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Keeping an eye on the NBA and Seattle's efforts to get back into the game
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Posted by Eric Williams @ 12:34:00 pm
According Atlanta Hawks beat writer Sekou Smith, the Hawks will announce former Sonics general manager Rick Sund will replace Billy Knight as general manager of the Hawks today. Read more about it here.
Sund was general manager for the Sonics for six seasons, which included two playoff appearances and one Northwest Division title. He's also the guy who helped pull the trigger on the trade that sent Gary Payton to Milwaukee and Ray Allen to Seattle. Check out Sund's bio here.
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I think it is more complicated than blaming either Sund or Walker. They were all limited by an ownership group that made decisions based on salary and not wanting to pay out any more money than they had to. They also made the decision to try to make moves to be competitive while rebuilding, this never works (see Mariners) and leads to mediocrity.
I agree with both the first posters, the Sonics situation was difficult and Sund made the best of it. There was some gambling in the draft but who really made those decisions? Every player every year is a gamble. When someone gets a contract you never know how motivated they will be.
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