http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2012/02/as_trail_blazers_cross_halfway_point_of_up-and-dow.html Well, its nice to know the team President is content with mediocrity.
In his prior life, he spent his time explaining why Nike sweat-shops weren't that bad. Trying to put a positive spin on this season and the "no GM" scenario is much worse.
It's either laugh or go into Mags meltdown mode, I'll just drink a brew and chill. But what crock of bullshit, this ship it totally rudderless and mgmt makes The Skipper and Gilligan look like world class sailors....unreal
Wow. Miller just described a total failure on his part. I feel so much less confident in Blazers management now. And I wasn't confident before.
Steve Patterson > Larry Miller Smith over Faried, Miller for Felton.... This guy is doing as much damage as John Nash. Chad and Cho were/are nothing but puppets for Miller and the vulcans.
Good lord. Fuck off, Larry Miller, you slimy POS. Horrible evaluation of the roster and the team. Management needs to be overhauled.
I'm still not that impressed by Faried. I'm really not. He'll be a steady backup, long-term, in the league. I've long been a Smith fan. He'll either bust out and be better-than-average, or he'll flame out. Most people probably don't see him like that. But having my opinion of his ceiling, I'd rather go for that, than going for a steady backup PF - there are a lot of steady backup PF's in the NBA (we in Portland don't realize this, as we've always failed to pursue one until recently). Also... interesting that fans didn't like the Nolan pick. Several were wondering why we couldn't find some average college PG in the draft and have them blossom in the NBA. I think that's what Portland went for with Smith. And they do it, and people bitch. And before he gets an opportunity, he's written off.
LMAO. You're joking, right? I'm sorry, but Nolan Smith is the definition of mediocre. Completely invisible out on the basketball court. Is it bad that I have more hope for Luke Babbitt than I do Nolan Smith? He's been horrible. Faried has been far more productive and Nolan has a HORRIBLE PER in the limited time he's seen. Just an atrocity of a draft pick, especially when we really needed a backup to LA at the time. I definitely have written him off, deservedly so. Smith has not shown ONE skill in which he is adequate in. Not one.
My problem with Smith is that he was drafted and is playing as a PG when he really is a SG. He's another in the long list of "combo" guards that we try and shoe horn into playing the point. The only reason he ran the point at Duke last year was because Irving got hurt early in the year and they had no one else to do it. Even then I didn't think he ever looked all that comfortable playing the 1.
I think a lot of people were expecting Nolan to be an almost finished product. Being a 4 year guy and all, and developing under Coach K. He looks too hesitant and needs too much space to get his shot off.
