Senor Octubre
Prospect
This is completely of topic, but with so much in the news, I've got vent. It seems Raptors GM Rob Babcock can't go a week without getting ripped in one paper or another, but Isiah thomas is in the papers EVERY DAY and not once has he been ripped for his terrible decisions or arrogant, abbrasive behavior. I know Rob Babcock has made some sketchy decisions but, to me, its too early yet to mark him down as the worst GM (I'll give him another year). And for the record I don't hold him responsible for the infamously one-sided Vince Carter trade, there was nothing he could do in that situation. Carter's value was at rock-bottom and he was playing like a bum in toronto, probably on purpose. I just can't believe that Thomas's front office inferiority has gone relatively uncriticized. Does anyone know what the hell this guy is doing? Does he even know? This guy has got to be as bad as Scott Layden, if not worse. The difference here between Thomas and Babcock is that Babcock has a game plan. He wants players that will work hard every night, play defense, and who are willing to play in Toronto. Thomas is a different story. he just seems to make move after terrible move with no rhyme or reason, or plan in mind. Over the past two seasons he has made phoenix better not once, but twice, and he managed to help rid the Spurs of Malik Rose's punkass contract and at the same time give them a more than servicable backup center, while making his team that much smaller. THEN, I hear this genius goes out after the draft and says he would have taken Channing Frye over Bogut or Williams if he had the number 1. Obviously he doesn't mean this, but who says that? Its up in the air really between these two, but to me, thomas's whole way of doing things and his overall mouthiness is the tie breaker.
