Unfortunately, I think the Thunder can beat this Blazers team. We've lost a lot of our talent to injury and many of our remaining players are in a funk.
I'm watching the Talkin' Ball show right now and hearing Frank Brickowski call Steve a collegiate championship point guard and a great point guard overall. He called him a floor general.
Is Mike Conley still available? His December splits are impressive. He'll also be about a 40% 3PT shooter in his career imo, making him a great fit, not to mention he can blow by defenders as well.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/12/milwaukee_108_portland_101_bla.html Hmm.... yeah. I'd agree with Jerryd.
Surprisingly honest, and surprisingly correct. Hell, this probably just sealed his trade papers out of town.
If so, I'm glad for him. He earned minutes and didn't receive the amount of playing time to go with his level of play this year, despite being told you'd earn your spot. He deserves a chance.
Is it fair to say that Nate's whole "players will decide who play" thing is pure fabrication at this point? What a colossal convergence of misfortune and mismanagement. I'm almost speechless, what else is there to say.
I will be very curious to see what happens after the team gets into town with respect to maybe a little bit of a lineup shakeup (as much as you can have with 9 healthy bodies).
There was the talk of Andre finally moving into the starting lineup before the trip. Maybe the change was put on hold until Nate returned to the team, which I don't see what the difference would be but it is our team we're talking about. There's always things that don't make sense, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some changes on Tuesday even though that hasn't been the norm.
And draft picks! Can't forget about the draft picks. Low price contracts + players to fill out the roster...who doesn't love that?? We might need Jerryd Bayless, too, to trick the silly fans into thinking they're getting young talent back. Kthx.
Sad to say, but Devin Harris can't hit threes. Ergo he'd play behind Blake. No point trading for him.
