補充一下:

John Hollinger 在7月26日的 Biggest offseason winners 這篇文章雖然有一段時間，但是這篇文章中提到拓荒者的部份還是可以討論的，我在此把它摘錄下來:

As crazy as this sounds with all the mayhem in the front office, the Blazers actually came out of this offseason better than when they started. Since Kevin Pritchard was allowed to operate the draft before being unceremoniously dumped as general manger, Portland ditched Martell Webster's contract and got three promising rookies out of draft day -- most notably high-scoring forward Luke Babbitt, who is exactly the kind of floor-spacing 4 who Nate McMillan loves.

During the interminable delay before hiring Pritchard's successor (note to Blazers honchos Paul Allen and Larry Miller -- if you know several months ahead of time that you're firing the GM, it might be wise to have some kind of succession plan in place), what was left of Portland's front office managed to lure Wesley Matthews from Utah. They overpaid, sure, but they overpaid for a piece that really fits. Matthews will help them with his defense and 3-point shooting -- every team is looking for players like this -- and since I don't imagine Paul Allen will have major objections to the Blazers' being a luxury tax team, the dollars aren't going to hurt them.

Finally, the Blazers made a strong hire by bringing in Oklahoma City's Rich Cho to take over. He adds the cap expertise that the team lost with the firing of Tom Penn earlier in the spring. The Blazers lose Pritchard's scouting eye and deal-making skill, but the organization was already very strong in the former department with NBA scouting director Michael Born and college scouting director Chad Buchanan. Given what a mess this seemed like two months ago, they've ended up in fantastic shape.

就 Hollinger 提到 Rich Cho 的部份我是贊成的。但是其他部份我還是有些意見:

1. “Portland ditched Martell Webster's contract” - Webster 接下來二年的保障約共1000萬，第三年為非保障約。而且，就算是三年1600萬好了，以 Paul Allen 的財力，這種約真的有必要去 ditch?

2. “and got three promising rookies out of draft day” – 那時根本還沒簽約不是嗎? Armon Johnson 甚至是第二輪的。

3. “high-scoring forward Luke Babbitt, who is exactly the kind of floor-spacing 4 who Nate McMillan loves” – 這樣講在進攻上也許說得過去。但Babbitt 能守4號位置? 事實上現在大家對於他能否頂下 Webster 留下的小前鋒位置都有懷疑。現在球隊又找來 Matthews，新球季他大概只有坐板凳的份。

4. “note to Blazers honchos Paul Allen and Larry Miller [...]” – 這說法更奇怪! 事實上拓荒者在PK 沒被炒前就己經在找新 GM 了。 KP 在六月中甚至在一次訪問中親口證實了這件事! 當時只差沒有約人面談了。那時己提到的可能繼任者是 Ferry 或 Pfund。而 Rich Cho 的出線真的是爆冷門。雖然普遍的評價，就如 Hollinger 所見，認為是不錯的選擇。