The OFFICIAL 2013 NBA Playoffs Thread

Who else was on those teams?

 

Fixed that for you.

 

And again you leave out the fact that Randolph was grossly overpaid. Of course the Blazers are going to pick Aldridge over Randolph and his bloated contract.

 

Randolph didn't get out of the playoffs until he grew up and played team basketball. He wore out his welcome FAST in NY and LA.

To pretend he was the same player then as he is now is wrong.

Not as good + way overpaid. Yikes.

 

I think you have to give credit to the Memphis coaching staff. True they did not know what they had in Gasol until they were forced to play him due to injuries. But Hollins deserves all the credit in the world for turning that franchise around. And for turning Zach around too. None of the other coaches got him to play such a complete game as he does now.

 

Cornerstone, how do you figure that one out? Does he initiate the offense, does protect the rim, does he stop penetration, is he there best defender- top 2 top 3 top 4.
ZBO is there best offense player and he does the job they give him very well but he isn't anymore important then Allen/Conley/Gasol. I wouldn't say he is less important then them because without him there scoring would go down but he isn't anymore important then those three either.

 

He was paid appropriate to his accomplishments. All star, 3rd team all nba and getting out of the first round of the playoffs

 

Agreed. He isn't the same player he was on his last three teams, he seems to care about winning instead of stats now.

 

He was talking about with us, which he was none of those while on the Blazers.

 

He's the go to guy on the team. Two time allstar, third team all nba...to think he's not their cornerstone is pretty foolish

 

Yeah, he only averaged 24 and 10

 

And people* said he'd never learn!


*ZBO haters from this board and the last one

 

To think he is there cornerstone is pretty foolish. That is a team that is great because of all there pieces not because of just one. But if your going to ask who is there "cornerstone aka best player" it would have to be Marc Gasol because he is the person their offense is run through.

 

It took him 4 years and 3 teams to Learn.

 

So he's overpaid because he never developed the skills he has now...even though at the time he got his contract, much of it was due to his future potential....which he realized??

 

He's always been the same player. Hard working, low post and rebound/hustle.

 

Yeah, whatever. You just exposed your lack of authority on this matter here. It's not even worth continuing anymore.

 

He got that contract because Steve Patterson and John Nash nearly ran this organization into the ground

Grossly overpaid, yes. $16M and $17M in the last 2 years of his contract? For a guy who ended up not being able to stay on one team?

LOL

 

For a guy that made 3rd team all NBA, all star selections, playoff wins, and turned a perrenial loser of a franchise around? Yeah, totally not worth it.

He was paid for his potential...he was a young up and coming player and he realized it. I know many people wanted him to be arrested by the FEDs in some made up dog fighting ring or him to balloon into Oliver Miller. But he's one of the premier PFs in the league, he has been for several years and he has turned Memphis Basketball around.

He's a TOUGH and intimidating player in the Playoffs and creates nightmare matchups for any team he plays against.

The real guys who ran this franchise into the ground was KP and Cap Genius Tom Penn, who traded ZBO for crap then proceeded to cripple any moves for the next 2.5 seasons in order to preserve this useless cap space.


Blazers: Lottery team. Perennial first round playoff losers.

ZBO: Doin' work.

 

Yeah, he grew up when he got to Memphis (3 years after the Blazers traded him). I don't think anyone has denied that.