Henry Imler February 26th, 2006

No, this post is not about that whale of a movie from who-cares ago. Instead it is about mentioning the hilarity of the first-annual Atrocious GM Summit. If you have ever been frustrated with your team’s dealings (or are a Knick’s fan), read ahead.

Simmons: Jim Paxson, let’s start with
you. Last February, you traded a 2007 first-round pick to Boston for
Jiri Welsch. Four months later, after you were fired by the Cavs, they
traded Welsch to Milwaukee for a 2006 second round pick. To my
knowledge, that’s never happened before. Walk us through that.

Paxson: Absolutely. When you’re making a bad trade,
there are some inherent elements that need to be there. First, are you
putting your own short-term interests ahead of the long-term interests
of the team? With the Welsch trade, there were rumors I might get
fired, and we needed another body to make the playoffs … really, why
would I care about protecting future No. 1 picks if I was probably
getting canned?

McHale: Hear hear! I don’t think we have a first-round pick until 2017. And I might trade that one this week.

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