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.
"As player:"
* 2× List of NBA All-Stars/NBA All-Star (, )
* NBA Rookie of the Year Award/NBA Rookie of the Year
* NBA All-Rookie Team/NBA All-Rookie First Team (1971)
* No. 45 Portland Trail Blazers#Retired numbers/retired by Portland Trail Blazers
"As executive:"
* 2× NBA Executive of the Year Award/NBA Executive of the Year (, )
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/ stat2value = 1,271 (2.8 rpg)
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/ stat3value = 2,057 (4.6 apg)
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"Geoffrey Michael Petrie" (born April 17, 1948) is a former American basketball player. A native of Pennsylvania, he played professional basketball in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 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.
More Geoff Petrie on Wikipedia.I'm sure that at some point there's going to be talk about Rick being a lame duck. But there's nothing he's done here that's lame, and I haven't seen him ducking under any doors lately.
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.
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.
We wanted to bring a fourth point guard in, and it looks like he'll be with us.
It's unlikely that we would keep a 14th or 15th guy that we would pay tax on.
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.
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.
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