--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Yahoo! SportsWINNER: Portland Trail Blazers ? They got Greg Oden. At the end of the day, that's all that really mattered. At the team's draft party, fans stormed the court in celebration of landing an athletic 7-footer who is a supreme defensive talent and an absolutely great guy. This is the start of a great run. That said, the trade with the New York Knicks was a bit baffling, Portland giving up 20-and-10 machine Zach Randolph to take Stevie Franchise Killer and a sort of stalled-out Channing Frye. Opening things up for LaMarcus Aldridge and eliminating about the last of the Jail Blazers makes sense, but was this the best the Blazers could get? You really want Francis in that locker room? Is what they have now up front ? Oden, Aldridge, Travis Outlaw and Frye ? better than if they had gone with Aldridge, Randolph, Outlaw and Kevin Durant? Yes, probably because it is a struggle to play Randolph and Aldridge at the same time, but it's a fair question to ask. Of course, in the end, it hardly matters. The Blazers are still big winners. Oden is Oden, the franchise is relevant again and Portland has an inside track on a second consecutive Rookie of the Year. LOSER: Boston Celtics ? The trade for Ray Allen was a head-scratcher, even by Danny Ainge standards. Can the Celtics ever trade for a guy not coming off of surgery? Does Ainge know that NBA statutes actually allow this? Boston gave up the five pick, Delonte West and Wally Szczerbiak for another gunner with questionable ankles. Maybe his brain/personality profile fits into Ainge's qualifications. (They also got Glen "Big Baby" Davis, which means buying stock in Bickford's isn't a bad idea right now.) Perhaps Allen is the "veteran" that will keep Paul Pierce from going Kobe on the franchise and demanding a trade, but it can't be seen as anything but a desperation move by a front office and coaching staff trying to hang onto their jobs. The ultimate insult is the parade of players who refused to be traded to the winningest franchise in NBA history. The Celtics are the new Clippers, which is almost unbelievable to imagine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To find out who the rest of the "winners" and "losers" are, click the link. You can't argue with the Blazers being the top winners. They pretty much dominated this whole entire night.
I cant believe how good portaland became just overnight. It all started with them getting unfoundedly lucky to get the first overall pick too.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PrimeTime @ Jun 29 2007, 03:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I cant believe how good portaland became just overnight. It all started with them getting unfoundedly lucky to get the first overall pick too.</div>Yeah, tell me about luck. We got Conley though, so I'm happy.
If Michael Conley really is as good as a player as he looked like the Grizz are going in the right direction. I'm never going to be able to take the grizzlies seriously though(its just something about them)
It's because there named the Grizzlies mabye?The Trailblazers are defently the winners of this draft, kevin pitchard has done an amazing job with them, if there's anything to blame for there new found soon to be glory then other than luck it has to be the Blazers the GM.the Losers of the draft are the bucks at the moment, you know why.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>WINNER: Agricultural Leadership ? That's what Acie Law majored in at Texas A&M and far be it from us to make fun of the course work at the Harvard of the Brazos River Valley. After all, this Agricultural Leadership student just became a millionaire at the age of 22. But what the heck is "Agricultural Leadership" again? "It's a wide-open field," he said. And he didn't even intend the pun.</div>I don't like their little quip about the Harvard of the Brazos Valley thing, but I have heard that Ag Leadership is the easiest degree that exists.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Amare320 @ Jun 29 2007, 04:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It's because there named the Grizzlies mabye?The Trailblazers are defently the winners of this draft, kevin pitchard has done an amazing job with them, if there's anything to blame for there new found soon to be glory then other than luck it has to be the Blazers the GM.the Losers of the draft are the bucks at the moment, you know why.</div>Yeah, I think the Bucks should have been mentioned before the Celtics. They are one of the best offensive teams in the NBA, and one of the worst defensive. So what do they do? Draft an offensive player when Noah and Brewer, two of the best defensive players in the draft, are avaliable.
<span style="font-family:Tahoma">They can go on and on about how bad the Boston trade was, but once the Season starts they will be sining a different tune. I'm sure Allen is gonna be great with Boston. Portland is def. a winner. Their team clearly got better overnight, and it started with luck. I can't wait till the season starts, even though my team did jack sh*t.</span>
