KP on the radio...........

Pritchard basically implying that no trades were made because all serious RLEC suitors wanted one or more of our guys who are still on their rookie contracts.

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Oh no here comes the "test" and the "A, B, C and D options" analogy again.

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No, but the brand of basketball we've been playing over the past month is not going to get us to 50 mins. The game is different after the all-star break, and teams are going to start playing better. Right now, it seems like we're playing worse, just like we did last season after the break.

 

KP talking about it being a balancing act between falling in love with his own players and trusting his "process" and "system" of evaluating other team's players.

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Tell me what you see, don't give me the numbers crap.

 

Interesting... KP said some would probably be amazed that one guy would hold up a deal, and people would probably ask, "that guy?" and KP would say, "Yep, he would."

Nicolas Batum?

 

KP says he wasn't prepared to give up on one of his players.

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KP is saying he thinks the market will be more conducive to a better deal for the Blazers later vs. today.

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Too easy. Must be Sergio.

I figured it out! Maris is KP

 

Please re-read, because I did. I simply said that the numbers verify my observation.

If what you are requesting is "Please make an irrational judgment based on seeing Portland play poorly recently," sorry, I can't oblige.

 

I think the real issue a lot of people have is that the team has "seemed" more uneven in the last month or so (coinciding with Blake's absence) and the win-loss column hasn't lined up exactly the way we hoped it would ... or even when the wins have been coming, they've been squeakers against some fairly supbar teams.

I have no issue with the offense really; yeah it can be a little too iso heavy, and predictable, but for a young team I'm fine with a simple, high percentage approach that emphasizes ball-control and minimizing mistakes.

Anyway, I completely agree that the defense has been pretty galling, and consistently awful most of the season with little obvious signs of improvement ... leaving us good enough to beat most bad teams, split with mediocre to good teams and usually get beat down by the elite teams ... so I'd say they're right about where you'd expect them to be given their mostly finesse oriented personnel and extreme youth.

 

KP: "When it's time to strike, we will!"

 

Either him or Bayless, I'd guess.

 

it had to be batum, imho.

 

Statistics provide a level of objectivity. The reason for statistics is because humans can have biases when watching something. Or there might be too much going on, and one can't catch everything. That's why one should use both statistics and scouting.

 

KP talking about how excited he is to add another first round pick this year. "I think we'll get one."



So, everyone who likes more "youth" and "potential," draft day will be for you.

Bake it!

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If the deal was Gerald Wallace and Nazr Mohammed for RLEC and Batum, and we didn't do it...

 

KP: "Cap space is more important than expiring contracts because you can take people in without having to give equal salaries out. Couldn't imagine what Memphis' offers were receiving because they're under the cap."

 

You think Seattle wouldn't have liked to have Scottie Pippen back, instead of Polynice? Maybe that's what KP thinks about Batum.