The player with the short career. But, you don't know whether Claver will ever come over or not, its pure speculation on your part. My point is KP has had so much draft success, I can forgive him for not gambling on a player with past knee injuries. We got two good 2nd rounders in that draft anyways.
Why, because he occasionally gets dunked on? He has a much better DRtg (101) than Pendergraph (106) and Cunningham (105). He also has a significantly higher PER (17.5 vs. 10.3 vs. 14.8) a truly outstanding TRB% (20.7 vs. 15.4 vs. 13.7) and has played more minutes, and has more Win Shares (2.7 vs. 0.9 vs. 1.4) than Pendergraph and Cunningham combined. Cunningham is much better than I expected, and is proving to be a steal. Pendergraph I can take or leave. He's nothing special, but for a second rounf pick he's decent value. Still, I would much rather have Blair than Claver or Pendergraph - and we still could have still had Cunningham at 33. BNM
We passed on Milsap? Damn, we fucked up and missed out on Casspi and Blair? Really those are the cards that are being played? I suppose if you were able to eat a magical purple bean and be turned into REVISIONIST WIZARD, you could practically bat 1.000 and put together a team capable of challenging the Dream Team after only a handful of seasons. Pritchard, to this point, has done a fantastic job of acquiring good players through the draft. These good players have turned a terribly-managed (my opinion) franchise into a good team. Take away our injury-plagued season, I'm going out on a wild limb to predict we're all arguing whether this team can challenge the likes of the Lakers in the WCF. Many that were complaining about the picks we did make were stating that both Pendergraph and Cunningham were poor choices. Well ... well ... I suppose when Freeland finally comes over, critics will still find something wrong with the drafting of Euros. It's as if, if you can't find fault with the team you're just not content. I, for one, just enjoy sitting back, enjoy the ride, and try to catch up with the pretty brilliant thought processes of our Portland management.
Definitely wanted Aldridge and Roy over Thomas and Morrison. I grew up a Bulls fan, so I was happy (at the time) with the way the Jordan/Bowie thing worked out. Didn't predict the Bias tragedy, but two of my co-workers at the time were Maryland alums and they went from thrilled that he was taken 2nd by the Celtics to devastated by his death within 48 hours. It was painful to watch them go through that emotional roller coaster. BNM
holy jeez i was being rhetorical... did you really have to tell me that you didnt predict the bias tragedy??? as if YOU could??
82games.com shows us that he plays a lot of minutes next to Duncan - I would argue that the DRTG is more due to Duncan than Blair. 82Games.com also tells us that the Spurs give up 5.3 more points with him on the court per 48 minutes. Both our guys are better than that (especially Dante). Blair is a very very nice player, no doubt about it - but I can understand why they decided not to go with him. Given that injury concerns - and what we have seen so far from Dante especially, and in spurts from Jeff - I do not think there is such a big deal. Given that Blair is playing on a team with a better record than Portland, and plays so many minutes next to Duncan - yet his win% is lower than Dante's who plays a lot in the 2nd unit of Portland - I would say that the defensive problems that the eye test shows are captured by the numbers. Now let's look at the PER difference against the opponent at the PF position - Blair's slightly better PER means very little when he gives 4.1 PER advantage to the opposing PF on average, where Dante gives only 1.6 Dante, I think, will be the real steal of the 2nd round when all is said and done.
No, but who did? It was quite a shock. I still remember the deprfessed mood in our office that morning. The best part about living in Raleigh back then and having co-workers and office mates that were either UNC, NC Sate or Duke students or alums, is I got to see some of the greatest players in history play against each other in college. I also got to attend some great concerts back then. We had a couple interns that were Georgia Tech students and were big R.E.M. fans. They used to play regulary at the clubs in Raleigh and Chapel Hill back in the early 1980s. So, we'd hit the clubs and see them live just about every weekend. BNM
let me guess, circa 1986 "that chris washburn is gonna be a bust , but dennis rodman is gonna be a steal in the 2nd. also stay away from some euro trash guys named sabonis and drazen something or other, theyll NEVER come over here.
82 through 86. I once stood in line to get into a movie behind Chris Washburn, Spud Webb, and a few other NC State players. It was obvious Washburn and the others were NC State basketball players, but my GF thought Spud was a little kid wearing his big bother's letterman's jacket. BNM
if Freeland will come to Portland if Pritchard extends Roy and Aldridge if Rudy comes to Portland if Przy re-signs if RLEC is used if these unpopular draft choices (Batum, Cunningham, Pendergraph) will pan out if Pritchard makes a deal during a non-June month if the team steps out of the NBA gutter if the team makes the Playoffs if the team succeeds with injuries Nah. The word if just doesn't sound right to me. I prefer: when Freeland comes to Portland when Pritchard extends Roy and Aldridge when Rudy comes to Portland when Przy re-signs when RLEC is used when these unpopular draft choices (Batum, Cunningham, Pendergraph) pan out when Pritchard makes a deal during a non-June month when the team steps out of the NBA gutter when the team makes the Playoffs when the team succeeds despite injuries Pritchard sees an if and silences it most every time. He has only selected one player that didn't end up fitting in and that was Sergio, and even he was turned into a player that does fit. Oh, wait, I thought of a good use for if: if Pritchard fouls up, then I'll start doubting his moves. Until then, it's not a matter of if for me, but when.
