Rob Pelinka Discussion: President Of BBall Ops + GM

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.

 

looks like he's at it again, getting naz reid on a very team-friendly deal. if he can do the same with randle and thus be able to keep NAW, that's pretty nifty work.

 

I guess we will see, if that can't buy a house that's not for sale line, ever comes out of Rob's mouth again.

 

What …. you’ll do You and claim it’s not true?



Those teams aren’t hated with the fire from a thousand suns like the Lakers.

 

I totally don't expect that excuse, to be floated this offseason LT. It's amazing what you can come up with, when your neck is on the line.

 

Looks like they're angling to bring Randle back on a team friendly deal, if he could resign NAW that would be a coop. They also have two decent guards to develop in Shannon Jr and Rob Dillingham to replace Conley retiring eventually.

Really nice team building by him again.

 

When the ink dries (btw, when does the sale become official?), Rob is GONE. Don't let the door hit you in the a** slim.

 

Mr boring Rob.

 

Keep kicking the can



FREE AGENCY IS NOT A THING IN THIS CBA. Your replacement will realize that.

If we're waiting to '27 you have to land Greek Freak or Joker. If not, join WITSEC and run. Wasting years of our best player in their prime who showed they're able to drag a team through the playoffs, because another star could maybe, possibly, but probably not be available two years from now....

 

He’s out here playing chess, while fans are calling out checkers moves.

I think we’re going to be just fine when all is said and done.

 

The silver lining there is that we should be addressing the staffing issues soon.

The folks at the top still matter but that alone will be a big positive for us moving forward.

With the rest, I think things calm down a lot once we lock in Ayton (yes, I am calling that one early but I feel like the other guys getting scooped up was a sign the rest of the league kind of knows this is all but a lock and wanted to scoop up the other available big men).