Geoff Petrie
Geoff Petrie
Geoffrey Michael Petrieis an American retired basketball player. A native of Pennsylvania, he played professional basketball in the National Basketball Associationfor the Portland Trail Blazers where he won NBA Rookie of the Year in 1971. After retirement as a player he entered management, and was the President of Basketball Operations for the Sacramento Kings in the NBA until June 2013...
bring fourth guard looks point
We wanted to bring a fourth point guard in, and it looks like he'll be with us.
headed helped kindness reclaim ron season
That's the kind of story that's yet to be written. All we can say is what we've done to this point. And Ron has helped us reclaim a season that was headed for oblivion.
absolute exactly interest involved john office phone rang statements talked
I got to the office at 7 (a.m.). The phone rang at 7:30 and it was John and he said, 'Hey, we've got this thing going. Do you have any interest in getting in, getting involved in any of these players?' That's exactly what happened. Up to that point, I hadn't even talked to Portland, which is why you can't make absolute statements about these things.
change fill rush sitting
It's unpredictable. Sitting where I'm sitting today, I don't think I feel any rush to fill (the 13th spot), but that could change tomorrow.
guy pay tax unlikely
It's unlikely that we would keep a 14th or 15th guy that we would pay tax on,
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That's really tough on them, but (Oklahoma City) is probably the best selection that was there for them, ... On such a short time frame to work with, (moving there) is an enormous undertaking.
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It was clear where we were going. Our prospects were not very good. You don't know what's going to happen, my crystal ball is not that clear. He's helped rescue a season headed into oblivion.
brings clear everybody floor needs physical presence team
It's clear to everybody that the team needs an injection. He brings a physical presence out on the floor and we can use his versatility.
anyway point rights unlikely
We don't have any rights of any kind. It's unlikely that we would do it anyway at this point with the way our roster is.
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Kevin is only in his second year, and Francisco's a rookie, but if we're going to get more athletic, and bigger and longer and those things, and develop some younger players, it's got to start sometime, ... We have a lot of confidence in those guys.
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He's here to work and give the best effort that he can give. You also get the sense he's not willing to concede anything, which is great for the attitude of our team and where we find ourselves at.
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He was probably the most popular player in the NBA other than Michael Jordan,
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We think he'll improve our team in areas where we wanted to get better and give us dimensions on the (low) block, ... He has not only been a high-caliber player, but also a high-caliber citizen.
team reality years
The team was going into transition. The team that we had could not continue to exist. Because of age, injury, it could not get to that same level. It had to change. I wish this team could have been frozen in time for 10 years, but that's not the reality.