While I agree that after workouts there will definitely be more seperation, in terms of potential franchise-changing impact there is really only Davis at this point. Immediate impact and long-term potential I would say that Beal, MKG, Drummond and T-Rob are all very similar and unless one of them absolutely wows us, I'm not sure giving up #11 to get one of them is worth it. Remember we are rebuilding, and like NateBishop has said in other threads, we need to horde all the talent possible. But hey, if one of those 4 works out for us and the Blazers feel we need to move up to secure them, then I would definitely be all for it. I am just hoping the Blazers end up with multiple first rounders this year in order to stockpile talent, even the 15-25 range I feel will have some great players that could contribute this year.
Lowry is on a very reasonable contract with a 19 per. Someone will offer them something good. At 14 & 16 you can probably grab rivers and leonard, zeller or maybe pj3? Terrence jones, wroten, waiters etc.
I actually agree with you. Just because I think ranking matters does not mean that we need to trade up. Often, teams have very different rankings, and some player the blazers rank as 3rd would slip to 6th. I am just saying that if they see a p layer that they believe has a big chance to impact the franchise, then they do need to do what they an to go after that player. As far as this drat I n general, I agree that ther are lokely going to be more quality players, not stars, all the way through the first and even the secon round
1v1 is such a stupid way of measuring talent. The only way to see how someone would do is in 4v4 or 5v5.
Don't they have restrictions on that? I thought the most # of players they can bring in at once for a workout was 6.
They do, I saw that down in the bay last week some guys played with people like Rasual Butler and other ex-NBA guys trying to get back in the league. Not sure if that was an official NBA sanctioned workout or not.
Because it would reveal a lot of holes that these prospects probably want to hide. NBPA would never agree to it.
It would make a ton of sense to me to be able to have players on our current roster workout with prospective picks, and maybe even free agents. Running 5 on 5 with a mix of current players, draft prospects, and free agents would be by far the best way to evaluate talent and how they would fit with the team. It'll never happen, but a man can dream.
