Predict Joe Dumar's Summer

[DetroitDon15]

Pass by Phil Jackson on the way to the offices after having a couple days off. Notice Brian Shaw watching videos in the film room. Walk towards his office only to be stopped by Gores assistant saying that Tom wants to see him....

You mean by the Bobs that work for Gores?



We need to see you Joe D.

[whyjoewhy]

1) Which coach will he hire?

Nate McMillan, though I'd prefer it if we took a chance on Obradovic, or at the very least Brian Shaw. I would hate to see another slow-paced overrated-defense-oriented coach leading the Pistons. We are a young, decently athletic team, we should play up-tempo basketball, IMO.

2) Predict the order of players Joe Dumars will consider drafting (we don't know order, but we do know he'll have a master list of which player and then tell everyone his actual draft pick was his number one choice).

I really don't follow college ball - but hopefully Joe is targeting an athletic SF. His draft pick really depends on the coach pick, and what the vision is for the Pistons going forward.

3) Predict how Dumars will spend his twenty million dollars in free agency or how he could use the cap space in a trade.

OJ Mayo (as much $$ as it takes, i'm thinking $13m / yr. for 4 years), Will Bynum ($3m / yr. for 3 years), Jason Maxiell ($4m / yr. for 3 years)

[Clarity]

Pass by Phil Jackson on the way to the offices after having a couple days off. Notice Brian Shaw watching videos in the film room. Walk towards his office only to be stopped by Gores assistant saying that Tom wants to see him....

You mean by the Bobs that work for Gores?



We need to see you Joe D.

Office Space>

[joseph mamah]

[Pharaoh]

With the hiring of Phil Jackson as Gore's consultant, I cannot imagine how Joe D. is entirely comfortable.

100% agree with this

Until and unless Jackson is ultimately hired to run another franchise, my prediction is Joe will be wondering if his days are numbered. Jackson isn't ready to take over any team pre-draft. He's not scouted anyone, and is on the outside looking in on any organzations scouting reports. He doesn't even intimately know the personnel on any team he'd take over, or how their cap room works, or which teams have been discussing what players.

Phil doesn't need to scout anyone - we have scouts. He'd simply look take all the info our scouts have come up with and pick the player he wanted

Phil also doesn't need to know every little detail about our current players - we have people on staff who know those details and could fill him in

Phil also doesn;t need to be a salary cap guru since every organisation has people who are and they can give him all the details

Phil also doesn't need to know which teams have been discussing which players because regardless of what other teams do you build a successful program by concentrating on the things you can control.

We don't know who might be available in trades. We don't know who might be available at #7. We don't even know exactly how much cap space we have after renouncing our own free agents!

We do know which free agents are available, who is restricted and obviously which coaches are available

One long look at the free agents available tells you we can build a quality team around Drummond and Monroe next season, regardless of trades, regardless of the who gets picked at #7.

And that's how we should approach this off-season:

Control the things you can control (coaching hire, free agent signings to build around Monroe and Drummond)

Anything that falls into your lap is just gravy (trades and whomever we get at #7)

[MrBigShot]

Good post Pharaoh. Assuming one of Oladipo, Burke, Shabazz are at 7 who would you prefer?

[Pharaoh]

I've stated over and over again that Olapido seems the best fit... at least he's defensive minded

I believe if we're going to keep Knight he MUST play PG. He's not a SG and I don't think we can be a quality team with Knight at SG.

That doesn't eliminate Burke though - I believe you should always take the BPA and it out later.

IF we believe that Burke is the BPA then trade Knight for a position of need (SG, SF)

I'm not against drafting Bazz either - again it comes down to BPA. If our scouts rate him above anyone else available then bring him in.

But I also believe that if we have players that have issues with anything then you spend money correcting those issues. Hire trainers, mentors, psychologists, whatever is required. As an organisation we're investing millions and millions of dollars in scouting players and signing players...

if that's all we're doing then we're not being pro-active in their development.

When you get hired for a job your training doesn't stop. The company you work for likely has extensive training for you along the way, as you move higher on the totem pole or into different parts of the business. They spend the money training you and developing you because it makes you a better asset to the company

IF I ran a team I would hire mentors, psychologists, trainers, coaches, anything I could think of to give my investments (the players) every opportunity to succeed.

[Goldtop]

The Summer of Joe - Episode 1: "Joe's New Job"

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0oVVLaEWdc[/youtube]

[joseph mamah]

[shyfly24]

Trade Dumars!

[Han Solo]

Lol