http://www.blazersedge.com/2013/7/4...icans-kings-verbally-agree-to-three-way-trade I think he'll be a positive transition piece from... whatever the Blazers have now to when Meyers Leonard is ready to take the reigns.
I think it is more like 3 back up centers could make 1 decent center. All three need to go all out for 10-15 minutes.
Fucking brilliant. Robinson and Lopez for virtually nothing 16/8/2 blks per 36 with an 18.9 PER is a solid C Barring injury we have a chance to be damn good
Curious if other teams are going "wtf just happened?!" Regarding portland's acquisitions of trob and Lopez?
Im happy just as much as anyone else here, but it still seems to me like we are doing this to appease Aldridge and nothing suggests to me he will stay. Then again Lopez is still fairly young as is all our other players, so I guess I cannot complain much.
As long as every piece we acquire to appease LMA is younger than LMA, we're simply getting better regardless of what he does.
And remember that trob and Lopez are on great contracts, so shipping them for other players will be fairly easy if Aldridge truly does want out.
I was kind of thinking I'd rather trade Aldridge than acquire players like Robin Lopez That said, anytime you can pick up talent without giving up assets it's not a bad move, especially when you are talent deprived like the Blazers are. The Blazers still need more difference makers, though. Right now it's just Lillard and Aldridge. Maybe stockpiling these assets will help Olshey acquire some real players down the road.
Probably what he meant when he said they were going to be aggressive. Get in as many discussions as possible and use the cap space to "help" everyone out. Including the Blazers
Well, last year at this time we had Joel Freeland, a rookie Leonard and Hickson ally battling it out for the center job. Lopez/Leonard/Withey are definitely more intriguing to me. You have a proven starting quality center, an offensive specialist and a defensive specialist, all legitimate 7 footers. Plus Robinson, who can let Aldridge slide to C at times as well. Portland suddenly has quite a lot of size and length at its big positions.
Absolutely. These moves are very Morey-esque. Accumulate as many assets as you can, then when a homerun opportunity comes along (like Harden), you're in a prime position to make a deal.
