Ezeli was 5th in the league last year (among those who played at least 40 games and ave > 15 min per game) in +/- per 36 min at + 10.4. We probably win game 2 in GS last year if not for Ezeli shutting our offense down. Blazers led by 10 when he checked in with 4 min left in the 3rd, & when he finally checked back out with 3 min left in the 4th, Dubs led by 3. He blew up our pick & roll sets that had been crushing Bogut. It would be nice if we had at least some idea of what is going on with him. Nov 16 they said he was going to get a second opinion on his left knee. Almost a month later & no update. Why announce he's getting another medical opinion if you don't plan on following that with an update of the results?
We aren't counting on shit. "We don't know when" is literally the worst answer you can get when talking about a player's injury. It either means: a.) We know what is wrong, and it's going to probably keep him out the whole season or more, but we don't want to disclose it to the media. b.) We actually don't know what the fuck is wrong, and who knows when or if he will ever play again We went through this shit with Oden. His body never recovered in the projected timeline after his second microfracture, and it was actually the end of his career. Festus probably has some sort of chronic issue that makes it physically dangerous for him to continue playing (even though he probably could). There's a good chance his career is done.
So...uhh...why hasn't he had surgery yet? What's he waiting for? Is he trying to get a paid vacation next season as well?
Seems a bit unfair that he's making all those millions when I've added just as much to the team as he has. Must be an accounting error
Yeah, but we can't trade you. At least he has some theoretical value as an expiring contract at the trade deadline and again at draft time. The second year of his contract is a team option and non-guaranteed if waived before 6/30. BNM
If the team continues to piss me off by firing popular announcing crews and drafting WABC's in the lottery, I'll waive my no trade clause
So, what exactly is your point? In the entire history of the team, we have drafted EXACTLY one WABC in the lottery. Given our luck with Greg Oden, Sam Bowie and LaRue Martin, perhaps it's the BABC we should be avoiding. And since skin pigmentation has nothing to actually do with anything, maybe we should just avoid using high draft picks on centers period. BNM
Leonard was a lottery WABC, and MM's favorite (as we all know). Your point about centers in general is well-said.
That's a single data point, yet he extends his hatred of Meyers Leonard to all WABC. We didn't draft them but Joel Przybilla and Mason Plumlee are both WABC that have played for the Blazers in recent years. Guess we should have avoided them too based on the low level of melanin in their skin and country of birth. BNM
I have zero problens with WABC's. Its when we waste a lottery pick on one that's the issue. Them or someone from the Cuse.
So, why don't you feel the same way about the lottery picks we've wasted on players of other positions and skin colors? The first lottery pick in team history wasted on Sebastian Telfair. He was neither white, nor a center. What about Martell Webster. Again, not white, not a center. We could have had Chris Paul. What about Greg Oden. He was a center, but not white. We could have had Kevin Durant. Meyers Leonard is the only WABC this team has ever used a lottery pick on, and it wasn't even a high lottery pick (like Oden or Webster). And, it's not like we passed on any sure fire future Hall of Famers to take Meyers. There was no Kevin Durant or CP3 available where we picked. Who the fuck should we have taken at pick #11 in 2012 that would have made a difference? I recall you were high in Jeremy Lamb and maybe John Henson. Big fucking deal. Both have had pretty meh careers to date and neither are any kind of needle movers. The only players that have had any kind of impact who were taken after Meyers Leonard in that draft were Draymond Green, Jae Crowder and Khris Middleton, and they were all taken in the second round. So, it's not like they were considered sure fire contributors. BNM
