Now that the deadline has ended, we know Josh Hart and GPII are out. Who is in, which draft picks did we obtain and what will be our rotation moving forward? Trying to see bigger picture here.
we now have a boat load of 6'5"-6'8: guys, mostly on slight side and we got no big at the deadline -WTF? I guess we use rest of season to see who are the keepers
Dame/Ant/Johnson/ Arcidiacono Ant/ Thybulle Sharpe/Little/Reddish Grant/Winslow/Watford/Walker/Knox Nurkic/Eubanks/Butler/Badji
Nurkic is already wearing his shiny silver tiger suit with a blown calf muscle. Our Center is ready for the Tank. When will the other starters call it a season?
I don't think they are cutting Archi. We're at 15 and Jody has no incentive to cut someone and pay more for another player.
Yeah thats what I'm curious to see; trading away a starter and key reserve for scrubs its clear the Blazers don't care about winning this year. When do we see Blazers other starters resting or having DNPs?
It had to be someone on the roster before the Knick trade could be completed. GBIII made the most sense.
Hey @BlazerBender--you were predicting that Sharpe would be starting at the 3 before season's end. You think that begins now?
Chauncey has already said he's starting Nas. I think there's a battle of wills between him and Cronin. Cronin's trying to FORCE him to start Sharpe and Chauncey is just stubbornly refusing (in the same way that he refuses to play Jabari).
It's not going to help our rebounding ever since Nas mutated from short Amare to short Channing Frye.
Here's how I see it - That's one lopsided small roster. No true C backup (although I love Eubank's heart). A ton of wings, but none with any true SF starter credentials. No established backup PG...
This is more difficult than usual. It could depend on the opponent. We know Dame, Ant, and Grant will get the most minutes. After that, it could vary for a while until things shake out. Either Dame or Ant will play with the 2nd team, so there is your scorer off the bench. Before the season I was pushing for Winslow to start at SF because he gave us a 3rd ball handler and a solid defender. So maybe we just replace Hart with Winslow. That does not mean he will get major minutes because multiple players can play that position, (Little, Cam, SS, and even Grant ) I actually like Eubanks more than Nurk starting, but I doubt that happens. Either way, Nurk, Eubanks, and Watford will get minutes at C depending on the opponent. I expect these in the rotation if everyone is healthy. (Which rarely occurs) Dame, Ant, Grant, Sharpe, Little, MT, Cam, Winslow, Nurk, Eubanks, Watford These will not Keon, Arcidiacono, Walker, Knox, Butler, Badji
Forwards we now have: Grant (soon to develop a nagging injury?) Winslow (already beat him to it) Little Sharpe Watford Walker (who really deserves minutes!) Thybulle Reddish Knox Can any of them play guard? I guess Watford and Winslow can dribble, unlike the others. Can any of them play center? No, although Watford is sometimes played there.
