # 109


  

          

your evidence of his acumen was that 8 years ago when they traded a lotto pick for Bassy then later got bailed out by Sarver giving away first-rounders & landing Rondo in the 20's (when he was far & away the best player available) he's a bona fide GM star on the rise.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                    
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:22 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
135. "He backed away from that argument. Picks don't matter to him now. "
In response to Reply # 114


  

          


Now the fact that he worked in an office is important


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                            
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:24 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
113. "In the Celtics defense Sully can play & the rest are shit picks."
In response to Reply # 107


          

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:32 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
115. "avery bradley was a decent pick at 19."
In response to Reply # 113


  

          

the problem is that bomb flew off the handle thinking this guy had only been working with the celtics for three years. now he's foolishly sticking to his guns, despite the dude being reasonably qualified for the position.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                    
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:37 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
118. "you might wanna actually read what I wrote, I clearly said Asst GM"
In response to Reply # 115
Wed May-08-13 03:40 PM by Bombastic

  

          

you're foolishly sticking with this dude because he's a 'metrics' guy as if (much like every GM in baseball post-Beane or West-Coast Offense guys in the 2000s NFL) like that really even means anything since every GM hire in this day & age will be one to some degree.

So with five firsts in three years, they landed one guy (Bradley) who will be able to be on a roster post-rookie deal.

Congrats.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                        
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:48 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
120. "dude, i don't give a shit about his picks."
In response to Reply # 118
Wed May-08-13 03:55 PM by Guinness

  

          

and maybe he'll be a total fucking disaster.

the point is that he's worked in a front office for ten years, including three as an assistant GM. then he got hired as a GM. if i was hiring someone to be a general manager, background in scouting and, oh, being an assistant general manager would look nice on a resume. they're a team that's going to rebuild through the draft and that's his expertise, apparently.

why on earth would grant hill, who was playing pro ball this season, be more qualified than someone who was AN ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER? is there even another example of a player who went from active to being in charge of trades, signing and contracts without any experience whatsoever?

you suggested giving "final say" in a several-hundred-million-dollar company to someone who has never, ever, ever done any of those things. you'd be comfortable having grant hill negotiate deals with presti or r.c. buford? good god! come on man.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                            
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 04:42 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
123. "clearly u dont-I wouldnt either if the last 4 were JuJuan/Sully/Fab/Kris"
In response to Reply # 120


  

          

>and maybe he'll be a total fucking disaster.
>
>the point is that he's worked in a front office for ten years,
>including three as an assistant GM.

is that the point?

because Lance 'Shootin' Blanks, the bum they just tossed from the job had ten years or more, five with the Spurs & then five with the Cavs as 'Assistant GM'.

You or I have zero years experience but I bet both would have made better draft choices than the Sixers did over the past 25 years.

Stop acting like they're breaking atoms in there.

then he got hired as a GM.
>if i was hiring someone to be a general manager, background in
>scouting and, oh, being an assistant general manager would
>look nice on a resume. they're a team that's going to rebuild
>through the draft and that's his expertise, apparently.
>
>why on earth would grant hill, who was playing pro ball this
>season, be more qualified than someone who was AN ASSISTANT
>GENERAL MANAGER?

Why would Jerry West, Larry Bird or Danny Ainge be better at this job than Lance Blanks, Kevin Pritchard or Larry Harris?

is there even another example of a player who
>went from active to being in charge of trades, signing and
>contracts without any experience whatsoever?
>
there's plenty of guys that went into head coaching & GM slots without experience, yes, including several great ones.

But you're so hung up on the fact that he played in 26 games this season for 15 minutes per that somehow that eliminates his ability to evaluate the league he was playing (mostly sitting/watching much like the whole middle of his career) in for the past two decades.

That's funny to me.

>you suggested giving "final say" in a
>several-hundred-million-dollar company to someone who has
>never, ever, ever done any of those things. you'd be
>comfortable having grant hill negotiate deals with presti or
>r.c. buford? good god! come on man.

'Final Say' means exactly what it means, you make the final call with all the information your team assembled has come up with to that point, make a decision based on that along with your own knowledge/beliefs/research, pull the trigger & own it.

Yes I believe Grant Hill has the smarts along with having served 20 years in blood/sweat equity/firsthand-knowledge-of-the-league-from-inside-out that I'd want in charge of my corporation and think is far less a risk than some crumbumb sportswriter's son with a UNC journalism degree & some years as a go-fer in Boston due to who his daddy is.

