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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
Grizz have killed it on trades. Randolph, Gasol were huge. Rudy Gay was a trade as well if I remember right, then shipping him for Prince.
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They've done well with trades. The trade of Gasols was thought to be one of the worst trades of all time. However, it got them Marc Gasol (lucky he turned out as well as he did, credit to him) and along with another move or two allowed them to trade for Randolph. Gay was a trade; they dealt Battier to the Gay with the 8th pick. That was a Jerry West move, and it was a good one. I loved it at the time. Accumulate talent. Tony Allen was a hell of a nice free agent signing. They did a great job bringing Conley along (Hollins gets a ton of credit here), and had the foresight to extend Conley with a contract that many ridiculed. Right players, right coach, right time with the right attitude is the story of the current Grizz.
I'm interested to see what the new regime does going forward. Bringing on Hollinger was interesting. There will certainly be a more data driven/analytical approach to decisions. That's my nature, but ironically it goes a bit against the strengths of this current team. They're all about attitude, old-school basketball. They don't shoot the 3, although they do try to incorporate the short corner three with Pondexter.