http://www.beyondthebeat.net/articl...available-and-who-should-portland-pursue.html Note: Canzano is the source for Collins No sources named on TJ but seems confident!
I'm kind of split on TJ. There must be a reason this guy has been given the starting spot on a couple mediocre teams and then always ends up losing it. And I really like the PG's we have, although I don't love their game so much. I feel the Blazers are kind of like a college team, as far as togetherness and enthusiasm. I don't think TJ would be the piece that makes us a contender to take it all, he might improve us a little bit. Unless the Blazers think they understand what has been his problem in the past and think they can fix it and think he could be our # 1 PG in a year or two (he is still only 28, isn't he?), then I wouldn't do it.
I may be loyal, but if you really go back and look at all my posts, i am positive but also real. TJ is better then Patty flat out. Patty is my friend, but this is business.
Yeh, I'm usually kind of hard headed (no jokes, please) about the team but I kind of have a soft spot for this team. Probably we should sign TJ and if Patty wants to play he'll just have to up his game. I'm still wondering a little if we want to assimilate even another player into our system this late in the season?
Here is what my Pacer fan friend said about Ford when I asked him about TJ possibly joining the Blazers.
I think he's worth a shot, and maybe LMA will get him going again. Never know. Not like there's anyone else better out there.
Well, that team was pretty deep. We added Roy and Detlef to a team that was already pretty stacked. The 2000-2001 team had Greg Anthony and Damon already at the point, so bringing in Strickland only complicated things on a team that had its fair share of headcases. Currently we don't have a decent backup point guard, and TJ Ford is still quite a bit younger than Strick was. He'll be 28 in March, whereas Strickland was nearly 35 by the time he returned to Portland. I like the move. If it doesn't work out, oh well. We don't have much to lose.
Ya this would be a low risk move, but I do like the idea of adding two more bigs, rather than a big and a PG. Unless Nic is going to move full time to backup 4, we need some depth behind LA. I'd be fine with adding Collins and Juwan, maybe.
The main reason he's been losing his starter spot is because of injuries. I remember when he had that really bad neck injury when he was with the Bucks. Then I think he had a serious back injury in Indiana. I think he can still play. Its hard for me to imagine that he's only 27. Him and Chris Mihm really were the one's to put Texas Longhorn basketball on the map.
Is he better than your boy, Patty? http://www.basketball-reference.com...um=0&p1=millspa02&y1=2011&p2=fordtj01&y2=2011
I don't like the idea of TJ Ford. His best season was his rookie year (with Terry as his coach, I believe) and he's been on a death spiral ever since. He seems to wear out his welcome incredibly fast. The one thing we've had going for us is good chemistry, so I don't think he adds enough to be worth it. He doesn't play defense and he can't shoot (that's one thing Patty has over him, besides being a diamond geezer). Besides, I have a feeling Nate wants to give Roy the backup PG minutes, so I'm not even sure Nate would want to play him. Here's hoping he doesn't get a buyout.
I think your recollection is a little fuzzy http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fordtj01.html
After trading Przybilla and Cunningham for a 6-7 guy, we are short on big men, not guards. Whose minutes would Ford get, and would he be better? Sounds like he'd just take minutes from our 2nd-best player, Miller. That's no improvement.
