Remind me what we got for Zach Randolph.

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  1. EL PRESIDENTE

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    No proof. But we could use some rebounding off the bench versus having nothing at all.
     
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    There was no plan. It was a dump for nothing at all. It cost Tom Penn his job.

    Sadly, it may end up costing Pritchard his.
     
    EL PRESIDENTE, Apr 28, 2010
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    He didn't get anything of value with the money he was spending on Zach. Imaginary rich.
     
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    It was assumed that Oden would be contributing. Let's ignore this obvious fact so we can all bitch and moan some more about how awesome Z-Ro was viewed by the other GMs in the NBA in 2007.
     
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    Really? Why wouldn't he have been fired before the Free Agency period, when the team picked up Outlaw and Blake's options and cut our space in half? That's a pretty big "eff you" to a "cap space" plan. Or after the Miles fiasco, which cut another 9M out of our space? Or right after FA period, when we're all saying "so, Z-Bo and RLEC gave us...Miller?" Doesn't make sense.
     
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    Yeah, it's too bad both centers went down to injury. Last year the Blazers were the best rebounding team in the NBA. Sorry the Blazers don't want to pay Randolph $16M to come off the bench and rebound.
     
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    No. Extensions are generally for suckers. At least from a team's perspective.

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    and score! points in the paint are needed!
     
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    Much better to pay Pendergraph to waive a towel or Howard to be dramatically below average, huh?

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    Probably seeing how things shaped up before making a decision? The anti-thesis of KPs decision making that day?
     
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    You want to pay a bench player $16M?
     
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    Not my money. Besides, better than paying $15m a year to Steve Francis to stay at home.
     
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    Exactly, it isn't your money, which means you aren't the guy that has to pay a guy $16M that doesn't deserve it. You're only looking at it as a fan, not the guy signing the checks. Fact is Randolph was terrible value for the Blazers and given the pieces the Blazers had he wasn't needed, so he was shipped and has been traded for scraps two more times because that's all he's worth, mainly because he arguably has the least valuable contract in the NBA.
     
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    If ZBO, at 16 million a year, could have provided similar performance than what he has given this year, it would have been worth it. Especially when our starting PF gets 2 boards in the playoffs.
     
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    ..and what was the scoring differential of bench points last game? it was huge.
     
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    Those 2 are two more than Zach has in the playoffs.
     
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    Zach would be in jail right now after raping some stripper, and wouldn't be contributing off of our bench, so why do you bring it up as if he would?
     
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    Me about 4 hours ago:

     
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    Not really, since he's not worth his contract as it is. Minimizing his role makes it even worse.
     
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    Yes, because if he was on this team, he would be completely different than he has been for his career all of the sudden! :NOTMARIS:
     
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