west teams are moving forward blazers moving back while they wait for a 21 yr old gimp lots of titles in our future.... when kpee feels we are "ready" just feeding blazer fans more shit
He's a so-so outside shooter, his shooting % is the 3rd worst of his career, his PER is below the league average (and below all but Martel Websters iirc), AND his per 36 averages aren't significantly higher (if they are at all) than Martel, Rudy or Batum. And he's been putting up these "good" numbers on a crappy team. So yes, he's overrated.
Yes because you know exactly what trades were offered. Those were high profile guys that got moved, but we'll never know what deals KP turned down.
i think ive posted a few times why i feel kpee blows beyond reason i get yelled at for saying the same thing yet you want me to post it again why e sucks?
blah blah blah blah we should have gotten richard jefferson blah blah that would have been great blah blah. id rather have andre myself, but whatever to each his own. but wow richard jefferson would have been amazing right now!! pushing batum to the bench and producing less than average. wow you just convinced me actually.
Love the irony here. "We don't know exactly what was available, so Pritchard is stupid and cowardly for turning down these deals that I don't know the details of."
BULLSHIT. KP did not have the salary slots to trade for both those guys. BTW you always get the players bird rights.
I have to disagree. At worst, Butler/Howard is a wash for Dallas, and could be a minor win. Haywood over Gooden is a clear improvement for Dallas. When healthy, Haywood has been a solid player, while Gooden is the master of the disappearing act. The guy makes Webster look like a model of consistency. The other 3 players are essentially irrelevant.
Good for the Mavs. Unfortunately the Blazers didn't have the right pieces to get a deal done, but they also aren't as desperate to win now as the Mavericks. I'm just happy this means the Rockets won't be getting them. Good for KP for not folding. Stay strong.
None of you are giving Haywood enough credit. He makes them bigger, better defensively and in the rebounding department. The Mavs are improved. The only question now is do they have enough time to put it all together?
We'll for the trades we do know were leaked, we know KP passed on Harris for a package involving TO. That's a reminder that KP isn't infallible and is pretty risk averse during his time as a GM. The Cavs, Mavs and Lakers know how to build around their franchise players via trades for consistent veteran talent. This gives them the ability to win even when a guy like Kobe is sitting out.
involving TO and what else? harris is shooting .388 this year and is a huge reason why the nets are the worst team in the history of the nba.
in fact if i remember correctly, kp wanted kidd out of that deal, and thorn was into it, kidd wanted to go to dallas.
The Cavs, Mavs and Lakers are veteran teams that are just adding pieces to established rosters. Just like the Blazers teams in the past. We are VERY young and it is unfair to compare our situation to those squads.
We don't want the Cavs to add a player like Amare. Why? Because LeBron and Amare are young enough to play in the league for awhile and when we want to make a run. Unfortunately, I am not sure the team we have now is a Championship team unless Oden can stay healthy and does what he did earlier in the season. IMO, no Oden, no Championship.
