Trading for #1, #19 and Thompson would be nice Trading for Asik, Motiejunas and Robinson would be nice Trading for Ibaka, Lamb, Jones III and #12 would be nice Trading for Gortat, Markief Morris and #5 would be nice As for needs, they are simple. Portland needs an influx of talent in a major way. Trading Aldridge, who is an extremely good complimentary player, for 1-2 complimentary players and 1-2 shots at landing a stud makes sense. It' sa gamble, but winning takes gambling. The Heat gambled and won with Lebron.
We were 15th in the league in scoring with one of the youngest teams in the NBA, so that's not an issue. Asik, Ibaka are both extremely good defenders At #1, Oladipo, Noel, Len, Porter are all good defenders Gortat is a decent defender I am not sure why you would say "and we sure as hell dont play defense."
Three pages of LMA angst over some tweet from a site I've never heard of before? Some threads just leave you feeling stupider for having read them. This is one of those.
So you guys clicked on the link right? You saw the source? And there still is a 3 page thread already? Wow.
You keep cheering these kinds or posts. What exactly is it we should all be talking about? Should we only talk about things after the fact? Only things from the Blazers? Should we close the fucking forum down and ban people for wanting to talk about the potential players on this team next year until they are actually here?
I understand that there is a possiblity that LMA wants out and/or that Olshey thinks whats best for the team going forward is to trade LMA. But just because he's in trade talks, just because Cleveland wants him, doesnt mean that its the case that he wants to leave. Rumors, things like this happen every year, and could be thrown out there for a number of reasons. No point to freak out about it, until it happens
I am not the one who is crabby. I'm so fucking tired of people bashing on other people in this forum for wanting to talk about the Blazers. It is something the mods need to look at very closely or they will start to lose people
I just find it funny that people can get so worked up over nonsense (and that two posters can fill up an entire thread arguing about it). Next thing someone will tweet that LA wants out of Portland so badly that he's forcing Allen to move the team to Seattle.
Casey Holdahl @CHold 2m Over at Hoopsworld, @stevekylerNBA notes interest in Aldridge is from teams asking, not Portland offering http://www.hoopsworld.com/nba-am-let-the-trade-rumors-begin …
