Petrie is Front Runner for Executive of the Year - NBA.com

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The front-runner for executive of the year? Seems like it. He clearly had the best draft of any GM, getting Tyreke Evans and Omri Casspi (at No. 23) and setting the foundation for the Kings' rebuilding project. Then Petrie unloaded Kevin Martin, which officially opened the way for the Kings to be Evans' team. In the process, he grabbed Carl Landry, a power forward on the rise, who comes rather cheap. The money saved from Martin's contract gives the Kings flexibility to make a future run at free agents.
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Nice to read something like this after all the losses. GP has really made some nice moves this year.
 
That would be quite an achievement for a lazy old GM who always makes the worst deal possible and refuses to listen to dozens of better offers! ;)
 
Um...not a remote shot in hell.

Like most awards, this always goes hand in hand with winning. Have not given it much thought, but off the top of my head it is virtually impossible to see Dallas's GM missing it after picking up Shawn Marion, Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood in the space of one season, assuming they go deep. Or possibly Danny Ferry if the Jamison + Shaq +Parker acquisitions get them the title. Not a GM who's team might win 25-30.
 
Bricklayer said:
Um...not a remote shot in hell.

Like most awards, this always goes hand in hand with winning. Have not given it much thought, but off the top of my head it is virtually impossible to see Dallas's GM missing it after picking up Shawn Marion, Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood in the space of one season, assuming they go deep. Or possibly Danny Ferry if the Jamison + Shaq +Parker acquisitions get them the title. Not a GM who's team might win 25-30.
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Keep in mind imroving your record counts and that the award is decided before the championship. Cleveland and Dallas are likely to have very similar records to last year and voters will have 0 idea if Shaq/Jamison is enough to put the Cavs over the top by the time they vote. If the Kings improve by 10+ games, Petrie will have a great shot.
 
Sptsjunkie said:
Keep in mind imroving your record counts and that the award is decided before the championship. Cleveland and Dallas are likely to have very similar records to last year and voters will have 0 idea if Shaq/Jamison is enough to put the Cavs over the top by the time they vote. If the Kings improve by 10+ games, Petrie will have a great shot.
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I really do sincerely doubt it. The other moves are just too splashy, and people are split on the Martin thing.

Forgot about the Atlanta and Charlotte and Memphis turnarounds too -- ironic because all those places have traditionally had much mocked front offices. Not to mention Houston.
 
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Daryl Morey from Houston has a great shot. And whoever is running things in Dallas too ( dont forget they also Drafted Roddy Beaubois ). Petrie has had a good year, but the way things are going right now, our turnaround from last year isnt looking as good as it did earlier in the season. I dont see us beating our record of last year by 10 games anymore, and even if we do I dont know how to give that award to him with our record.
 
Sptsjunkie said:
Keep in mind imroving your record counts and that the award is decided before the championship. Cleveland and Dallas are likely to have very similar records to last year and voters will have 0 idea if Shaq/Jamison is enough to put the Cavs over the top by the time they vote. If the Kings improve by 10+ games, Petrie will have a great shot.
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So are we.
 
MassachusettsKingsFan said:
Daryl Morey from Houston has a great shot. And whoever is running things in Dallas too ( dont forget they also Drafted Roddy Beaubois ). Petrie has had a good year, but the way things are going right now, our turnaround from last year isnt looking as good as it did earlier in the season. I dont see us beating our record of last year by 10 games anymore, and even if we do I dont know how to give that award to him with our record.
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I think Donnie Nelson.
 
Oklahoma City GM deserves a lot of consideration. Have you looked at their record lately? Really fine job of drafting and trading for talent good enough to get to round 2 in the playoffs.
 
He killed it on draft day, but to be honest, thats about it.
We're still stuck with Beno and Nocioni's contracts.
I don't think he deserves it. Not the way this team is playing right now.
 
Gary said:
3...2...1.... Are you serious? Petrie is a flippin moron.. These NBA writers don't have a clue.
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Your going to have to learn to quit holding back and say what you really think. All this supressed anger is going to destroy you if you don't let it out. Quit being so nice!:D
 
It should go to the Dallas GM, but writers screw up this stuff all the time. I remember when Mark Ellis set a fielding percentage record and still missed out on a gold glove due to east coast bias/laziness.
 
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Nice to read something like this after all the losses. GP has really made some nice moves this year.
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Really?

To be honest, I am kind of in shock. The Kings front office getting this kind of attention after being called the equivalent of lazy by another source?

