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GM Swap: Sacramento and Detroit
Feb 8, 2018 11:32:30 GMT
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Post by Ian Noble on Feb 8, 2018 11:32:30 GMT
GM Swap: Sacramento and Detroit
For only the second time in D5 history I'm going to allow a GM swap between two teams.
Ghazny Dimalen will take over as Sacramento GM and Chauncey Billups will take over the Detroit job. It's not lightly that I allow a team swap, it undermines each GM identifying with their team, but in my opinion the conditions seem right for it in this instance and both are relatively new GMs.
Detroit's path to success is going to be a long road, paved by draft picks, but Ghazny Dimalen has expressed his desire to trade Detroit's draft picks and try to win now, which to me seems like a very bad idea long-term. Allowing Ghazny Dimalen to move to Sacramento at least gives him a team that has become a winning organisation and has veteran, established players.
Chauncey Billups is a Michigan native (I think - Chauncey?) and Pistons fan and seems to understand Detroit's situation better. Chauncey has proven himself to be a very active and involved GM and can hopefully maintain that level of enthusiasm as the Pistons make their way through some dark years in pursuit of the bigger, longer-term goal of becoming a contending team again. Also Chauncey Billups is obviously a great former Pistons player and the name fits.
Clarification: Sacramento and Detroit's rosters will stay exactly the same as they are, it's only the GMs who are being swapped!
For only the second time in D5 history I'm going to allow a GM swap between two teams.
Ghazny Dimalen will take over as Sacramento GM and Chauncey Billups will take over the Detroit job. It's not lightly that I allow a team swap, it undermines each GM identifying with their team, but in my opinion the conditions seem right for it in this instance and both are relatively new GMs.
Detroit's path to success is going to be a long road, paved by draft picks, but Ghazny Dimalen has expressed his desire to trade Detroit's draft picks and try to win now, which to me seems like a very bad idea long-term. Allowing Ghazny Dimalen to move to Sacramento at least gives him a team that has become a winning organisation and has veteran, established players.
Chauncey Billups is a Michigan native (I think - Chauncey?) and Pistons fan and seems to understand Detroit's situation better. Chauncey has proven himself to be a very active and involved GM and can hopefully maintain that level of enthusiasm as the Pistons make their way through some dark years in pursuit of the bigger, longer-term goal of becoming a contending team again. Also Chauncey Billups is obviously a great former Pistons player and the name fits.
Clarification: Sacramento and Detroit's rosters will stay exactly the same as they are, it's only the GMs who are being swapped!
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