REading an article linked to NBA.com by Krieger -Rocky Mt. News-he speculates that because Kiki V has not been offerred a contract extension yet that the owner will lowball him and allow him to move on. At CD 's age and health situation do you think Kiki V would be a good GM for the Rockets? I do not know about chemistry with JVG, but I am a firm believer in separation of GM and coach. Kiki V has done a very good job of getting talent for Denver. He is smooth and diplomatic and evidently good with agents and player reps. I think JVG would be better to work with than George Karl. Just speculation on my part. Do you think Kiki V would want to come here? Sorry I did not provide a link.
The link http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/sports__columnists/article/0,1299DRMN__83__4274191,00.html
Worth considering but didn't CD recently get a 3 or 4 year extension? IIRC, Kiki hired Clyde Drexler for some personnel management in DEN a few years back so Kiki has friends inside the Rockets org.
Let CD feel his way out. I'd love to have Kiki. Other than Nikolov, he's been money. Don't know if JVG would want him though...
Been rumored for a while (at LEAST a year). I'm not a big fan of our owner if he lets this happen. Reportedly Kroenke wants more control in personnel moves.
That's great. The franchise has been in misery for years, and once they get solid management and a winner, the big cheese decides to horn in on the credit.
Overall he's done well. Two straight playoff appearances for a team that was once in the dump. Not bad. However, he clearly overpaid KMart. That contract was ridiculously big and egregeously long.
The years and the dollars, IIRC, weren't the problem, so much as the draft picks he needlessly pissed away in the trade.
Kiki wouldn't fit in here or with any team where the head coach is the true GM. He wouldn't accept being a figurehead type of guy.
Nah, that won't happen until year #2. George was so happy to have a job that he made sure he fit in perfectly last year. This year, he's getting a little more comfortable so he wants a little more power. Next year, he'll want even more. The year after that will be when Melo takes a page out of the WWF and hits Karl over the head with a chair in the middle of a game. Not that I'm convinced my team is cursed or anything.....