Neither has been a 'CEO' buck-stops-here before.

There's actually no question in my mind who I'd rather have. There's hundreds of dudes doing or trying to do what McDonough has done.

Grant Hill on the other hand is one of the more unique individuals in the sport amongst his entire generation, I think giving him a shot would be a safer one plus have more upside.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:12 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
130. "coaching and being GM are not the same thing."
In response to Reply # 123


  

          

>there's plenty of guys that went into head coaching & GM slots
>without experience, yes, including several great ones.

is there one example of a someone who went directly from playing to being a GM?

and all your gushing praise about "blood/sweat equity/firsthand-knowledge-of-the-league-from-inside-out" fits every single veteran. and i'm not even sure how most of that would make him any better prepared to find loopholes in the CBA.

i'm not even riding for this mcdonough dude, but it's fascinating how furious his backstory makes you.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                    
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:16 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
132. "You're honestly an awful person. "
In response to Reply # 130


  

          


>i'm not even riding for this mcdonough dude, but it's
>fascinating how furious his backstory makes you.

a) Yes, you are riding for him

b) I don't care about Ryan Mcwhoever. Don't care. My issue is
how quickly you struck down at Grant Hill and yet are squirming
to defend this guy who you know absolutely nothing about.
You've changed your argument and backtracked several times.

----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                    
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:39 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
138. "RE: coaching and being GM are not the same thing."
In response to Reply # 130


  

          

>>there's plenty of guys that went into head coaching & GM
>slots
>>without experience, yes, including several great ones.
>
>is there one example of a someone who went directly from
>playing to being a GM?
>
There's lots of examples of guys who've never been GMs or in a front-office role coming into the head chair & succeeding, including the guy you're giving McDonough credit for serving under.

Still hung up about those 26 games Grant played this year?

>and all your gushing praise about "blood/sweat
>equity/firsthand-knowledge-of-the-league-from-inside-out" fits
>every single veteran. and i'm not even sure how most of that
>would make him any better prepared to find loopholes in the
>CBA.
>
Do we really need to pretend there's no difference between Grant Hill & Rick Mahorn?

They both played ball for two decades so their chances of success in an executive role are the same?

You gonna pretend that Grant can't hire a cap-specialist as easy or in fact almost surely easier than Ryan McDonough can be the HGMIC?

>i'm not even riding for this mcdonough dude, but it's
>fascinating how furious his backstory makes you.

Nah, trust, y'all are much more furious than I am about this.

I just find it funny that you've convinced yourself one guy is wildly unqualified because he's uh, been sorta busy, over the past two decades while the other was doing kegstands then learning at Danny Ainge's feet after daddy got him a gig.

It's a really amazingly Republican way of looking at things.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                        
Guinness
Charter member
26270 posts
Wed May-08-13 06:08 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
141. "haha"
In response to Reply # 138


  

          

i hate people from boston too, dude. subhuman southie slime.

but that doesn't change the fact that he's been in player personnel for ten years, and is now taking another job in player personnel. he'll probably suck, since phoenix makes shitty decisions all the time.

but we don't know anything about grant hill that indicates he'd be any good whatsoever at being a GM, other than that he's smart and played hoops for a long time. it's not like he's shane battier, who publicly became the poster boy for metrics and sold lebron on the perils of midrange shooting. maybe hill is exactly the same, but we simply have NO IDEA.

the only current players who would make good GMs:

battier
nash
nick collison
mike dunleavy
spencer hawes
manu
matt bonner
luke babbitt
donatas motiejunas
chase budinger

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                            
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 06:47 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
142. "RE: haha"
In response to Reply # 141


  

          

>i hate people from boston too, dude. subhuman southie slime.
>
>but that doesn't change the fact that he's been in player
>personnel for ten years, and is now taking another job in
>player personnel. he'll probably suck, since phoenix makes
>shitty decisions all the time.
>
right, like the last guy with the same resume if not better.

>but we don't know anything about grant hill that indicates
>he'd be any good whatsoever at being a GM, other than that
>he's smart and played hoops for a long time. it's not like
>he's shane battier, who publicly became the poster boy for
>metrics and sold lebron on the perils of midrange shooting.
>maybe hill is exactly the same, but we simply have NO IDEA.
>
Shane Battier publically declares at every opportunity that he doesn't watch basketball & has expressed no interest in doing anything in it post-career.

