Interesting to read that the Rockets are interested in Jeremy Lin when they have Lowry and Dragic as a restricted free agent. I wonder if Portland has plans to try to get one of those 3, or if they've settled on Lillard.
Houston offered Goran Dragic $8 million per year, but he wants $10 million. Now, Rockets may be willing to make same offer to Jeremy Lin
Growing process. I wish we had a shooting guard that could shoulder some of the ball handling, but Wes Matthews is not that guy.
It's one thing to hope Lillard will turn into the PGOTF, it's an entiely different thing to had him the keys to the team and start him at PG from day one. Not sure how long Aldridge will put up with it before we start hearing whispers that he wants to be traded.
they are poison pillin' the kicks. :MARIS61: the NBA needs to get rid of this, it fucks too much with ability to sign players down the road.
That's how the majority of top PGs have been. Handed the keys. With enough good pieces around him(Aldridge, Hibbert hopefully), it lessens some of the burden.
Getting Iguadola goes against pretty much everything Olshey talked about, though. A veteran with a huge contract, yet a veteran that doesn't put the Blazers over the top.
Well, either Lillard is going to start, or the Blazers will have to find a veteran PG on the cheap who can run the PnR. Brooks can run the PnR, and shouldn't cost too much money. Who are the other options? I assume the Blazers didn't draft a 22 y/o PG with the 6th pick just so they could sit him on the bench for 3 seasons behind a high-contract veteran. Also, if LMA didn't demand a trade last year playing with Felton, I think he'll be willing to be a team leader and give the rookie a chance to have some growing pains.
