What the fuck is it with physicals? They shouldn't take more than a few hours. Why does it take days?
Of course, but they're not leaving town until Saturday. Where's the time pressure? We're in a playoff race. Neither team should be allowed to drag its heels.
Serious question: Since the trade hasn't been finalized, Joel and Dante are still ours, right? Why can't we play them? If Charlotte doesn't like it, they can rush the physicals. The risk of injury for 10 minutes of play each is remote.
I think it's part of the CBA on trades that all involved players are basically in a neutral zone for their own protection and the protection of the teams involved to prevent any injuries of the components of the deal. Besides, we're Portland; do you really think MJ would let us play either Joel or Dante knowing our curse?
BlazerFreeman Batum on the possibility of guarding Nene tonight: "Cant’ say I’m ready, but I got to," he said, laughing. 3 minutes ago via web
Right, like we're gonna go man-to-man with LMA actually not playing center because he's announced as a Power Forward in the introductions... LMA has shown he's now strong enough to keep Nene from running roughshod on us (a few plays in the last Denver game really impressed me on how strong LMA has become; he kept Nene from backing down quite well)
Batum isn't starting?! Also, I fully expect LMA to play 44 minutes tonight, because we'll want to actually win this game.