Chad Buchanan: New assistant GM

Post #1 » by **JDR720** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:24 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/484099941451567105[/tweet]

Post #2 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:37 pm

MJ clearly sending a message to Cho.

SWedd523 · Post #3 » by **SWedd523** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:43 pm

yosemiteben wrote:MJ clearly sending a message to Cho.

Yes. By bringing in a guy Cho is familiar with due to their time working together in Portland to fill a role that hasn't existed until now. MJ is clearly sending the message: "I support you enough to pay a (supposed) friend of yours to be your assistant"

Post #4 » by **JDR720** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:44 pm

We're still missing a president of B-Ball Operations, i wonder who that will be

Post #5 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:45 pm

SWedd523 wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:MJ clearly sending a message to Cho.

Yes. By bringing in a guy Cho is familiar with due to their time working together in Portland to fill a role that hasn't existed until now. MJ is clearly sending the message: "I support you enough to pay a (supposed) friend of yours to be your assistant"

No way. MJ is saying: "Hey Cho, I just want you to know that no matter what, I can always get some random exec from Portland, so watch your back."

Really though I just left the green font off.

SWedd523 · Post #6 » by **SWedd523** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 11:11 pm

JDR720 wrote:We're still missing a president of B-Ball Operations, i wonder who that will be

Will not have one. That position was made to give Higgins a title because Cho came in and took his GM duties. Cho absorbed much of the responsibilities Higgins' departure created. Buchanan is being brought in to help manage the extra work.

yosemiteben wrote:No way. MJ is saying: "Hey Cho, I just want you to know that no matter what, I can always get some random exec from Portland, so watch your back."

Really though I just left the green font off.

Ahh, gotcha

ohara · Post #7 » by **ohara** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 11:26 pm

Good news.

TheKingofSting2 · Post #8 » by **TheKingofSting2** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 5:07 am

He may be better for the job than Cho since he did make the Lillard deal happen.

DusterBuster · Post #9 » by **DusterBuster** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 5:25 am

TheKingofSting wrote:He may be better for the job than Cho since he did make the Lillard deal happen.

Chad was the Blazers head of college scouting and interm GM, in the time he held that position, here are some of the college players the Blazers drafted.....

Luke Babbitt
Elliot Williams
Armon Johnson
Nolan Smith
Dante Cunningham
Jeff Pendergraph

I could keep going, but you get the point. The Blazers have wasted more picks than I care to remember thanks in large part to his "scouting" and in some cases he was directly responsible for drafting.

He also was responsible for giving the Nuggets Kenneth Faried in an agreement to not pick him as part of the Raymond Felton trade.

The only really great move Chad ever made was the Wallace to Brooklyn deal to get the pick that would turn out to be Lillard, but Lillard was a Olshey pick. It was pretty well known that Olshey had his guys and that Buchanan wasn't going to be one of him.

Chad seems like a genuinely nice guy, but after the amount of horrifically wiffed picks for guys that barely made it through their rookie deals (some of which didn't), his scouting left a lot to be desired. I don't think anyone in Portland is going to be missing him greatly.

Liver_Pooty · Post #10 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 6:02 am

Great hire

Post #11 » by **fatlever** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 6:18 pm

DusterBuster wrote:
TheKingofSting wrote:He may be better for the job than Cho since he did make the Lillard deal happen.

Chad was the Blazers head of college scouting and interm GM, in the time he held that position, here are some of the college players the Blazers drafted.....

Luke Babbitt
Elliot Williams
Armon Johnson
Nolan Smith
Dante Cunningham
Jeff Pendergraph

I could keep going, but you get the point. The Blazers have wasted more picks than I care to remember thanks in large part to his "scouting" and in some cases he was directly responsible for drafting.

He also was responsible for giving the Nuggets Kenneth Faried in an agreement to not pick him as part of the Raymond Felton trade.

The only really great move Chad ever made was the Wallace to Brooklyn deal to get the pick that would turn out to be Lillard, but Lillard was a Olshey pick. It was pretty well known that Olshey had his guys and that Buchanan wasn't going to be one of him.

Chad seems like a genuinely nice guy, but after the amount of horrifically wiffed picks for guys that barely made it through their rookie deals (some of which didn't), his scouting left a lot to be desired. I don't think anyone in Portland is going to be missing him greatly.

this is what i was thinking in my head. glad someone confirmed as much. this guy has a track record as painful as higgins. forgive me if i don't get excited just yet.

mrknowitall215 · Post #12 » by **mrknowitall215** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 6:25 pm

fatlever wrote:this is what i was thinking in my head. glad someone confirmed as much. this guy has a track record as painful as higgins. forgive me if i don't get excited just yet.

The same thing I said maybe a month ago and got 'shat' on

mrknowitall215 wrote:He traded Brandon Rush, Jarrett Jack, and Josh McRoberts for Jerryd Bayless?!?

viewtopic.php?p=40136508#p40136508

Post #13 » by **JDR720** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 6:28 pm

I hope "assistant GM" is just fancy talk for "Cho's gofer"

chabber · Post #14 » by **chabber** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 6:28 pm

mrknowitall215 wrote:
fatlever wrote:this is what i was thinking in my head. glad someone confirmed as much. this guy has a track record as painful as higgins. forgive me if i don't get excited just yet.

The same thing I said maybe a month ago and got 'shat' on

mrknowitall215 wrote:He traded Brandon Rush, Jarrett Jack, and Josh McRoberts for Jerryd Bayless?!?

viewtopic.php?p=40136508#p40136508

After you posted that, I wanted him crossed off the list immediately. I was not happy hearing this yesterday.

Post #15 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 6:37 pm

mrknowitall215 wrote:The same thing I said maybe a month ago and got 'shat' on

mrknowitall215 wrote:He traded Brandon Rush, Jarrett Jack, and Josh McRoberts for Jerryd Bayless?!?

viewtopic.php?p=40136508#p40136508

?

I clicked on that thread and all I saw was JDR and Biz Gil essentially agreeing that we can do better.

Post #16 » by **JDR720** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 6:39 pm

yosemiteben wrote:
mrknowitall215 wrote:The same thing I said maybe a month ago and got 'shat' on

mrknowitall215 wrote:He traded Brandon Rush, Jarrett Jack, and Josh McRoberts for Jerryd Bayless?!?

viewtopic.php?p=40136508#p40136508

?

I clicked on that thread and all I saw was JDR and Biz Gil essentially agreeing that we can do better.

http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_B ... -1218.html

mrknowitall215 · Post #17 » by **mrknowitall215** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 6:43 pm

yosemiteben wrote:
mrknowitall215 wrote:The same thing I said maybe a month ago and got 'shat' on

mrknowitall215 wrote:He traded Brandon Rush, Jarrett Jack, and Josh McRoberts for Jerryd Bayless?!?

viewtopic.php?p=40136508#p40136508

?

I clicked on that thread and all I saw was JDR and Biz Gil essentially agreeing that we can do better.

Must be my defense-mechanism that remembered them trying to exhaust some of the good that Buchanan did rather than just his bad as a GM. You sir are correct, I didn't get 'shat' on

HornetJail · Post #18 » by **HornetJail** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 7:09 pm

His track record isn't the best. Hopefully he's just kind of "there" while the big boys make the decisions.

TheKingofSting2 · Post #19 » by **TheKingofSting2** » Thu Jul 3, 2014 5:25 am

JDR720 wrote:I hope "assistant GM" is just fancy talk for "Cho's gofer"

Someone has to get Sir Cho his coffee.