But I do think Grant Hill is as cerebral as Battier while possessing more cache amongst his peers, following the league closer & being more inclined towards a leadership role.

>the only current players who would make good GMs:
>
>battier
>nash
>nick collison
>mike dunleavy
>spencer hawes
>manu
>matt bonner
>luke babbitt
>donatas motiejunas
>chase budinger
>

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                            
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:02 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
127. "You are SUCH a fucking PUSSY. Seriously"
In response to Reply # 120
Wed May-08-13 05:08 PM by Orbit_Established

  

          


- FIRST you google random quotes about how he is genius
enough to know secrets of the universe like Rajon Rondo
would be good to argue that he has an eye for talent and
was instrumental in good draft picks

- Then after that point gets fried (because the Celtics'
picks have been awful more than good during his tenure) you
backtrack to "the picks don't matter, he was in a front
office"

You have NO evidence that this guy knows anything MORE
about basketball than Southphillyman. ZERO. ZILCH. You
SELECTIVELY choose ONE DRAFT PICK to make your case and
then backtrack

AND THEN you run behind the fact that he was MERELY IN a
front office, which he ALSO GOT BECAUSE HE IS WHITE and
privileged

You CHANGED your argument to shape-shift and defend
the WHITE BOY that you KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.


And you had the NERVE to shit on GRANT HILL!?!?


You're honestly disgusting and an awful person.




----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                
Beamer6178
Member since Jan 09th 2006
6379 posts
Thu May-09-13 11:56 AM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
150. "LOL his whole shit sounds like white criticisms of affirmative action"
In response to Reply # 127


  

          

"what if they aren't qualified? (since we know ALL white people are)" ROFL

>
>- FIRST you google random quotes about how he is genius
>enough to know secrets of the universe like Rajon Rondo
>would be good to argue that he has an eye for talent and
>was instrumental in good draft picks
>
>- Then after that point gets fried (because the Celtics'
>picks have been awful more than good during his tenure) you
>backtrack to "the picks don't matter, he was in a front
>office"
>
>You have NO evidence that this guy knows anything MORE
>about basketball than Southphillyman. ZERO. ZILCH. You
>SELECTIVELY choose ONE DRAFT PICK to make your case and
>then backtrack
>
>AND THEN you run behind the fact that he was MERELY IN a
>front office, which he ALSO GOT BECAUSE HE IS WHITE and
>privileged
>
>You CHANGED your argument to shape-shift and defend
>the WHITE BOY that you KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
>
>
>And you had the NERVE to shit on GRANT HILL!?!?
>
>
>You're honestly disgusting and an awful person.
>
>
>
>
>----------------------------
>
>
>
>O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"
>
>
>
>
>"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."
>
>(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:32 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
116. "Sully *can't* play physically, thats the whole reason he was still there"
In response to Reply # 113
Wed May-08-13 03:33 PM by Bombastic

  

          

the other picks were obvious trash to anyone with half a clue.......but I'm sure those weren't Assistant GM McDunny's fault, just Ainge's.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                    
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Wed May-08-13 04:44 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
124. "Nah, Sully needed surgery and tried to play through it."
In response to Reply # 116


          

He'll be good.

The rest weren't good picks to begin with (late teens, 20's). You hit some, miss some.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                        
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 04:53 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
126. "he was available....bcuz he had an injury history....he then got injured..."
In response to Reply # 124


  

          

Again.

I'm not convinced he'll be good healthwise for any extended amount of time & if they were gonna take a flyer on him they certainly didn't need to do the same with Fab Melo right aferwards.....then chase that with Kris Joseph.

Someone find me the metric for Syracuse player success in this league post-D.C.

I guarantee you it's a lower percentage than Caramello's worst shooting performance of the season.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                            
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:03 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
128. "Those are low 1's and a 2nd round pick. "
In response to Reply # 126


          

Who'd you rather have them pick Robert Sacre?

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:27 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
136. "good GMs seem to make those work, meanwhile none of those guys"
In response to Reply # 128


  

          

Would you rather have JuJuan Johnson or Jimmy Butler?

Fab Melo or Teague/Moutrie?

