JS: Hammond Q&A

[bizarro]

In their minds, they already have freed Giannis.

Great point. I completely concur. AND, I was actually thinking it as I typed the slogan. This is the embarrassing part, really. They think they've freed Giannis and assuaged the 'meddling' fans. Again, completely indicative of their lack of vision. They think that by simply encouraging Giannis to bring the ball up off of rebounds and release is 'pioneering'. Exhausting, really.

Also, don't underestimate the difficulty we will have with Knight giving up control of this team. This team seems intent on him being part of the core, and clearly it seems they are as a PG. I think we're going to have some real horrid times as we realize we have a true gift sitting on our team who is being severely impeded because of a gunning joke of a point guard who is still living off his high school clippings is the guy who controls the ball with a head coach who is uneasy about offending his more alpha players.

Oh, I know. They've built up Knight like he's this fine young prospect. They're making their own bed again.

I think it will take either a new coach, the front office to smarten up and move him, or an injury, for Knight not to make this much more difficult than it should be.

They need to trade Knight: Yesterday. It's not even a question, imho. Just maximize that asset at the first opportunity. Move Giannis to the PG. Wolters backs him up. Done. See what we have for the rest of the season and heading into the draft. Could it be Full Time? Is it Part-Time? Can anyone guard him? How does our low-high game improve? So many enticing questions...none of them re: Brandon Knight

[AussieBuck]

All we have is the hope we draft a guy who looks like a superstar so that a rich local buys the team. Nothing short of new ownership and management is going to save this mess.

[Max Green]

Instead of taking any ownership for the rebuilding process, Hammond completely defers and states it's by accident. That is what pisses me off. Lead. Inspire. Demonstrate. Don't offer up pathetic excuses for a completely failed plan - emblematic of a failed ideology, again, going on over a decade. And, this utter nonsense is the exact mentality that believes Brandon Knight is an admirable PG project. While we have potentially the most innovative PG project in the history of basketball, we're going to give the keys to Crash?!? No Thank You. Resoundingly.

Free Giannis.

Wait, so you are now pissed off that Hammond didn't lie and say we were rebuilding from the beginning? Hammond lying to the public by saying he was rebuilding from jump would have made him look even more clueless then he already is. He clearly stated we are rebuilding now, but that wasn't the plan this offseason. I rather him tell the truth and acknowledge the obvious then lie about it.

[Chuck Diesel]

Hammond & Bucks management are the definition of what it means to be "unevolved".

[ampd]

Sometimes you are forced to change in midstream, so to speak.

What is it with Hammond and his weird twisted cliches?

Serving two masters is something you aren't supposed to do. Changing horses in mid stream is something you aren't supposed to do. wtf?

Q.Do you think Carlos Delfino will play again and fulfill the second year on his contract after undergoing another surgery on his foot in Argentina?

A. Right now we understand the surgery did go well. I think Carlos feels good about it. I know he has a desire to play again, and I think that's probably the most important thing. We're looking forward to having him on the roster next season.

[ampd]

Instead of taking any ownership for the rebuilding process, Hammond completely defers and states it's by accident. That is what pisses me off. Lead. Inspire. Demonstrate. Don't offer up pathetic excuses for a completely failed plan - emblematic of a failed ideology, again, going on over a decade. And, this utter nonsense is the exact mentality that believes Brandon Knight is an admirable PG project. While we have potentially the most innovative PG project in the history of basketball, we're going to give the keys to Crash?!? No Thank You. Resoundingly.

Free Giannis.

Wait, so you are now pissed off that Hammond didn't lie and say we were rebuilding from the beginning? Hammond lying to the public by saying he was rebuilding from jump would have made him look even more clueless then he already is. He clearly stated we are rebuilding now, but that wasn't the plan this offseason. I rather him tell the truth and acknowledge the obvious then lie about it.

I agree but that means after 6 seasons, this is the roster he put together trying to win which looks about as bad as its possible to look. He inherited a roster with Redd, Bogut, Sessions, CV, Yi, etc, (a bunch of guys with "potential"), and after 6 years we have a bunch of guys with "potential", and unintentionally the worst record in the NBA. On top of all that after years of saying he was held back by bad contracts, after almost all the contracts on th team are off the books, not 3 months later he spends big on 30+ retreads and we are looking to salary dump literally every single one of his veteran acquisitions.

How that doesn't get you fired is beyond me.

[raysbookclub]

What a poor interview and article. There's not one follow up question in the whole piece. It's like something out of a heavily edited glossy insert, except it's a feature story. Was this even an in-person interview, or was a set of questions just mailed, asking for answers to be filled in?

When Hammond says rushing leads to mistakes, why not ask him if he felt there was a rush after the FTD season? Why not ask how "potential keeper" Giannis compares to previous picks like Jennings, who got tons of playing time and "exposure", or Tobias, who didn't get much exposure, both of whom were also 19 when drafted?

Just because you're trying to be nice and not cut off ties--and what reporter isn't?--it doesn't mean you can't ask thoughtful questions.

[MickeyDavis]

"we were forced into it". Unreal.

[trwi7]

John Hammond =

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp_Ju_vbPro[/youtube]

[Thunder Muscle]

"we were forced into it". Unreal.

I know right. Either...

1. He really meant that, which is just unreal.
2. He doesn't mean it, but knows that is what Kohl wants to hear.
3. It's not the case at all, but Kohl and/or Hammond thinks the pulse of the fans are they wanted to have a middling playoff caliber team. Basically they know what they need to do, but still insult the fans intelligence.

[Nowak008]

@ the pic they have at the top of the article.

[PedroGrande]

I will confess that sometimes I go soft on Hammond and I try to believe he isn't totally crap. Thank you guys for waking me up

[REDDzone]

I will confess that sometimes I go soft on Hammond and I try to believe he isn't totally crap. Thank you guys for waking me up

He's the Michael Scott of GMs.

[GHOSTofSIKMA]

just curious... but are the reactions in this thread a competition of some sort?

[JimmyTheKid]

I will confess that sometimes I go soft on Hammond and I try to believe he isn't totally crap. Thank you guys for waking me up

He's the Michael Scott of GMs.

[MickeyDavis]

[JBucks]

I have every urge to look back in threads and find Hammond's 248 phone number again.

[trwi7]

I have every urge to look back in threads and find Hammond's 248 phone number again.

I would think that probably got changed.

[randy84]

The reality is that Hammond and Drew are going to be here until Kohl finds a buyer or co-owner. The new owner is going to want to hire his guys so it doesn't make much sense to get rid of Hammond or Drew right now. This makes me sad but it is what it is.

I have begun to tune out Hammond. He talks out of both sides of his mouth and really isn't a good GM. Drafting is a very small part of being a GM. He has no concept on how to "win-now" or build a team for the future. He doesn't understand that a good team is greater than the sum of its parts. He throws guys together based off of stats without any clue on how they are in the locker or how they mesh with the other players on the team. He overpays free agents and mediocre role players. I got off the Hammond bandwagon 3 years ago when he didn't move Delfino and Ersan at the deadline. Surprising, they are both still on a team to nowhere.

This article gives us something to talk about, but its not anything that we didn't already know.

[JBucks]