Varajeo and/or Mo Williams, we have expirings that match and 2 1st rdrs and young guys like Babbit-E Williams-Rudy. Thoughts? I would for sure try to get varajeo.
as much as I don't like them I think we go after both. I'd much rather just keep miller and put Roy on the bench and start mathews. I think Miller/Mathews work togethor better then mo/roy would. We definatly need another viable big who can play both positions so varajeo would be a definate.
you don't think AV would be a welcome addition to our frontcourt? I simply don't and won't count on oden, just can't do that.
I would love Mo Williams and Andy V on our team. Varejao would be a great big off the bench/spot starter, while Mo Williams would be a good fit at the guard spot with a healthy Roy
Hickson is nice, but every team needs an AV. As long as he's surrounded by guys who can score, he does all the little things that win basketball games and doesn't require the ball to be effective. That said that Blazers look a little impotent on offense right now.
Oden is out of my mind when talking about planning for this team's future, you simply cannot plan or count on him. If he recovers well then maybe we consider him a bonus if he's ever healthy, but IMO you simply have to plan without him and that means getting a reliable C like AV.
I was kidding. Gallows humour. I don't count on Oden, though I still tuck him away in my mind as a "not impossible, wouldn't it be cool if..."
Here's the truly sad thing: we have no hope but to plan for Oden. This entire rebuild after the 2007 draft was predicated on Oden dominating the post.
Any retooling effort would have to focus on Oden coming back, yes. But if we blow it up too, then anything goes, really. Pick two or three players, keep them, then trade everyone else. If we're in the market to do that, I'm sure some teams wouldn't mind playing along if they're in a similar situation (like Cleveland).
I refuse to buy that. If your only hope revolves around a guy who has only played in 82 games out of 328 then you you never really had any hope to begin with. It's time for this management team to get creative and do everything it can to manufacture its own "luck." What would this team have done if they'd gotten the draft pick thier record indicated they probably should have gotten? Just pack it in and throw up their hands because they ended up with Brandon Wright, Spencer Hawes or Joachim Noah? Lots of teams have managed to field competitive squads without drafting Greg Oden or Dwight Howard. "Get busy living or get busy dying."
I don't know if adding Williams and/or Sideshow Bob would really help us that much. Would it get us to the playoffs? Probably. Would it get us out of the first round? Probably not.
