One Truehoop Writer's Opinion of PHI's #2 pick

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  1. BrianFromWA

    BrianFromWA Editor in Chief Staff Member Editor in Chief

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    If we did that, I wouldn't even mind re-signing Blakey.
     
    BrianFromWA, Jun 10, 2010
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    I still can't see Philly going for that. Would be extremely tough to sell to fans.
     
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    Fuck Blake. If he is the answer, your asking he wrong question.
     
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    Hello NOLA.. would you like Turner and stuff for CP3? lol I know it wouldnt work.
     
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    If the rest of our team is Roy, Turner, Batum, Aldridge, Oden with Camby, Brand, Bayless and Webster coming off the bench? They could sign HCP as a backup PG and I wouldn't mind.
     
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    No thx to Roy/Turner back court
     
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    Fine. Have a Roy/Batum backcourt. Doesn't bother me. If you can trade scraps for the #2 pick and a beefy PF (who's expensive as hell, but it's not my billions I'm spending to "win now"), then it's a complete fail not to.
     
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    How about we then trade the #2 and Rudy to the Spurs for T.Parker and #20?
     
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    Like Roy/Batum is any better?

    Get a real PG in there.
     
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    That just won't happen, though. I'm not saying it shouldn't happen, but I cannot see an NBA franchise going that outside the box to put a player who seems like a prototypical small forward at point guard. Even proven great small forwards who could have pulled it off (like Scottie Pippen or Grant Hill) were never really experimented with that way except for brief periods.

    I think if Portland could do this deal and wanted to take advantage of it, the most likely thing they'd do is gamble on Cousins/Favours. Or, perhaps, trade the #2 away for something else.

    I'd be quite interested in a Batum/Turner/Roy perimeter, with defensive assignments being a night-by-night match-up issue, but I just don't think it would ever happen.
     
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    Brand would be a nice trading chip in a couple years too!
     
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    Sometimes I wonder whether KP's future in Portland is dependent upon him being able to pull off another draft day bonanza for the Blazers. I read things like this and think that there's no way that the Blazers could make such a significant move in this year's draft, and then I remember the 6 trade whirlwind KP and pulled in 2006. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to be paying really close attention on draft day.
     
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    Excepting Paul, Williams, Rondo, Rose, Curry, and Wall (all of whom I see as completely unavailable)--which NBA PG do you see as the best possible backcourt-mate for Roy?
     
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    T.Parker
     
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    If this happens I want credit....... :wink:

    Like I mentioned in another thread, think about who really wants Evan Turner.....

    That would, by all indications be MIN...

    If you could pry Love or Jefferson away from them for flipping #2 to #4, as several sites have suggested is a possibility, you could then take a guy like Wesley Johnson, Aminu might be another option or Greg Monroe....and yes, maybe even Demarcus Cousins....

    Although I am more inclined to think that if POR could get that #2 pick then they should either take Favors or Turner......

    Who cares about position? If you could put out a lineup of Roy\Turner\Batum\Aldridge\Oden...let other teams try and stop that......
     
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    I'm not the biggest Turner fan in the history of the world, but... c'mon. Andre Miller for the #2 pick? Do it.

    That Brand might actually have some basketball left in him would just be a bonus.

    What would we do without Miller? I dunno. Signing Blake wouldn't be the worst idea in the history of the world.

    Getting another young potential star to add to our team at the expense of a veteran PG and an expiring third-string injured center seems like a slam dunk to me.

    Ed O.
     
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    I agree, I think Parker would be great next to Roy...and if the team is successful, I don't see any reason why he wouldn't resign here......
     
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    Fucking exactly!
     
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    Mr. Harper? Really? ;)
     
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    Cetainly not.

    In the realm of basketball descisions the Portland Trailblazers could potentially make I would say it is one of the worst ideas they could have.

    We know what Blake brings to the table.
    We know it's undercooked, smells bad and makes you feel slightly sick.
     
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