Nico special/ worst gms ever?

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Re: Nico special/ worst gms ever? 

Post#41 » by SkyBill40 » Thu Nov 13, 2025 5:51 pm

Surprised Ryan McDonough hasn't been listed here. What he did to the Suns (with Sarver's incompetent help and green light) was a damned shame.

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Re: Nico special/ worst gms ever? 

Post#42 » by Mephariel » Thu Nov 13, 2025 6:12 pm

maverick_41 wrote:Everyone from the Kings post 2005.
Everyone from Charlotte.
Post 2004 Dumars.

Guys who signed Mozgov and Deng to LAL and traded Ibaka to Orlando need to be investigated.

Single worst trade of the century is Luka hands down.


Nah, Monte McNair was a good GM for us. But he was pressured to make moves under Vivek. Vivek basically had a mandate for him to make the playoffs and win quickly. I never blamed him for what is happening to the Kings now. We just never had the patience.
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Re: Nico special/ worst gms ever? 

Post#43 » by Case2012 » Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:44 am

Neil Olshey needs a mention. Refused to build a real team around the best player in portlands history, handed out insane deals to bench guys/scrubs , refused deals for guys like butler and harden because he was obsessed with CJ, tied up our first round pick for 8 years for Larry Nance when he wanted Lauri but just said eff it, paid 2 picks for Covington, traded 2 picks for Zach Collins because he had an "edge" (White supremist haircut?) and passed on OG, Mitchell, Bam etc Let LMA go for nothing then woudnt let him retire here when his agent tried to get him back here for several seasons i guess(LMA was soft af and jealous of Dame anyways but still a good player), let Melo go while he had 2 more good seasons in LA, hired a grapist that had ties to the mob and no real coaching experience that was probably our worst coach in franchise history, ran the team into the ground, and was just a giant ahole in general and got fired for it when it was obvious he was a raging narcissist. Cronin is not any better, basically the same guy but nicer. There's a lot more, but i hate thinking about him. He hated Portland so much he was always making excuses for not being able to get good players because of it. Danny Ainge called him out on espn once and he shouldve been fired right there. How are you gonna manage a team for a city you vocally hate? He made a lot of money just coasting off of Dame who was the pick the previous temporary GM and scouts had for us too. It was crazy he had a job as long as he did but Allen died and his sister just let him run rampant, even giving himself an extension.
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