TheSuzerain wrote:Give me Eversley
He’s still my favorite at this point. But I’m sure we don’t know these candidates as well as AK so my opinion really doesn’t matter. Lol
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TheSuzerain wrote:Give me Eversley
HomoSapien wrote:jump wrote:Milt Newton just added to the list. Milwaukee assistant GM. Don't know much about him, but the Bucks seem to have good results lately.
Milt Newton is a guy I've been mentioning for a while as someone worthy of an interview. He's had three meaningful FO stints:
VP Of Player Personel for the Washington Wizards (2003-2013). In Washington he was reportedly instrumental in their scouting department and also had a significant role in draft and free-agent decisions. It's hard to say what specific moves he was responsible for, but Washington made a shrewd signing in Gilbert Arenas then and made some strong draft picks in John Wall, Bradley Beal, Otto Porter Jr., Tomas Satoransky, and Javalee McGee. There was also some big misses (I.E. Jan Vesley over Kawahi Leonard, Klay Thompson, Vucevic, and Kemba Walker), but I think what's promising about this stint is that Washington was able to build two separate playoff teams during this span. Both teams underachieved (partly because of injuries, partly because they were still a piece or two away from being a contender), but the potential was there.
General Manager for the Minnesota Timberwolves (2013-2016). Flip Saunders was a big fan of Newton and hired him. He was fired and replaced by Thibs after Flip's passing. Newton was unable to build a playoff team here, but drafted Zach Lavine, Andrew Wiggins, and Karl Anthony-Towns. That was a team that was just oozing with potential and a ton of us were extremely jealous of that core. Who knows if they would have ever matured into winners, but I think most people believe that the Timberwolves made a mistake of breaking up that young team.
Assistant General Manager for the Milwaukee Bucks (2017 to Present). Giannis was already on the team, but during this time span the Bucks ascended the league to become the best team in the East. Gutsy vets such as Eric Bledsoe, Brook Lopez, Illyasova, George Hill, Mirotic (for a playoff run), Kyle Korver, Marvin Williams, Wes Matthews, and Robin Lopez were brought in during this span and some of their young pieces such as DiVincenzo and Connaughton have grown into solid contributors.
ChettheJet wrote:Since it doesn't look like they're interviewing experienced people, former GMs, as a Bulls fan you don't know the second level FO guys on other teams, you have no idea what kind of upper level executive they would be or you're lying about being such an insider. It's just about impossible to gauge what kind of team anybody they hire is going to want to build, what if he shocks every fan and says Boylen is his kind of coach? So just relax and wait until they hire someone and he does the teleconference to lay out his expectations.
aramada wrote:Per Sportando, Austin Brown is in advanced discussion to be the Bulls' GM. He's Zion's agent at CAA. Also represents Denzel and Dunn. Was DWade's agent prior to retirement.
(initially posted in the Finley thread. this is a better thread to post it)
Chewie wrote:aramada wrote:Per Sportando, Austin Brown is in advanced discussion to be the Bulls' GM. He's Zion's agent at CAA. Also represents Denzel and Dunn. Was DWade's agent prior to retirement.
(initially posted in the Finley thread. this is a better thread to post it)
Believe he reps Donovan Mitchell? Hmmmm
aramada wrote:Tweet is gone now
Chi town wrote:AK isn't cool. Getting a guy like Brown makes a ton of sense. Kinda like a player friendly coach. We need someone to recruit. Good be a homerun hire.