Joel Przybilla could be headed back to Portland

I'll be honest--I don't know anything about Wes Johnson or Eric Bledsoe other than the stats I just looked up on Basketball-Reference.com. But I look at their height, the college numbers and the NBA numbers, and I don't exactly soil myself in anticipation of their arrival.

But I guess if management saw something in those guys, I might get behind those deals. Maybe.

But what I don't get is why you think "this current failed experiment becomes to OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE." Batum is just now emerging as a possible star. In my book, the real experiment started the day Batum became a starting SG. Before then, I was pretty hopeless. This season was a complete disaster. Now I've got something to cling to. There's a path forward, and that path doesn't have to involve gambling on Clipper and Twolves castoffs.

 

Don't get caught up in any particular trade ...I was just throwing out some ideas etc....

The problem is that Batum is emerging NOW, yes, but POR is still a .500 b-ball\1st round and out team at best...and on top of that you have NO PG, unless you see Felton as a long term answer and I cannot fathom why ANYONE would want to see POR resign him...

You have NO center, how long do you expect Camby to last? Przybilla (if they sign him?) Thomas? and you cannot even plan on adding (again if they resign him) Oden to that equation....

You have a 32yr old Crawford, an old 29yr old Wallace, an inconsistent at best Matthews...and a bench, that outside of Elliot Williams (and maybe Freeland next year) offers LITTLE help down the road....

Are you going to resign Crawford to a multi year deal at age 33? Pay him $7-9 million? I wouldn't....How about Wallace? $9 mil next year at age 30, are you going to resign him at $8-10 mil, right after you paid Batum $10+ mil? I'd rather use that money to find a GOOG shooting guard and place Batum back at the starting SF...

My point is, you could get the same inconsistency (and this would be worst case scenario) if you traded away ALL those players and brought in younger players...Batum and Aldridge are STILL going to be the bulk of the offense going forward...you will possibly have money to go after a FA (class is not that strong), and if I were POR I would overpay and go all out for Eric Gordon...maybe try and see if you can get an Aaron Brooks....

POR should have drafted a big in this last draft instead of wasting a pick on Nolan Smith, but what's done is done...the 2012 draft will provide a good opportunity to get a good quality big...and if POR traded away Wallace, Crawford, Matthews etc and missed the playoffs (and they could still get in even w\o those players), and took a 1yr dip into the lotto in a strong year? That would not be so bad....because chances are good that no matter WHO else they add to the team...with Aldridge and Batum (as long as he keeps emerging) this team would not be a perennial lotto team.

Your going to have to pay Batum big money ($10+ mil\year) and you have 1 shot to add 1 significant FA (be it Eric Gordon or whomever) and then basically around them you'll have a mix of young guys (Elliot Williams, Freeland, 2012 draft pick, Nolan Smith (I guess) & possibly Claver?) PLUS whatever young (preferably) players you got in deals for Wallace\Crawford\Matthews...maybe you keep Matthews...Maybe you try and resign Camby to another year or two....

The point is, this doesn't have to be a full rebuild....but you can't just add another player to this mess of a team and expect to suddenly be better, your going to have to tear down a little (you have a good\decent foundation w\ Aldridge\Batum) and put better COMPLIMENTARY pieces (a shooter, a PG, a center\banger?) around them....

Too may inconsitent players, no shooters, no PG...No real banger at PF (and Wallace is undersized there), and aging C (Camby is 39, Thomas is 40!! seriously how long do you think they can go?). This roster is a mess of mis-matched players, but that is what you get when an owner and his buddy play fantaasy basketball GM and anyone else in the orginization who dares to say something different (Let's reuild - Cho) gets fired.....err...weren't a good match....

Of course to realize any of this you would actually NEED a GM and for that GM to have a plan in place, starting now.....and this, this is a rudderless ship...pretty typical for an Allen run venture...

 

I'm really hoping management sees Aldridge more of a center than PF next season and grab a capable starting PF. I think it's much easier to find a capable starting PF than center these days. I have a feeling Aldridge will add a little more strength to his game this summer.

 

That is a possibility and looking at this current roster may become likely....Unless Freeeland comes over and shocks the shit out of everyone.....There are potentially some good bigs in the 2012 draft...getting up into the late lotto, POR could et a significant player if they don't let Chad Buchanan make the pick (hello....Babbitt...errr....Nolan Smith)

 

Yes we definitely need a fucking GM that can see talent. I 100% agree with that!

 

The only reason I'd want Joel back is so they could trade Camby before losing him for nothing

 

I have a feeling that Camby will retire a Blazer. He's publicly said he loves it in Portland. I hope that someday he actually comes on the coaching staff. I think he would really help this team with defense and rebounding.

 

Solid post. I'd rep you but "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Blaze01 again."

I don't disagree a lot with your ideas. I'm just skeptical that after it's all said and done we'll have a lot of young, eventually mediocre players instead of veteran mediocre players.

My hope is that we make one big acquisition before the end of this summer that results in us having a legit "Big Three." Eric Gordon, Nash, Deron Williams....maybe somebody else. Barring that, maybe a guy like Calderon to at least give our team a fighting chance in the playoffs.

I disagree that "you can't just add another player to ths mess of a team and expect to suddenly be better." Portland looked really, really good early in the season, and a lot of the reason we fell apart is the disaster of Felton. We won 7 of our first 9 games. If we can swap him out for somebody competent, I think we can get back to that place.

 

I repped him for ya. I thought it was a good post too!

 

Marc J. Spears@SpearsNBAYahoo

Free agent center Joel Pryzbilla has chosen to sign with Blazers, source tells Yahoo! Sports.

 

I wonder who they are going to waive ...

 

Glad to see that his old #10 is still available.

 

WELCOME BACK HOMIE!

 

Nice! ^

 

Maybe nobody. Could be a trade in the works that clears a roster spot.

 

But.... we don't have a GM??

 

Right, so a trade could never happen.

I guess we don't have Gerald Wallace either?

 

We had Rich Cho as GM to trade for GW. Short-term memory loss?

Regardless.... I was being sarcastic.