Daryl Morey admits GM's browse Message Boards

[BetterCallSaul]

I knew that's where Colangelo got the idea to trade Kapono for Reggie Evans!!
Haha!

[MitchSlapped]

I posted a thread around December 2009/January 2010 on trades and transactions of a trade that would send Marcus Camby to the Blazers for Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw. Shortly after, it happened

[NBAfan3024]

suppose there are worse places to go for trade ideas haha

[WhateverBro]

This sort of thing blew up in GSW's face in 2009 when the infamous "flunkster dude" posted on warriorsworld.

http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Ra ... 230477.php

"So it was when Warriors media relations director Raymond Ridder, signed on as "The Flunkster Dude," was detected defending new general manager Larry Riley on the blog site WarriorsWorld after a conference call with season-ticket holders. He got far less than the desired result."

Also, I'll bet more then a few NBA GMs found out about realgm's trade checker back in the day and used it quite often as a quick check to see if a deal was even feasible. Kudos to realgm and their trade checker.

I've always suspected that around half the warriors fans on the trade board are directly in the pay of management. You don't get stuff like old rem's "Nelly has got this team playing 0.500 ball, it just hasn't shown up in the standings yet" without someone cashing a pay-cheque.

There was an incident a few years back in the playoffs where a bench player for the Wiz, Juan Dixon I think, announced after a rare good game that he'd been motivated by reading a 20 page "Juan Dixon is an ovverated scrub" thread on realgm. So I guess calling out your players sometimes works...

The Juan Dixon thread was actually called "the amazingly sucky Juan Dixon thread". I think it was during the playoffs against Cleveland, he had been playing horribly up to that point. IIRC he said that he went straight to the gym and put up 500 shots to prepare for the next game and it paid off. I think he scored 35 points.

[Mirjalovic]

i believe they won't read the GB.

hai Mitch, please hire me as your assistant, thank you.

[Superhuman]

Dumars should've PMed tsherkin for some advice last offseason before making any moves.

[Shock Defeat]

Pistons fans wished Joe Dumars read realGM, then he would have never signed Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings.

[Higga]

Most fans are dumb but some are smart. I know on the Wiz board there are a lot of really knowledgeable posters who I'd probably rather have running the team than Ernie Grunfeld.

[loserX]

Of course. I myself am Isiah Thomas. Have you not *seen* my proposed trades?

[ChuckChilly]

Not surprised. Im sure they have more downtime than you would think.

[Optimus_Steel]

I am not suprised at all. Players also read here from time to time. I know in the past Orlando Magic local beat writer Brian Schmitz (we hate him) has stolen ideas that have been posted on the board. A trade proposal or a topic would be posted, and mysteriously a day or 2 later an article written by him would appear paraphrasing the same. Lazy bum.

[MitchellUK]

When I think of guys like John Hammond using the internet:

[SichtingLives]

A smart GM would have an assistant working these boards and only presenting him with the good ideas. GM's can't possibly have time to browse through all the garbage.

[cold_cowboy]

which one of you motha****** is bryan colangelo?? i need a few words with you.

[lakerhater]

This sort of thing blew up in GSW's face in 2009 when the infamous "flunkster dude" posted on warriorsworld.

http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Ra ... 230477.php

"So it was when Warriors media relations director Raymond Ridder, signed on as "The Flunkster Dude," was detected defending new general manager Larry Riley on the blog site WarriorsWorld after a conference call with season-ticket holders. He got far less than the desired result."

Also, I'll bet more then a few NBA GMs found out about realgm's trade checker back in the day and used it quite often as a quick check to see if a deal was even feasible. Kudos to realgm and their trade checker.

I've always suspected that around half the warriors fans on the trade board are directly in the pay of management. You don't get stuff like old rem's "Nelly has got this team playing 0.500 ball, it just hasn't shown up in the standings yet" without someone cashing a pay-cheque.

There was an incident a few years back in the playoffs where a bench player for the Wiz, Juan Dixon I think, announced after a rare good game that he'd been motivated by reading a 20 page "Juan Dixon is an ovverated scrub" thread on realgm. So I guess calling out your players sometimes works...

+1

Lol @ Juan Dixon.

[Blkbrd671]

If this is the case, Dumars has been trolling piston fans for shitz and gigs

[Apollo64]

A smart GM would have an assistant working these boards and only presenting him with the good ideas. GM's can't possibly have time to browse through all the garbage.

This is what probably happens with most front offices.

[Zion Wembanyama]

C'mon with those Eric Gordon trade ideas people!

[moss_is_1]

C'mon with those Eric Gordon trade ideas people!

Barea, Budinger, Mbah a Moute for Gordon.

[infinite11285]

We're all owed money for our ideas if true.

Class action lawsuit, guys?