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Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO (Official! page 6)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 11:22 pm
by Klomp
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 11:34 pm
by moss_is_1
Sign me up.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 11:45 pm
by Domejandro
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 1:10 am
by jpatrick
This is leaking either because it’s imminent or because Connelly wants this out there so he gets a raise from Denver. Doogie says not imminent. I’m thinking this is a leverage play by Connelly. I would love for it to happen though.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 1:56 am
by wolves_89
When rumors came out that the Wolves were after a top 5 POBO I was skeptical. Previous rumors had the new owners showing interest in Elton Brand (who is definitely not a top 5 executive and who would be a significant downgrade from Gupta), but if they sign Connelly they would actually get a top 5 guy that would improve the franchise.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 2:50 am
by Klomp
wolves_89 wrote:When rumors came out that the Wolves were after a top 5 POBO I was skeptical. Previous rumors had the new owners showing interest in Elton Brand (who is definitely not a top 5 executive and who would be a significant downgrade from Gupta), but if they sign Connelly they would actually get a top 5 guy that would improve the franchise.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 2:52 am
by Klomp
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 4:55 am
by shangrila
Uh, yeah.
WTF? How do you go from Elton Brand to Tim Connelly?
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 6:42 am
by Note30
Klomp wrote:wolves_89 wrote:When rumors came out that the Wolves were after a top 5 POBO I was skeptical. Previous rumors had the new owners showing interest in Elton Brand (who is definitely not a top 5 executive and who would be a significant downgrade from Gupta), but if they sign Connelly they would actually get a top 5 guy that would improve the franchise.
All of the guys on that list are really good POBOs
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 2:11 pm
by Devilzsidewalk
I don't want to give up the first rounder. They can have one of the 2nds. No way we were going to make use of all 3 of those anyways, they'd probably burn one on a stash that never sees the light of day in the NBA.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 4:15 pm
by Battletrigger
Domejandro wrote:VERY interesting.
Like KG one?
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 5:49 pm
by Klomp
Battletrigger wrote:Domejandro wrote:VERY interesting.
Like KG one?
KG has never had a stake in ownership
Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 8:41 pm
by minimus
If we can somehow combine Gupta ability to sign players to team friendly deals with Connely ability to draft and develop young players we will be a top level organization.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 9:03 pm
by Battletrigger
Klomp wrote:Battletrigger wrote:Domejandro wrote:VERY interesting.
Like KG one?
KG has never had a stake in ownership
I know, that's why I say it. When KG came back, it was said that when retiring he would have a stake in ownership. But in the end it wasn't true.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 9:10 pm
by Domejandro
Battletrigger wrote:Klomp wrote:Battletrigger wrote:
Like KG one?
KG has never had a stake in ownership
I know, that's why I say it. When KG came back, it was said that when retiring he would have a stake in ownership. But in the end it wasn't true.
Unlike that, which was a loose "it would be cool" dream that Flip came up with with zero authorization, this would be a non-fantasy land stake in ownership that would be negotiated and put onto paper.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 9:20 pm
by Worm Guts
I don’t know if it was “fantasy land”, but obviously Flip passing ended whatever vision he had with KG and the Wolves.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 9:28 pm
by shangrila
From what I remember, Flip was putting together an ownership group to buy the Wolves from Glen. KG would have been a part of that.
When Flip passed all of that fell apart, although Garnett still expected all the agreements to be honoured. Which always struck me as...naive? I don't know, I just don't see how that was ever realistic.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 10:56 pm
by wco81
What really is Connelly's track record?
He obviously hit big on Jokic (assume it was him), kind of missed on Nurkic.
The max deal for Murray was controversial and the max deal for MPJ may turn out to be an albatross.
I suppose the new POBO could make a huge impact depending on what he does with DLo.
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 2:13 am
by Dewey
wco81 wrote:What really is Connelly's track record?
He obviously hit big on Jokic (assume it was him), kind of missed on Nurkic.
The max deal for Murray was controversial and the max deal for MPJ may turn out to be an albatross.
I suppose the new POBO could make a huge impact depending on what he does with DLo.
… or the only one who would return a call…???
Re: Krawczynski: Tim Connelly as POBO?
Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 3:17 am
by Klomp
wco81 wrote:What really is Connelly's track record?
Keep in mind he's never picked higher than 7th. Building a small-market team to be a WCF team without high draft picks and a relatively cheap owner is impressive.
You can say he lucked into Jokic, but then again, there has to be a complete organizational buy-in to build around that kind of unique skill set. He led that shift as POBO.