Will the Blazers make a move at the deadline?

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    This is a surprisingly modest and sensible suggestion! And I've been wanting to get Frye back for a while, and getting him for Wright and Leonard would be a steal. HOWEVER, the Suns seem to make out like bandits in this deal, and as I suspect that they are already going to be the team that bounces us from the playoffs in the first round, that would sting. Wouldn't we be better off getting Hawes? (And I say this as somebody who much prefers Channing the person to Hawes the person.)
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    Talent wise, the suns make out like complete bandits. However, it's all a one half season experiment basically. The cost for them of a draft pick is probably worth the experiment. Philly isn't going to get anything from a team w/o a guarantee that Turner will re-sign with them, and no one would make that promise to him now. Value decreasing every day.

    I agree, we'd be better off with Hawes.

    But Frye is the one moderately overpaid (though arguably not this year), and he has a 2 year contract. The suns would probably like reducing their payroll for next season, as they have a lot of players who will want to be paid, and not retaining Frye frees up a little more room for them.

    We probably couldn't trade straight for him very easily, as we don't have any picks really. Also, we won't really have cap space next year anyways, and it's the free agency after that almost all of our players are expiring.
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    The Blazers are 7.5 games out of 9th. All Stotts and Olshey need to keep their jobs is to make the play-offs.

    No deal coming anytime soon.
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    You fools talking about defense and are trying to actually make a trade to bring Channing Frye on? Jesus. That dude is and always has been garbage.

    I don't give a chit if he's shooting 41% from 3 or not. He is not going to help us in the area we need help in most and that is Defense. Yuck at all these Frye trade suggestions...
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    Give me a defensive coach... That's what I'd like to trade for.
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    2 things:

    With all due respect, is there anyone who thinks that defense has been the issue over the past three weeks?

    Also, perimeter defense sure seems to be a bigger issue than interior defense, so I don't see Frye causing any extra defense problems.
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    THIS.
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    A defensive Assistant would be good. We should have Re-Hired Nate. LOL
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    That is excellent humor. :D Not sure how Nate got such a reputation as a 'defensive coach' when for 80+% of his career, his teams were in the bottom half defensively.

    :matrix:
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    a combination of his playing style, his defensive assistant work with team usa and not adjusting for pace i imagine
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    also, he must have some knowledge for team usa to name him the defensive coach and for the pacers to go after him. He's not being hired for his offensive game plans.
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    BANNED!
    ;)
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    LoL now it's Terry's fault.
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    Nate is a good fit there. I always thought of him as more of a coordinator than the head guy.

    :matrix:
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    No matter what we get at any position people will squawk that we need a player with a totally different tool set... then we will get that player and reminisce about the good ole days when we had the guy before. Then people will go crazy on the trade machine figuring our ways to re-aquire said 35+ yo messiah of old. The team doesn't land him but 2 years later they get a similar player and every one screams about how he doesn't do the thing the last guy did and goes to the trade machine....

    The Circle of greener grass and how it pertains to Sports forums.
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    if only we could harness it for good instead of evil
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    This is dated, and I don't know if it's been posted... so apologies if it has.

    Here's the link.
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    Not surprising given the recent hubub. Things very quiet although I did hear that the Blazers were at least making the obligatory rounds. Again, not surprising and nothing specific, just inquiries.

    :matrix:
     
    TBpup, Feb 4, 2014
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    We need to do -something-. This team currently constructed will not get HCA, which, IMO, is imperative for any sustainability in the playoffs.
     
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    Re: ~~~The "OFFICIAL" 2014 trade deadline thread~~~

    What do you suggest? Should we find a way to bring in Rip Hamilton?
     
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