Maybe Wheelz will give us some hints

complete and utter disgrace on kps part if we dont make a deal..... complete failure.

no other way around it

 

There will be a deal. Pritchard won't slip away a golden opportunity to upgrade the teams talent by using the expiring contract like Nash failed to do with Rahim. Its been printed many times that Raef's contract is the hottest commodity in the league during this trade deadline. Pritchard has his first chance to make a move that will have virtually no monetary reprecussions because of Paul's fat wallet and new found willingness to spend it. There will be a deal, that I can guarantee.

 

Properly made (not supermarket) fruit cake not only tastes good, it is soaked in rum, brandy or bourbon - it's not going to stink.

 

Stop getting your panties all in a bunch. We'll make a deal. If we dont, there is no reason to not trust that KP never got a deal he liked. Remember, not all the rumors that we read and hear about are true.

 

They'll make a deal, relax. At the bare minimum, we'll get Richard Jefferson without giving up any over our top 8 players.

 

I wish it were possible to find posts made by the same people who at one time wrote "In KP We Trust" and are now writing "If we don't make a deal, it will be a failure".

For those that believe any deal for RLEC is preferable to no deal, read Richard Thaler's "The Winner's Curse".

 

I agree... if we don't make a deal you just have to trust KP... the right deal wasn't there. I am strongly in opposition of making a move just to do it... I'd rather have some cap space and make a deal to take back some more salary this off-season.

 

I only see one poster talking about failure, but I think there'll be a deal in the next 24 hours. Bake on it.

 

Wheels just said that Portland is getting better offers for RLEC than the Suns were getting for Amare.

 

Hard to believe . . . but sweet.

 

The dow took a nose dive again yesterday.

These owners probably feel the effect of the dow dropping tens of folds more than the average investor. With the dow dropping and creating a $10 trillion negative wealth effect from weakened capital markets on top of
a $14 trillion consumer debt load amid "exploding unemployment", leading to "exploding bankruptcies" . . . maybe RLEC is being pursued as much as Amare's contract.

Nah, I still have a hard time believeing that.

 

Yea we will see how it turns out. I would point out while KP has a good record of drafting, he really has no record of procuring talent from other teams. Two different situations. One could be based on strength of scouting, while the other is trying to deal for known quantities. Totally different situations.

 

Dude, what about Frye?

Oh wait. Frye sucks.

 

Just remember, Don't squeeze the Charmin! (Charmin is our nickname for Frye, because he is soft, like the toilet paper.)

 

Well all i meant is that Wheelz has been the one that breaks all the draft day trades....thats all.

 

I think that Brandon, LA, Bayless, Rudy and Batum are all proof that KP knows how to procure talent from other teams. Sure, those were draft deals, but they were other teams picks. KP has not been in a situation like this before. He has not "had to make a deal" mid season, as some think is required now. I think he will do just fine here. If no deal is made I am sure that he will be able to work some magic in the off season. No worries here.

 

Wrong. If you read my post, you would recognize those are all draft trades. Draft trades are much easier to pry loose from teams because many of them are of unknown true talent level, and thus are easier to pry away from teams. Player of a known quantity, especially star veterans are much harder to pry away from teams, because teams know how good they really are. All the trades on draft day indicate is that Pritchards method of scouting is superior to other teams, he is better at picking out gems and recognizing them for what they are than the other guys are. The only guys he has brought in that actually played a lick in the league, are Frye, and James Jones. James Jones was a mediocre backup who would have not got minutes on most teams but did in Portland due to our lack of talent, and only lasted a year. Frye, is a soft power forward who never gets off the bench anymore. His record on bringing in talented players who have played time in the league, is not good.

 

It's pretty simple to figure out at this point, at least from a Blazer perspective. KP has a system for evaluating players; if he gets a deal that ends up being a plus for the team, he'll make it. If not, he won't and will be active this summer. Portland, more than just about any team right now, is operating from a position of power and can't be forced into making a deal that won't benefit the team.

If the team makes a deal, it will be one that benefits the roster from a basketball perspective. If it doesn't, I will assume that the offers made were a net negative at this point in time.

 

+1 I agree!

 

i dont get it!! if its that valuable why not add some young prospects(bayless, rudy, pete kop) and get back a legitimate all star?