Are you really going to make me bust out the Allen Iverson "Practice?!" youtube clip?
Contracts.
Frankly the whole thing is just a thought experiment. If you have three avenues to acquiring an All-NBA player: trades, free agency and the draft....
Development and winning are not necessarily co-variant.
I don't see this as a one-time lottery team honestly. With the strength and depth in the West the Blazers are probably 2-3 years away from playoff...
Who do you see as "average?"
In a couple of years I can almost guarantee Olshey is going to be looking to do a consolidation trade of some sort. I wouldn't get too attached.
Consolation? It's not a prize pool for runners-up, it's the cheapest way to acquire talent. Of course the lottery isn't the ultimate goal, but if...
It's hard to extrapolate the level of competition and athletes you see in Summer League to guys like Durant (and I freely admit, I didn't watch...
Because while some of those guys will probably turn out to be decent rotation quality players who seems to have real star potential? Vonleh is the...
You and I want the same things, but I want meaningful wins in June, not just 1st round exits from here to eternity.
For the Blazers if they want another Hall of Fame caliber player, then they almost certainly will have to draft him. It's very, very hard to make a...
I'm not saying a guy isn't going to bulk up as he goes from 19 to about 25; that's completely normal. It's the "added 20 lbs. since April" stuff that...
Oh shit. Not the ubiquitous "added 10-20 lbs. of pure muscle in a couple of months" bollocks. Anyway, I like him and think that with a couple of...
28 +/- 6
'Eddy' for Ed Davis. Nice, right?
Some good points, but your 'return' key is right over thataway ----------------->
His career is on life support.
Be as snarky as you want. That gap between assists isn't just some piddly amount. The difference between 6 dimes a game and 11 is significant. I'm...
Damian is very good, but he's not that close to Thomas in year three. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thomais01.html
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