Im just not willing to hold onto players that have brief and rare flashes of greatness. This team has enough of those now (CJ, Meyers, etc) to let some go and trade them for players that fit better now. At this point I would much rather have a player that is consistently good/solid vs one (or two) that have great moments and look horrible at other times.
Just to be clear, Stotts experience was only brought up as a contrast to Blazer4ever's listing his having watched the team for 15 years as a notch on his coaching résumé.
I want to hire blazer4ever to be my agent. He would make me sound like an all star and the Blazers would have to sign me!
Actually, he would make himself sound like an all star and make the Blazers feel like they're lucky to be signing his client.
Maybe cuz they're young but not studs...a lil flash doesn't make the player and more than likely their time is limited. You get something for these kind of guys if the trading partner sees value in them. And hopefully they see these two the way you do For blazer4ever
Totally Agree!! There comes a time when you just need to stop relying on building out of the draft. Quit baking the cake all the time. Sometimes I really don't like the word potential.
I was genuinely confused by the post. Guess I should have read the next four pages before responding, LOL.
Well that scenario has to be determined on a case to case basis. But the bottom line in this particular situation is the pieces Neil is willing to move are low risk pieces. He is offering players who are free agents after this year. Players whose contracts he decided last summer not to guarantee. Players who he now thinks will not resign, but still could even if he traded them. (Unless they changed the rule) The only thing he is giving up of risk is the draft pick. Not that Will and TRob don't have value, but he has already determined that Leonard is a better ingredient than TRob for our particular cake, and CJ and Crabbe is better suited than Will. It's a numbers game and Neil has determined who his top 10 keepers are.
If trading TRob and Barton is mortgaging our future, Paul Allen must have gotten himself one of those sub-prime mortgages, because those are two sub-par players. These guys are both in their 3rd seasons and STILL constantly make rookie mistakes. Meyers Leonard, who most people here claimed was a bust with ZERO chance of ever being anything but a wasted draft pack has passed these bozos and lapped them about 1000 times. Both players are what they are. They have shown no improvement and likely never will. They are great athletes who aren't very good basketball players. If you trade them for someone who is a solid bench player, you do it without hesitation and are better for it. Wherever these two end up, they will make an occasional highlight reel play that will make their supporters say, "see, told you!". What you won't see on SportsCenter are the countless stupid, unforced turnovers, ill advised shots and blown defensive assignments. BNM
How many consecutive 20 minute games has TRob had? How did he do in those? Last time he started, he tore it up. He hasn't really gotten a good chance, I'm not sure he ever will. He passes the eye test, but that's on the offensive end of the floor - my guess is that he doesn't see play because of his defensive lapses. Meyers Leonard is playing great, but seriously it's because he's not trying to do anything out there. Defend, rebound, try to be in the right place at the right time, pass the ball, shoot it if you're open.
Yeah, it's called team basketball. Trob could learn a thing or two about it. Barton too. No wonder they're such good friends.
How many times have we heard players be accused of "trying to do too much"? I'd much rather a player does a little of the right things than a lot of the wrong things.
