chromekilla

??

__________________
Best song of all time!!!!! Seattle Mariners
Seattle Seahawks
Portland TrailBlazers
Oregon Ducks
Gonzaga Bulldogs
Portland TrailBlazers Resident Homer!

Minstrel

When evaluating a single decision, I agree with you. One should evaluate it based on what was known at the time.

However, when evaluating an overall body of work, results are what matter. If a GM, or any other executive, is successful over a significant amount of time, that matters more than understanding why he chose to do what he did. If an executive is unsuccessful over a significant amount of time, that matters more than whether the decisions seemed rational at the time.

That's how executives are always judged, by results. Not by what made sense at the time.

__________________
You'll never live like common people
You'll never do what common people do
You'll never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do.

meru

No. In fact, I didn't expect much - not much was expected of Telfair, which is why he would've fallen lower than #15 if Nash hadn't had a "hunch" about him.

Hell, it's not that he's a high-schooler - so is Shaun Livingston, who is also developing slowly, but whom I'd much rather have than Telfair. It's his style of play. I think you either are a pass-first guard or you aren't. Telfair isn't. That doesn't change. Larry Brown couldn't change Iverson into a pass-first guard, so he moved him to SG. Now he's pulling his hair out because Thomas gave him Marbury AND Francis (AND Nate Robinson). I don't like score-first PGs. I don't particularly like short PGs either, which is why I'm not TOO cut up about not getting Chris Paul.

I'm from England - legal drinking age is when you're old enough to reach the bar. The best English player is Wayne Rooney, who was a star by age 18. But I digress.

He shows flashes because he's a flashy player. That's different from a good player.

Is that what Nate's doing by playing them 30 minutes one game and 0 the next?

I don't think Telfair wants to be "molded". He wants to play "his" game. So I say, more power to him - let him play it somewhere else.

__________________
"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever." -- Thomas Jefferson, not-so-proud Founding Father

B_&_B

True.

__________________


"People say we are coming, but I almost think it's to the point where we are here," he said. "I think it's no longer coming. We are here now."... Brandon Roy.

myELFboy

exactly. hindsight is 20/20. This is what happens in the draft. Sometimes guys breakout faster than others, sometimes guys are drafted into a system that fits them perfect, sometimes a second round pick works harder than a lotto pick and has a better career because they work harder. Drafting is really a gamble, unless it's an incredibly loaded draft like 96 or 03.

__________________
Save Our Sonics

Sign a Petition

Dan

This post made me think of one thing...I totally and absolutely forgot that the Trail Blazers had Charles Smith on the team.

was he included in the Ruben trade? I forgot.

__________________
A Buddhist walks up to a hot dog vendor and says "Make me one with everything".

when will the loss of life end?

The world respects the power of our example, not an example of our power.

I'd like to say I made this, but I didn't

SheedSoNasty

I was talkin about J.R. Smith, Hap.

And yes, he was included in the Ruben trade.

__________________
We Believe In Brandon Roy (PM to Join!):

~ SheedSoNasty ~ BlazeTop ~ handclap problematic ~ Draco ~ Target ~ drexlersdad ~ Stugots ~ PhilK ~ bruindre ~ ehizzy3 ~ dwood615 ~ GottahaveyourPAUGASOL ~ Benis007 ~ dudleysghost ~ TheBigDonut ~ MAS Rip City ~ Blazers2121 ~ Trailblazed&Confused ~ ProudBFan ~ Utherhimo ~ Stanthecaddy22 ~ ThePrideOfClyde ~ Talkhard ~ Blazer Freak ~ LameR ~ OnTheRocks ~ BiggaAdams~ ptownblazer1 ~ B_&_B ~ ChadWick ~ World B. Free