My Opinion: No moves. Play out the season.

The Blazers aren't winning the championship this year, so why bother? Spend the rest of the year letting Roy get comfortable with Miller, develop Pendergraph and Mills. Maybe they'll get lucky again in the lottery. Maybe the San Antonio Spurs situation will repeat itself. If nothing else, the Blazer an start the 10-11 season with the same core group as this season, and KP can just move his timetable accordingly.

If anything, the Blazers should fire the entire training/medical staff, bring in all new, fresh people, and take all the players' rehabilitation with fresh looks and attitudes.

 

I agree with this sentiment. Sign a backup center with the exception (i.e., send Tolliver back to the D-League if possible and sign Steven Hill to back up LMA), and just play as hard as you can. There's nothing to lose now.

We'll look back on this as The Lost Season, but it really will be the beginning of our new found strength as a team.

 

No moves? What if there were moves you were thinking about doing, but didn't want to pull the trigger because you were worried about chemistry? What if we could cashier one or two of our superfluous point guards for a front court player? What if Rudy, plus expirings could get you a legitimate small forward or a player like Anthony Randolph (for instance)?

I'm all about riding it out and not sacrificing long term assets for short term gains, but there's no way in hell this team can roll with what it's got on a nightly basis for the next 52 games, absolutely impossible.

 

I say we should keep Tolliver he has some potential, he can rebound and has some touch from downtown.

 

If Howard is our starting Center....

 

nah this team needs playoffs or they will cast doubt in their heads... for the future

playoffs are a must imo. even 8th seed


trade outlaw for murphy

 

There's no fucking way.

I say KP explores Randolph's availability and sees if there's anything the Dubs want (like exprings, or taking back dead weight like Vlad Rad).

 

I disgree. The Blazers did well tonight by giving 150% effort and won the game.

Yes the Blazers will probably finish around .500 and miss the playoffs. So what?

Roy and Aldridge will become better, stronger players.

Pendergraph and Mills will get to develop.

Nate can experiement with quicker, smaller lineups.

As of now, it's all about next year. This year is done.

 

troy murphy.


miller/bayless
roy/rudy
webster/batum
la/howard
murphy/la?

 

Two reasons:

1) The Blazers want to put a winning product on the floor, no matter if they win a championship or not. Simple business. More wins = more ticket sales.

2) Who the hell knows if and when both Joel and Oden will return from such devastating injuries? We need a backup plan for next year as well as immediate help.

 

And how are the Blazers going to get Murphy

 

amazingly... joel looks like hes much worse then oden. oden was a clean break.

 

I'm bitter.

For letting RLEC expire for nothing I have NO sympathy for KP. How does that pressure cooker feel, KP?

 

Dude that's just stupid. No person on the face of the planet would look at a season in which you have 7 players injured, 5 of which are in your top 8 and say that missing the playoffs would cast doubt. When you sustain that kind of circumstances you mentally ignore the immediate results because you know you would have been there if healthy.

If you make panic move now just for the chance of making the playoffs you very seriously risk your title window when everyone comes back healthy.

 

Thank you for injecting some reason into the discussion.

 

no schilly...

1. IF THEY COME BACK HEALTHY.

2. JOELS OUT AT LEAST 1 YEAR.

3. YOUR 2 STARS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET U TO PLAYOFFS IF THEY ARE REALLY STARS.

4. IT GIVES YOU MORE CONFIDENCE.

5. LOSERS USE WHAT U SAID AS AN EXCUSE.


PLAYOFFS ARE A MUST

 

All the home games are 90% sold out already due to season ticket owners, so I don't think this is a huge issue.

I agree that we do need a 3rd center. But we don't need to sell the farm to get him. We shouldn't panic and scramble. Not now, not when we have so few pieces to bargain with, and every GM in the country's looking to get a sweetheart of a deal because we'll be desperate.

 

JOEL

FREELAND

We don't have the (healthy) pieces to bring in a good PF/C. We don't have a golden egg like the RLEC to entice teams. Thanks, KP. You douche bag!

Might as well look at our own assets and do whatever is possible to bring over Freeland ASAP

 

I don't see the point in getting mad about the RLEC; we'd just have a nicer starting SF right now, and no Miller. Same number of active pieces, same number of injured pieces. Same number of centers. Still no one piece worth trading for a center.

 

I'm worried we need a legit backup for Oden next year because Joel's injury could have an extremely long recovery time. And who knows if he'll ever play at a high level again? He's older and if he loses this explosiveness for blocking and boards, his game is pretty limited.

Truth of the matter is that we are desperate for help down low. Everyone knows it. KP can't hide the fact with his poker face.