Post by Outlawz on Apr 1, 2007 17:27:39 GMT -5
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to another edition of the hot seat. Today we are joined by the GM of the Seattle Supersonics, Pig.
Q: Nice to have you on Pig. I hear you've been trying to get on the hot seat for a while now.
Pig: Glad to be here Outlawz, I need the RP's and get my voice out.
Q: Let's start out with some predictions. There's no clear favorite to win it all this season but if you had to predict who would be in the Finals who would those teams be and why? Who wins it all?
Pig: Well if I was a betting man (which I am) I would have to say that the winner would be coming out of the East. I think the top guns in the west's records are very high due to the competition in the West. I like Reilly's team to be honest I just love the talent he has there and I think it is his time but I would be surprised if Duce or Andy go and win it all.
Q: Let's talk about your team. What are your plans for your team and beyond?
Pig: Well I can go in two different directions. I have two nice players in Jason Richardson and Zach Randolph who are gonna be great players IMO so I can either try to tank next year and get a third piece, or I can test FA waters but since half the league has 48 mill in cap room I think the latter is not the smartest option.
Q: This year it was a tanking war. It was survival of the non fittest. Who do you see getting lucky and landing in the top 3 and who falls?
Pig: Well, I'll tell you who I don't want to get the number one pick and thats Milwaukee and New York. I think there teams will just be too powerful. If I was a betting man I would think the top 3 would be Milwaukee New Orleans New York in that order. I think paring up Lebron with Yao or Carmelo would be bad news bears for the rest of the league so I'm hoping the top 3 are Denver, New Orleans and LAC but we will see. In BBS I got Gary Payton with the 1st pick from a projected 10 pick so stranger things have happened.
Q: Do you think tanking is a problem or are people just blowing it out of proportion?
Pig: To tell you the truth I think so, I am gonna ride the train until I can't ride it anymore but when was the last time a 29-53 team have a 9th projected pick. I think it's really been destroying competition and I would like more sanctions put in place but I really couldn't tell you what else I would want I think we are doing this to the best of our ability. I think its too early to say honestly we have to wait and see what the consequences of Spence's Team Direction Board is and so far we haven't seen them.
Q: Let's stray away from BBS for a second. What the hell does MaFMaF mean? lol
Pig: Hahah, honestly to tell you the truth I haven't really figured this out, something like BBS Mafia or something around that, find Hernando or Haberman for the answer to that.
Q: If I'm not mistaken you know some current and former BBS gm's personally. Care to share any embarassing stories or stuff we might not know about our fellow BBS gm's? Give me the good stuff!
Pig: Oh gosh where do I start.
Me and Haberman annually go to the Warrior-Knick game and one year we went and we were trying to get to our seats and Aaron tripped over some black dude and the guy started screaming in his face and Aaron looked like he was gonna shit his pants, theres more to the story but Im too lazy to type it.
With Basone we are all eating lunch at a table and this retarted girl comes over and talks to certain kids at the table and shes annoying as fuck. So she starts to talk to Dan and responds with "I dont speak english" not acknowledging her at all and continuing to eat his sandwich. It was one of those you had to be there type moments.
Q: If you had to fire one BBS gm who would it be and why?
Pig: D2A. His team just has no direction and really never has had any direction. He's always on the cusp of a mid to late first or a 10-13 pick.
Q: I'll be the first one to say that I don't think at all that Spence cheats. What are your thoughts on it though? How many people think he might've cheated and why?
Pig: Let's start off the latter part of that question. I think there have been many GM's who have had this in the back of their mind, more then Mark and Martinez who have made it openly verbal to the league. Do I think Spence cheats? No, but I can see why people do believe Spence cheats. The only problem I have really had was the way Wade, Melo and Lebron came out. Spence said this is do to the fact he wants them longer in the league which is understandable but Spence has also gone on record to say he wants this league as realistic as possible which confuses me because no one knew wade as a Sophmore and Melo wasn't a highly touted recruit coming out of high school.
The way it should of been done IMO was instead of spreading the big stars 01 02 and 03 it should of been 02 03 and 04 but in the end its really not a big issue and I am bloating it out of proportion.
Q: Name the 5 best and worst gm's in the league.
Pig: not in any order
Best
Reilly
Spencer
Galo
Duce
Bossplaya
Worst
D2A
AIG
KG-Although if were in his shoes I wouldnt know what the fuck to do either
Lumley
Keelty-I just dont think he cares that much
Anything else you would like to add? If not, Pig, you are now off the Hot Seat. Thank you for participating