the Suns doubled LA most every time he touched the ball. I'm thinking he's seeing pretty much none of that if Greg and Roy are healthy and LaMarcus facing single coverage is usually money. The club's best 3 point shooter/spread the court player (Nic) probably should have had his shooting arm in a sling and their other best outside shooter was months removed from back surgery. A healthy Blazer squad brings a deep balanced attack of slashers shooters and post players and they have a very nice collection of front court defenders and rebounders. While they might make some moves this offseason that further improve the club, I'd be very optimistic on their chances of advancing if they brought back the core of the current roster and they reached the playoffs healthy. Of those that project to get minutes, only Camby and Miller are over 30 and on the downside of their careers. The rest are more likely to improve then regress. Thats not stagnating. Losing sucks and while I understand the lingering bitterness of many in the forum, I'm hoping that eventually a little more levelheadedness over how green the grass is on this side of the fence seeps into the conversation. It seems some here are more fans of roster moves for the sake of it then anything else. STOMP
Blake wasn't the solution before and that hasn't changed. The only thing bringing Blake back does is put out that situation we all hate to watch, where Nate plays Blake too god damned much. See time does heal all wounds. Because if it didn't, all of those games where Blake threw doughnuts in the scoring column would have jarred your brain and made you think about how fucking stupid that is. Blake wasn't doing it for us. So we had to find out if the young guys would. They didn't or aren't. So it is time to move on, and bring in some fresh blood.
Standing still this year could be improving if we stay healthly. Most of our guys are young enough that every year they are improviing, and as for as much flack as LMA gets I still say he is the perfect compliment to Greg. Of course some minor tweaks are always made either through trade, draft or free agency. I have no serious hate for any of our guys but if we moved Rudy or Martell I would get over it quickly depending on who we brought in. Weather its through a move or player improvement we definatly need more consistant bench scoring and more front line toughness.
I totally disagree. Portland IS able to impose its style most nights... at least during the regular season. A team simply can't come in 30th (or 1st) in Pace in the NBA without being able to play the style it intends to. The reason the teams that are still around are (with the exception of Atlanta) is because they're the best teams. They're better than the Blazers: older, more experienced, healthier, and more skilled. I agree with this. The team should ALWAYS look to get better, and adding better players should always be a priority for the team. Ed O.
