Not true, but let's say it is. What made him change? Must have been something that could have been done here, like better coaching. It's a mathematical equation. The more X is, the less Y has to be. The worse you say he was, the more he has improved to what he is now. So you just make Pritchard and McMillan look even worse, for not having done the improvement here, instead of just dumping the future all-star for 2 years of Frye. So keep badmouthing Zach (whom I like), because it cements my case against McMillan and Pritchard.
Isn't Ibaka known for his great shot blocking? I know that's not the end all in defense, but from what I've seen, the dude was pretty good with position defense too.
I'm about 99.9% sure KP did in fact "have to" trade Zbo, there was a mandate to get his ass out of town before he killed somebody and before every single sponsor and season ticket holder bailed on the franchise. It's sad, I for one thought Zbo had value, but I had to face the reality that he was going to get dumped, and he did. Ancient history.
Moralists always pretend they're in the vast majority, in order to silence those who want freedom. The Big Lie, the myth of conservative majority, was disproven when ticket sales dropped greatly not when the immoral players were here, but instead only when they were banished and we became a terrible team.
Yep. The story goes that the Blazers drafted LaRue on the basis of his one good game against Bill Walton. But in reality, drafting LaRue ensured our sucktitude and enabled us to draft Walton two years later, and win an NBA title. Taking LaRue Martin was one of the greatest, most astute draft picks in NBA history, and showed amazing foresight.
Speaking of early dominoes, we got Sidney Wicks with pick #2 because we paid off the Cavs to pick Austin Carr with #1. It's in the Blazer movie from the late 70s. Nowadays that would be penalized similarly to when Stern took 5 first rounders from McHale.
