Anonymous
Years ago
Worst front office debacle?
Now with Jackson gone from the Knicks and his well publicised issues, who has done worse alledgedly, him or Doc Rivers?
The apparent refusal of a trade for Carmelo that included Austin Rivers led to further locker room division and let Paul leave to Houston. First of all Phil's trading and alienating of Carmelo was bad, if he kept it under wraps, probably could have got a lot more for him, maybe picks from Boston, some players from Miami, even Russel or others from Lakers. But aside from that, the perception that Doc values his son more has hurt the team in losing one of the greatest point guards not just now, but maybe ever. Austin has had a good year, but was that from his dad giving him opportunities and pissing off his teammates or now can he step up. Plus it looks like Reddick is on the move, Houston a rumour, shooters paradise with Gordon and Paul and Harden setting them up, but could be a huge pickup for Philadelphia to spread the floor. If he heads there and Fultz is decent I reckon they could surprise and make top 4 in east with recent movements, but of course that depends of health.
But back to original question, I would say lucky Griffin is resigning otherwise Doc should be fired as well. Got lucky with Boston but was terrible with Orlando and they should be in lottery in even tougher west now.