I wasn’t going to even post about the players I’d prefer over cj, I was trying to let it go but was repeatedly asked to list them.
Man has a take, sticks with it, and is willing to try to back it up. Yeah, that absolutely makes the board fun.
Again bullshit. You first said all 29 other teams have "at least 1 player better than C.J.". When I mentioned SAC, you backed off to 28 teams. Now, you are moving the target to include players who are not better than C.J., but players you would trade for based on potential. Not the same thing. ATL - no one BRK - no one CHO - Kemba and his .419 FG%, .345 3FG% is not better than C.J. If he was, CHO would not be 8 games under .500 in the East. CHI - Markannen not better than C.J. yet. DAL - Dennis Smith Jr. Give me a fucking break. The guys is a rookie on a shit team averaging 14 ppg on shitty percentages. LAL - Kuzma, not yet. He has potential, but he's not even a starter on one of the worst teams in the league. MEM - Conley, injury prone, hasn't played since 11/13, possibly out for the season. Worst contract than C.J. I'll stipulate he's better than C.J., when healthy. He's rarely healthy. ORL - Gordon, hahahahahahahahahahahahaha Good one. SAC - no one So, that's at least nine OTHER teams that don't have "at least 1 player better than C.J." You stated hyperbole as fact and got called on it. BNM
What about this deal: Portland: Kevin Love Clevland: DeAndre Jordan LA Clippers: Evan Turner, Channing Frye, Caleb Swanigan, CLE and/or Portland 1st round pick(s) http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y8cz5m8e
“Prefer” is a lot different than “better than”. There are a lot of reasons you could decide you prefer one player over another than pure talent. I don’t think Dame is more talented than Westbrook, but there are a whole lot of reasons I prefer to have him play for the Blazers than Westbrook. You listed a bunch of guys who are demonstrably not better than CJ. I thought “better” was the point of the debate, but if you’re going to change it to “prefer” you might want to explain some of your reasoning.
I prefer most of the 40+ players I mentioned because when factoring in their skill sets, contracts, and potential I see them as better.
CJ is a die hard Browns fan...grew up in Canton Ohio and his girlfriend lives in NYC....I can see him wanting to go there and play with Lebron...become an allstar, etc.....when he has a good game like last night, he's untouchable....the few games before..he looked pretty bad out there...selling high is a smart move..I can totally understand trading him...GS took off when they split up Curry and Monta Ellis..
Is there some rule against differing opinions around here? Or why do some people take such offense to me not believing cj is a top 35 player in this league? Anyone in the top 50 is still pretty damn good. I have been a non-wavering blazer fan my entire life, my first live game was game 4 of the 90-91 playoffs. I was there in person(young but there and aware)when we pushed Seattle back to pdx for a game 5 and eventual series win, and I’ve never rooted for another team or against the Blazers since. However, after 3 decades of few bright spots mixed in with long droughts of mediocrity and roster mismanagement im tired of waiting for “roster development or internal growth”. I don’t hate cj, I just simply don’t think we can balance out this roster with QUALITY players without trading him. Maybe I just don’t get attached to players like I used to but if this franchise can trade Clyde they can trade CJ.
Monta Ellis is no CJ. The only analogy here is that they're 2 smallish guards. And sometimes, when you grow up in a place, you want to leave that MF and never come back.
Don't worry about it. This is the biggest Blazers forum--the larger the fan forum, the more passionate (or tribal, depending on how you want to see it). Post what you think, it doesn't matter whether it conforms with the popular beliefs here.
Facts must be used in arguments around here. Your post was wrought with opinions Edit: disguised as facts.
