Blazers going for win now... I knew it!

For all of you guys that are hoping we will use these picks to draft players, well you may want to read this article first.

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2012/03/blazers_poised_to_take_advantage_of_new_cba_to_add.html

It looks like they have their eye on a specific(s) guards and playmakers. I wonder which guards they have their eye on?

 

PR. Fluff.

Oh, btw, don't forget to re-new.

 

No I think they have their eye on Rondo. That is exactly what Boston wanted. They want cap space and picks. If we get Rondo and, maybe Ray Allen or Paul Pierce, then I bet they do this deal. All we need is a high enough pick for them to bite. If we get a #4-#8 pick, we got it!

 

Channing Frye was the 29th best player in the league last year, according to Yahoo Fantasy League.

Anyone think that's all it will take to win a title, or are we also bringing Blake back?

 

My picks: Rondo, Nash, or Jennings.

 

Rondo, Westbrook, and Wall are the only playmakers I'd go for.

And I hate Westbrook.

 

Chad ruled that out. Rondo is the 121st best player in the league, 161st if you don't allow for games missed due to injury.

Paul Pierce makes just a hair less than PA makes currently, and is 34yo. Allen is 36yo.

None of the three Celtics are top 30 players anymore.

 

Lol Maris! All three of those players are all top 30 players. You said frye is top 30 so.....

 

Interesting, we use our cap space to take on Paul Pierces contact, and deal our picks to Boston for Pierce and Rondo. Perhaps we throw in a pieces like Matthews and Elliot Williams.

I kinda doubt Boston would do that though, unless they were eager to trade Rondo. But if we could add Rondo without losing LA or Batum, that would be a win.

 

Last year they were. Pierce was 8th and Allen 23rd.

This year Frye is 40th, Pierce is 33rd and Allen 35th.

At their age it's all downhill from here on out. That's why they're available, and why Rondo is not.

 

I think he's playmaker #1. D will and Nash aren't on contract, so they aren't really on the hypothetical radar. I doubt pierce, Allen and kg are since they are old. This looks interesting.

 

I want Wall

 

Yeah, that would be nice.

How do we make that happen?

 

LaMarcus Aldridge.

Otherwise, forget it.

 

Which guards are free agents? Eric Gordon comes to mine. Who else?

 

I can see a deal for Rondo shaping up right now if the team wants to take on Pierce's contract and NJ doesn't get a pick in the top 3

 

That's what I'm thinking, it's not going to be a free agent. So which team is willing to give up their playmaker for 2 picks and cap space? The two first names that come to mind is Westbrook and rondo. If okc fails to make it to the finals, or worse, they get upset in the first or second round, they may part with Westbrook, just so they can have a pick and cap space.

I see Boston willing to as well. I saw that they maybe only 8-9 mil under cap, and that's without resigning Allen or Garnett. They could use some cap room and would love to start their rebuild fast with their pick and a couple others for rondo and cap space. Then they can use that space to sign a free agent that wants to go to a big market. Maybe they sign Allen and Garnett for smaller deals and bring in a Nash? I can see that happening as well.

 

So your saying if we get, let's say #4 from the jersey pick and take on one bad contract, we aren't gonna get him? Have you seen just how terrible the wiz are? Wall is obviously not the answer there. I don't even want him here.

I seriously don't get this fucking man crush posters have on him.

 

Because Wall is a STUD. He is only 21 with a PER of 18.57 this year, on a team full of knuckleheads and ballhogs. The Wiz FINALLY have a second legitimate player in Nene, so just wait to see what he does as Washington continues to fill out the roster and rid themselves of the malcontents.