OT Minnesota progressing on contract buyout with former No. 1 pick Anthony Bennett.

and name to go with it...

 

Ya'll noobies acting like Norman Dale is new here.

 

It's not the years, it's the miles

 

Has anyone noticed the teams "insiders" have offered nothing to this rumor?

Quicker has fallen off the face of the earth.

 

Newbie? I've been nettin' about the blazers since your granddad NateBishop the 1st!

 

After losing 4-5 starters, I think that's overrated. Dame knows this is a business and that to be a leader he needs to take the young-uns under his wing. If Frazier is let go, it won't have much of an effect on Dame IMHO.

 

Maybe he needs it now more than ever? With so much change, it's probably a good thing to have some guys that he's comfortable with.

 

You mean best friend like Dorell Wright, Mo Williams, Jared Jeffries and Will Barton? Dame will be fine

 

Fair enough. I think he's strong enough mentally to handle it though. After Summer League, I'm not sure Frazier may be in our long term plans since Pressey has been getting a strong look.

 

From what I saw, Pressy will take the job from Frazier

 

Yeah Dame doesn't seem to have a problem making friends. Which is certainly a positive for various reasons.
I am sure he hates seeing them go, but I am also sure he understands it is part of the business. Hopefully at some point there will be some stability with the roster, so it will make it more difficult for him to leave when his contract is up. But we have a few years to worry about that.

 

Frazier definitely doesn't look like NBA talent. There's a reason why there aren't many "pass first point guards" in the league anymore. Most of them can't shoot, and to make it in the NBA these days you have to at least have a passable three point shot. Steve Blake is a perfect example. Not a guy that's going to light the nets on fire, but he could hit an open three (or at least he could at one time.)

 

I certainly don't get all of the Frazier hate, but then again, I don't know what it has to do with Bennett.

 

Presumably we'd have to cut someone. Frazier could be the guy.

It's not really hate, he just hasn't really shown an ability to score, and that's a problem at this level.

 

That's always been a weird thing to me. You'd think these cats would shoot 500+ a day to gain that muscle memory.

 

I don't think he's getting hate. It's true that he can't shoot though which is the main problem in Stott's offense. The reason why we're talking about Frazier is because acquiring Bennett could potentially displace him from the team.

 

Good point. How can a guy not spend hours each day working on this when they know it can make them millions per year if they can figure it out. Just wide open threes, that's all they need to be able to hit.

 

Basically we have CJ trying to learn the pt guard position, Montero, Frazier and Pressy. Pressy is more in control than Frazier or Montero but Montero is a lot taller and although raw, he's young and has a huge upside especially on the defensive side of the ball. I actually hope we keep Montero around and develop him into a decent pt guard

 

I think they do, but for some reason shooting in practice is different than shooting in the game. I remember watching Sebastian Telfair shoot hundreds of three pointers in practice, and he'd make most of them, but when game time rolled around he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. It seemed like a mental issue. He couldn't hit the three, but if he stepped inside the line a foot, he could hit the shot. Made no sense.