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ace3g
10-14-2016, 06:53 PM
http://www.espn.com/blog/san-antonio-spurs/post/_/id/1038/spurs-add-former-cavs-gm-chris-grant-as-scout

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The San Antonio Spurs (http://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/sa/san-antonio-spurs) have hired former Cleveland Cavaliers (http://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-cavaliers) general manager Chris Grant for a role as a team scout, league sources informed ESPN.

Grant, 44, has not held an NBA position since he was fired by the Cavs in February 2014. David Griffin, who at the time was the Cavs' vice president of basketball operations, stepped in as the acting general manager before securing the role permanently three months later.

Grant is responsible for the drafting of point guard Kyrie Irving (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving) and center Tristan Thompson (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6474/tristan-thompson) with the Nos. 1 and 4 overall picks in the 2011 NBA draft. However, his draft record also includes selecting Anthony Bennett (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2991473/anthony-bennett) with the No. 1 pick in 2013 and a failed experiment with the acquisition of big man Andrew Bynum, who played only 24 games with the Cavs during the 2013-14 campaign.
gambit1990
10-14-2016, 06:57 PM
not crazy about his track record.
SAGirl
10-14-2016, 07:01 PM
A bunch of misses, Irving was obvious and I like Tristan, but he's no star and got paid thanks to playing next to Lebron. Cle was headed nowhere before Bron... :wakeup FO wasn't doing anything to improve that team. Meh
baseline bum
10-14-2016, 07:03 PM
:lol Drafting Anthony Bennett #1
baseline bum
10-14-2016, 07:05 PM
A bunch of misses, Irving was obvious and I like Tristan, but he's no star and got paid thanks to playing next to Lebron. Cle was headed nowhere before Bron... :wakeup FO wasn't doing anything to improve that team. Meh

Thompson has become a decent player but Valaciunas was the obvious pick to make there and they would be a lot better with him.
spursistan
10-14-2016, 07:19 PM
Not sure if i like PATFO opening a rehabilitation department for toast NBA figures :lol
TheGreatYacht
10-14-2016, 07:25 PM
To be fair to him, that Anthony Bennett draft was terrible tbh. Class full of role players if I've ever seen one
SilverSpur
10-14-2016, 11:03 PM
Good GMs make their money on finding players in the second round.
Spurtacular
10-15-2016, 01:29 AM
Good GMs make their money on finding players in the second round.

Hence why I didn't like the Spurs trading a second for Black Ollie.
Dancelot
10-15-2016, 02:30 AM
:lol Drafting Anthony Bennett #1
Fu*k :lol we're screwed
james evans
10-15-2016, 06:08 AM
:lol Drafting Anthony Bennett #1
exactly what I came in here to type hahha. This isn't a good thing
james evans
10-15-2016, 06:12 AM
To be fair to him, that Anthony Bennett draft was terrible tbh. Class full of role players if I've ever seen one
When you got a class that bad, that's when you sucker someone into a trade for a big piece or for a top bench player and a future first round pick(knowing they are going right back to the lottery). There is no rule that you have to use your lottery pick haha. You're right, that draft was terrible, but Bennet though?
ace3g
10-15-2016, 10:26 AM
Looks like they also hired Pops Mensah Bonsu

Respect the Game: The SLAM Podcast Episode 25 Feat. Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Read more at http://www.slamonline.com/media/slam-tv/slam-podcast-pops-mensah-bonsu/#xGRydQ3SAZhp3Plw.99

Pops talks about being part of an epic dunk contest with Gerald Green and James White, getting batteries thrown at him while playing overseas, his time with the Toronto Raptors, his playing days at George Washington, his new job with the San Antonio Spurs and much, much more!

Read more at http://www.slamonline.com/media/slam-tv/slam-podcast-pops-mensah-bonsu/#xGRydQ3SAZhp3Plw.99
NameLess Scrub
10-15-2016, 10:44 AM
Not feeling particularly good about ex Cavs management coming over.