Gutsy win by the BLazers and they deserve credit.... even though Rudy did everything he could to lose taht game. Heres all you need to know about Rudy.. when he came in they got the lead down from 24 to 7. Thanks for coming. Do I need to say anymore? Its like turnover, awful defense, off balance jumper (that he would miss on 2 legs) and another turnover. He should even play. Bayless who suddenly sucks as well at least gets free throws. Anyone who wouldnt trade Rudy needs their head examined or are drinking kpee kool aod along with a mixture from jason quick. THIS GUY SUCKS! How can anyone not trade him for Butler or Haywood? Thats laughable. And kpee has already called it a season as i feared. What a freaking pussy that guy is. Really cant stand him anymore. Hes best friends with every player including worthless ones and is not capable of making a solid trade. Now hes ok with missing the playoffs. Why? Cause the fans (like the ones who post here) let him be. They dont demand anything but "next year" which is for losers. I mean how can you not read that piece quick wrote and wanna puke in pritchards face? "Roy doesnt want trades". Really Kev? Could taht be cause Outlaws his best friend? Tell Roy to start playing and they make judgement calls. Cause right now hes a cheerleader. Does kpee not watch us get killed by any team with legit centers? I just hope the players know that all the hard work and effort tehy gave this asshole was for not. What a scum bag. Howard should throw that bucket in his face. http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/02/trail_blazers_insider_kevin_pr.html In case you need to be reminded
Yeah let's put Rudy on blast for 2 piss poor games....but while you are at it why don't you add Blake, Outlaw, Webster, Bayless and Batum to that list? Batum 3pts last night...absolutely fucking pathetic...trade his ass now before he diminishes his trade value any more... Yeah....Let's all be like Mixum... Hyperbole much?
when has rudy played well this year? answer me that. its a tough question... like asking when the last time bayless made a jumper?
Interesting link there. Last year was the unique opportunity with LaFrentz, not this year. He believes wrong. They could fight better if they had better players. So he is too untalented to bargain down the offers. And I hope this prevents the usual claim from Pritchard defenders that all past possible trades were only rumors. Is he mentally unstable? Make a decision and stick with it, you dolt! Is he incompetent to act upon his decisions, or is he incompetent to decide in the first place? That makes 3 players expressing their trade opinions. Who cares what they think? Is Pritchard the boss or not? Bob Whitsitt was too busy to hang around the boys. Pritchard should get busy like him. Wrong, wrong. Joel will never be the same and Greg is 50-50 to become reliable. That paragraph makes me want to vomit the $1.99 breakfast I just ate. And it was good. The team cancer is the Oregonian. See above about Joel and Greg, you conundrum-challenged coward-chicken. Hear that, Pritchard defenders? It wasn't all rumors. But you'll keep saying it was. The last two will be gone. His mind should be at a far deeper level of detail than this. But as he said, he has only gone through the feeling-out stage, not any negotiating, because he's indecisive. There should be no such class system. He should give thought to any offer. This is as much detail as the average fan gives trades. He should be in a far more detailed mode of thought. Again, does any other team allow players to talk about trades? No, because the GM is the leader there. Yes, it's clear that all team progress is due to McMillan, not him, because he equates his job with gambling. We need to replace this guy with a talent evaluator good enough not to gamble. Can you imagine if McMillan threw up his hands at every gametime deadline, saying, "All it's about is winning a championship. So I just can't bring myself to gamble my future chips. I'm going to start all the rookies and not worry about this year, since they'll be the ones who win us the championship. Look at this list of players. Circle the ones you would start tonight. See how hard this is?"
Rudy has been playing poorly this year, seems to have really regressed. He did have a few good games here and there. I think we should keep him though, if just for marketing value. He's a fan favorite...he just needs to be bumped in the rotation a bit.
If the team was struggling to sell tickets, I'd agree. Since they are not, if Rudy can bring in a player who fits this team better, I hope Pritchard would make the move. Since half the state can't even watch on TV (sorry, folks!), keeping a player for marketing reasons doesn't make much of a difference to the bottom-line. In my opinion only, of course.
here comes good ole roy with more bullshit... http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/02/roy_without_a_trade_trail_blaz.html then after we miss the playoffs... roy will say " coach says we gotta play harder next year" gag as blazer fans nipples get hard hearing the phrase "next year"
The only reason that article doesn't make me beat my head on the monitor, is that I know it must be pure PR fluff. (not to mention a healthy bit of misdirection) "Wait till next year" "Let it bake" "Life is all butterflies and rainbows" "Greg and Joel will return next season, riding on golden unicorns, and lead us to a title"
Brandon needs to shut his damn mouth. We have a nice team, that will make the playoffs every year they aren't injured. That is until players like Rudy, Bayless, Batum, Webster and others leave because there is no clear cut pecking order on the roster. Example: Roy is better than Rudy, so Rudy should ne expect to start. Example 2: Rudy might or might not be better than Bayless, so both deserve time. It would be so much better long term to trade 2-3 of Blake, Travis, Webster, Batum, Bayless, Rudy for a clear upgrade somewhere.
I don't think I have ever said I think he will trade at the deadline. Frankly, I would be shocked if he did. I think he should, and most definately should have last season at the deadline however.
MIXUM HAS A SMALL GREG ODEN!!!!!really really really small greg oden................get it really small greg oden...
well at least mine works every night and isnt a bust id rather be smaller like in size like durant then huge like oden
I tend to agree with Roy. Unless its a fantastic trade, I wouldn't bother. This season is kind of a wash for me anyway, just about PT.
Pritchard sent Roy to Quick to cover Pritchard's tracks on his inaction. No other GM lets players talk about trades, maybe because no other writer falls for it. The first article makes clear that Pritchard is strongly against any trade. Today Nikolokolus referred to the Pareto Principle--20% of the employees do 80% of the work. This team would get just as many wins if we gave away Rudy, Webster, and Bayless for nothing, and replaced them with experienced $800,000 per year journeymen like Juwan Howard. Rent guys and replace them every 2 years when they get too old. We'd have just as many wins, not just now but forever. We need to build the Pareto Principle top 4-5, not the bottom 10 out of 15. We've heard "next year" ever since Whitsitt quit almost 7 years ago. That's the last time we heard about "this year." http://sportstwo.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2185826#post2185826
