Joe Freeman: Olshey said his intentions — as of right now — are to keep both of the #Blazers lottery picks (6, 11) in Thursday's draft. 3 minutes ago Did they ask about potentially adding more picks to our draft?
Steve Luhm: Damian Lillard looks like he will be the 8th player from a Utah school to be taken in the lottery since 1993. The others are ... 2 minutes ago Steve Luhm: ... Fredette (2010), Bogut (2005), Araujo (2004), Andre Miller (1999), Michael Doleac (1998), Van Horn (1997) and Shawn Bradley (1993) 1 minute ago Talk about curbing one's enthusiasm.
Again, using my white players in the NBA suck method. Andre Miller 17.8 career per All the others are either white or Cuban, so they don't count
It's not all that far fetched to land Lillard at 6 and Rivers at 11, or possibly swing a small trade to move up a couple spots to get Rivers with the 2nd pick. If those two have among the best chances of any in the draft of becoming true leaders (with the skill level to go along with it), why not pursue both? At the very least, you've got a young backcourt to build around for the hopeful future. Best case scenario, you end up with a Dumars/Thomas type combo.
I was kidding. All of the other guys were big white guys with reps for being soft. Jury's still out on Jimmer.
I wouldn't be upset with this. Still not quite sure why some here are so down on Rivers. But I'm not on the same level with the "experts" on this board.
Chris Haynes: #Blazers to keep both lottery picks | http://www.csnnw.com/pages/… | #Ripcity #PDX 1 minute ago
Nathan Begley: I wonder who Blazer fans are going to get mad at Neil Oshey for passing on. 2 minutes ago
The big concern is so far he has shown little interest or ability in sharing the ball. If he can overcome that, then you just have to get his shooting percentage up a bit.