Portland's chances of a championship?

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  1. BrianFromWA

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    He won't be 2nd fiddle. More like 3rd. If Shaq shows up, maybe 4th.
     
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    At the same time, Paul Pierce isn't Lebron or Dwayne Wade. Both are a clear cut step above him in talent IMO. Bosh and KG is a wash IMO. No Chalmers isn't Rondo. They haven't filled out the team yet. Believe me, a decent PG will find their way to Miami. Somehow. What a big surprise that will be.............
     
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    Out - Favors, draft picks mega trade exception

    In - LMA

    NOH

    Out - CP3, Okafor, Posey

    In - Amec, Camby, JPEC, Batum, Bayless, Rudy, NJN pick, Portland picks, cash, monster LMA trade exception

    POR

    Out - LMA, Amec, Camby, JPEC, Batum, Bayless, Rudy, Portland pick, cash

    In - Favors, CP3, Okafor, Posey

    PG- Paul/Johnson/Mills
    SG - Roy/Williams
    SF - Wesley(MLE)/Dante/Posey/Babbit
    PF - Favors/Okafor/Pendy
    C - Oden/Okafor

    Thoughts?
     
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    I dunno. Pierce pretty much played LeBron to a standstill in the 2008 playoffs. Pierce was a big game player that year.

    Maybe now, because KG is old and broken down. But KG of 2008 was head and shoulders better than Bosh. Bosh is one of the most overrated players in the league. KG is perennially underrated, in part because everybody underrates defense, and his defense was among the best ever.

    Spare me the conspiracy theories. It's hot, the nightlife is fabulous for young rich men and there are no taxes. Whaddya want?
     
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    ANYTHING that gets us Chris Paul without giving Roy and Oden im for
     
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    your trade might look better if it was LMA to MIN, Al Jeff to NJN (he's a bigger chip for a TE, and his contract runs out when LBJ would be coming to Brooklyn in 2013-14) and Rubio to NOH, with MIN getting the picks.
     
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    Roy can D up on Wade. If B-Roy feels like it...
    Nicolas can D up on LeBron.
    LMA, Oden or Camby can D up on Bosh.

    We got this!
     
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    I bet Shaq returns to the M'eat.
     
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    Well whatever the details how about the lineup?
     
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    Lol, Kobe you might want to ask Shaq "how LBJ's ass taste"?
     
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    Well, duh, about the lineup...I don't know that Favors is ready for the starting PF spot over Emekafor, and I'd try for Redick over Mathews, but I'd take that team into battle.
     
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    he's not a FA until 2012 and their space may go away in the new CBA anyway
     
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    Shaq.
     
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    3 posts after the OP and I'm just going to QFT this. I agree.
     
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    I'm not trying to be a homer. And I'll admit it now, the Blazers window as the team of the future is limited.

    But, every time I see Roy vs. Wade, Roy usually does as well, if not better than Wade.

    And every time I see Aldridge vs. Bosh, Aldridge and Bosh do as well as the other.

    Now, Lebron>Batum and the rest of our supporting cast but Oden, if healthy and if he ever reaches his full potential, still is and forever shall be the guy who takes us to the top.

    Full potential Oden is supposed to be almost as good or equal to Lebron James.

    Let's just put it at that.

    It doesn't guarantee any rings or make us the team of the present or future but I guess it makes you want to believe still.
     
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    Word and people need to stop sending negative waves in Odens direction and start thinking positively. Oden is our great black hope!
     
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