Notes on David Kahn Breakfast

[Devilzsidewalk]

don't forget ostracizing Juan Carlos Navarro and turning Memphis/Spain into the new Israel/Palestine

[B Calrissian]

I don't think the Gasol/Gasol trade was bad. They got a young center in Gasol, Crittenton, 2 first round picks, and capspace(Brown). They traded Critt to Washington for their pick back from the JCN trade. So it ended up being Gasol for Gasol's little bro, 3 first rounders, and a lot of cap space. Sounds like a good deal to me.

[4ho5ive]

C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!

[Rakocevicftw]

Kahn has sounded absolutely dreadful, and has already said some things that could be detrimental.

1. Repeatedly bringing up Roy for Foye, even though Foye is still on the team and HATES hearing people harp on that trade.

2. Saying Love will never be an allstar- which is both wrong and insulting.

3. Daydreaming about adding a center when the team's most glaring need is a PG, and when there are only about 15 minutes available at that position anyway.

I think it's pretty much certain at this point that he's just going to cast Foye and Pekovic aside. Pekovic will be dealt for peanuts (who is going to give up a lot for a player they have to then buyout anyway?), and Foye, considering the luck of the Twolves, might end up pulling a Billups.

[skorff26]

I'm not sure if he should be this open with how he feels about certain players (or potential draft picks) if he's being honest, but I have to admit that he's growing on me and that I agree with most of what he says.

While he said a Love, Jefferson, Pekovic frontcourt won't work (and I think he's right), a Thabeet, Jefferson, Pekovic one might (although it'd be a little slow). We just need a defensive presence among our top three bigs.

Best case scenario for me is still Love for #2 and package the other picks to move up from #6 to #3 to get Rubio. It will never happen but damn that'd be nice.

Or trade Love for #2 get Thabeet and somehow Rubio falls to #6

[Krapinsky]

Who wrote the rule book that the CEO has to be friends with his employees. Hopefully his comments just motivate the players. Nothing wrong with a little honest tough love. If the players can't deal with it, then they can move on as far as I'm concerned because in that case they are just a bunch of cry babies that only care about themselves and their own images. Phil Jackson is a perfect example of someone who also uses this rhetoric (he even wrote a book calling out Kobe). It seems like it's worked for him. So far, so good, I'm loving the Kahn era.

[Frozen316]

ultimately most of the current players probably wouldn't be with the team for long anyway.

I then asked if his previous comment about wanting 7-10 new players by 2010 was true. He said yes, and that he's basically building a 16 month window starting with the 09 draft to remake the roster.

Let's keep all our bad players, get rid of the good ones and bring in over paid vets!