Masai Ujiri - GM of the Year
by Colin Neilson on Jan 26, 2012 3:30 PM MST
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Herein I make my (simple) case for why Masai should be in the running for this award:
- Lost 3 players to China, all former starters/important rotation players (Smith, Martin, Chandler)
- Jettisoned Felton for Andre Miller (Felton is playing like garbage this year by all accounts)
- Acquired Rudy Fernandez and Corey Brewer, both now important rotation players, for only a second round pick
- Picked Kenneth Faried and Jordan Hamilton in the draft, acquired Julyan Stone as undrafted rookie
- Extended Nene, extended Afflalo, extended Gallinari, extended Koufus, all with reasonable contracts
Most teams that lose a player of Carmelo's caliber get significantly worse for a long while, not significantly better, as the Nuggets have. Ujiri has made the most of the assets he got in the NY trade and continues to make sound GM decisions that improve the Nuggets. I'm thrilled he's GM, and he should be as much in the conversation as any GM is.
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I don't want people knowing about him
So he can keep scamming them like the Nigerian prince!!
Gotta love the haterz. Keep that hate a comin'
Case made
Hard to argue, the dude seems to be a step ahead of the curve by most accounts. Helluva nice guy too! He and Josh…. both really nice dudes seemingly, from the brief moment I met them at a Stiffs Night Out event last season, shortly after the Melo trade.
shhh, don't push him too much yet,
Wait until he swindles some one else at the trade deadline. We still need other GM’s to overlook him.
I'd agree with this
Some of these moves are absurdly good. I almost wonder how David Stern could veto Chris Paul going to the Lakers but didn’t veto the Corey and Rudy for a 2nd rounder trade with the Mavs.
I actually think getting Miller over Felton was a great decision. Maybe Andre will accept 3-4 years and midlevel-ish money to come off the bench for 30 min a game come seasons end?
by Missing Lynx on Jan 29, 2012 4:16 AM MST up reply actions
Moneyball
Saturday night I watched moneyball for the first time and all I could think about was how lucky we are to have Masai. I wonder who Masai would hire (if he could) if Josh fired GK.
He has my vote.
Faried takes over for KMart
Hamilton will be better JR Smith
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Overall
I’d like to see what he can do in the long run, I mean.. Al Davis was a very good GM in his prime and slowly decayed as time went by.. sometimes I still think he is alive.
Anyway, I think right now, he is the best GM we’ve had, and he looks out for what the fans want, and he is a very competitive guy.
We all said he’d bring in Euros and he sort of did, but they are talented ones.. so hey nothing wrong with that!
"I do not threaten, I merely state facts"
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Totally Agree
Moving forward, it will be interesting to see how he deals with Chandler, Birdman, Dre, Manimal, Hamilton & Stone…..and what about Chu Chu?
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
Masai is the man!
But did anyone watch that first episode of ‘The Association’?
Why do they put him in such a shitty little office? My cubicle is roomier.
Haha I thought the same thing!
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
Afflalo is Boss. But currently slumming in a high-level management position.
by love4nuggets on Feb 8, 2012 12:42 PM MST up reply actions
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