Johnnybravo4 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 He made the trade for Bibby, brought in JJ, Josh, and Al and his philosophy seems to be coming to fruition. This quote from Kenyon Martin is telling. Aside from their 3-point shooting, their offensive rebounding was tremendous," said Kenyon Martin, who led Denver with 19 points but said it was difficult to shoot over Atlanta's long list of players 6-foot-8 or taller. "It makes it tough because they're long," Martin said. His biggest faults were that CP3 became a superstar, which was never apparent in college and Shelden Williams was a flop, which you could never imagine from his play in college. Maybe he wouldn't score 20 per, but you at least thought Shelden would rebound and defend. Sund will get the credit for this season but all of this is Billy Knight's design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oiatlhawksfan Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) He re-signed. We pratically forced him out with the bad ownership mess. Like blocking his trades, and attempts to fire Woody Edited December 30, 2008 by oiatlhawksfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris18 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 He didn't want to come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Who knows how BK would have handled Smith, Chill, and the bench? He managed to get some talent with all of the lottery picks (not very difficult), but he wasn't even close to maximizing those picks. He just wasn't a very good GM. He moved on, you should too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_sheff Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 His biggest faults were that CP3 became a superstar, which was never apparent in college and Shelden Williams was a flop, which you could never imagine from his play in college. Maybe he wouldn't score 20 per, but you at least thought Shelden would rebound and defend. Are you serious about Sheldon? You thought his game was going to translate to the pro's? Good Lord. Exactly how was he going to defend and rebound? He is slow as dirt, short, and has very limited mobility. Next thing you know you gonna tell me Tyler Hansbrough will make a great top 5 pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchman Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 We didn't fire Billy. He resigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrReality Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 We didn't fire Billy. He resigned. Hahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlsportfanz Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Plus it was Sund who brought in Mo and Flip. Those two have been crucial to our turnaround. Last night it was Flip who made big contributions off the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cwell Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 we actually offered Billy a 1 year extension and he resigned instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Diesel Posted December 30, 2008 Premium Member Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Plus it was Sund who brought in Mo and Flip. Those two have been crucial to our turnaround. Last night it was Flip who made big contributions off the bench. I believe who has been crucial to the turnaround has been Bibby. Moreover, BK stood by his trade for JJ... when even one of our owners didn't. I believe Sund would have folded because Sund is a company guy. For those saying that BK deserves no credit, I offer you Joe Johnson. I disagree with his pick of Marvin but I cannot disagree with the surity of his trade for JJ. Without JJ and Bibby, what would this team be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhay610 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Shelden Williams was a flop, which you could never imagine from his play in college. :lol6: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Who knows how BK would have handled Smith, Chill, and the bench? He managed to get some talent with all of the lottery picks (not very difficult), but he wasn't even close to maximizing those picks. He just wasn't a very good GM. He moved on, you should too. Exactly. We are continually going to hear these people come in and say it was BK who "built" the team or whatever. Fact is, he sucked at doing anything other than acquiring talent (which isn't hard when given top 5 picks every year). He could never build an actual team, just a collection of talented pieces that don't fit the puzzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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