BTW, new to the forum however I am familiar with most of you as I frequented the BBF board back in the day (man has that place changed for the worst) and read most of your posts for info on the Blazers since I am now living in the Bay area. I look forward to contributing and reading everyone posts. Go Blazers.
Livingston would only add to the youth and potential of this Blazers club. You guys will be good this year, better next year, and better the year after, and who knows where the ceiling is. Kevin Pritchard is a God.
That would be one more former lottery pick to add to the rotation. During Bob Whittsett's era the team was littered with former lottery picks. This team has a different feel, but also has many players who went high in the draft: Lottery picks denoted with * PG -- Blake, Sergio, Bayless*, Livingston* SG -- Roy*, Rudy SF -- Webster*, Outlaw, Batum PF -- Aldridge*, Frye*, Diogu*, Lafrentz* C -- Oden*, Pryzbilla* Interesting how the entire front line is full of lottery picks.
If this is true, I'm very excited. It also means Pritchard and co. generally liked what they saw in Livingston's medical reports. At least enough to make them think this wasn't a no-hope situation.
Thanks Tortimer. No worries, usually I am too busy to post when news breaks and I typically find out later. Just so happens I had a gap in my scheduele at work and I came across it. Seriously though, we have an embarrassment of riches. Something will need to be done in the future to thin this roster out.
I agree we are loaded and the only thing I would have liked is if we could have keep Hill for Oden's punching bag instead of Joel. I hope he makes it back but we have way to many PG's. If it wasn't for Rudy I could see us getting rid of Sergio soon but I doubt we will until next year or at least later this year.
KP probabaly did the analysis and decided to go for it, but I think this credit should go to PA who doesn't mind spending money on a risk. If it was clear Livingston was going to come back, many teams would have pursued him and in fact the Clippers would not have waived him. He is a gamble, only three teams were interested and I'm guessing we offered Livingston the most lucrative deal. Guesses on what the contract terms are?
Nice to see you back B4L. I assume you'll be playing the predictions game again this year. You used to be fairly regular. I look forward to seeing more of your posts. Gramps...
Damn, I just can't believe we got him. Nate is going to love this guy, simply because he cares about defense and distribution.
I would imagine that KP probably also told him something along the lines of "don't expect to see a lot of time this year. You saw what we did with Greg, we want to make sure our people are fully healthy before we throw them into the fray. I want to have you start to gel with the team and get to know them and continue on improving the health of your leg and in the long-term, we expect you to be part of the 8-10 championships we expect to claim in the next 10-12 years." Gramps...
This seems to imply a couple of things... one that Sergio's days as 3rd string PG are numbered (how often will we even bother with a 3rd PG?), and two, that KP may see Livingston as the solution for backup PG when Bayless takes over as a starter in a year or two (when we drop Blake). Allen's not in the charity business, so a signing would imply that he can bring us value either now or in the future. Since we can always draft some no-name 3rd stinger PG, KP must see him as more valuable than that. So, 2008-09: Blake/Bayless/Livingston (Sergio traded with Rafe?) 09-10: Bayless/Livingston/Draft Fodder
I wasn't sure they'd want to mess with next year's cap space. I was guessing a 1 year guaranteed, second year is a team option. If there's no progress after 2 years, I didn't think they'd want a third anyway.
