I think the addition of a tough little guy named Nate would bring a tenacity, a toughness to this team. Use Sergio and Frye to pull a sign & trade scenario with New York and bring in the little bugger! I think he'd make a significant difference to this team. Package up whatever else (Blake #24 & #32) to move up and obtain DeJuan Blair so that we have a banger to replace Frye's absence (well, I guess he was pretty much absent when he was a Blazer!). Robinson / Bayless / (best TALL PG available in the second round) Roy / Rudy Batum / Webster / Outlaw Aldridge / Outlaw / Blair Oden / Pryz / Randolph This should preserve some cap space for re-signings and we keep Travis or Webster as a "trade-deadline pawns" if he's his old self. The 2010 trade deadline may be where we get that "big piece" in a fire sale. [as in Travis or Webster plus 2010 1st Round pick for the likes of Jaimison from Washington or Prince from Detroit....someone that will add some veteran leadership down the stretch, if needed] [video=youtube;5wOOoT4IQoM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wOOoT4IQoM[/video]
Over rated Oh sorry, I thought this was a word association game about Mr. Sonic. I like lil Nate, but I don't think he is the player we should be targeting.
That's a pretty funny post. Let's start a PG that Damon could post up and the back up be a player that has yet to prove he deserves the minutes. I suppose we could just go back to losing 50 games per season.
Wow you really think that bringing Nate in would lose us more games? I disagree. I like lil Nate. I like that he is friends with Roy and Martell. He wants to play in Portland. He is from the North West. All those things fit in with our culture. I wouldn't lose sleep or worry if we were able to get him for Sergio and Frye. But I wouldn't do a back flip. We can do better then that. I kind of would rather have Blake then Nate.
I'll grant you that he can be an offensive spark plug off the bench at times, but he doesn't run a team and he shoots too much. His defense is 110% non existant. I just can't see that as our starting PG. It's clearly a few steps backwards.
Starter? Absolutely not, but if we acquire that starting PG whether it be Andre Miller, Ramon Sessions, Conley, or Devin Harris and all our backup PGs are gone ala Bayless & Blake, lil Nate would be terrific off the bench.
