Just shut Oden down for the rest of the season

Dude, you just don't get it. Richard Jefferson was going to get us to the finals this year.

 

I don't think that is what he was saying at all. I think he was just trying to make a point that he was getting sick of it always being "next year" with this team.

 

Bullshit.

It's exactly his point.

What else would his point be other than that we didnt trade for VC, RJ, or GW?

His concept is that we might as well shut Oden down if we dont care about this season and that's absurd. He knows it, you know and I know it... and we all know why that's BS.

It's a bullshit useless thread

 

Some people are not happy with the youngest team in the NBA winning 10 more games each of the past two years and being on pace to do it again. Those people are never going to be happy...

 

What if what happens this summer is that KP pulls draft day magic and lands blue chip rookie, like Rubio? Will that satisfy you?

It wouldn't satisfy me unless Rubio came with a player that could help right away. But I think the time for Portland to build via the draft is over. Now is the time to get veteran help to push us over the top.

That, plus the lucky drafting of Duncan, is how the Spurs built a decade long contender. Get three good players in the draft, add veterans, stir.

We have done the first part, including lucking out in the draft. I wish I could be sure KP is up for the next step.

 

Improvement will satisfy me. Early this season people were debating whether or not the Blazers would improve on last season. Now, apparently some people are convinced (no pun intended) that the team passed on a trade that made them a lock for an NBA title. The expectations are completely unrealistic IMO. I also haven't watched nearly enough of Rubio to know whether or not drafting him would disappoint me.

At this point, however, my guess is that a veteran is what the team will be targeting this summer at either PG or SF via either FA or trade.

 

100% right, which is why I am in freak-out mode since he is out for the next 2 games..with him sky is the limit, without him..maybe conference finals once or twice

 

I hope you correct. I hope KP's gamble pays off and they are able to a quality player for low dollars.

I never in a million years thought they would win a title this year. I never really thought they would get out of the first round.

After the last 8 games, I am not sure they are even a lock for the playoffs. I am really, really hoping that the team is able to relax and play good basketball now that the trade deadline has passed. It seemed to be really be weighing on some players. We will see tomorrow if Portland comes out looking any better then they have the last two weeks.

 

So how is he supposed to get better if he is getting no time on the floor? Well I guess that's a dumb question because Nate yanks him out all the time when he isn't in foul trouble anyhow.

 

I think they have a chance to get to the finals without him, though it would require a couple of young players to reach their absolute ceiling along with a proven star to help B-Roy out.

 

Nice way to blow peoples expectations out of proportion in order to make it seem like they are sensationalizing the lack of a trade. If you go back and read peoples posts again, I believe you will see most saw it as the difference between making the playoffs, and not making the playoffs, not the difference between a non-contender and getting a ring, not the sensational situation you make it to be.

 

So are you going on record to say we are not going to make the playoffs because we didn't make a trade?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds

 

Which is equally irrational, really.

 

If they play like they have in the last 8 games, they won't make the playoffs. If last night's game had been against a playoff team, they would have gotten smoked.

 

either this is an excellent joke thread, or you're the biggest ***** on the boards.

 

Bynums injuries have been freak accidents
Tmac has a history of lingering injuries...big difference

 

Well if you ignored the sarcastic first post and actually read what he said in the thread maybe you'd get more of a clue (about what he is talking about).

I think his first part was just blowing off steam.

 

Why bother doing anything? You're just going to die some day.

 

I read every word of his irrational whinging tirade in this thread and all the others.

If he doesn't want people responding to him "blowing off steam" perhaps he should invest in a typewriter.

 

Go watch the Lakers, you LA fan.