Yeah when you watch other team's players a little closer, you tend to find that most players are just as inconsistent as ours. We just don't realize it because we do not watch every single game of any team....... but ours. But shooters coming into a game cold off the bench (especially young players) are almost inconsistent.
Not sure why so many are assuming there will be more moves. Since when has Olshey made a habit of multiple moves at the deadline?
I would like to think that is the case. But Neil seems to have made his one, token, 'meh' move for the year. This roster does need balance....but will Neil do it?
If there are no more moves the rotation looks like Dame CJ Harkless Aminu Nurkic Curry Hood Turner Layman or Collins Collins or Leonard Not convinced Stotts plays Layman at the four, so either he moves into the starting lineup or gets benched. Haven’t even got into how much minutes would be effected if we didn’t make another move. Hood and Turner both get just under 30 minutes a game. I just don’t see how all of this is feasible without another trade. Harkless and Turner are expendable now.
Does everyone see what I mean when I say, I like roster change. When a GM makes a trade (even if just with lateral results), fans are happy, excited, and hopeful. This is why I liked Bob Whitsitt. Examining these trades is half the fun of being a fan.
Whitsit would struggle in today's CBA as he was given a blank check and much fewer restrictions in the CBA back then. He also brought us the jail blazers and no championships.
I think players have a ton more power now than they did back then, only the ‘superstars’ had a lot of power 20 years ago. Now the players union is much stronger, agents, owners, GM’s have changed a lot too, its a big game of politics. Like the cousins thing last summer when the Blazers didnt get him and they said his agent squashed it. That wouldnt of happened back then. Not saying that Bob wouldnt be active, because he would be, but I think it would look quite a bit different.
We can debate whether Aminu is a wing or a big, but the bottom line is Terry sees him as a big so I think it is safe to take him off the wing list. His 7'3 1/4 wing span and 9' standing reach helps despite his weight. To me he is a better post defender then he is out on the perimeter.
Hood defense ratings with Utah actually was pretty good. This is first year his defense ratings has been bad and that might be who he is playing for too. So if he can get back where he was with Utah he will really help.
Who gives a shit? Back to my observation that trades make fans happy. So anyway, as I was saying...I'm obviously not the only one who likes roster change.
Obviously you do since you bring up Whitsitt so much. Heck I liked Whitsitt too. At this point its kind of sad isnt it? Were excited we got a 12 ppg scorer from one of the worst teams in the NBA... I agree though NBA roster changes give us fans something fun to talk about.
Well, do you see why now? When a GM trades, he breathes life into the dead middle of a season. It's invigorating, and I notice that I'm not the only one having fun. Even if the player acquired isn't all that great, it still wakes us all up.
Of course I get it. What current day GM would you like to have? Danny Ainge is pretty active. I am trying to think of if there are any GM's who even are kind of comparable to Whitsitt in terms of activity.
