Be honest: would you have traded Kersey/Duck/Alaa for Olajuwon in 1992?

Barkley was the MVP in 1993, and if we hadn't been stupid we'd have won the title with him. Idiots.

 

Agreed

 

Danny Ainge would do that deal. He likes dealing with Lakers.

 

A 1 year old would say yes.

 

Nope. The trade was around the 1992 trade deadline. We hadn’t lost to Chicago yet.

 

NOW in hindsight. I’m asking about fans following the team THEN. Kersey was extremely popular and that team was incredible. I don’t think most people were in favor of breaking it up.

 

Houston wasn’t “entering a window of contention.,” lol. They were about to get lucky Jordan would retire. You clearly weren’t alive then.

 

You are correct.

 

We wouldn’t have beaten the Bulls. That year was Jordan and Phil Jackson at their best.

 

Yep. I remember that.

 

I thought the comment was about Houston in 92?

 

What’s sad is I think Duncan played like 5 times as many games as Oden did after that draft, despite being about 5 times as old at that point.

 

Plus only two healthy years from Roy. That first year even with Duncan in place of Odens DNP rookie year the Blazers were too young and inexperienced.

Although the second yeah the Blazers won 54 games eventually losing to Yao Ming's Rockets in 6 games. Put Duncan in place of Oden they likely win that series plus maybe more.

But then the next season Roy got injured, rushed back for the Phoenix series, and was never the same player again.

Two years later the Blazers drafted Lillard.

 

Did the Blazers enter a window of contention in 2019? I know all of that. Houston had actually already BEEN to the Finals. They were a great team all decade. There was no “entering a window of contention.” No one thought of them as having a chance at the title while MJ was winning three straight. The only window they had was him retiring. But people didn’t talk like that then.

 

They would have picked Durant