Rod Thorn to Step Down

Thorn is an outstanding GM. I bet Portland has approached him about their opening and that's the reason he's quitting.

 

Thorn is one of the most inconsistent GMs I've ever seen. He's wasted first round draft picks on Josh Boone, Marcus Williams, Sean Williams, and Antoine Wright then come back with winners like Brook Lopez and Terrance Williams. Then there's the horrible Vince Carter deal from last year but the great Kidd deal from a few years back.

He's hit and miss... hit and miss.

I feel like Thorn was a phenomenal GM in the early 00s (the Jefferson deal with us, for instance) but that ship has definitely sailed. He got out of the game just in time.

 

Portland and NJ should have traded GMs. If their salaries didnt match, add in an expiring to even it out.

 

Thorn is retiring, didn't realize he was 69.

 

http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2010/06/nets_gm_rod_thorn_to_retire.html

 

Wouldn't that make him just a normal GM? You have to be pretty bad to continuously fail year after year like MJ. And you have to be pretty good to continuously succeed like Morey. For the rest, it really is a crapshoot.

 

Too much time on my hands

Rod Thorn:

Draft:

Spoiler

2000:
Kenyon Martin(Rd1-1st)
Soumaila Samake(Rd2-36)

2001:
Eddie Griffin(Rd1-7; traded to Houston for Richard Jefferson, Jason Collins, Brandon Armstrong)
Brian Scalabrine(Rd2-35)

2002:
Nenad Krstic(Rd1-24)
Tamar Slay(Rd2-54)

2003:
Zoran Planinic(Rd1-22)
Kyle Korver(Rd2-51; traded to Philadelphia for cash considerations)

2004:
Viktor Khryapa(Rd1-22; traded to Portland for Eddie Gill)
Christian Drejer(Rd2-52)

2005:
Antoine Wright(Rd1-15)
Mile Ilic(Rd2-43)

2006:
Marcus Williams(Rd1-22)
Josh Boone(Rd1-23)
Hassan Adams(Rd2-54)

2007:
Sean Williams(Rd1-17)

2008:
Brook Lopez(Rd1-10)
Ryan Anderson(Rd1-21)
Chris Douglas-Roberts(Rd2-40)

2009:
Terrence Williams(Rd1-11)

2010:
Derrick Favors(Rd1-3)
Damion James(Rd1-24; acquired via trade from ATL)
Jordan Crawford(Rd1-27; traded to ATL)
Tibor Pleiss(Rd2-31)traded to ATL; ATL then traded to OKC)

Trades:

Spoiler

2001:
Traded Stephon Marbury, Johnny Newman, and Soumaila Samake to Phoenix for Jason Kidd and Chris Dudley(Dudley later waived)

2002:
Traded Keith Van Horn and Todd MacCulloch to Philadelphia for Dikembe Mutombo(DM waived in 03)

2004:
Traded Kerry Kittles to the Los Angeles Clippers for a future second round draft pick(Chris Taft).

S&T Keyon Martin to the Denver Nuggets for 3 future first round picks(Joey Graham, Renaldo Balkman, and Marcus Williams)

Traded Alonzo Mourning, Eric Williams, Aaron Williams and future draft picks(Joey Graham, Renaldo Balkman) for Vince Carter

Traded a 2005 2nd round pick(Chris Taft) and a 2007 2nd round pick(Stephane Lasme) to Golden State for Cliff Robinson

2005:
Traded 2006 2nd round pick for Marc Jackson

2006:
Traded Marc Jackson, Linton Johnson and cash to New Orleans for Bostjan Nachbar

Traded a 2009 2nd round pick(Derrick Brown) to OKC/Seattle for Mikki Moore

2007:
Traded Jeff McInnis and cash to Charlotte for Bernard Robinson

Traded Bernard Robinson and Mile Ilic to New Orleans for David Wesley

2008:
Traded Jason Collins to Memphis for Stromile Swift

Traded Jason Kidd, Antoine Wright, and Malik Allen to Dallas for Devin Harris, Keith Van Horn, DeSagana Diop, Maurice Ager, Trenton Hassell, 3 million $$, and 2008(Ryan Anderson), 2010 first round draft picks

Traded Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee for Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons

Traded cash considerations to Orlando for Keyon Dooling

Traded Marcus Williams to Golden State for a future first round pick

2009:
Traded Vince Carter, Ryan Anderson to Orlando for Rafer Alston, Courtney Lee, and Tony Battie

2010:
Traded Eduardo Najera to Dallas for Kris Humphries and Shawne Williams

Traded their 2010 2nd round pick to Miami for Chris Quinn, cash, and 2012 2nd round pick

Signings:

Spoiler

2000:
Signed Aaron Williams
Signed Kevin Ollie(Later signed in Philadelphia in December 2000)
Signed Stephen Jackson
Signed Vladimir Stepana

2001:
Signed Todd MacCulloch(traded a year later for Dikembe Mutombo)
Signed Donny Marshall
Signed Derrick Dial
Signed David Vanterpool
Signed Steve Goodrich
Signed Reggie Slater

2002:
Signed Chris Childs
Signed Rodney Rogers
Signed Anthony Johnson

2003:
Signed Alonzo Mourning(missed most of 03-04 season with a kidney ailment; later traded in 04-05 to Toronto for Vince Carter)
Signed Doug Overton
Signed Damone Brown
Signed Mikki Moore

2004:
Signed Hubert Davis
Signed Anthony Goldwire
Signed Rodney Buford
Signed Jacque Vaughn
Signed Eric Williams
Signed Ron Mercer
Signed Travis Best
Signed Jabari Smith
Signed Alex Scales
Signed Awvee Storey
Signed Andre Brown
Signed Kaniel Dickens
Signed Jerome Moiso
Signed Billy Thomas
Claimed Elden Campbell on waivers

2005:
Signed Jeff McInnis
Signed Linton Johnson
Signed Scott Padgett
Signed Lammond Murray
Signed Derrick Zimmerman

2006:
Signed John Thomas
Signed Eddie House
Signed Awvee Storey

2007:
Signed Jamaal Magloire(later waived in 2008)
Signed Robert Hite
Signed Malik Allen
Signed Jumaine Jones
Signed Eddie Gill
Signed Darrell Armstrong

2008:
Signed Billy Thomas
Signed Eduardo Najera
Signed Jarvis Hayes
Signed Eddie Gill

Coaches:

Spoiler

Byron Scott(2000-2004; fired during 03-04 season after 22-20 record going into the All-Star break; 149-139 in NJ)

Lawrence Frank(2004-2009; 0-16 when he was relieved of his duties; 225-241 in NJ)

Tom Barrise(2009; 0-2 in 2 games as interm)

Kiki Vandeweghe(2009-2010; 12-52; not retained when ownership changed hands.)

Avery Johnson(hired as new Head Coach for 2010 and beyond)

 

I bet the NJ owner throws a pile of money at Pritchard

 

Colangelo is the leading candidate to replace Thorn.

http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/inthezzone/comments/colangelo_leading_candidate_for_thorns_job/

 

New Jersey would be crazy to hire Colangelo after the screw up of Toronto.

If they go after Pritchard, the team could stock up on some young talent to go with Favors and their max free agents. Pritchard has done a great job of acquiring talented players without pulling a Hedo sized mistake.