Kevin Pritchard was recently interviewed by John Canzano and was asked if he would be open to returning to the Blazers. Pritchard was the Portland general manager until June of 2010 and became a popular figure in the area.

“Man that’s a tough question," said Pritchard. "My quick answer would be yes because I’m so emotionally tied. I felt like I had an opportunity and we had an opportunity to do something pretty cool and I wanted to finish it. I wanted to have the opportunity to finish it. people would say maybe you didn’t have the relationship with Paul Allen at the end but I will tell you this I enjoyed all the times because what you find out, I think this is probably one of the biggest things when you work for an organization is some of the tough times are important because you figure out who you are and who you want to be with. I don’t know if that’s the same in the newspaper or the radio business but we kinda felt like we knew who we wanted in the trenches and that’s fun because then you know you get to point the guns at everybody else and you’re going after everybody else. Sometimes that causes issues, but I enjoyed it. It was a great experience. I would say this, I think Chad Buchannan will be an excellent, excellent GM. He communicates, he cares, he’s a hard worker, he’s organized, and there are some things that he’s going to have to bolster, but that can be hired. You can bring in some experts and that. As a collective group I think they’re going to do a great job.”