Canzano: Blazers Getting Creative About Getting Better

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  1. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Getting Hinrich and still having anywhere from 6-10 million in cap room to play around with in free agency and to do more lopsided trades in the summer (depending on who gets moved to acquire Hinrich and who gets renounced) would be a major coup, assuming you still had a roster of Roy, Aldridge, Oden, Rudy, Batum, Przybilla and maybe Bayless intact.
     
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  3. Natebishop3

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    Interesting.... Trade for Hinrich and sign Artest.

    Hinrich
    Roy
    Artest
    Aldridge
    Oden

    That's just fucking scary.
     
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    That'd be a dream.
     
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    MAS RipCity Mercy, Mercy

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    I could be down with that starting 5
     
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    Replace Artest with G-Force, and I'm even more down.
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    in would be in effing SANE!
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    What would we have to give to get him though? Presuming that we give up nothing to sign Artest that is.
     
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    Suddenly, Canzano isn't full of crap?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    While it would be a solid line-up, Artest is no dream, just sayin
     
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    Artest certainly isn't an angel, but that lineup would be more than just solid, it'd be one of the best in the league.
     
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    If we can expand the Chicago deal that includes Tyrus Thomas we can kill two birds with one stone.

    KP likes Tyrus and tried to trade for him by offering Channing Frye (soon after we obtained him from NY.)

    We get our PG and backup PF.

    Sign Artest and we are set. Maybe expand that to a sign-and-trade to consolidate the roster a tad (Webster, ect.)

    PG: Hinrich / Bayless
    SG: Roy / Fernandez
    SF: Artest / Batum
    PF: Aldridge / Thomas
    C: Oden / Przybilla
     
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    Something like...

    Blake for Hinrich
    22 + 33 + TE for 16

    Then, using the $5 mil or so we have left, 16 + TO + Sergio for Wallace.
     
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    +1 :clap:

    [he means Gerald, relax...]
     
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    The second unit is essentially all starter-worthy. I think eventually it would be a problem for chemistry. We all know Bayless is going to want to start, and I wouldn't be surprised if Rudy, Batum, Thomas, and Joel would like to see the starting unit as well.

    Let's say eventually Bayless takes over for Kirk (in the next 2-3 years) and Batum takes over for Artest (same timeline), what about Thomas and Rudy? They're both young. I'm a little scared of having too much talent on this team. I know it's a good thing to be scared of, but it can cause serious chemistry issues.
     
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    As much as I want the team to sign a good vet or two, I still don't see the logic in punting the draft.

    If you need to trade the pick to get the right vet - so be it. Otherwise, be aggressive and find the best the best player you can in the rookie pool. Adding talent is always a good thing.
     
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  18. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Unless it's taking up valuable cap space, which in this case it would be.
     
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    ERIC MAYNOR anyone? hes around that area ~18

    [video=youtube;FDuf1vuhM5Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDuf1vuhM5Q[/video]
     
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  20. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Maynor seems redundant of Bayless.
     
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