Negrodamus wrote:Oh, he's a point counter. Abort argument.
Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that is how Brand evaluates players as well.
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Negrodamus wrote:Oh, he's a point counter. Abort argument.
NYSixersFan wrote:
the plan is to get as good as quickly as possible....I fully believe we could have been a borderline playoff team last year by adding young veterans....using or draft picks and cap space.....can I specifically tell you who? no.
PhillyPhilly wrote:VDT wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:
You mean his tenure where he's had one offseason and one draft whilst surrounded by the last GM's people?
Butler trade
Matisse Pick
Fultz trade
Ennis trade
Burks pick-up
The Horford signing is a minus whilst the Harris trade can seen in many different ways. We gave away a bench player who can't defend and two picks that never amounted to anything....all for a guy who was a 26 year old mismatch who gets 20ppg and was shooting the three above 40%. And that trade helped to create a team many called the best starting five in the entire league. So all in all the guy hasn't done bad imo and can only get better with more experience.
You literally sound like you are Brand's wife/ relative with all this blind support for someone that is responsible for the situation the team is in. Even a paid employee would be more subtle in his support for Brand. In he end all his major moves were colossal failures, and his only excuse is that he didnt know what he was doing or tries to shift the blame to everyone else.
Yep...just like I thought. Put FACTS on the table and all the Brand detractors can do is to spout untruths and...
SMH!!
BullyKing wrote:Negrodamus wrote:Oh, he's a point counter. Abort argument.
Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that is how Brand evaluates players as well.
BullyKing wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:BullyKing wrote:
Then for the third time - what has Brand gotten right in his tenure?
You mean his tenure where he's had one offseason and one draft whilst surrounded by the last GM's people?
Butler trade
Matisse Pick
Fultz trade
Ennis trade
Burks pick-up
The Horford signing is a minus whilst the Harris trade can seen in many different ways. We gave away a bench player who can't defend and two picks that never amounted to anything....all for a guy who was a 26 year old mismatch who gets 20ppg and was shooting the three above 40%. And that trade helped to create a team many called the best starting five in the entire league. So all in all the guy hasn't done bad imo and can only get better with more experience.
I wish you had the self-awareness to look at your own list and think about the implications. You give him credit for the Butler trade but that was in retrospect a colossal failure because having Covington still is more valuable than how it ended up with Butler. Matisse was fine but again serious concerns with the process of getting there. Then 40% of your list are minor trades involving second round picks and another 20% is one where everyone in the world, and I guarantee Elton as well, thought it only involves second round picks.
But you're right in the end. Getting a second round pick for Ennis totally makes up for all of the 1sts and hundreds of millions of dollars that he lit on fire.
VDT wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:VDT wrote:
You literally sound like you are Brand's wife/ relative with all this blind support for someone that is responsible for the situation the team is in. Even a paid employee would be more subtle in his support for Brand. In he end all his major moves were colossal failures, and his only excuse is that he didnt know what he was doing or tries to shift the blame to everyone else.
Yep...just like I thought. Put FACTS on the table and all the Brand detractors can do is to spout untruths and...
SMH!!
What facts? You dont even make a coherent argument. One time you say that his moves are good, then you say that all GMs make mistakes and then you say it was not him that did the moves.
The only think you care about is defending Brand, but you dont try to do it in a logical, coherent manner like a paid employee would do. Instead, you sound rather emotionally invested in this topic, which means that you are either a huge fan of Brand (doubtful) or it might be a similar case to Mrs Bottini defending her husband and former GM on the internet. Which is why i said that you sound like Brand's wife/relative/close friend.
Negrodamus wrote:BullyKing wrote:Negrodamus wrote:Oh, he's a point counter. Abort argument.
Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that is how Brand evaluates players as well.
Is Antoine Walker available? Played in Brand's era and was a 20ppg scorer (along with a complete sieve on defense and the anchor that prevented Pierce and Celtics from any legitimate success for the first 5 years of his career) during his time in Boston.
EDIT: Honestly, Brand's career wasn't really filled with success in his 20ppg days, either.
NYSixersFan wrote:
the plan is to get as good as quickly as possible....I fully believe we could have been a borderline playoff team last year by adding young veterans....using or draft picks and cap space.....can I specifically tell you who? no.
PhillyPhilly wrote:
I said he was surrounded by Bryan's guys and they openly said moves were done with an "collaborative effort"!!..therefore questions remain as to whether Elton has had full control up until now.
