Published 7/5/2009
by andrew kafoury
at Bleacher Report - NBA
General Manager Kevin Pritchard has never made a mistake since he signed on to help the Portland Trail Blazers become NBA Title contenders.
He made the right moves to bring Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge to Portland. After winning the 2007 NBA lottery, he brought Greg Oden to the Portland Trail Blazers with the number one pick.
In Greg Oden's first season (after missing his rookie year) the Portland Trail Blazers won an astonishing 54 games, had home court advantage in the first round of the 2009 playoffs, and only lost because they encountered their worst case scenario: The Houston Rockets.
Still, Portland played a valliant series against Houston before losing in six games.
Now it was time to bring in a few NBA players with long careers and deep playoff experience to help in the future of this young team.
It was time to find the next Scottie Pippen.
Pritchard's first attempt to sign Hedo Turkoglu was yet another genius move. Hedo would have ...
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