Funny how that is. Some teams have to know that Harden is most likely going to have a good solid career with the potential to be really good, but would rather draft Thabeet and know he could be another stiff. I really like Harden's game and could see him as the guy who wins ROY but is passed up.
Yes it's true that the Spanish media are reporting that Unicaja and Gran Canaria are fighting over him. So what? If Portland want him, I guarantee he'd come here. It's not like Spain is his home or that he's some huge star (like Rubio -who, guess what? Is also coming over!) And why wouldn't we want him? We need a backup PF, he's looked great this year, and what's the risk? I admit, I thought he was a scrub. Now I've changed my mind, why would the Blazers piss me off like that?
Re: Thabeet: "you can't teach height". And "the next Dikembe Mutombo" is probably worth more to more teams than "the next Brandon Roy", however much we love Roy.
So you are saying Bayless is gay...AND boning the PG of the future! So does that mean he and Oden weren't the only ones developing chemistry in Ohio? Looks like Rudy isn't the only "gay" on the Memphis squad! Mike Conley Jr. here we come!
FOR GOD'S SAKE WE DON"T NEED A PURE PG!!!! And besides what IS a PG in the modern NBA? Are you telling me Aaron Brooks, Devin Harris and Tony Parker AREN'T PG'S?!?!?!
If the cap is set at $57M, and we only renounce Frye, we should have $5.5M in cap space. If we renounce Frye and one of our overseas catches, we'll have about $6.3M. If we renounce all three of them, we'll have about $7.2M. Those are the easy ways to free up cap space. We could also trade Sergio, for instance, to NY for their traded-player exception. This would free up another $1.6M to give us $8.8M. These all seem likely now given that Frye couldn't beat out Outlaw as the first 4 off the bench, Freeland may be able to make at least 300% more in the next few years staying in Europe, Koponen didn't progress as fast as we hoped, Sergio doesn't mesh well with Nate, and each don't have enough trade value worth eating into our cap space. We could also renounce our rights to our first round draft pick, but that, IMO, is not cool. There will be a player there, with good promise, and at an extremely good value. No fucking way Pritch gives that up unless we absolutely need to free up $.9M in cap space (which would give us about $9.7M).
Perhaps. He'll probably block as many shots as Theo, and score as much (or as little) as Theo. I do think he'll be a much better rebounder. Theo, in spite against playing against weak competition in college never averaged more than 7.8 RPG in his 4 seasons at Wyoming. Thabeet, playing in a much tougher conference averaged 10.8 RPG this season. And, he measured out at 7' 1.25" without shoes compared to 6' 8.75" for Theo. Defense and rebounding wins championships. If a team doesn't need their center to be a dominant scorer, Thabeet could be a very valuable piece. Maybe not quite Dikembe Mutombo, but probably better than Theo Ratliff. In this weak draft, teams could do a lot worse than that. BNM
Thabeet is anything but a dominant rebounder (despite the numbers he put up this year) I remember watching them play Pitt this year and he got pushed around by Blair like he wasn't even there, I don't see him being much more than a shot blocking specialist in the NBA -- probably a decent one, but nobody you're going to call more than a role player.
My point was, he was a much better rebounder in college than Theo. He was 11th in the NCAA in REB/G, and 10th in REB/40 and pace adjusted REB/40. Not an elite rebounder, but a pretty good one. Theo was a horrible rebounder for a center in both college and the NBA. Thabeet's biggest problem is consistency. He's still very raw and tended to put up some great games and some very bad ones. The Pitt game you mentioned was one of the very bad ones, but the game before that, against Seton Hall, he went for 25 pts, 20 rebs and 9 blks. He also played better the second game against Pitt with 14 pts, 13 rebs and 5 blks. BNM
at his height/reach with some coordination, dude will get his share of boards... which is something Ratliff never did. Was Dikembe ever somebody you'd call more then a role player? Rebounding and contesting shots in the paint is a pretty important role in winning hoops. STOMP
Nobody posted this from Courtside?? "Merlin" (by the way, I think it is absolutely ridiculous when Rice wears these stupid costumes) said that the Blazers are trying to get Steve Nash. What would you guys think of that? I would love it. Our team, as it is, with Steve Nash added to the lineup? Please and thank you. Nash, Roy, Batum, LMA, Oden - Not bad! Blake\Bayless, Rudy, Webster, Rookie\Vet, Joel - Pretty solid bench. Our bench would start on a lot of teams in the NBA.
Re: Nobody posted this from Courtside?? So according to your depth chrat we are going to get Nash for Outlaw and Sergio? Good luck with that.
Re: Nobody posted this from Courtside?? No, I just don't care about Sergio enough to put him on any depth chart... and "Merlin" said we are going after Nash as a FA. That is if PHX doesn't pick up the team option. Which is possible. And I just forgot about Outlaw. It's 630am and I haven't woke up yet.
Re: Nobody posted this from Courtside?? If we could get Nash on the cheap, maybe in a deal involving Outla, Blake and picks, then hell yeah. Would be great to have a Nash/Bayless PG combo. Bayless could learn a lot from Nash. Just gonna cost WAY more than we would want to give though.
Re: Nobody posted this from Courtside?? For the record, he didn't say we were making any effort what so ever to get Nash, only that he liked him better than Kidd and that Portland should go after him.
Re: Nobody posted this from Courtside?? Fucking yuck, Steve Nash? Come on. lol. that guy is done..... Why would we want to get worse on defense?
