And you and couple others are ignoring all the harm he has done. Even?
no.
-He gave Cousins a max at the time when a lot of people were really questioning his maturity
-He traded an overpaid Tyreke for reasonable pieces that resulted in Rudy Gay.
-He got rid of Marcus Thornton and his terrible contract.
-He made a small tiny gamble with swapping an injury prone M'bah for a former 2nd round pick..Derrick Williams. It hasn't paid off, but it's not like Mbah killed it in Minnesota with his 3.3ppg average..
-Overpaid 1-2million for role player Carl Landry. He's a solid bench guy, but overpaid a bit.
-He drafted Ben McLemore who's been a solid 3&D guy in his 2nd season.
-He drafted Nik Stauskas who's had limited PT this year( not a bust by any means, and most rookies barely see any PT).
-He undersold IT with the returns he received no doubt about it. He should've moved IT once he figured that IT wasn't in his plans. Poor handling of trading away a fan favorite and got a useless trade exemption for it.
-He signed Darren Collison to replace IT, and he's done a much much better job at PG than IT ever has. Upgrade +
-He signed Omri Casspi, and he's been a decent role player when healthy. Not a lot of positives nor negatives about Casspi.
-He fired Malone at a terrible inexcusable time with a lame excuse. Poor handling of the situation all around at the time, still a questionable firing and didn't hire the replacement coach immediately.
-Poor handling of the fan's backfiring, but tried to come on air to take questions
-Poor handling of Karl rumors because he let a lot of things out. He can't prevent leaks, but leaks come from somewhere, maybe even his co-workers or friends
-Hired George Karl and gave Corbin a job in the FO.
This is not a terrible no good bad GM we're talking about... we still don't know where the call to fire Malone came from. (Usually comes from owner)
I think Pete still deserves a chance at GM. His player evaluation has been very good and he's assembled a decent roster. He's been very active and has had Sacramento's name in almost every trade available.
His only
bust moves are the handling of the IT and Malone scenarios. I think he's done a decent job at GM. If you want to look a terrible GM, google Kahn. Kahn makes Pete look like the Michael Jordan of GMs.