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Danny Ainge hired as CEO of basketball operations

Really Ainge goes against how Jazz do their business with him constantly angling to screw opposition and burning bridges. It's not sustainable.

Also this feels like it would alienate Zanik more. Why is he losing power when he just had what seems to be an amazing offseason?

Also like is there no thought that went to his racism comments and Utah trying to change its image and fighting racism stuff?

And Ryan Miller started great but he wants to be surrounded with friends and that is also not very sustainable.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Do you though? DL made some dumb moves but his hit rate is better than Danny’s. He did well at the top of the draft which is important. I do think he’s a guy that will actually canvas the league for deals unlike DL and I think he doesn’t care much about the emotional attachment to players. So when it’s time to pull the plug he will do it.
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damn, now I know nothing.
 
I'm ok with this along as Zanick is still the GM. I think other GMs are leery of dealing with Ainge and he has burned a lot of bridges with his dealings. If he can give us more brainpower as the CEO, I'm cool with that, just don't let him be the one who calls other GMs.
 
Hekate said:
Really Ainge goes against how Jazz do their business with him constantly angling to screw opposition and burning bridges. It's not sustainable.

Also this feels like it would alienate Zanik more. Why is he losing power when he just had what seems to be an amazing offseason?

Also like is there no thought that went to his racism comments and Utah trying to change its image and fighting racism stuff?

And Ryan Miller started great but he wants to be surrounded with friends and that is also not very sustainable.
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All of this… plus Danny has a super fat neck… I kinda want to punch it.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
There are some great parts to what Danny did… using the players as assets led to his biggest “GM wins”. Winning the title was the biggest win but selling off KG and pierce and getting the nucleus for his next contender was a heist. The issue is I think he wore out others in the league trying to squeeze every deal. He did IT dirty imo… but it was the first right move. Kyrie threw a huge monkey wrench in their plan.

It’s a stark contrast to some of the things that bothered me about DL but hopefully he doesn’t destroy our culture and chemistry. I’m now really worried we do a Joe Ingles deal… I’d say chances of us making a deal with JC or Joe increase about 25% with this news.
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Don’t think he did IT dirty as much as he was a realist. He didn’t want to give a huge contract to a 5’7” who had one MVP-like season and it proved to be the right move, as IT never played close to that level again. If anything he screwed over Cleveland by not being clear how serious the hip injury was, but that is up to Cleveland’s doctors.
 
SoUjazzfan said:
Now Ainge brings Hayward back and we've come full circle.
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Funny thing is, Hayward is exactly the kind of player we need right now. He would solidify our championship chances. But I hate the idea, as I find him a monumental douche bag. But if it wins us a chip...why not, I guess?
 
Pastramiking said:
Don’t think he did IT dirty as much as he was a realist. He didn’t want to give a huge contract to a 5’7” who had one MVP-like season and it proved to be the right move, as IT never played close to that level again. If anything he screwed over Cleveland by not being clear how serious the hip injury was, but that is up to Cleveland’s doctors.
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I have a different view… he started having issues and I think the team gave him some bad advice as having a healthy IT was crucial to their playoff run and free agency plans in the offseason. I think the guy laid it all out there played hurt and through the death of his sister and then they moved on in really cold way… because the asset had used up most of its usefulness.
 
Also, how much did the odds go up by for us signing Elijah Bryant and retiring Hoffa’s number?
 
sojodave said:
I'm ok with this along as Zanick is still the GM. I think other GMs are leery of dealing with Ainge and he has burned a lot of bridges with his dealings. If he can give us more brainpower as the CEO, I'm cool with that, just don't let him be the one who calls other GMs.
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CEO just means "more power than the GM". It's some ******** business term we've decided to use in basketball just to put some above the GM.
 
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