Call me crazy.... but how about Austin Rivers?

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Natebishop3, Jun 29, 2016.

  1. Harry's Raincoat

    Harry's Raincoat Member

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2007
    Messages:
    926
    Likes Received:
    620
    Trophy Points:
    93
    If we cannot keep Crabbe, then Rivers would be a nice add. He's making progress since his rookie year and is becoming a shooting and driving threat. I was impressed by him during our series vs the Clippers.

    Lillard - McCollum - Turner - Aminu - Plumlee
    Turner - Crabbe - Harkless - Davis - Leonard
    Vonleh - Montero - Alexander - RIVERS

    Just add an emergency PG and we're good for this year. This lineup also gives us enough assets at all positons to survive any kind of consolidation trade.
     
  2. 1eyejack

    1eyejack Active Member

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2013
    Messages:
    219
    Likes Received:
    137
    Trophy Points:
    43
    Wasn't a Rivers fan till I saw him play against us. Kid looked really good and probably our 2nd best player off the bench
     
  3. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2008
    Messages:
    44,271
    Likes Received:
    26,814
    Trophy Points:
    113
    A nice player. Not a need with Crabbe, Turner and any vet PG
     
  4. Blazer4ever

    Blazer4ever Finding a Way BANNED

    Joined:
    Feb 4, 2009
    Messages:
    2,920
    Likes Received:
    726
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Agricolture
    Location:
    Israel
    No, it's a need. We need another player capable of running the offense. We play both Dame and CJ for maybe half the game, when one of them sit we need a backup guard
     
  5. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2008
    Messages:
    44,271
    Likes Received:
    26,814
    Trophy Points:
    113
    We'll agree to disagree. Turner will run the offense far better than Rivers would.
     
    STOMP, Orion Bailey and Nikolokolus like this.
  6. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

    Joined:
    Sep 19, 2008
    Messages:
    30,704
    Likes Received:
    6,198
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Not every backcourt in the NBA is as anemic as ours on the defensive end. Using his games vs. us as a metric for what kind of player he'd be down the line is not what I would call a sound evaluation.
     
    Orion Bailey and JFizzleRaider like this.
  7. santeesioux

    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

    Joined:
    Dec 3, 2008
    Messages:
    10,738
    Likes Received:
    5,311
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Trolling the internet
    Location:
    Southern Oregon
  8. drexlersdad

    drexlersdad SABAS

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    4,825
    Likes Received:
    255
    Trophy Points:
    83
    Location:
    NEW New Hampshire
    The dream is dead
     
    STOMP and Nikolokolus like this.

Share This Page