PhillyPhilly wrote:NYSixersFan wrote:Brand said Tobias had a great regular season...what was he watching?
Yep...20 ppg is clearly a "bad year".
NYSixersFan wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:NYSixersFan wrote:Brand said Tobias had a great regular season...what was he watching?
Yep...20 ppg is clearly a "bad year".
Are you suggesting Tobias was great or even very good? He was inconsistent at best.
NYSixersFan wrote:
the plan is to get as good as quickly as possible....I fully believe we could have been a borderline playoff team last year by adding young veterans....using or draft picks and cap space.....can I specifically tell you who? no.
Negrodamus wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:
I said he was surrounded by Bryan's guys and they openly said moves were done with an "collaborative effort"!!..therefore questions remain as to whether Elton has had full control up until now.
So then it's entirely possible that every "good" move you listed by Brand was not done by Brand, but rather the collaborative effort.
PhillyPhilly wrote:Negrodamus wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:
I said he was surrounded by Bryan's guys and they openly said moves were done with an "collaborative effort"!!..therefore questions remain as to whether Elton has had full control up until now.
So then it's entirely possible that every "good" move you listed by Brand was not done by Brand, but rather the collaborative effort.
And it's also possible he wasn't the main deciding factor behind signing Al...now he seems to have more power we'll see what he does next.
Negrodamus wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:Negrodamus wrote:
So then it's entirely possible that every "good" move you listed by Brand was not done by Brand, but rather the collaborative effort.
And it's also possible he wasn't the main deciding factor behind signing Al...now he seems to have more power we'll see what he does next.
Which begs the question, why should we trust this man who has only been the GM of a G-League team if he could theoretically have zero record? To follow that up, why do you full-throatedly, unequivocally have confidence in this guy as a GM? And finally, if you like the moves, why aren't you advocating for a continuation of "the collaboration", a situation in which Brand said has "failed" despite being part of it?
Negrodamus wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:Negrodamus wrote:
So then it's entirely possible that every "good" move you listed by Brand was not done by Brand, but rather the collaborative effort.
And it's also possible he wasn't the main deciding factor behind signing Al...now he seems to have more power we'll see what he does next.
Which begs the question, why should we trust this man who has only been the GM of a G-League team if he could theoretically have zero record? To follow that up, why do you full-throatedly, unequivocally have confidence in this guy as a GM? And finally, if you like the moves, why aren't you advocating for a continuation of "the collaboration", a situation in which Brand said has "failed" despite being part of it?
NYSixersFan wrote:
the plan is to get as good as quickly as possible....I fully believe we could have been a borderline playoff team last year by adding young veterans....using or draft picks and cap space.....can I specifically tell you who? no.
PhillyPhilly wrote:Negrodamus wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:
And it's also possible he wasn't the main deciding factor behind signing Al...now he seems to have more power we'll see what he does next.
Which begs the question, why should we trust this man who has only been the GM of a G-League team if he could theoretically have zero record? To follow that up, why do you full-throatedly, unequivocally have confidence in this guy as a GM? And finally, if you like the moves, why aren't you advocating for a continuation of "the collaboration", a situation in which Brand said has "failed" despite being part of it?
I already said i didn't like ALL the moves such as Horford..so there is obvious room for growth and to learn from it. The bottom line is Brand is our gm and will remain the gm moving forward...so folks can cry about it as much as they want but it's not gonna change reality.
Ok, you have to be part of Brands circle. Or, like Barbara attempting to say Brand is good because if that were true then Bryan is certainly better than Brand??PhillyPhilly wrote:Negrodamus wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:
And it's also possible he wasn't the main deciding factor behind signing Al...now he seems to have more power we'll see what he does next.
Which begs the question, why should we trust this man who has only been the GM of a G-League team if he could theoretically have zero record? To follow that up, why do you full-throatedly, unequivocally have confidence in this guy as a GM? And finally, if you like the moves, why aren't you advocating for a continuation of "the collaboration", a situation in which Brand said has "failed" despite being part of it?
I already said i didn't like ALL the moves such as Horford..so there is obvious room for growth and to learn from it. The bottom line is Brand is our gm and will remain the gm moving forward...so folks can cry about it as much as they want but it's not gonna change reality.
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BullyKing wrote:NYSixersFan wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:
Yep...20 ppg is clearly a "bad year".
Are you suggesting Tobias was great or even very good? He was inconsistent at best.
It only took us six years but I think we finally agree on something.