David Griffin Leaves Cavaliers (Billups Emerges as the Favorite to Replace Him)

 
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:28 pm    Post subject: David Griffin Leaves Cavaliers (Billups Emerges as the Favorite to Replace Him)

https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/876943990637162496

"Couldn't agree on future" per Woj

I wonder if that future entails trading away Love; making FA acquisitions. (Butler/PG13)
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 4:00 pm    Post subject:

NBA Offseason> NBA regular season and Playoffs
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NBA Offseason> NBA regular season and Playoffs


Oh, and don't forget to include the sorry ass Finals.
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Oh, and don't forget to include the sorry ass Finals.


Well that was in the Playoffs
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http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/06/19/reports-dan-gilbert-didnt-consult-with-lebron-before-letting-gm-go-lebron-disappointed/

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Reports: Dan Gilbert didn’t consult with LeBron before letting GM go, LeBron “disappointed”


Let’s say you were the owner of a basketball team that happened to employ the best player on the planet, a hometown guy who brought your club its first title ever. This player is why the building sells out, why sponsors clamor — and pay big money — to be associated with your franchise, and why the value of said franchise has skyrocketed in two years.

Now let’s say you heard said player is not entirely happy and is considering leaving in a year to head West. Wouldn’t you — for your fans and your own financial self-interest — do everything you could to keep that player happy and wanting to stay with you? So, if you were going to make a major move that could impact the team, wouldn’t you at least consult with him?

Then you’re not Dan Gilbert of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Gilbert decided to let very successful Cleveland GM David Griffin go — he can say it was “mutual” or that there was just a difference of opinion, but we all know the code words — and did not consult LeBron James, reports Brian Windhorst of ESPN. Multiple reports after that said LeBron was not happy with the news.

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He should be. Griffin did as well as could be expected in the GM role: He traded for Kevin Love, he made low-cost moves that were smart (bringing in J.R. Smith and Kyle Korver, for example), he got Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson to re-sign, and in the end his teams won 65 percent of their games and went to three straight finals, winning one.

LeBron had backed Griffin publicly on multiple occasions. Maybe he didn’t go far enough lobbying for Griffin to Gilbert, but he may not have seen it coming because who fires their GM — who was working the phones trying to pull off a trade all Monday — just 11 days before the start of a crucial free agency period?

This could be a way for Gilbert to save money (Griffin made less than half of the going rate for an elite GM). But not spending to keep a title team relevant is the kind of thing that might make LeBron more likely to leave. Which is why you talk to him.

Chauncey Billups is who Gilbert is chasing to step into the big chair, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical at Yahoo Sports. Billups is a smart man, but he has never worked in an NBA front office before and he’s being thrown into a very difficult spot: upgrade an older, capped-out roster so it can compete with the more athletic Warriors, and keep LeBron happy.

Griffin will only be unemployed as long as he wants to be, he’s highly respected around the league. Maybe he takes a year off and does television, maybe a team grabs him as a consultant, we shall see. But he will have options.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:49 pm    Post subject:

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A lot of teams will call Griff to see if he wants to come around this year. NBA is a fraternity. Obvious what happened. TV other option.


What is she saying is obvious? LeBron pushed him out and it wasn't fair/deserved/justified?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 5:15 pm    Post subject:

Dead man walking.
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