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                    
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:37 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
137. "The C's needed bigs going into both drafts."
In response to Reply # 136


          

So they went big since they were in need of rebounding and shot blocking.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                        
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:44 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
139. "and they gonna keep needing bigs if they keep picking big busts"
In response to Reply # 137


  

          

Moultrie is the same height as Fab Melo, who'd you rather have?

Shit, Lavoy Allen is about a half-inch to an inch shorter but 30 pounds heavier than JuJuan Johnson.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                            
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Wed May-08-13 05:49 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
140. "I've never watched Melo. I've seen Moultrie. "
In response to Reply # 139


          

I'd rather have him.

I thought Johnson was a solid pick.

Moore can play in this league too.

They're gonna keep needing better bigs until they have a good enough pick.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                                
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 06:48 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
143. "RE: I've never watched Melo. I've seen Moultrie. "
In response to Reply # 140


  

          

>I'd rather have him.
>
>I thought Johnson was a solid pick.
>
It wasn't.

>Moore can play in this league too.
>
Who?

>They're gonna keep needing better bigs until they have a good
>enough pick.

They had good enough picks to get somebody better than who they got.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                                    
TheRealBillyOcean
Charter member
38224 posts
Wed May-08-13 07:50 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
146. "RE: I've never watched Melo. I've seen Moultrie. "
In response to Reply # 143


          

>>I'd rather have him.
>>
>>I thought Johnson was a solid pick.
>>
>It wasn't.

Of course in hindsight.

But there wasn't much time for him to play. Then he got traded.

>>Moore can play in this league too.
>>
>Who?


Etwuan Moore

>>They're gonna keep needing better bigs until they have a
>good
>>enough pick.
>
>They had good enough picks to get somebody better than who
>they got.

Again with hindsight, you can pick a player here or there they should've gotten. But other teams passed on them too.

When's the last time the Lakers drafted a solid player?

Its not easy with picks in the 20s.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                                                                        
Bombastic
Charter member
88874 posts
Wed May-08-13 08:12 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
147. "RE: I've never watched Melo. I've seen Moultrie. "
In response to Reply # 146


  

          

>>>I'd rather have him.
>>>
>>>I thought Johnson was a solid pick.
>>>
>>It wasn't.
>
>Of course in hindsight.
>
>But there wasn't much time for him to play. Then he got
>traded.

dawg he's getting traded around the D-League now.

>
>>>Moore can play in this league too.
>>>
>>Who?
>
>
>Etwuan Moore
>
>>>They're gonna keep needing better bigs until they have a
>>good
>>>enough pick.
>>
>>They had good enough picks to get somebody better than who
>>they got.
>
>Again with hindsight, you can pick a player here or there they
>should've gotten. But other teams passed on them too.
>
of course, with hindsight, what else are we doing here?

>When's the last time the Lakers drafted a solid player?
>
>Its not easy with picks in the 20s.
>
The Lakers haven't had a pick in the 20s since George Bush was president, so not sure what they have to do with it.

Point is if you have three picks between 20-21, you should be able to find *someone* that can actually hold a roster spot until the middle of their rookie deal.

They've got two guys that won't be (Melo & JuJuan) and another guy injured who they drafted knowing he's got injury issues.

Why is this McDonough dude good for being a part of that is what I'm curious about.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

                
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Wed May-08-13 01:38 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
102. "Actually, the opposite is happening"
In response to Reply # 98


  

          


>i think his age is just making 30-plus sports fans furious on
>some lena dunham shit.

No, you're white, 33, not very qualified, and suck at basketball,
and so you're defending the white, 33, not very qualified, sucks
at basketball hire while shitting on the charismatic, smart,
highly respected black former basketball star potential hire.

Why?

Because the former getting the job makes you feel better about yourself.

Weird: I'm more like the white guy than the black guy in this
situation and yet I'm magically able to call it like it is.

Try being fair, for a change.


----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Kira
Member since Nov 14th 2004
28841 posts
Tue May-07-13 10:37 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
83. "ARCHIVE"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

No empathy for white misery (c) BDot

"root for everybody black haters say that's crazy, wow..."

