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BETcats Getting Higgy With It

It was rumored just a few short days ago and today it materialized. Golden State Warriors GM Rod Higgins has left the shock the world Warriors for the vacant GM position with the Charlotte Bobcats. This move reunites Higgins with his boy Michael Jordan.

Normally when a GM leaves an NBA front office it's big news and there's plenty to discuss. But honestly I have no idea what this means for the Warriors' front office. There's really no telling how big of a role Higgins played in the front office decisions of the past few years. There have been a ton of mistakes, but there's also been some big wins. It's hard to decide which ones to credit him with and which should go to Chris Mullin or Don Nelson.

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I'm sure there'll be plenty more times to represent at the NBA Draft Lottery for Higgins now that he's with the BETcats.

Good luck to Higgins in Charlotte. Hopefully this second go around with MJ will be better than the first with the Washington Wizards.

Stay tuned for Chris Mullin and Rod Higgins' and the rest of the 2006-2007 GSoM Report Cards. They're in the pipeline and will be dropping soon. All the grades haven't been tabulated, but I have good feeling that Mullin and Higgins will be getting a much better grade than last year.

Special thanks to loyal GSoM community member dallaswarrior for alerting the community about this with the diary Bye Bye Rod. dallaswarrior posed a great question in that diary, so let's continue that discussion.

Who do you want to step into Higgins' job?

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What is the job description?
It is hard to know who to bring in without knowing what skill set the position requires.  I know Chris counted on Rod to play with him in pickup games at Club Sport San Ramon, but what else did he do?  No one seems to know.

Who knows if we even need this position within the organization.  Maybe we can save some $$$ and leave it vacant.

by commish on May 31, 2007 7:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What do you mean "you don't know"!
We have to waste money on a sinecure position. Its extremely obvious. Who moves in? Who cares? It will just be some guy from Chris Mullins old boy network there to "adivise" him, really there just to get free money.

by Zorgon on May 31, 2007 7:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh, and I want
PJ Carlesimo at GM, just to create a complete confilct of interest between him and Nelson...you know, for fun.

by Zorgon on May 31, 2007 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BETcats?
I don't understand the reference.  Can somebody let me in on the joke?

by ssmokinjoe on May 31, 2007 9:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

owner of the cats
owns the Black Entertainment Television network
warriors dont fish they hunt!

by VonteegoCummings on May 31, 2007 9:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

No such thing
as a GM for the Warriors anymore. Mully's not going to hire anyone as a GM, instead divvying up the work.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/06/01/SPGVTQ5T1F1.DTL

by Caught Backcourt on Jun 1, 2007 7:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Decision to help Nelson stay?
Since there is no immediate need to fill the GM (maybe at all like mentioned), giving more responsibility 'officially' to Mullin and Nelson, could help Nelson's decision to stay.  From all indications, he wanted more pull in making player decisions and hopefully, this will give him more responsibility that he wants.  Richmond will be taking on a bigger role, but his current role now isn't really defined, is it?  

by pgtogo2004 on Jun 2, 2007 5:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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