"For all of those that demand that Bryan Colangelo be fired, or have demanded it or will demand it later, just remember how impressive he is at pushing trades through that no one thinks he has a shot at completing.

It's an underrated skill for a GM, and it's as important as pure talent evaluation or drafting acumen, because none of that stuff means anything if you do not have the chops to buy and sell on your own terms when you've targeted certain players to grab or shed.

Bryan Colangelo has that skill, and it is vastly underrated when people evaluate him. Even when he signs highly controversial deals, like last summer's contract with Hedo Turkoglu, he has the ability to undo the damage in a way that few seem to appreciate."