I know two things from this night: 1. My head hurts. 2. LaMarcus is going to average 42 minutes next year and fall over.
3. Chad Buchanan has no business being a candidate for that GM spot. 4. We are going to be worse than Denver and Dallas for the near future.
Who will be disappointed if the trade doesn't go through? I like Andre, but if there is going to be a shake up among the starters, PG is a good place for a shake up, IMO. LA probably won't get as many lob for baskets, but I expect his fastbreak points to increase and the middle to open up with Felton more of an outside shooting threat vs. Miller. I didn't think Miller and Wallace were gelling well either. I'm going to miss Miller, but look forward to seeing if Felton fit in with LA, Wallace and Roy.
It seems like Portland was desperate to trade Miller and paniced at the end when no one was willing to bite. FML
So in the end we end up with? ... a whole lot of sound and fury ... and Felton ... and Nolan Smith. Okie doke.
Amateur night at the OK corral. Bullets flying everywhere - and most of them winding up in the Blazers own feet.
I'm not sure Felton is a panic move by Blazers. What can one realistically expect in return for Miller and his 1 year contract. Felton isn't bad.
Miller/Rudy for Felton People don't realize Felton only has one year on his contract left too. I'm not exactly sure on the details of the current CBA, and it may be different in the new CBA, but I don't think we have Felton's bird rights because you need 3 years to gain bird rights. I'm not sure if we can negotiate an extension either because it's only been one year into his contract. It's likely that after this season, even if we wanted to resign Felton, we can't. Basically, its a one year rental that's not as good as the one year Miller would have given us.
