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A good coach too. Good luck to you, PJ.
Per NBA TV.
Well, there goes the good GM
A good coach too. Good luck to you, PJ.
nooooooooooooooooooooooo
couldn't they freaking take RC? Damnit! damnit! damnit!
Well at least PJ has a better chance of being gone but Damn...I think the franchise is going to miss Presti more than they would have missed RC.
I am not so sure that Presti will accept. he has made it clear that he wants to be in the right situation. Perhaps the spurs will figure out a way to move RC out of the GM position and move presti in. Either way I guess time will tell. In my opinion this is one place that the spurs need to get younger.
Yeah but Seattle, even though it is probably moving, is going to have Durant and Allen. So it's a pretty good situation. A young up and coming team that with the right moves has an excellent future no matter where it goes.
Seattle's a beautiful place to live, and OKC isn't that different from San Antonio. I don't see Presti turning it down.
*Oden and Allen
Don't assume Oden goes #1.
-Mars
does it matter? Oden or Durant will give them a great future. And thus it is a dream job for any GM. How often do GM's get the pick of the litter to start their managerial career? It's a sweet deal if he managed to get full discretion about building the team and the coaching staff.
I just have this feeling that one of them is going to become a HOF and the other is going to be a bust, that's why it matters.
-Mars
Everybody knows Oden is going #1. **
** Unless you are an idiot Longhorn homer.
I don't think either of them is going to go the way of Olowakandi or Kwame Brown. In today's day and age American players are so scrutinized from the high school level up that busts are extremely unlikely. I think Europe is still a crap shoot in the lottery though.
NBATV is starting to become a reliable source for updated news. Before they would post information like 2 days later, but since then they broke the story on Jim O'Brein and now on Sam Presti.
Seattle is also looking to move Rashard Lewis for Battier and a pick.
Damn that's a decent pickup for them, if the pick is right.
I'm gonna have to look to get a ten game pack of tickets next year if they keep improving like this, including all of the spurs games.
I would love to have Presti stay, but I am sure he's gonna do what's best for him. Unless the Spurs make him GM, I don't see him turning down the offer.
move RC to President of Basketball Operations and slide Presti into the GM spot.
how about just get rid of friggen Buford.
Losing Presti will be one of the biggest mistakes this franchise will ever make.
Who was it that passed up on Josh Howard and an opportunity to sign Nocioni?
How? Since he opted out he can't be traded now. Right?
I think he'll take it. There are not perfect situations out there. You have to compromise a little. No way RC is moved out.
Sign and trade?
Karualov for Durant
How many of Presti's draftees have we actually ended up using?
Was Manu one of his? Was Parker?
Sign-and trade. There's quite a few articles about it in the papers. It looks like the Rockets offered Battier and their first round pick (26th).
That could not be until July- only if Lewis worked out a deal with Houston- only if Houston wanted to trade Battier for him- and the really big ONLY- only if Lewis took considerably less than people suppose he wants to match Battier's salary within the parameters of a possible trade.
Don't see how that could ever happen.
Here's one article about it ..
Rockets eye Lewis for Battier
FRANK HUGHES; The News TribunePublished: June 2nd, 2007 01:00 AM
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Houston Rockets intend to contact the Seattle SuperSonics to discuss a potential sign-and-trade deal for free-agent forward Rashard Lewis.
The Rockets will offer forward Shane Battier and their No. 1 draft pick, 26th overall, in an attempt to lure Lewis home to Houston.
The Sonics say they want to re-sign Lewis, a one-time All-Star who has opted out of his contract, and they have the negotiating leverage to convince him to stay because they can offer a longer-term contract than any other suitor.
But the Rockets are hoping that they can cajole Lewis to leave the only NBA team he has played for with the enticement of being close to family and friends.
If the Rockets cannot land Lewis, they will consider offering Battier for Chris Wilcox, who thrives in up-tempo systems because of his ability to run the court. Wilcox could lose his starting power forward position in Seattle if Lewis and Kevin Durant, the team’s expected No. 2 overall draft pick, play together.
Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler, who works as a television analyst for the Rockets, has told team officials he has breakfast daily with Lewis and that he thinks he can help persuade the player to join a Rockets organization that passed on Lewis three times in the first round of the 1998 draft.
Drexler also has told the Rockets’ decision-makers he might be able to convince Lewis to leave the Sonics and take a shorter-term deal for the midlevel exception, though Houston acknowledges that is an unlikely scenario.
The Rockets had one of the best records in the league this season (52-30) but were bumped out of the postseason in the first round by the Utah Jazz, after which they fired coach Jeff Van Gundy and replaced him with Rick Adelman.
Now, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is attempting to reshape the roster to fit the more up-tempo philosophies employed by Adelman, who led the Sacramento Kings to eight consecutive playoff berths with an exciting brand of basketball.
The Rockets want to keep Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, but they are trying to put in place players who better complement the two All-Stars while fitting in with Adelman’s approach.
The Rockets plan to talk with the Minnesota Timberwolves about swapping veteran forward Juwan Howard for scoring point guard Mike James, who enjoyed two of his best seasons in Houston before going to Toronto.
They also are attempting to send the expiring contract of retired guard Bob Sura to the Golden State Warriors for little-used guard Sarunas Jasikevicius, a move that would save the Warriors almost $3 million.
But the player the Rockets really covet is Lewis because of his size, versatility and, perhaps more than anything else, availability.
Battier has fallen out of favor with the Rockets because he does everything well except score.
The Sonics in the past have expressed to Houston their admiration for Battier’s all-around game.
The Rockets hope that intrigue, combined with the enticement of another first-round pick in a deep draft, is enough to make the Sonics consider a sign-and-trade.
The likely only way the Sonics will consider a sign-and-trade, however, is if they fear they will lose Lewis in free agency and get nothing in return.
There are only two teams – Charlotte and Orlando – that can come close to giving Lewis the same financial security that the Sonics can offer. That is a fact Seattle will use as leverage in their negotiations with Lewis in July.
Trail Blazers wanted to talk to Cho
Before the Portland Trail Blazers hired Mike Penn as their assistant general manager, they called the Sonics to request permission to speak to assistant GM Rich Cho.
The Sonics turned down the Blazers’ request, and Kevin Pritchard then hired Penn.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/76773.html
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