"Watch your mouth, Watch your mouth"

If we are contending, I suspect Allen to play with luxury tax to keep the team together. If T.Rob is starting material, then we should keep him. Aldridge has about 6 years left of solid starter production. And we still don't know if Aldridge will stay (I think he is though)

 

Playing for a good team is probably a nice bonus for a lot of guys, but Thomas Robinson (if he ends up progressing) is going to want to get paid and play a lot of minutes. That's going to be tough if he stays here long-term. If Aldridge leaves then all of that changes of course.

 

I think we are assured to have him for at least another 3 years after this season. A lot can happen in 3 1/2 years. He is fun to watch. I love his tip-in slams. They happen so quick.

 

I'm not usually a fan of per 36, BUT I find it interesting that his per 36 is 17 ppg and 11 boards is almost EXACTLY what he averaged at Kansas.

TRob at Kansas - 17.7 ppg, 11.9 rebounds
TRob Per 36 - 16.8 ppg, 11.3 rebounds

I really like TRob. I just think he needs playing time. Sacramento and Houston will regret tossing him away after only a season.

 

That was part of the disrespect.

 

Well then Jefferson sucks at disrespecting. haha.

 

I hate to say it, but sometimes the kid reminds me of Darius Miles.

The physical tools are there - but it's like he has never had (good) coaching. If his head catches up to his body, he can be really valuable.

 

You mean he hit on high school sophomores, fought dogs, and blew off rehab to ride crotch rockets with gangbangers?

 

One huge difference - Miles had no drive at all. Robinson is one of the most intense players on our team. He has a crazy motor. If Miles had his motor, he would have been an All-Star.

 

Heh bubba - that's just good clean fun!

 

Yes. His best game was in the win against the Suns because LMA got if foul trouble.

 

Yes thats exactly what I saw. I DVR'd the game and replayed the two on the same possession in slow mo to make sure he got both. Maybe they omitted two of his blocks since he only had a piece of the shot instead of slamming it back. Very encouraging sign.

He has been our best bench player thus far. I hope none of our starters have an injury but a small piece of me is curious to see what TRob could do in that role for a few games.

 

If his defense continues to improve he could be a 30mpg guy off the bench, we could slide LaMarcus or TRob to center when they both are on the court together. Give LaMarcus 36mpg and Lopez/Trob each 30 mpg.

Going into this year LA, Wes and Nic were the only players on the Blazers for more than a single season. So worrying if we will have a role for TRob 3+ years from now is probably getting way to far ahead of ourselves.