Wow 20 to 1 Pen. I'm not the one! I think Pen is PF and he fills the role we were missing last year. Even if Joel and Oden stay healthy we need a back up PF like him. I think he is exactly the type of player that Roy said we needed at the end of last season.
No offense, but some of you are thinking too much like Nate. This doesn't have to be an either/or question. Forget the notion of having a rigid rotation - play the match-ups! Against some teams, you need the blue-collar-banger....and against others, you want the 1-on-1-scorer. If what we are seeing from JP is real...and that has yet to be verified...he has a place with this team. OTOH, there are things that Trout can bring to the table that JP can't.
I'd like to vote for DuJuan Blair, but apparently we didn't realize he was still on the board and failed to draft him. Starting in place of Time Duncan tonight, he had 21 rebounds and 28 points; I don't think either Outlaw or Pendergraph will ever approach that.
pgraph is decent, but its not as if he is going to light the world on fire, he is a career back up, and likely nobody outside of blazer fans even know he is on an nba roster. as far as being OUR backup, i think that is fine, but there really are better options out there.
I didn't vote as my choice wasn't an option. Jeff is looking like an athletic & coordinated inside banger with decent size for a 4... I'd compare him to Carl Landry. I think he really compliments LA when he slides to the 5. Travis is a size smaller and much more of a wing. Dude is a great go option at the end of the clock and an above average 3 point threat. The roster is 15 deep these days so thats an average of 3 guys at every position. They've got JP on a rookie deal at least through next season and I doubt TO will be breaking the bank next offseason in this economy... I'll vote for having both on the cheap thanks STOMP
the correct answer to this poll (which is the correct answer to all Blazer power forward related polls) is DeJuan Blair.
I like Pendergraph... he is not afraid to bang bodies... he rebounds... blocked some nice shots... has some offfensive skills and so far...hasn't tried to step beyond what he does best...showed a nice midrange jumper last night BTW... What else do you want in a backup PF?
One is a solid rebounder, defender and a good role player on a good team who can knock down shots and muscle people around. The other is Travis Outlaw
this and what MM said. I love how people complain "we need a banger for our backup" but you're not going to get any high caliber player who takes LMA's sloppy seconds. Do you want a banger or do you want a tweener?
Strange poll, considering Travis is a pure SF who has been forced to play PF (and done quite well at it) and Jeff is a pure PF who has no SF skills at all. It will depend on matchups, but I'd expect Travis to play ahead of Jeff whenever feasible. Jeff will be playing some C. Martell is the one who will be losing considerable PT when Nic and Travis return. At least until we trade Miller.
