Aren't you a Clipper fan now?
I understand you as a poster, you can't make an intelligent remark so instead you resort to personal attacks. I'm looking for clarification, in order to continue an interesting discussion.
The pick that you are whining about us selling we never would of had, if BC/JC made the correct move and picked Deng or Iguolda instead of TRADING that said pick for a pick the following year which would become the Rondo pick.
Now follow along. We moved the pick, for cash AND FOR BRIAN GRANT's CONTRACT (which people always leave out) in order to have the money and cap room to sign Banks and Diaw.
I like how you conviently ignore the fact that for 3 years BC/JC contniued to run the Suns even though Sarver owned the Suns.
Of course the team wasn't in bad shape when he bought it. Bryan Colangelo also got GM of the year for signing Q-Rich, giving away Luo Deng, and failing to resign Joe Johnson. What? Hindight is OK when bashing Sarver but it's not OK when defending him?
So the investment group told BC to trade away Luo Deng for a pick in the following draft? The investment group told BC to sign Q-Rich at the expense of not signing Joe Johnson? This is well documented? Where?
Sure, if you ignore the mistakes of his Son and while he was President of basketball operations.
This sounds like the company line straight from the mouth of Robert Sarver.
First off, many Sarver detractors, including me, have called out Brian for years. He was responsible for the Iggy blunder, the Q Rich signing, giving away 2 picks in the Googs trade, giving away another in the Jahidi White trade, and not resigning McDyess. All terrible moves, all making him the worst executive of year in recent memory.
That, however, is where it ends.
JC and BC were adamant about resigning Joe Johnson, and more importantly, not holding out over a mere 5 million over 6 years. There was nothing to gain by having a hard line stance over that amount, and everything to lose. This is not about looking at the scenario from Robert's perspective with regards to the money he spent on the team. It has nothing to do with signing Q Rich. They are mutually exclusive. It's about risk management. He risked Joe having a big year and getting a max contract offer so he could save 5 million (less than a million a year). That was a rookie mistake. It was a cheap mistake. He didn't take advice from a much more experienced basketball man, and it backfired. That one was ALL on Robert.
As for the pick they got from Chicago, you have your facts mistaken. That pick was used in the Kurt Thomas trade. That was the Nate Robinson pick. The Rajon Rondo pick was one of the picks we got from the Joe Johnson trade, one the Brian SALVAGED from Robert not resigning Joe Johnson. It was given away for a future pick, which was sold for cash, and Brian Grant, who made $800,000 more than a minimum wage player. How exactly was that a mess created by Brian?
As for everything else, it's entirely on Robert. Selling picks for cash, signing Banks, giving away Kurt Thomas, James Jones and 3 picks for luxury tax savings, etc ... were done after Brian left and with JC on the outs.
In addition, Brian gave away picks to make the team financially attractive for Robert, and it was coming off a lottery year. Robert gave away picks, (one completely unprotected) gave away important role players, and sold picks for cash while owning the most exciting and profitable team in the league. One handed to him from the C’s. Instead of improving them to get them over the top, he looked out for his investors, as you so adamantly mentioned and defended. He does not care about winning. He cares about the bottom line.
I don't know who among his cronies you've been listening too, but calling this a mess created by the C's is the most ridiculous theory I've ever read on this board.
