They need to package those expirings (Blake, Outlaw) with someone another team would want and get a real third scoring option. If KP doesn't do this and just sits on this for another year it will be a joke! What is he gonna do when Claver and the rest of the Euro's are ready? CONSOLIDATE!
I don't think Blake is comfortable in this three guard offense; maybe it will take some time, or maybe he needs to only play in two guard offense. It seemed part of the problem tonight was late we were almost stalling, not getting the offense going until there were six seconds left on the shot clock; it looked really ugly, and maybe contributed to Blake looking rushed and bad.
This thread is great, because I can literally just go down the list and pick out posters who clearly have no idea about the NBA. Blake must go!!! after scoring 17 points and hitting 3-6 from 3 PT land and actually getting to the line 4 times. Thanks for starting it. This place is becoming a sewer.
No offense, but if you don't like my thread or thoughts on Blake don't bother reading or replying, there are other threads. I've been following the NBA since I was 12 years old and consider myself very knowledgeable. Blake makes a few plays here and there, the problem is most of them are just making up for his flaws at other points in the game. Like I said before Steve Blake is the equivalent of nothing, he won’t loose a lot of games for you but he won't win a lot either. He is a mediocre at best player who will never be a major contributor on a championship team. He needs to go because the team can’t progress further with him, he is what he is and its not enough!
No, he just needs to be a backup. That role would suit him nicely....even on a "Championship" Blazers team.
No offense, but you started the thread, and I don't like it, so I'll comment on how incorrect I think it is given tonight's game by BLAKE MUST GO!!! I think it is a worthless thread. I don't know enough about you to know if you are ignorant to basketball or not, but the thread seems ignorant to me. In other words, I would suggest that you don't start threads like this if you don't want to get some contrary opinions in the thread. Endgame? I'm pretty sure that a poster who can't differentiate between "loose" and "lose" probably isn't somebody who I will take seriously.
And I'm not going to look it up but someone should figure out how many other players at the gaurd position have worse numbers than Blake who play equivelant minutes. 29.30 min 7.6 pts 2.4 rbs 3.8 ast 0.7 stl 0.8 ft 1.7 3pt LAME!
Give me a break, I'm using the Quick Reply and am not so insecure that I need to Spell check everything before I post for fear that the grammar police are going to bust me. Get a life!
Quick reply or otherwise, this seems like a really ignorant thread to me. Blake played well defensively tonight and shot the ball well tonight. That's his role.
We missed Travis tonight. The same unit with Travis instead of Miller would have been a lot more efficient offensively - because Travis can not be left that way, and if he is - he will hit the jumpers. But, I agree. Something has to happen. The Miller/Roy combo is just not working offensively as currently constructed.
I don't think we missed Outlaw at all. The team did just great for 40 minutes without Outlaw, and there's no guarantee that Outlaw would have been able to hit shots at a better rate than the team did in the final 8 minutes without him. If Outlaw had played, we might never have built a 20 point lead because he might have shot the team in his foot. Ed O.
Blake was all right tonight. Other than that big turnover at the end, he played well for the most part. I'm not the biggest Blakey fan either and don't think he should be getting 35-plus mins, but we really have no choice at the moment with the injuries we've got.
My mistake, this thread was posted at the wrong time. This thread had nothing to do with Blake's game tonight but his entire body of work since becoming a Blazer. I just don't think someone with his skill set should get 30mpg. He is taking minutes from other players with higher upside. I firmly believe he will be traded, along with others, for a legit third scoring option at the SF.
