F N 11 wrote:Following the trade, it was revealed that Reddish had requested a trade over the summer. General manager Travis Schlenk worked with Reddish to find the right deal.
Reddish was stuck behind talented wings like Bogdan Bogdanovic and DeAndre Hunter in Atlanta. He is looking for an expanded role and more touches with this trade.
Hmmm this tells me Management and Cams team had to agree on some role right? If not why would he choose NYC?
Definitely politics involved. You know Leon, WWW, Aller, and Perry have been moving on their own accord with disregard to Thibs.
We know this cuz Thibs wanted to keep Bullock but we let him go for Perry’s recommendation of Fournier. We know Thibs wasn’t thrilled with Kemba cuz of his size and need for load management yet the front office brought him in the fold and let Elfrid go anyway.
Furthermore, the evidence exists that that front office is doing what they feel they want to do, without Thibs ultimate approval. Just examine Thibs comments post-Reddish trade — he sounds very “wait and see” about it and quite lukewarm. He lowkey told Leon there’s no room to play his newest acquisition, without a subsequent move.
Hopefully, Thibs is stiff about playing Reddish and it leads to the appearance that the front office isn’t delivering on the opportunity they without a doubt have promised Reddish that he wasn’t getting in Atlanta. This could quite conceivably lead to an inevitable rift between Thibs and members of the front office. It was already previously reported that Thibs has a habit of mocking Aller and being dismissive towards him. If this move leads to Thibs not playing Reddish and making management look as if they reneged on the politics behind the motivations for the acquisition, it could expedite a divorce from Thibs and Rose.
Let’s not forget, the front office brought in Luca Vildoza late last season (another move Thibs wasn’t onboard with), Thibs was dismissive in his comments about playing him at the end of the season and showed his feelings on training camp by cutting Vildoza in favor of a career journeyman Wayne Selden, who has recently been cut by the front office.
Also, keep in mind Scott Perry brought in ex-Orlando Magic player Dwayne Bacon with him in mind to make the final roster spot out of camp. Bacon was a very close friend of Kemba Walker (who again, Thibs wasn’t thrilled with acquiring). So Thibs not only cuts Vildoza, but he cuts Bacon as well and keeps his own journeyman underdog Selden, until the front office ultimately jettisons Selden, plausibly against Thibs’ wishes.
If any of this ends up on a NY Post article without crediting myself or at least RealGM, they owe me a check!