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

soulfunk
Charter member
10998 posts
Wed May-08-13 02:51 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
108. "This post title is gonna be confusing in the archives."
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Numba_33
Charter member
19322 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:01 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
110. "I want one of the photoshop warriors"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

to do alter an image of the 8-bit Contra game with one of the dudes shooting the spraw gun at a floating head of Mashburn cheesing.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
Kajun
Member since Jan 11th 2008
1007 posts
Wed May-08-13 03:36 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
117. "http://oi43.tinypic.com/2v9xc7o.jpg"
In response to Reply # 110
Wed May-08-13 03:52 PM by Kajun

  

          

http://oi43.tinypic.com/2v9xc7o.jpg



**EDIT**

Now available with exclusive Hubie Brown commentary!

http://oi44.tinypic.com/er0vpl.jpg

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
Numba_33
Charter member
19322 posts
Wed May-08-13 07:35 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
144. "Quick effort there"
In response to Reply # 117


  

          

I was in tears at work when I saw this at first. Many thanks.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

ConcreteCharlie
Member since Nov 21st 2002
71387 posts
Thu May-09-13 01:34 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
154. "SMH"
In response to Reply # 0
Thu May-09-13 01:45 PM by ConcreteCharlie

  

          

The anti-McDonagh shit here is WILD, man. I mean reducing him to a "go'fer/errand boy/coffee bitch" and saying he got the job because of family ties that, to my eye, have zero influence over the Celtics is funny to me. I kinda respect what CalmInvasion said as at least he was kind of speaking from a knowledgeable position.

McDonagh doesn't have to be a joke for Hill to be qualified. A better job will come along for Hill if he wants it. Maybe he can reverse the curse, we've seen what Danny Ferry and Dem Specs can do already.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Thu May-09-13 01:37 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
155. "Nice how you didn't focus on the senseless anti-Hill stuff. "
In response to Reply # 154


  

          

>The anti-McDonagh shit here is WILD, man. I mean reducing him
>to a "go'fer/errand boy/coffee bitch" and saying he got the
>job because of family ties that, to my eye, have zero
>influence over the Celtics is funny to me.
>
>McDonagh doesn't have to be a joke for Hill to be qualified. A
>better job will come along for Hill if he wants it. Maybe he
>can reverse the curse, we've seen what Danny Ferry and Dem
>Specs can do already.

Pathetic

----------------------------



O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
ConcreteCharlie
Member since Nov 21st 2002
71387 posts
Thu May-09-13 03:38 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
157. "because it's just wrong, not outright absurd, imaginary and fabricated"
In response to Reply # 155
Thu May-09-13 03:40 PM by ConcreteCharlie

  

          

and actually i think i addressed it pretty well by saying that hill is a qualified candidate who will ultimately land a better job than this one soooooo ...

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

            
Orbit_Established
Member since Oct 27th 2002
52934 posts
Thu May-09-13 07:01 PM

Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
160. "My ONLY ISSUE here is the double standard. NOT Mcdonaghafdafdsf"
In response to Reply # 157


  

          


Don't care about him, hope he does well

I got into this because of Giness making shit up about
why Grant Hill wasn't qualified and then COPPING PLEAS,
backtracking, changing his argument mid-sentence.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
Basaglia
Member since Nov 30th 2004
49463 posts
Thu May-09-13 01:43 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
156. "Danny Ferry a bad GM now? when that happen?"
In response to Reply # 154
Thu May-09-13 01:44 PM by Basaglia

  

          

this is blatant homophobia.

____________________________________________________


Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

        
ConcreteCharlie
Member since Nov 21st 2002
71387 posts
Thu May-09-13 03:39 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
158. "lmao"
In response to Reply # 156


  

          

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Numba_33
Charter member
19322 posts
Wed Sep-18-13 01:21 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
162. "How was this not archived?"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Numba_33
Charter member
19322 posts
Thu Jun-02-16 12:28 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
164. "Upping this again so it'll get archived."
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

Or at least so it won't get pushed off the boards into Bolivian.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Numba_33
Charter member
19322 posts
Tue Dec-27-16 02:26 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
166. "Upping this again in the hopes it'll get archived. n/m"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

    
soulfunk
Charter member
10998 posts
Tue Dec-27-16 04:50 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy list
167. "I just sent an inbox to a mod asking for archive. "
In response to Reply # 166


  

          

Bumping it saves the post from getting deleted, but the mods won't see that it should be archived unless they get an inbox or it's mentioned in one of those archive request posts...

  

Printer-friendly copy | Top

Lobby Okay Sports Okay Sports Archives topic #107474 Previous topic | Next topic
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.25
Copyright © DCScripts.com