If it was Sometimes a Great Notion...it was filmed not far from where I live over the pass .near Swiss Home and Mapleton..Florence...Michael Sarandon starred in that film with Henry Fonda, Paul Newman and Lee Remick
You think the Blazers will win more than 45 games and get past the first round? After the key acquisitions made during the draft and free agency?
I was thinking something similar, a few months ago how disappointed I would be if no changes happened, and now myself and others are accepting it. I do want to see how Billups works as the coach, we've never seen another coach in the Dame era. This is also the most talented 5th starter we've had since the LaMarcus team and I'd argue now the 5th player is superior to Rolo. Yes there are major questions about Powell as a SF. Yes there are major questions about the bench. Yes there are major questions about the Dame/CJ duo ever being a contender. Yes there are questions Dame will still ask out. Yes there are questions if Billups is an upgrade 0r if Stotts was better than many thought. I do like that we still have future picks, at least we haven't gambled on the future of the team. Nothing would be worse than a 2013 Nets fan seeing draft picks of Tatum and Brown go to another team. Now if the team doesn't look good by January it might be time to either trade for an all star or if not available end this run and trade Lillard. Yes I will be sad we never built a contender around Lillard, but it will be a realization it just isn't going to happen in the next few years. It's better to get an enormous haul of young assets for Lillard to hopefully lead to a contender 7-10 years than waste years of Lillard aging into his 30's with no improvement for the future. We owe one half season to Lillard to see if this roster can be molded into anything. If not we either sell the farm to get him help or move on and wish him well elsewhere.
I loved what Kanter did for the Blazers in filling in this past season for Nurk while he was out. The Blazers don't make the playoffs without him. That said, his lack of mobility on defense made him unplayable against the Nuggets. He's a great teammate, a great rebounder, and a really good offensive big, but he sucks on defense. On top of that, the $2.7 million contract he signed with the Celtics would have put the Blazers over the tax line. If they're going to do that, it needs to be for a guy who is likely going to be more than your 3rd string center.
Kanter was signed using the vet minimum exception....meaning the cap charge for the Celtics for Kanter (1.67M) is the same as Portland's cap-charge for Zeller
Good point. Where are the Blazers at cap-wise? I’m not keeping score at this point. Could they have added both Zeller and Enes and still had any space to use the TPMLE? I think the answer is no, but I’m sure you know better.
This is one of the first times in a long time I have very low expectations for the Blazers coming into the season. I feel like our bench depth at least in terms of putting the ball through the hoop has got worse. I also feel that playing Powell at the 3 is going to be tough defensively.
Yes. Using the TPMLE does not have any restrictions on it. If a team uses the BAE or the Full MLE, they are hard-capped at ~$6M above the tax line.
as long as the Blazers don't hard-cap themselves they could have signed both Zeller and Kanter to minimum deals. That would have put them at 14 players so yes, they could have still used the TPMLE on another player
What I won't miss is knowing there's a 17-4 run coming every time he plays in the playoffs. Zeller is better in almost every aspect outside of rebounding (but Zeller is really good in that area and it isn't as big of a gap as many think).
probably playing drums with the Scottish bagpipe troupe or playing golf....great guy. I drove down to Creswell and had a couple beers with him at a golf tournament he was playing in. I think he told me he was the drummer for the Nelson Riddle big band at one point or maybe it was Lawrence Welk...he's one of the funniest people to ever post in S2.....one day the humor died off and he was outta here.Homer and jlprk provided me with the biggest laughs I've ever had around here.
Great points, but is our backup center this season better than him? I am being dead serious when I tell you I don’t even know WHO our backup center is.
