Thought this would be a fun exercise. List 'em, and provide some justification if you like. Best Overall Player. 1. 2. 3. Best Offensive Player 1. 2. 3. Best Defensive Player 1. 2. 3. Best Team (season) 1. 2. 3. Most significant accomplishment (for good or bad) 1. 2. 3. Most infamous occurrence 1. 2. 3. Three adjectives that describe the past ten years 1. 2. 3. Most significant goals for this next decade. 1. 2. 3.
I'll start. Best Overall Player. 1. Roy 2. Randolph 3. Sheed Best Offensive Player 1. Roy 2. Randolph 3. Sheed Best Defensive Player 1. Sheed 2. Pippen 3. Przy Best Team (season) 1. 08-09 2. 02-03 (when we lost to the Mavs) 3. 01-02 (last one with Dunleavy) Most significant accomplishment (for good or bad) 1. 54 wins with the youngest playing roster in the league 2. 2006 draft 3. Getting through the rebuild relatively fast (five years) Most infamous occurrence 1. losing in the first round in 01, and breaking apart that 2000 team 2. Oden MF 3. Qyntel Three adjectives that describe the past ten years 1. character-building 2. (relatively) unsuccessful 3. rejuvenating Most significant goals for this next decade. 1. at least 2 titles 2. MVP for one of the players 3. 10 straight playoffs
Best Overall Player. 1. Brandon Roy 2. Rasheed Wallace 3. Scottie Pippen Best Offensive Player 1. Brandon Roy 2. Rasheed Wallace 3. Arvydas Sabonis Best Defensive Player 1. Rasheed Wallace 2. Joel Przybilla 3. Greg Anthony HM - Ruben Patterson, Theo Ratliiff Best Team (season) 1. 1999-2000 2. 2008-2009 3. Doesn't matter.. Most significant accomplishment (for good or bad) 1. Reaching the WCF, and turning a 3-1 deficit into Game 7 2. Getting to the playoffs last season 3. Getting Roy and Aldridge in the same draft Most infamous occurrence 1. Game 7 2000 2. Greg Oden microfracture 3. Jail Blazer era Three adjectives that describe the past ten years 1. Heartbreak 2. Rebuilding 3. Proud Most significant goals for this next decade. 1. Win at least one NBA championship 2. Get Greg Oden healthy 3. Develop Roy/Aldridge/G.O. into one of the best trios in NBA history
Best Overall Player. 1. Brandon Roy 2. Scottie Pippen 3. Rasheed Wallace Best Offensive Player 1. Brandon Roy 2. Rasheed Wallace 3. Damon Stoudamire Best Defensive Player 1. Scottie Pippen 2. Joel Przybilla 3. Rasheed Wallace Best Team (season) 1. '00-'01 2. '01-'02 3. '08-'09 Most significant accomplishment (good) - sticking to "good" because the "infamous" category covers the "bad" stuff 1. nearly making NBA Finals in '01 2. reaching playoffs in '09 3. series of moves allowing Blazers to rebuild without a long period of mediocrity Most infamous occurrence 1. WCF Game 7, 2001 2. Oden's injuries 3. Cheeks holding onto his job for so long I'm not too keen on the other two categories, so I'll just stop there.
I'm game... but I'm going to totally cheat by putting two players technically out of position. PG: Scottie Pippen SG: Brandon Roy SF: Rasheed Wallace PF: LaMarcus Aldridge C: Arvydas Sabonis
Best Overall Player. 1. Brandon Roy 2. Rasheed Wallace 3. Scottie Pippen Best Offensive Player 1. Brandon Roy 2. Rasheed Wallace 3. Zach Randolph Best Defensive Player 1. Rasheed Wallace 2. Scottie Pippen 3. Greg Oden Best Team (season) 1. 2000-01 2. 2008-09 3. 2001-02 Most significant accomplishment (for good or bad) 1. Getting within a quarter of the Finals in the 2000 playoffs 2. Nearly coming back from a 3-0 deficit to Dallas 3. Drafting Greg Oden Most infamous occurrence 1. Collapsing in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals in 2000 2. Rasheed Wallace getting a technical for looking at a referee funny 3. Rasheed Wallace saying that a major motivation was "CTC" [not that it mattered to me, but it certainly seemed to inflame a lot of folks] Three adjectives that describe the past ten years 1. Frustrating 2. Frustrating 3. Disappointing Most significant goals for this next decade. 1. Winning an NBA championship 2. Being a perennial contender 3. I don't have a #3
This, and... Best Overall Player. 1. Brandon Roy 2. Rasheed Wallace 3. Scottie Pippen Best Offensive Player 1. Brandon Roy 2. Zach Randolph 3. Rasheed Wallace Best Defensive Player 1. Rasheed Wallace 2. Scottie Pippen 3. Theo Ratliff Best Team (season) 1. 1999-2000 2. 2008-2009 3. 2000-2001 Most significant accomplishment (for good or bad) 1. Re-earning respect 2. Recent NBA Drafts 3. 13 game winning streak Most infamous occurrence 1. 2000 WCF Game 7 4th Quarter 2. Jail Blazers 3. Pattergate Three adjectives that describe the past ten years 1. Roller coaster 2. Renewed faith 3. Patience Most significant goals for this next decade. 1. Championship 2. Health 3. Consistency
