Breaking News: Blazers will not use Amnesty Clause on Brandon Roy

Oh man, this team definitely needs to add Prz now. As long as they have no basketball sense anyway, why not really fuck this thing up. Hopefully they can bring in Chris Dudley and Buck Williams for some front court depth. A total feel good story for the fans at the Rose Garden

 

Disagree on several levels. One, if healthy, Oden is better than Bynum and obviously better than Perkins (who was overrated based on playing in Boston). Two, Dallas had enough trouble with LMA that dropping Chandler off to guard Oden would have forced Dirk to try and guard him one-on-one - which Dirk cannot do and at the same time would have worn him out.

 

This is gonna be a rough season. Makes it worse now that landry and hayes are out of picture.... and Joel is in.

 

umm so did 95% of this board

 

yup, we just need to catch lightning in a bottle with no injuries, and make a damn run this year

 

So what you are saying is that if we don't win the championship it's the coaches fault? I mean with that awesome roster, how could we fail?

 

i dont know, ask the eagles

 

LOL Heeeeeeeeeeee's Baaaaaaaaaaaaack and I agree with your "post coma" comments

 

I think both Bynum and Perkins are overrated as well, but Oden is the king of overrated on this board. People conveniently forget how awful his footwork and robot-like post moves were. He was in constant foul trouble for trying to make silly plays on defense as well. He was solid in transition, but years away from being a dominant big man in the half-court Nate offense.

Teams like Dallas handled the Blazer by not defending the perimeter and daring them to shoot. The Mavs packed the lane and took away the easy stuff inside. If we want room for LMA to operate, we need shooters.

 

How can you possibly rely or think we'll have a healthy Oden and Camby, and WTF is a "passable" Roy? The best 8-man rotation in the League? LMAO


One of those hasn't played ball for two years and has had two MF's and another major knee injury
One of those guys is bone on bone in both knees and with playin time will only get worse and plays matador D
One of those guys is an ancient 38 yrs old, no offensive threat at all, and gets injured often and should not play more than 20 MPG

Oh yeah, I plan on winning a 100mil lotto tomorrow too

 

Only time will tell how this turns out. I drink a full glass of Blazer kool-aid every day, so I think Roy is gonna be very productive again. Not All Star good, but good.

 

This is going to be a great season. If we get lucky with our health we're nearly a shoe-in for the WCF.

 

Like when we lost to Houston in the first round a coupe of years ago?

 

I understand people that are negative because of the history of Oden. However, he is definitely our BEST chance at having a great season. There has also been no definitive information communicated that indicates he will be injured in this fashion continually. I'm all in.

 

That turned out to be a tough matchup. Fortunately Yao isn't around anymore. Houston even without Yao still managed to take the eventual champs to 7 games.

 

Still, nowhere close to the WCF with a healthy roster.

 

you could say that about any team in the nba, and end up being "right" more often than not

 

Great move by Blazer Brass. If Roy doesn't play well, then the Amnesty will be warranted. Kudos Brass!

 

I'm with ya!