Roy is a lot better than Miller, and Miller should certainly be the one to go. The problem is, who do you replace him with that Brandon would be able to play with?
True, it's not like our current PG can guard anyone anyway? Or that Roy can guard SG's? I'd be all for that, but we would need a different defensive scheme....not that we don't anyway.
Newsflash, this is not the media nor the fans' faults. Roy intimating that either might be part of the problem is a copout of epic proportions.
I don't think there's anybody in the league that be a difference maker. If they have an inch of talent there will be friction, if they're a journeyman like Blake then we're just spinning our wheels.
We have Marcus Camby. Here are the teams that Marcus Camby definately wouldn't start at center at right now. Orlando New Jersey
Who might those people be? I was a proponent of Roy trying to add an off-the-ball game to his skillset, and I haven't bitched about him at all this season. So, that makes me wonder who it is that both wanted him to adapt and have been "throwing him overboard."
I would point out that we have a guy who played next to a guard who he was used to having dominate the ball a lot. That guy is Wesley Mathews. I have said many times over the last few years that the guard that you want to team with Roy should be a shooting guard, so that if Roy gets into trouble and throws the flaming bag, it is a player who can do something with it. Shooting would also bring spacing to the offense.
I don't personally recall saying Roy needed to change his game. I did, however, say that Nate needed to come up with a more creative offense that maximizes (or at least utilizes) more than one player. And, saying that Roy blaming his pathetic effort yesterday on the fans is lame, is not throwing him overboard. He hasn't even been trying to play defense all year, and yesterday he didn't try to play offense either. That's no way for a team leader to behave and sets a horrible example for his teammates. That doesn't mean I think Roy should be traded. It means I think he needs to pull his head out of his ass, stop the pouting and whining to the media, and start leading like a true leader. BNM
BTW, in the RIGHT offense, we don't necessarily NEED a great 3-put shooting PG to play next to Roy. It helps, but the Lakers won back-to-back titles with a Ron Harper, a career 0.289 3FG%, starting at PG next to the ball doiminating Kobe. I've always wondered why the Blazers have never even at least experimented with the triangle. It would create more ball movement and player movement. It would stil get Roy plenty of touches, but would remove the reliance on the 4th quarter Roy ISO heavy offense that other teams have figured out how to stop. BNM
You know if this was Roy making some kind of public protest about the way the team is using him, he picked the wrong game to do it. He picks a Blazer/Laker game to do it? This is the time we all look to Brandon to do his thing and keep the Blazers in the game. He is the star fans hope to have on a team . . . a star who helps a medicore team become a tough team for the top teams in the league. Roy could of pulled this stunt (if that is what it is) against Toronto the night beofre. He could wait till they go on a east coast roadtrip. Heck even against OKC, but to mail it in against the Lakers . . . for Blazer fans having to watch the Lakers embarass the Blazers . . . show no fight against the Lakers . . . I can't believe Roy would allow himself to do that. Which makes me go back to my original thoughts . .. I think he is physical limited right now and the back to back game with the Lakers being the best defensive team in the West and focusing on locking down Roy . . . Roy just couldn't physically do anything last night against the Lakers . . . and that is what this is all about (hope I'm wrong)
For the triangle to work you need a big man who is deft at passing out of the pinch post or otherwise finding the open man, Camby could probably do it, but that's no long term plan, LMA really struggles with pressure and decision making and ultimately you need a coach who believes in it and can implement it. Unless Tex Winter is suddenly available, who out there is going to install this offense? I'm totally open to the idea, but it won't happen until Nate is fired or quits and it would have to be implemented during training camp.
Not Houston. Yao is hurt and only plays occasionally. They would take Camby in a heartbeat. Atlanta was iffy for me. I figured they would move Horford over to the 4 Milwaukee? No. LAL has no center with Bynum out Indiana is a tough one, but ok NOH? Really? Chicago would simply move Noah to the 4 Memphis is a good one also So I will say no more than 5 teams
Like Camby, Bogut is a 4/5 that I think would move to the 4. Either way, I think Camby is starting for them at one of the possitions
