dougthonus wrote: It's the kind of thing if people weren't man-crushing over AKME and it was three years from now, people would probably react really differently though.
if the names were jimmy butler and gar foreman instead of sato and artie K...
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dougthonus wrote: It's the kind of thing if people weren't man-crushing over AKME and it was three years from now, people would probably react really differently though.
You have been waiting months for that, haven't you?Michael Jackson wrote:It just seems that AK czeched out of this situation.
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kodo wrote:Any NBA player complaining he has a tough life isn't someone I'm interested in following or supporting.
Michael Jackson wrote:It just seems that AK czeched out of this situation.
Hey folks I’m here all week.
dougthonus wrote:Michael Jackson wrote:You would think that you could give a guy a call at least but whatever.
AK has established one of two things with his actions, not sure which one is true or a combination of both, he doesn’t like GarPax players and he isn’t particularly fond of Euros. Maybe it is just GarPax Euro’s. As it sits today a year and a half in this, AK has done more for Klutch guys than Euro guys, which when he was hired likely wouldn’t have not been anyone’s prediction. Now part of this incidental for sure, but what we thought we knew about AK at hiring is fleshing out to me in a different way.
I mean he was involved with Jokic and drafted Simonovic, I wouldn't say he doesn't like Euros.
I think it is just about the individuals. I kind of doubt it was personal either way, I'd be a bit surprised if he just disliked Sato and did this for that reason. Probably more that he had no real meaningful relationship and knew that Sato already knew from his agent and wasn't breaking news.
Still a bit unprofessional IMO, but nothing crazy. It's the kind of thing if people weren't man-crushing over AKME and it was three years from now, people would probably react really differently though.
Stratmaster wrote:You have been waiting months for that, haven't you?Michael Jackson wrote:It just seems that AK czeched out of this situation.
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HomoSapien wrote:In the grand scheme of things it's not a big deal, but I think Sato has a point. AK giving these guys an actual phone call is just the right/classy thing to do. Sending a text saying you're traded is just impersonal and cold. It's a business, but it's also their lives.
Michael Jackson wrote:dougthonus wrote:I don't know that it makes such a big difference, but I think it's worth a phone call to the guy to tell him he has been traded even if he probably reads it first over twitter anyway. It's not the end of the world, but for all the talk about AK making this a player destination, this was kind of a poor way to treat a guy.
Also no reason to throw Sato under the bus. He wasn't overpaid and he didn't underachieve. He was paid like a role player / quality reserve / low end starter, and was more or less exactly that.
Though Sato's comment on Ingram is pretty hilarious.
You would think that you could give a guy a call at least but whatever.
AK has established one of two things with his actions, not sure which one is true or a combination of both, he doesn’t like GarPax players and he isn’t particularly fond of Euros. Maybe it is just GarPax Euro’s. As it sits today a year and a half in this, AK has done more for Klutch guys than Euro guys, which when he was hired likely wouldn’t have not been anyone’s prediction. Now part of this incidental for sure, but what we thought we knew about AK at hiring is fleshing out to me in a different way.
FriedRise wrote:
Wonderboy12 wrote:FriedRise wrote:
Such a **** bitch. See you in the Euro league in a few years. The Gasol brother might need a point guard. Maybe he can play point for Nikol Mirotic.
League Circles wrote:Eversley probably is the main communicator of stuff like this. Sato thinks AK is the GM, which he is not.
Wonderboy12 wrote:FriedRise wrote:
Such a **** bitch. See you in the Euro league in a few years. The Gasol brother might need a point guard. Maybe he can play point for Nikol Mirotic.
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Little Nathan wrote:Wonderboy12 wrote:FriedRise wrote:
Such a **** bitch. See you in the Euro league in a few years. The Gasol brother might need a point guard. Maybe he can play point for Nikol Mirotic.
We're at Wonderboy12 already? They grow up so fast.
I really appreciate the commitment to the name though. Others would at least try to fool the mods...but not Wonderboy.
Michael Jackson wrote:League Circles wrote:Eversley probably is the main communicator of stuff like this. Sato thinks AK is the GM, which he is not.
Thats really the meat of it I think. AK doesn't come across as the warm and fuzzy type guy as is and really that is ME's job theoretically yet we don't know the exact hierarchy.