Not Blanks fault..(LOL)Espn says so.
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:49 pm
So good ole Blanks must have some friends in ESPN. They are trying to blame everyone else but blanks.
Story:
A good number of executives felt Lance Blanks got a raw deal when he was fired as the Phoenix Suns' GM earlier this week. Blanks, who comes out of the Spurs' highly regarded front office tree, is respected around the league and several execs thought he became the Suns' scapegoat. Blanks was indeed pushed out front on a few moves that weren't his doing, sources said. While blamed on Blanks, sources say the heavily panned signing of Michael Beasley to a three-year, $18 million deal was president Lon Babby's call. Blanks, having worked with the volatile Delonte West in Cleveland, warned Babby that paying Beasley that much guaranteed money would take away his incentive to work hard and change. But Babby didn't listen and got a disappointing 10 points per game on 40 percent shooting out of Beasley. Blanks also had little to do with the firing of Alvin Gentry, sources said. Milwaukee assistant GM Jeff Weltman, a longtime league executive who has worked for Detroit, Denver and the Los Angeles Clippers, is widely regarded as the frontrunner to replace Blanks in Phoenix. ESPN.com
I really want to know where this is coming from. Everything I hear from the local sports radio ie 620 says completely opposite about everything Blanks did. To say Blanks had little to do with the Gentry firing is like saying John Wilkes Booth had little to do with the death of Lincoln. ESPN keeps getting worse and worse.
I really want to know is who around the league respects this guy?
Do you guys believe anything in this story?
Story:
A good number of executives felt Lance Blanks got a raw deal when he was fired as the Phoenix Suns' GM earlier this week. Blanks, who comes out of the Spurs' highly regarded front office tree, is respected around the league and several execs thought he became the Suns' scapegoat. Blanks was indeed pushed out front on a few moves that weren't his doing, sources said. While blamed on Blanks, sources say the heavily panned signing of Michael Beasley to a three-year, $18 million deal was president Lon Babby's call. Blanks, having worked with the volatile Delonte West in Cleveland, warned Babby that paying Beasley that much guaranteed money would take away his incentive to work hard and change. But Babby didn't listen and got a disappointing 10 points per game on 40 percent shooting out of Beasley. Blanks also had little to do with the firing of Alvin Gentry, sources said. Milwaukee assistant GM Jeff Weltman, a longtime league executive who has worked for Detroit, Denver and the Los Angeles Clippers, is widely regarded as the frontrunner to replace Blanks in Phoenix. ESPN.com
I really want to know where this is coming from. Everything I hear from the local sports radio ie 620 says completely opposite about everything Blanks did. To say Blanks had little to do with the Gentry firing is like saying John Wilkes Booth had little to do with the death of Lincoln. ESPN keeps getting worse and worse.
I really want to know is who around the league respects this guy?
Do you guys believe anything in this story?
deal with it 