Rob Pelinka Discussion: President Of BBall Ops + GM + Extension

Quoting Stevens because for all the flak that Rob got for saying the same thing last summer, he was 100% correct. What changed between then and now? I don't know, maybe swapping an aging AD for Luka in his prime had something to do with it. And now we're just a solid big man and wing defender away from having a chance at a ring. Having ownership with deep pockets might impact our willingness to spend as well. I really don't care if Walters decides Rob isn't his guy and moves on after this season, but I also don't believe that most of the GMs that get worshipped around here are as great as some think.

 

this exactly. i get painted as a rob fan or something. i'm not. i just don't think expectations are at all realistic, and any gm working here will be dealing with that.

saying that you can't buy what's not for sale or that the new cba makes life different than it used to be are just facts. that even the brilliant brad stevens must deal with.

 

I expect the focus to be on building up the infrastructure of the front office and beefing up staff in several areas during this transition period.

I don't expect a flashy name to be brought in to replace Rob or anyone else. At least not right off the bat.

 

Don't fool yourself, everyone has to sell tickets and short of a ring, everyone is gonna take Lebron because he sells a lot more than tickets. I mean the Buss family just made 5 Billion dollars!! You think without Lebron and no other rings to show for it, they would have been worth that much? I personally doubt it.

 

Not to mention the obvious ..... no AD .... no Luka.

 

The vid from last night
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Tim Connelly did it twice too, once for Denver and again at Minnesota. He does really well around the edges, even though both organisations hamstring by not spending large.