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By Brian T. Smith (Columbian Staff)
August 10, 2010
One of the primary reasons the Portland Trail Blazers hired Rich Cho as the
team’s general manager was because of the new-generation executive’s
reputation for thinking outside the box.
Cho has done just that with his first major move as GM while leading an
organization that is attempting to take the next step in its evolution.
The Blazers are expected to soon name Bill Branch and Steve Rosenberry as
co-assistant GMs, sources have informed The Columbian.
Branch's hire is official, while Rosenberry's deal with the Blazers is
"99-percent" done, a team source said Tuesday.
Both will likely handle personnel-related duties and share similar job
titles. The duo would combine to fill the role formerly held by Tom Penn, who
was fired in March as the Blazers’ vice president of basketball operations.
Branch was Oklahoma City’s director of professional player personnel.
Rosenberry served as Atlanta’s director of pro personnel/college scouting.
Branch是Cho之前的工作夥伴 雷霆職業球員人事部門主管
Rosenberry是老鷹職業及大學球探部門主管
Cho focused upon acquiring Branch and Rosenberry as soon as he took over the
Blazers’ GM position July 19.
Almost all 30 teams in the league employ a front-office system highlighted by
one GM and a single assistant. But Cho decided to go a different route.
In addition, he opted to forgo star power for insider knowledge and
expertise. Neither Branch nor Rosenberry are widely known outside the
close-knit world of professional scouting. However, they perfectly fell in
line with Cho’s desire for experienced talent evaluators who are expected to
complement Portland lead scouts Michael Born and Chad Buchanan.
Branch worked with Cho for three seasons in Oklahoma City. Known to some as
the “godfather of advanced scouting,” he has been in the league for 23
years and was previously employed by Denver and New Orleans.
Branch followed a career path similar to Cho, starting in 1987 as an intern
with the then-Charlotte Hornets and working his way up to the position of
scout for the gold medal-winning 2008 USA Basketball team.
Rosenberry also has past ties with Cho, as they both were employed by Seattle
before the team relocated to Oklahoma City. Rosenberry served two stints with
the SuperSonics, spending 19 years with the organization, and also worked for
Milwaukee.
Rosenberry played in the Continental Basketball Association but never made it
to the NBA. He then traded his extensive knowledge of the game for a scouting
career, and is known as an opinionated talent evaluator who has close ties
with most of the top college basketball coaches in the country.
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