B. J. Armstrong

Like any smart coach would probably do.

But for me and Hanson and BJ Armstrong and Stacey King, we played starters against the subs all the time.

So we're going against Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant.

We're looking over at the Blazers and I go, OK, that's Duckworth.

He appears to be finally healthy, but even at his worst, he could pass, he could rebound, he could defend, and even if he did have the yips when it came to shooting.

But if he turns out to be a solid contributor, his salary of $2.5 million, which is, like, dirt cheap, will look like a great deal, uh, for new Kings Assistant General Manager BJ Armstrong.

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I really, really liked the Alex Karaban choice for them late in the first round of the draft.

I think in terms of the creation that you're talking about, I think second three-peat Bulls had more of the secondary creation.

Guys like Ron Harper, Tony Kukoc, you could have a little bit more juice, and I think Malone probably would have fit into that more, as opposed to the first three-peat, John Paxson, B.J. Armstrong, not necessarily guys that you're going to be comfortable really creating for everyone else out there.

Here's another name I have for you.

What about if we want to try and get another wing next to him, Mr. Clyde Drexler?

And I think that that's something that's overlooked.

So like if whoever wants to get in, I think it would be a perfect opportunity for him to be an assistant GM with B.J. Armstrong and learn from a guy who really does know the finer nuances of running that business because that's what it is.

It's like a tremendously large business with a ton of moving pieces.

So I'm intrigued.

I'm talking about just his experience, their personal relationship, and him really being able to show him every situation possible to stepping into a front office and what it would command of him and what it would take and also be bluntly honest with him as well.

Yeah.

I'd also add that having BJ Armstrong there, like we don't talk to BJ a lot.

Like when you see him, he's very nice.

"You have two, two minutes.

Then we get back, BJ Armstrong, you're gonna get defense." That's easy to managing guys like that, you know, because you know what you gonna get.

Right.

The hardest thing to managing is make those guy believe in your theory.

In fact, I think, you know, Buddy Hill is finally, and it kind of felt like he was in golden state, but it still felt like he was hoping to like turn into Clay Thompson.

But if Buddy Hill just goes, you know what? I'm going to spend the next couple of years just being BJ Armstrong.

I'm just out here.

I'm just, I'm a shooter.

Then you go Pax three.

Okay, I'll go B.J. Armstrong four then.

I'll stick with that.

I'm okay with that.

B.J. Armstrong four.

So

number five.