Make a prediction about the team that you think will be true but that goes against what most people might think. Here's mine: barring injuries, Jared Jeffries will get much more PT than Meyers Leonard. At least, so long as we don't count D-League minutes. (I think Jared Jeffries might be the "role player" that Stotts wants to play a surprisingly large role for the Blazers. Of course, he's spoiled for choice with our roster.)
Hmmmm ... I'm not really expecting a ton of surprises this year, but this could happen I guess. Ronnie Price will play more than Nolan Smith.
I have a couple Blazers will challenge for the 8th seed Barton will replace Matthews as starting SG after the trade deadline
Define "challenge". They'll certainly be challenged in trying to get there. Is this your way of saying that Matthews will be traded? Or that Matthews will only be started before then to showcase him? Or that after that point we'll give up all pretense of competing? Or that Barton is just that good? (Or that Wesley is just that bad?) I think Barton has a good chance of being better than Wes, but Wes fits better in the starting lineup and Barton makes sense as a create-for-himself scorer off the bench.
That would more than surprise me, it would completely astonish me. But in a good way. Wait - were you talking about the Blazers or the Idaho Stampede?
What will happen to eliot? That's pretty much an open question with the way his career has started. I think it's possible he's got talent, but when guys sustain setback after setback it can really stunt their development as a player. He's essentially a rookie all over again this year and with tons of bodies clogging up the two backcourt spots, he's going to have a tough road to even get on the court -- bear in mind that he's not an Olshey guy, which means there's nobody exactly invested in his success or failure aside from Chad and who knows how much sway he's going to have.
He's way more athletic than Barton but not as talented. He needs to hang his hat on defense. At the moment he's Fred Jones but he has a chance to be Dahntay Jones...
He hasn't had a setback recovering from an injury. Consider last year his rookie year because drafting him we knew he would need MF surgery and be out for a year. Guys got talent is one of the hardest workers off the court(so it keeps being said by blazer media people so who really knows if it true). As long as he stays healthy he will be able to earn his chance to play. If he doesn't play we know he didn't earn it.
I'm gonna call BS on this. Woodson likes hero ball to much to allow Felton to actually put up D'antoni like numbers, its gonna be all about Melo learning to play point forward next year.
