The bobcats expansion are very close now, it is june 4 i think , any here are my list of blazers i want to keep. 1 Theo Ralfit 2 Zach Randolph 3 Derek Anderson 4 Damon Stoudimare 5 Shareef 6 Dale Davis 7 Travis Outlaw 8 Ruben or Q.Woods Free Agent D-Miles Leftovers: Ruben/ Q.Woods Omar Cook Eddi Gill Dan Dickau The blazers should keep both Damon and Dale because they have the final year of their contract, which means two things, they will play better, and they are very attractive to those rebuliding teams. Feel free to make any suggestions
quyntel over ruben... woods might show up to play yet but patterson is old enough and isn't contributing then again... if you look at it from the "let's clean up our image" standpoint the only foulup we will keep in the long run is Randolph... but as you say stoudamire is on the last year of his contract. I see Miles and Woods got out of trouble with the strip club fight. that is a lifesaver for them but it's still pathetic. Such a quiet little city as Portland (I've lived there for 4 years so I've earned my judgement) does not deserve the thug team
Damon Zach Derek Miles Theo SAR Rube Dale Qyntel, young and good, isn't a solid enough player for the Blazers to rely on. Ruben and Dale are huge uplifting forces off the bench and should be kept on the team for sure.
Keep ----- 1) Z.Randolph 2) D. Miles 3) D. Stoudamire 4) Theo Ratliff 5) Ruben Patterson 6) Derek Anderson (i guess =/) 7) S. Abdur-Rahim(then trade him) so that leaves the Bobcats a selection from Omar Cook Dan Dickau(please take him) Dale Davis Eddie Gill Vladimir Stepania(lol) Qyntel Woods
Protected: 1)Zach Randolph 2)Theo Ratliff 3)Damon Stoudemire 4)Darius Miles 5)Travis Outlaw(Rookie with lots of potential) 6)Derek Anderson 7)Qyntel Woods 8)Shareef Abdur Rahim
Darius Miles is a free agent so the blazers do need to protect him. But Qytnel should get protect over Ruben, Ruben looks like a criminal, he is probably the leading Technical foul person after Rasheed. But the blazers should trade Q.Woods away too, he has potentials but he cant play after D-Miles and Ruben, he is a odd man for the blazers, plus he has drug problems. I rather see Dan Dickau over Q.Woods.
We don't want Outlaw over Dale, Qyntel or Ruben. He just isn't that promising of a player in my opinion. And I doubt the Bobcats would take him anyways.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting DMiles4MVP:</div><div class="quote_post">Keep ----- 1) Z.Randolph 2) D. Miles 3) D. Stoudamire 4) Theo Ratliff 5) Ruben Patterson 6) Derek Anderson (i guess =/) 7) S. Abdur-Rahim(then trade him) so that leaves the Bobcats a selection from Omar Cook Dan Dickau(please take him) Dale Davis Eddie Gill Vladimir Stepania(lol) Qyntel Woods</div> Your allowed to protect 8 players, and you forgot Travis Outlaw.
Outlaw is good, i will rather keep him over Ruben, i dont want another Jermaine Oneal accident happen again, outlaw is very athletic, he can block shot too. After he learn the technique from Theo he is gonna be sick. the future of the blazers are rely on Zach, Outlaw and D-Miles. A very good combination front line.
Why does everyone here like Travis Outlaw so much? I really haven't seen him play and he hasn't really played at all this season son I'm kind of curious... Anyways back to the topic. I don't think the Blazers should even bother to protect Stoudamire. He has a very big contract anyway, and I know the Bobcats won't be looking to pick that up. That frees up one more player to protect, and even if the Bobcats for some crazy reason do pick up Damon, it would only help the Blazers cap problem.
No need for protecting D-Miles, he's a free agaent, and then you can protect some others instead, nobody can protect their free agents in other ways than giving them a better contract than Bobcats...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting tmac15:</div><div class="quote_post">Your allowed to protect 8 players, and you forgot Travis Outlaw.</div> oh 8? well i guess Eddie Gill, sadly enough. Travis Outlaw has no future in the NBA.
Qyntel Woods? Why? He ought to stay, he's pretty good and has the potential to become better. I think you need to get another veteran to help Mighty Mouse with the team.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting panfolk:</div><div class="quote_post">who is Mighty Mouse?</div> Damon Stoudamire.
I change my mind, the blazers should not keep Qytnel Woods, they should trade him away, Woods has drug problems, which are things the blazers dont need. Keep Ruben instead.
1. Zach Randolph 2. Shareef Abdur Rahim 3. Theo Ratliff 4. Dan Dickau 5. Dale Davis 6. Qyntel Woods 7. Ruben Patterson 8. Damon Stoudemire Free Agents ========= Shawn Kemp Arvydas Sabonis Omar Cook Tracy Murray Darius Miles Matt Carroll Kaniel Dickens Slavko Vranes Desmond Ferguson The Blazers should leave Derek Anderson unprotected. If he is taken the Blazers will unload his lengthy, overpriced contract. However, the Bobcats will likely pass on DA because of his contract and health concerns. This frees up an extra player to protect without a high risk of losing DA.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post"> The Blazers should leave Derek Anderson unprotected. If he is taken the Blazers will unload his lengthy, overpriced contract. However, the Bobcats will likely pass on DA because of his contract and health concerns. This frees up an extra player to protect without a high risk of losing DA.</div> i agree, great point. even though i wish the Bobcats would take him lol
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting DMiles4MVP:</div><div class="quote_post">i agree, great point. even though i wish the Bobcats would take him lol</div> So we keep DA unprotected just to save Dan Dickau? I cant see why the bobcats want Dan, i personaly really like Derek Anderson, he, Theo and Shareef are important players on the blazers roster to have ZERO problems. Derek is wroth it, otherwise why not have that many nonfree agents after next year.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dachen33:</div><div class="quote_post">So we keep DA unprotected just to save Dan Dickau? I cant see why the bobcats want Dan, i personaly really like Derek Anderson, he, Theo and Shareef are important players on the blazers roster to have ZERO problems. Derek is wroth it, otherwise why not have that many nonfree agents after next year.</div> D.A. needs to be on the bench, hes too inconsistent as a starter, i'm sick of his 2-12 shooting nights, he had a horrible season (yeah i know he was comin off an injury)
