Portland needs to stay away from Brook Lopez. I'm torn on Lawson, however. His DUIs are extremely concerning, but he's stayed out of trouble since being shipped to Houston. I'm not sure how the small-city environment of Portland would impact his behavior. If we're just evaluating him based strictly on his skill set on the court and his fit with this current roster, I think it'd be a great pairing. Both Lillard and McCollum would be able to play with him in the backcourt, especially Lillard, as they can score without the ball in their hands. Lawson would also give us a legitimate backup point guard that we haven't had since Greg Anthony in 2000. Yes, Ty would probably add to our win total, but it's looking more and more likely that we'll have to really strike gold in the lottery if we're to acquire a Top 3 pick. While he is 28, making him a little older than Lillard's career-arc, he's still a borderline All-Star player when in the right system. The only way I do this, is if it a straight salary dump for Houston or we move Kaman for him. It just might be the low-risk, high-reward move the Blazers need heading into free agency.
"... torn on Lawson..." hmmm... why/how could you be? He wouldn't want to play for us & even IF he did... you really think he'd accept being a backup/coming off the bench? No. Lawson will not play for us; IF Neil/PA allowed this/wanted this... I'd lose ALL faith in them/any of their future decisions. Lawson has skill BUT he's ALSO got a bad/poisonous attitude (don't want him to infect our team of liked players/their developments).
I recall that before Andre Miller came to Portland that the majority of the fans even didn't want him here.
Andre had no where near the issues Laswon has had, and we simply do not need a PG like him, our guard situation is fine, we are weak up front
Yes, our guard situation is fine. However, we're talking about acquiring a borderline All-Star for nothing but cap space. He'd be another asset for Olshey to use down the road. Neil is big on asset gathering, so while I don't think we'll make a move for Ty, it wouldn't surprise me in the least.
asset? if HOU is already trying to dump him I'd hardly call him as asset for anyone, he has issues and would likely be a cancer, come on guys get real and besides all that have some of you even looked at his stat line this year - he's horrible, now 31 and on the down hill side http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/4000/ty-lawson
It's a risk. But, it appears that the situation in Houston is simply a bad fit. He's got one more year on his deal and if he did come to Portland and his game looked more like the Denver version, teams would definitely be interested in Lawson once again.
if he has one more yr on his deal after this its even worse, LMAO, the guy is not as asset he's an ahole who has played horribly, no way NO tries to acquire him, let it go
I think if we can get Lawson for nothing we do it. We'd have a backcourt of Dame, Lawson, CJ and Gerald Henderson, would be able to go with so many different lineups and options. We'd at least be playoff-bound
See Denver before they got rid of him and after, then see the Rockets after they acquired him....he's not helping anyone these days let alone himself..alcoholism has ruined quite a few basketball players.
I recall when the Blazers traded for Felton, a lot of Blazers fans seemed to think he'd be an improvement on Andre Miller.