I'm not a GP homer and I am by no means a GP basher, but there are a bunch of other GMs out there that did just as well, if not better than GP this year.

I'll humbly accept the props being thrown "our" way, but I doubt GP ends up claiming the head-gm throne when the season is over.
 
Merdiesel said:
He killed it on draft day, but to be honest, thats about it.
We're still stuck with Beno and Nocioni's contracts.
I don't think he deserves it. Not the way this team is playing right now.
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^^^This. Petrie definitely won the draft. BUT- he traded away our best asset and didn't get what we really needed, which was (1) shipping out Noc and Beno's bad contracts and (2) draft picks. The idea that the cap savings from shipping Martin are that great is odd because we could still get expirings for Martin at any time.

--not that this was a bad trade, but not exec-of-the-year level.


I can see him winning, if just because no one else has really done anything big. Morey didn't have any picks. Cleveland took what was widely perceived to be the second best option (below Amare). Buford would have been no. 1 if the RJ experiment worked out (getting blair counts for him). Dallas might have a good shot at it too.


I think this is the type of year that will get GP on the radar again. Once the Kings get back into the playoff hunt, I think he'll get another trophy his way, but not until then.
 
Gary said:
3...2...1.... Are you serious? Petrie is a flippin moron.. These NBA writers don't have a clue.
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Well, you know, it was just one (not very prominent) writer, and he also listed 8 other GMs he thought were in the running.

There's usually at least one writer who will endorse just about anything.
 
NME said:
That would be quite an achievement for a lazy old GM who always makes the worst deal possible and refuses to listen to dozens of better offers! ;)
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I get that this is sarcasm, but the deal ranks as a little above average (at least until we see what this off-season holds for us). The refusing to shop Kevin around was what bothered me.
 
Also, I think is we can get to 25-30 wins, a lot can be said for Petrie and GM of the year. (Also, it will cement Reke as ROY)
 
he really deserves it. brilliant coaching hire. brilliant draft. great trade. so far he's been perfect this year.
 
Bricklayer said:
I really do sincerely doubt it. The other moves are just too splashy, and people are split on the Martin thing.

Forgot about the Atlanta and Charlotte and Memphis turnarounds too -- ironic because all those places have traditionally had much mocked front offices. Not to mention Houston.
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I agree about splash, but typically, unless this year defies the others, improvement is necessary.

As for the other two, Atlanta and Houston did not make any significant moves to bolster their improvement (unless KMart helps take Houston to another level), so I can't see them winning.

The Bobcats and Griz both have legit shots for their GMs though. The Cats addition of Jackson made them much better. If Thomas gives them anything, it could make a big difference.

The Griz added Randolph, who has helped. If Brewer comes back and they make the playoffs, Chris Wallace actually could be a candidate.
 
If Petrie did get this award, it would be like a lifetime achievement award. What he has done to turn the Kings around after the C-Webb mess has been very painful but very fast. It took them a while to decide to blow it up, but when they did they blew it up real good. Now we have young players and cap room to grow. We WERE stuck with bad contracts and going nowhere. So I guess he could win it. I dont see it though. It really is something he might be considered for next year if the moves he has made this year are successful in turning the franchise around next season and they make the playoffs.
 
FaStRmAn said:
If Petrie did get this award, it would be like a lifetime achievement award. What he has done to turn the Kings around after the C-Webb mess has been very painful but very fast. It took them a while to decide to blow it up, but when they did they blew it up real good. Now we have young players and cap room to grow. We WERE stuck with bad contracts and going nowhere. So I guess he could win it. I dont see it though. It really is something he might be considered for next year if the moves he has made this year are successful in turning the franchise around next season and they make the playoffs.
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How are we not stuck with bad contracts now? And where are we going now? We are 4-23 (or something like that) in the last 27 games...how is that an improvement?

Funny thing is, ever since GP was re-signed to an extension, any idea what our record is?

Answer: not good.
 
theclash4u5 said:
How are we not stuck with bad contracts now? And where are we going now? We are 4-23 (or something like that) in the last 27 games...how is that an improvement?

Funny thing is, ever since GP was re-signed to an extension, any idea what our record is?

Answer: not good.
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I don't think he's got any real shot this year, but the contract situation really isn't bad anymore. We've got three bad contracts that we are probably just going to have to live with in Beno, Cisco and Noc. But that's it. Everybody else is either on their rookie deals, free agents to be, or considerably underpaid. And for the first time in a decade we'll actually have major caproom if we want to try to make a splash.
 
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