Ruckus

I wonder what the largest raise historically for someone at that point in their career has been.

Aldridge wasn't coming here. So maybe they did us a favor too.

Joe Johnson, is that you?!?

Baze stepped it up late in the season but didn't look fantastic consistently thought out the season. I'm not ready to rely on him yet. He needs to develop just like Dennis and Moose.

What's with Detroit's crush on Hawks forwards?

I'm admittedly a bit baffled by this as well. But, let's be honest... If we revisited the very first Milsap, DMC or Korver threads they would look very similar to this one. So I still have hope. I have to think Bud actually sees something that we don't with Hardaway.

4 spots my bad. I'm good with nimbers

Why though for only 2 second rounders? Moving up 6 spots in the first seems worth more than that.

Koonin is a legend. I'm so glad he let Ferry go with the dignity and class that he deserved while giving him the honorable mention he was due for putting a 60 win team together. I just hope Bud and 'whatshisface' can continue the success Danny brought to our organization.

Let's play a game. Name other franchises in history that had success with the same person acting as coach as well as president/GM. Go.....

Sure he doesn't have to be brought back to continue our success. But for all the years we have suffered with finding a GM like him, and then just to write him off for a small mistake like he made (and has more than paid for), I just think for him not to be brought back is completely asinine. Of course they will say it is for basketball reasons but we all know that is not the case. And no, I will not be on 'suicide watch' if this is what ends up happening. But a new GM would never have had a franchise delivered to him on a silver platter like he will with what Danny has setup for him. Hopefully he doesn't F it up like so many of them do.

Definitely. That's why I said 'some'. But yeah, he deserves to be brought back. I understand it's easy to fully credit Bud and Koonin with putting our franchise back on the map but I refuse to forget that it ALL started with Danny.

Wow. So apparently the average sports fan is more in tune with how important this actually is than some seasoned nameless Squawkers. Interesting.

I credit this to the mods. They do, in addition to many other things, a great job of monitoring this.

Ha! Now that sounds like a plan to me! Great thinking

I'm more of a big picture kind of guy. I choose to see 60 wins for the first time in our history. You choose to see a failed draft pick. But yes, your statement is true. So it's got that going for it... Which is nice.

I understand your POV but still think you are underestimating the possibility of a culture shift like many teams have when changing GMs. It happens a lot and I hope we don't take a step back.

So a crappy, hole-filled roster wins 60 games. I guess Bud must be a real life bonafide wizard then huh? How quickly we forget where we were a few years ago. Good GMs are few and far between. Just ask roughly 25 teams every year. In fact, just ask any one of our other GMs for the past 20 years. He wasn't perfect but respect it or not, his vision is a LARGE piece of our team's newfound success. We are not far off from being a major contender actually so no, we don't have major holes to fill. Just a couple of small ones.

They say you don't realize what you had until it's gone. We are about to find out folks.

So sick of this tight-assed, PC wannabe, hypocrisy of a world we now live in. Public relations my ass. I'm officially disgusted if this is truth.

Thanks but I prefer to not see Pero in those short shorts.

I guess we are who they thought we were. This is depressing.

You rang?