Koby Altman

[buzzdog]

I don't care if I answered your question. I don't care if you consider my response vague or generic. I don't value your opinion, nor do I care to convince you of anything.

Though occasionally, I do find it entertaining to ridicule statements you make.

One unfortunate thing about the ignore function is that I'm seeing lots of posts like this without the context. I assume you're responding to CLown so I'd rather not see what inane crap you're referring to. It's been much more enjoyable reading discussions here without those shitty takes.

 

[cavsfever]

I can't believe that people around here viciously criticize Lebron but give Koby a free pass. This year might be one of the most spectacular car crashes by a front office in history but nobody criticizes the organization.

 

[CTownSportsFan]

I can't believe that people around here viciously criticize Lebron but give Koby a free pass. This year might be one of the most spectacular car crashes by a front office in history but nobody criticizes the organization.

I’d give you 10 winners and 21 likes if possible.

 

[chuck0609]

I can't believe that people around here viciously criticize Lebron but give Koby a free pass. This year might be one of the most spectacular car crashes by a front office in history but nobody criticizes the organization.

It hasn't fully played out yet...
The reason we aren't seeing the vile is the moves all appeared solid when they were made. There was/is a balancing act of competing vs life AFTER LBJ. Kyrie, who you either believe wanted out/was sitting out the season or not, he was able to make a lot of moves without much to work with while acquiring draft capital.
Then you look at how much influence LBJ had in Kyrie leaving, and floating the idea of him being moved.
There's a lot of fluidity in this season, but its not over yet.
Once it is, and after the draft, we'll see how it works out...
Lebron has some accountability, especially with TT and JR getting paid WAY over market value. Those things have to factor in.

 

[FrontPageNews]

I can't believe that people around here viciously criticize Lebron but give Koby a free pass. This year might be one of the most spectacular car crashes by a front office in history but nobody criticizes the organization.

Cowardly koby should have done what it takes mid season and fired lue. Fiz was right there for us. He would have wanted to keep wade and we wouldn’t have a useless bench.

 

[inliner311]

I can't believe that people around here viciously criticize Lebron but give Koby a free pass. This year might be one of the most spectacular car crashes by a front office in history but nobody criticizes the organization.

It's been a bad situation all around. I don't blame Koby for the Kyrie to Boston trade. Acting GM is alot different from actually having the job, especially when you have Dan Gilbert as your owner.

I blame Lue more for the current situation than Koby. We are seeing Wade and Rose play well in the playoffs. We saw Larry Drew run this team better than Lue has since the championship. We saw zero system adjustments to compensate to the different roster. Koby had to piece together what he thought were pieces that could plug into Lue's system at the deadline.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

I believe Rose Wade and Frye would have helped us more than Nance Clarkson and Hood. This years playoffs, their experience alone elevated them above the 3 mentioned . I do get what you’re saying and in the long term the deals sorta help . But then again it’s not my money. Danny could have saved himself 10’s of millions if he didn’t go the rookie GM route with Ferry and the 2 knuckleheads afterwards. The money those 3 wasted is sickiening to think about let alone the blown years of LeBron in his 20’s . Ugh

Just want to say that you responded to one my Frye posts with this:

What

What’s the point of signing Frye even to the minimum ? He’s what ? 35 now or going to be in May . His tank is about empty .

Don't act like you thought Frye was needed at all to make your point. You had a low opinion of him and underrated his contributions to the team.

 

[cavsfever]

Minus Kyrie, who you either believe wanted out/was sitting out the season or not, he was able to make a lot of moves without much to work with.

LOL "a lot of moves". The problem is they have to be GOOD moves

And the issue isn't just Kyrie going but what we got for him, which unless we hit pretty big on the draft pick will be nothing

 

[CTownSportsFan]

Just want to say that you responded to one my Frye posts with this:



Don't act like you thought Frye was needed at all to make your point. You had a low opinion of him and underrated his contributions to the team.

True but it still doesn’t mean the guys who replaced him are better options. I still wanted a stretch big to fill Loves role when he’s on the bench and that was never addressed instead Kobe loaded up with 8 SG’s

 

[CTownSportsFan]

It's been a bad situation all around. I don't blame Koby for the Kyrie to Boston trade. Acting GM is alot different from actually having the job, especially when you have Dan Gilbert as your owner.

I blame Lue more for the current situation than Koby. We are seeing Wade and Rose play well in the playoffs. We saw Larry Drew run this team better than Lue has since the championship. We saw zero system adjustments to compensate to the different roster. Koby had to piece together what he thought were pieces that could plug into Lue's system at the deadline.

Umm Wade and even Rose were doing just fine here when healthy and both being vets , they know how to turn it up a few notches in the playoffs. Most experinced GM’s know this and it was the main reason we obtained them in the 1st place and then the dope head dumps both .You give Kobe an out with mentioning it’s difficult to be a GM with Gilbert over his shoulder and then blame Lue.. umm why not just blame the head fuck face Gilbert who started this whole debacle of inexperienced FO peeps and coaching staffs ..

 

[cavsfever]

yes, ultimately it's Gilbert's fault, no doubt about that. The buck stops with him.

 

[inliner311]

True but it still doesn’t mean the guys who replaced him are better options. I still wanted a stretch big to fill Loves role when he’s on the bench and that was never addressed instead Kobe loaded up with 8 SG’s

Trading Frye had to be done but I do knock Koby for not trying to find someone to replace him. Getting one back in a trade wasn't happening. A big that can shoot 3s is the position with the least amount of depth in the league. I've said this alot, he needed to go find one in the free agent/buy out market. When Love got hurt the door was wide open to bring someone in to fill the role. The playing time was there to work someone in. The player might not have been ideal but we had to hope we caught lighting in a bottle and whoever we got went from slightly below league average to slightly above league average in 3 point shooting.

 

[Mavaliersfan]

I can't believe that people around here viciously criticize Lebron but give Koby a free pass. This year might be one of the most spectacular car crashes by a front office in history but nobody criticizes the organization.

Given the hand Koby was dealt, I don't think he's done all that bad of a job. Gilbert pretty much asked him to do the impossible - improve this year while securing prime assets for the future. Not only that but he inherited one of the largest payrolls in league history and a franchise player demanding a trade.

We still have to see what happens with the pick. Boston was one of the few teams we could trade Kyrie to and still get a top 10 pick in return. The reason being they owned another team's projected lottery pick. Any lottery team acquiring Kyrie would've improved immensely and thus devalued their own pick.

Cowardly koby should have done what it takes mid season and fired lue. Fiz was right there for us. He would have wanted to keep wade and we wouldn’t have a useless bench.

I think this is the only fair criticism. I was 1,000% certain that Lue was gonna be fired the next morning following the Houston game. Had Griffin still been here Lue would've been gone.

 

[JMoneyYourHoney]

I'm so fuckin' tired of hearing about what the Cavs should have or should not have done where Kyrie is concerned. It's beyond old news at this point, can we move the fuck on and focus on what needs to happen to make a deep playoff push, retain LeBron and refortify for next year?

 

[col63onel]

Given the hand Koby was dealt, I don't think he's done all that bad of a job.

Honestly, Griffin and Altman have probably done about equally well.

One was gifted LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love and a war chest of draft picks. And everyone knew LeBron would be around for a while.

One was gifted Lebron James, Kevin Love, a Kyrie Irving trade request and literally no draft picks to trade for years, plus the threat of LeBron leaving.