Rice might sense that Lillard wants to be great a lot more than Drummond does Is the fire there for Drummond? Does he love basketball? Seems like Lillard does.
And remember one thing about Olshey, and he said this in his press conference He loves and wants players that love to play basketball. He made a pretty big deal about it. Lillard's score in this area is probably off the charts for Olshey. Same with Robinson and MGK, too.
I hope we get Barnes at #6 and Marshall at #11. Marshall seems like the type that could start right away. If the team really believes in him, then Steve Nash would be an option as a short term signing (though I'd think he'd want to go to a contender). Or we could use our cap space to sign McGee and a backup like DJ Augustin Marshall/Augustin Batum/Williams Barnes/Matthews LA/Hickson McGee/Pryz We'd probably still suck, but whatever.....
Chad Ford @chadfordinsider RT @rick_bonnell: Kidd-Gilchrist fell during #Bobcats workout, hurt back a bit. Says should be fine for workout Wed in Cleveland.
Chad Ford @chadfordinsider Draft Blog: Trade rumors, workouts, promises & more on today's 5 p.m. deadline to withdraw from the draft. http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/blog...3/2012-nba-draft-uncertainty-reigns-top-picks (insider) I will post any Blazer related stuff. (I think I can do that?)
Hey look, Jaynes found some random guy that says Lillard sucks! http://www.csnnw.com/pages/landingd...r-weighs-in-I-wo=1&blockID=726212&feedID=8351
He's not a random guy. He analyzes draft picks, and writes for hoopsanalyst.com. He is sort of a Bill James of basketball.
Trail Blazers @pdxtrailblazers The all-around game of North Carolina's @HBarnes is on full display in this photo gallery | http://bit.ly/Ls6vXx #ripcitydraft #tarheels
Jonathan Givony @DraftExpress Nemanja Nedovic and Sertac Sanli have withdrawn their names from the draft, according to their agent @MiskoRaznatovic
Chris Sheridan @sheridanhoops Tommy Dee has @sheridanhoops five 2012 #NBA #draft sleepers right here: http://www.sheridanhoops.com/2012/06/18/dont-sleep-on-…raft-prospects/