Quick on progress finding a GM and goal of becoming instant contender next year (link

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Sorry guys but I've interviewed for the job. I think I got it too. No worries your in good hands

 

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Who is Isiah Thompson?

 

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Awesome. After I kill myself I won't have to worry about taxes anymore

 

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Short version:

[video=youtube;ZN-b6fGmiiI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN-b6fGmiiI[/video]

Long version:

[video=youtube;cXoJ2cuPdos]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXoJ2cuPdos[/video]

Quote:

"We are excited to have Isiah Thompson join the FIU family," said FIU President Modesto A. Maidique. "This is bigger than basketball and bigger than athletics. Having a nationally-recognized coach like Isiah at FIU will have a positive impact on our university as a whole, helping us achieve additional national exposure."

BNM

 

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According to Debbie Downer:

-D.Jaynes

 

I'm still on the Dragic train. He's been starting for the Rockets for 15 games now since Kyle Lowery went down averaging 36.7 min, 18.5 pnts on 52%, making 2 3's per game at a 44% clip, 3.9 FTM at 82%, 8.2 Assts vs 3.2 TOs, 3.5 Rbs & 1.9 Stls. He's a Restricted FA but they've already got Lowery under contract.

STOMP

 

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That isn't by Dwight. http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/apr/08/time-for-blazers-to-think-about-future/?print

 

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It's such a Jaynes piece I never thought for a second to look at the link, just the gist of what I got from B-Edge.

Though, I bet Jaynes comes out with something similar soon.

 

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I'm struggling to figure out the point of his article.

 

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Pretty sure he's UFA.

 

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The point of the article is to make it appear that the author is much smarter than the Blazers' staff as far a planning for the team's moves this summer. He's of the opinion that the Blazers have to rebuild through the draft rather than reload through FA/trade moves this summer. He thinks that no big FA will sign with the team. Of course, he seems to totally miss the fact that Miller and Buchanan have talked more about making moves through unbalanced trades than through FA signings.

 

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So many people are forgetting this, were gonna have a lot of capspace to make lopsided trades with probably two very attractive assets (our lottery picks). If we wiff on the big FA (Willaims) I'm guessing were using our Lottery picks to pull lopsided trades. We could very well see something like one of our Lottery picks plus a S&T Batum going to the 76'ers with Iggy coming back here then our other Lottery pick and someone like Smith or Ewill going to Atlanta for Josh Smith.

 

that would be even better. I saw him listed on different sites as RFA & UFA

STOMP

 

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Isn't Greg Jayne just playing the odds with this piece? The next time the Blazers land a big name free agent will be the first time, won't it?

 

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He was a 2nd round pick, so he can't be a RFA.

 

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Sure, but as I said in my previous post, because of that fact the Blazers are more likely to be interested in an unbalanced trade to acquire a major player than a FA signing.

 

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Side note---looking over Houston's roster, how the hell do they have a much better record than us?

 

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They have two starting caliber PGs (we have none). And two above avg SGs in Lee and Martin (we have maybe one when he's hot). And a very good front court in Parsons, Scola, Patterson, Dalembert, and Camby (we just have LA and Hickson). We don't have that kind of balance or talent.

You probably could have made a case for us having more talent before the trade deadline, but not having a serviceable PG and a dumbass coach kind of killed us.

 

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They have better wings than we do. It's hard to win when the other team is doubling down low and you don't have wings to punish them. With Ray Felton and Babbitt shooting well, Aldridge and Hickson are having good games. If this was the case at the beginning of the season; we would have a much better record. I think that's why it's soooooooooo important to find two good wing players. Players you can count on every night. Hopefully one is a superstar!

 

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I just found it funny how when he was saying we were likely to overpay a free agent, he said remember, this is the team that signed Miles, this is the team that passed on Durant and thought Babbitt was a first round talent. Which criticizes both free agent signings AND our drafting. So would seem just advocating for new management or something. or he just wanted to throw in the Durant and Babbitt comment, even if it didn't fit his build through the draft thought process.