It was a financial decision, and was more about getting rid of Marty's contrazct and clearing up room for Nic, than it was about Babbitt. I was fine with it at the time of the draft. I'm fine with it now.
I'll replace Matthews and more Nic instead of Marty.. unfortunately.. Roy taking out of that equation hurts it.
yeah matthews over webster everyday and twice on sunday. however roy being hurt gives the blazers a big F.U.
Webster would be getting 10 mpg if he was healthy. Batum and Matthews are both better players. Who cares about Babbitt right now? At least he won't complain about PT that he doesn't deserve.
My only beef is I would rather have gone after a big in the draft like Seraphin than babbit who is some what of a wasted pick IMO
I have said it before, so I will remind you again: It is my opinion that Webster quietly asked the team to clarify his role giving him the inside track to win a starting position OR to please trade him. The team decided they didn't want to build around Webster as one of the "core" parts of the team and looked to trade him.
Agreed. I didn't like Babbitt as a prospect. But I didn't like anyone else that was projected to go in mid-late first round either, so I'm not up in arms about it.
I was hoping they were moving up to pick up Larry Sanders. Some prospects take a few years to develop, and that could be the case here. While I admit that so far, I haven't seen a whole lot of positive aspect to Babbit, I am willing to give him some rope to develope, especially in light of the fact that we are obviously not contenders anymore, and have to start improving somewhere.
A) Babbitt was drafted as a scorer. B) The Blazers desperately need a bench scorer. C) Babbitt has been demoted to the D league. The math there is both simple and brutal. When people regret trading Webster for you......it is time to chew open the veins in your wrist.
