Comments on: The 5 Most Reliable GMs in the NBA http://sircharlesincharge.com/2009/08/04/the-5-most-reliable-gms-in-the-nba/ The best NBA blog that provides fresh news, updates, rumors, and opinions Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:23:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Don (with malice) http://sircharlesincharge.com/2009/08/04/the-5-most-reliable-gms-in-the-nba/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Don (with malice) Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:29:31 +0000 http://sircharlesincharge.com/?p=409#comment-254 Gotta say I agree with Mitch Kupchak needing to be on this list, and Dumars too. Presti could be a damn good GM, but we won't really know until a few more years down the track. Including him now is premature. I do lean towards Pritchard being at least slightly overrated too. In an off-season where many have made massive inroads to bettering their rosters, Portland's been a bit 'meh'. I'm not at all convinced that Andre Miller's the right fit for them. I guess we'll know in about... say... 9 months. Gotta say I agree with Mitch Kupchak needing to be on this list, and Dumars too.

Presti could be a damn good GM, but we won’t really know until a few more years down the track. Including him now is premature.
I do lean towards Pritchard being at least slightly overrated too. In an off-season where many have made massive inroads to bettering their rosters, Portland’s been a bit ‘meh’. I’m not at all convinced that Andre Miller’s the right fit for them.
I guess we’ll know in about… say… 9 months.

]]> By: Andrew Ungvari http://sircharlesincharge.com/2009/08/04/the-5-most-reliable-gms-in-the-nba/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Andrew Ungvari Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:14:29 +0000 http://sircharlesincharge.com/?p=409#comment-235 @Patrick - Bower didn't draft Chris Paul. Alan Bristow did just before Bower took over as GM. He was with the team but he wasn't the GM. You have a guy who presides over a team that has never had a winning record listed as the second most reliable GM in the NBA—second only to a GM who has presided over four championship teams. What has Presti done to make him the second most reliable GM in the NBA? Right now his résumé has nothing on it other than drafting well with high picks. He's put all of his eggs in the 2010 free agent market. Let's see if that pays off. He's done well in getting guys like Sefolosha for nothing. But he gave Nenad Krstic a three-year deal with a player option for next season at $5.8 million. Why would he buy out Earl Watson when he could have at least got back something for his expiring contract? He traded Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis when a team with Allen, Lewis, and Durant would have been a playoff team. I get what he's trying to do. I just won't anoint him the second most reliable GM until he actually executes it with results. @Patrick – Bower didn’t draft Chris Paul. Alan Bristow did just before Bower took over as GM. He was with the team but he wasn’t the GM.

You have a guy who presides over a team that has never had a winning record listed as the second most reliable GM in the NBA—second only to a GM who has presided over four championship teams.

What has Presti done to make him the second most reliable GM in the NBA? Right now his résumé has nothing on it other than drafting well with high picks. He’s put all of his eggs in the 2010 free agent market. Let’s see if that pays off.

He’s done well in getting guys like Sefolosha for nothing. But he gave Nenad Krstic a three-year deal with a player option for next season at $5.8 million. Why would he buy out Earl Watson when he could have at least got back something for his expiring contract?

He traded Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis when a team with Allen, Lewis, and Durant would have been a playoff team. I get what he’s trying to do. I just won’t anoint him the second most reliable GM until he actually executes it with results.

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