Kroenke buys the Rams and Ujiri looks to be our next GM... (Golden Nuggets)

What’s his back story?

It’s looking very clear that all the “deal making” will be done by Boy Kroenke and Bearup.

Also….I completely agree on Bucher. This is completely irresponsible reporting AND from what I’ve been told Bucher is as good as dead to the Nuggets organization….good luck getting any information leaked to him.

Please JPage, I think we could use a dose right about now. Thanks.

On the other hand I’m not ready to convict Kroenke and Nuggets management of Clipper-like offenses for this process. At least they are being honest about the GM position that it’s going to be a team thing was it was with Warkentein. And I don’t see why everyone is short-changing the importance of the GM role because it’s the same one that got Warkentein exec of the year and turned him into a Golden Boy in so many “experts” opinions. The GM is still going to be in charge and get all of the credit. The Nuggets FO doesn’t need to be traditionally structured like every other team to be successful, it’s worked fine for us so far.

Bret Bearup really shouldn’t be taken out to the shed so frequently by the media. The guy is qualified and he’s delivered for the Nuggets time and time again. There’s nothing wrong with having him in the front office and there’s no basis to say he’s undermining any GM that would come here. The Nuggets need a guy who wants to work with the executive team and lead it. I think we all have to accept the Nuggets are going to do this thing their own way and maybe this GM job isn’t for some of the big name guys like Pritchard or Griffin.

meanwhile stay away from broken glass, razors and electrical appliances near bathtubs

kroenke could low-ball me with a $60k/yr salary and id be more than willing to work with josh and thedenverkid. as the GM, im also open to being the fall guy if any transactions go wrong.

give me a call, stan.

this is my nightmare. if the nuggets start signing euro trash left and right i’m gonna be so mad. i’ll take the thuggets 100x over some lame ass team full of euro stiffs nobody has ever heard of.

Bucher is a crab apple..However J.Wagners approach is smart. Just not sure if knowing what to expect from a team is a good enough reason for Mel to saty with our Golden Nuggets.

that’s a Canadian football team right? Ugh Stan-worst investment ever

I’m not really sure what about the Toronto franchise we should try to model ourselves off. Toronto hasn’t had success in awhile, their team also doesn’t play any defense, they can’t hold onto their stars, and their drafts have been questionable.

Not to mention, this guy doesn’t have the pedigree (he went to Montana State), he doesn’t come from a successful organization, it’s not apparent to me that he understands the cap, how to evaluate players on defense, analytics, etc. I think the only thing he brings is the ability to scout foreign basketball players. It seems like he’s done more things to advance the cause for Africans in the NBA than actually bring something valuable to a team.

Sigh…

Breathe, Goldennugget, breathe. Ok, that didn’t work. Huh, so lets see here. About a month ago we chose not to renew our GM combo in which one half of it took GM of the Year just a year ago, for reasons unknown. I can understand wanting to go in a new direction, but considering who you let go, wouldnt’ that mean you’d be wanting to upgrade? The news that Wark offered Griffin (a man who should be the only candidate for our GM job right now considering we’ve heard nothing of Pritchard) less than 500,000 per year is disgustingly offensive to me. I can’t even imagine how isulted and repulsed Griffin was of that offer. Not only does that make you Stan, look like a complete jackass considering you sent out this offer within hours of purchasing an NFL team for hundreds of millions, but this offer is likely going to make it’s jolly little way around the league to all the other potental candidates out there, all while we still don’t have a GM, and many of them likely will be saying “I’m glad I’m not in the running for that job.” So now instead of paying just a few million dollars more each year to have a guy running your professional basketball franchise who has proven he can build a championship caliber team you’re number one candidate is a guy willing to take 500,000 per year (that should say enough about how qualified he is alone), has no GM experience and comes from one of the worst franchises in the sport. I’m not trying to be judgemental here, but like a few readers have already mentioned, I don’t want a team full of Euros, which is exactly what the Raptors are under Uriji. What honestly makes you think we’d be anything different if he came here? I’m going to continue this season with high hopes, but a huge part of me can’t help but think like Kizla mentions, that this may be the last year of the best era in Nuggets history and it’s all starting to point to your stinginess with your money Stan. It’s sad that only a few million dollars might make the difference in keeping this franchise relavent and you are unwilling to dish it out, yet you’re willing to spend hunderds of times that amount of money on a terrible football franchise.
  

How could you overpay a guy like Chris Andersen, who would have re-signed for half of what he’s getting, yet play it cheap when it comes to a GM? Why won’t you show your franchise player that you’re willing to spend almost anything to make the Nuggets a Championship team? Playing it safe just goes to show how much you really care. Yeah, you’ve made blockbuster moves in the past, but we were a rising team. Now, it just looks like you’re more focused on the St. Louis Rams then a team who’s so fucking close to winning it all, while the Denver Nuggets are on the verge of going back into “rebuilding mode”.
Yeah, I want to believe in the 2010-2011 Nuggets, but it seems like I’m getting ready to watch the final run of an elite team. It’s killing me.
WHY STAN?!