Can the mods just make this sticky so we don't have to keep making new ones? Actually, it should have it's own button up there next to the Rip City Two logo for ease of access.
do the Blazers boycott milk? I mean I was small growing up but drank alot of milk and became big and strong and have never broken a bone since I was 16. And I have done some crazy shit in my youth. so what gives? Milk does a body good and strengthens bones. Id have these guys on a cow cow diet as long as they are on contract. Maybe one of the prerequisites to interviewing draftees, players to trade for and free agents before acquiring is... how much milk a day did you drink when growing up? Anything less than 3-4 glasses and they cant become a Blazer. I dunno, but man, but something else has to give.. im tired of it only being bones...
A curse of being a Blazer fanatic - Injury heartbreaks Bill Walton Sam Bowie Greg Oden Brandon Roy Wesley Matthews Jusef Nurkic Joel Pryzbilla Travis Outlaw Geoff Petrie Arvydas Sabonis Travis Outlaw Zach Randolph Rudy Fernandez ....I’m certain that I’m missing several
I feel bad for Nurk. But he can get through this and help us in the playoffs. Kanter needs to show he can play D. Giles needs to play like he did in pre-season, and bring the O. I'm excited at the prospect of Giles getting legit minutes. Then Nurk can hopefully be back in time for the playoffs. And he'll have time to get himself back in shape now.
Can't we make a trade for a big , that includes trading Scott ?? Call Cleveland o man I even take Mayers back from Miami if Scott is included.
This is a little confusing. I don't see a Scott on Cleveland roster and I don't see how Meyers got in on this?
Im hoping with Giles at the high post we can now see DJJ go to the hoop more. I've been disappointed we haven't seen it much yet this year. Giles is a crazy passer.
Start Melo at center. I'm not even really kidding: he's basically playing this a lot when we replace Jones and Nurk with Trent and Melo, and it's the one position where he's not two or three steps slow. He's surprisingly strong - he can be our PJ Tucker, assuming we don't try to trade for the real thing.
I feel like we should look into bringing Hassan or Ed Davis over in a trade. Even as a matchup option it would be nice to have a rim protector (Whiteside) or someone tough (Ed) for15-20 mpg.
I like the talk about modern C's so if Portland looks for another C it should be a modern one....somebody who can shoot the three at least at a 35% clip, defend on the perimeter, and still go inside and rebound at a 15% rate. Guys like Thomas Bryant, Gorgul Dieng, Julius Randle, Chris Boucher, Marvin Bagley.... unfortunately, guys like that are actually valuable, so the price would be too high for Olshey. Besides, he probably still believes in Zach
Yeah, I'm starting to be done with big, lumbering centers. In addition to the issues you identified, I suspect that lighter, fleeter centers are less injury-prone. For two reasons: less weight carried by their lower bodies and better athleticism likely gives them a better chance of avoiding fluke injuries from falling in bad ways. If it's a generational talent like Shaq or Jokic, sure...otherwise, I'll pass.
None of those guys can defend on the perimeter lmao. In fact, that's the major criticism with all those dudes you listed. Some of those can't protect the rim either, and are mediocre rebounders for the center position.
I mean, Zach pretty much fits the modern/mobile center definition to a tee, and he's only durable by Blazers big man standards. Looking to style of play in hopes of finding a healthy big won't be fruitful, IMO. It wasn't long ago that people looked at thin, "frail" players and wrote them off as injuries waiting to happen. Body type is of less importance than physical makeup.