Knicks hire Walt Perrin as Assistant GM

Phish Tank · Post #1 » by **Phish Tank** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:18 pm

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Post #2 » by **Capn'O** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:21 pm

Phish Tank wrote:Putting this in a new thread

Thank you - my thread splitting tools were failing me.

Post #3 » by **Deeeez Knicks** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:25 pm

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Post #4 » by **mpharris36** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:25 pm

Scott Perry vs Walt Perrin

robillionaire · Post #5 » by **robillionaire** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:25 pm

i don't like it

GEOLINK · Post #6 » by **GEOLINK** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:26 pm

Gobert or Donovan Mitchell

3toheadmelo · Post #7 » by **3toheadmelo** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:29 pm

I like it. Utah Jazz is one of the best teams in the West so it's great that we get to steal one of their guys.

Gravy · Post #8 » by **Gravy** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:29 pm

I have no idea who he is, how should I overreact to this.

Post #9 » by **GONYK** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:31 pm

We hired a not-Perry/not-Houston.

I approve

3toheadmelo · Post #10 » by **3toheadmelo** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:33 pm

Utah Jazz fan base and beat writers aren't happy. This is good news!!

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Phish Tank · Post #11 » by **Phish Tank** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:34 pm

Perrin should've been a GM by now, but there's the obvious stupid stigma against hiring African Americans in FO roles.

Post #12 » by **Deeeez Knicks** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:35 pm

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3toheadmelo · Post #13 » by **3toheadmelo** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:36 pm

Dont mess with the Don!

HEZI · Post #14 » by **HEZI** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:39 pm

Hopefully he helps us land somebody closer to Donovan Mitchell and not somebody closer to Dante Exum.

robillionaire · Post #15 » by **robillionaire** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:43 pm

HEZI wrote:Hopefully he helps us land somebody closer to Donovan Mitchell and not somebody closer to Dante Exum.

or trey burke ahead of giannis or trey lyles ahead of devin booker aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

HEZI · Post #16 » by **HEZI** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:51 pm

robillionaire wrote:
HEZI wrote:Hopefully he helps us land somebody closer to Donovan Mitchell and not somebody closer to Dante Exum.

or trey burke ahead of giannis or trey lyles ahead of devin booker aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Yeah the Jazz have had a lot of misses over the years so only way to know how good this hire is will be to wait and see how things play out. The one things I do give the Jazz credit for is they have been able to assemble a good squad over the years on a consistent basis without really tanking or needing top picks. Their FO has always had good ability to put together very good competitive teams.

WargamesX · Post #17 » by **WargamesX** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:52 pm

robillionaire wrote:
HEZI wrote:Hopefully he helps us land somebody closer to Donovan Mitchell and not somebody closer to Dante Exum.

or trey burke ahead of giannis or trey lyles ahead of devin booker aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Don’t do this to yourself.

I like the move, mostly because people in the know seemed annoyed by it, same for Aller. Let’s see what Leon, Aller, Perrin, and Perry come up with.

Post #18 » by **Deeeez Knicks** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:55 pm

He sounds well respected and well liked among Jazz fans

The Utah Jazz lost another person in their organization today, not to injury, but to the New York Knicks. Walt Perrin, Utah’s VP of Player Personnel, is set to become the Knicks new Assistant General Manager under Leon Rose according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Leon Rose who was previously a player agent—and more specifically, Mike Conley’s agent—is building quite the treasure trove of organization talent in New York.

Walt Perrin has been responsible for helping the Jazz scout and identify sleeper talent like Rudy Gobert, Paul Millsap, Royce O’Neale, Wes Matthews and Joe Ingles. He’s also helped the Jazz scout players like Donovan Mitchell and Deron Williams. There are always going to be the ones that got away when it comes to the NBA Draft, but a lot of people in Perrin’s line of work would give up a lot to have the type of success Perrin has had in landing top tier talent outside of the Top 10 in the the NBA Draft and in the second round.

Back in March, Justin Zanik had been interviewing for the VP of Basketball Operations job in Chicago and now it appears others in the Utah Jazz organization have been on opposing NBA team’s shortlists for hiring. Is there something going on behind the scenes that we’re not seeing hastening Utah front office executives to look for greener pastures or is this talent poaching just a byproduct of Utah’s past success?

Good luck to Walt Perrin. He did a great job in Utah and will be missed.

https://www.slcdunk.com/nba-offseason/2020/5/18/21262670/utah-jazz-vp-of-player-personnel-walt-perrin-to-become-knicks-assistant-gm

F N 11 · Post #19 » by **F N 11** » Mon May 18, 2020 6:56 pm

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Its happening isnt it? Good move since Jazz are built on 3 point hooting and defense.

Post #20 » by **GONYK** » Mon May 18, 2020 7:00 pm

Just to be clear, Perry is now the Assistant GM, right? If not in title, than function.

Perrin didn't leave his VP post to screen Scottie's emails