Page 1 of 1
Bob Bass passes away at 89
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:22 pm
by countryboi
I was kinda shocked I didn’t see anything about Bob Bass, he was not the best GM we have even had by a mile.
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24408290/bob-bass-two-nba-executive-year-dies-89Sent from my iPhone using
RealGM mobile app
Re: Bob Bass passes away at 89
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:03 am
by Bassman
Very sorry to hear that, although I’ve not been aware of his status for quite some time. Your comment wasn’t clear, but I would suggest Bass was the best GM in Charlotte Hornets/Bobcats history. He did some amazing things to keep us highly competitive via trades.
Re: Bob Bass passes away at 89
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:34 am
by fatlever
legend
Re: Bob Bass passes away at 89
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:20 am
by Hornet Mania
RIP, the greatest GM we ever had. He won't be forgotten by old-school Charlotte fans, that's for sure. The man who could turn chicken **** (Shinn's refusal to pay anyone, ever) into chicken salad year after year.
Re: Bob Bass passes away at 89
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 3:01 am
by dmutombo321
A front office genius and one of the best GM's ever period.
Working with a small market budget he got Charlotte to the playoffs in seven of his nine seasons, oversaw the only two seasons of 50+ win seasons in franchise history including the 54 win 1997 season where he won NBA Executive of the Year
He was a superb talent evaluator and a master or parlaying players who were about to pass their prime and/or be too expensive to retain into trade pieces used to pluck undervalued assets from other teams. MJ and this Hornets team could learn alot from his track record.
Mourning for Rice/Geiger
LJ for Mason
Rice for Eddie Jones and Eldon Campbell
Mason/Jones (who was going to command a max extension to retain) for Mashburn and PJ Brown