The following is public service announcement to Hardwood Paroxysm from The Corndogg. Complaints, death threats, and lip service can be addressed to matthew(dot)t(dot)cornelius (at) gmail (dot) com.
Associated Press is reporting that Billy Knight is "stepping down" from his position as the General Manager of the Atlanta Hawks. And I must say, this is awful news. Now, I am only left with Kevin McHale, Michael Jordan/Rod Higgins, Randy Pfund, Chris Wallace, Danny Ainge (yeah, I'll say it), Steve Kerr, Danny Ferry, Geoff Petrie, Larry Bird, Pat Riley and Isiah Thomas (still technically employed) (plus assorted others that I am surely leaving out) to rail on at the most incompetent, lousy and arrogant front office officials in the League.
I mean, really, what do the head honchos at NBA HQ expect me to write about? Gosh.
On a serious note, this Atlanta team, in my opinion, is really not that far off from being competitive in the East. A truly competent, creative GM could have them in the upper echelon of that conference in no time (and NO!, no one is looking at you Dominique Wilkens). The big problem now is getting this discordant, uncooperative management system in Atlanta to find and approve the right guy. And by "right guy," I mean the one who will re-sign Josh Smith, develop Acie Law (or ditch him and find a truly capable back-up point) and get rid of some of those wings -- no bird pun intended -- for a capable rebounder behind Horford and a dead-eye shooter to come off the bench. But really, you guys know better than us, right?
On second thought, that group might be a whole lot less competent than we ever
assumed Billy Knight was. Only time will tell.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Where Have All The Cowboys (And By "Cowboys," I Mean Awful Front Office Officials) Gone?
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How soon we forget. Just 14 months ago, we were witnessing what The Sports Guy termed the "No Balls Association". Then, the Celtics got Ray and KG and the Lakers got Pau. That led to Steve Kerr taking the biggest gamble in the history of professional sports by trading away a vital cog in the Phoenix Suns' uptempo style in Shawn Marion for the services of Shaquille O'Neal for the sole purpose of derailing the slow, steady train that is the San Antonio Spurs. Then the Dallas Mavericks traded away promising young point guard Devin Harris to acquire aging star Jason Kidd in the hopes that his presence would be enough to propel them past their recent playoff disappointments. Of course, we all know how those moves turned out for the Suns and Mavs - first-round exits for both of them. Because those two gambles did not pay off, expect a return of the "stand pat, wait-and-see" game that GM's have been playing over the past several seasons. After all, it is safer for a GM to just make the easy decisions and blame coaches and players, rather than putting their own jobs on the line by making risky trades or acquisitions.
Where have all the cowboys gone? They are all buried up on Boot Hill.
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