Portland needs to add a go-to player

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  1. kjironman1

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    A went to player and a nice third fiddle.....
     
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    What are you doing here this early? What happened to Saturday morning Whatcom Shuffleboard League?
     
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    If we need a new Batman and Robin, does that make Dame Batgirl or Alfred?
     
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    It's not early for jlprk, it's late....the sun is out and he's still not back in the coffin yet
     
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    I suspect he's altering his hours to get used to the early cabin boy shift on the marzool.
     
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    Dude. I just had a 39 grams-of-protein chocolate drink with some rum in it. I'll wake up for the 7:30 game. With new muscles.
     
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    39 grams of Nepalese Hash in a protein drink will neutralize the rum though
     
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    Well, if it was you who said that once, I am surprised i don't remember it, because that is quite a bold statement. I seem to be implying that Lillard should be a 2nd fiddle, but you go one step further, calling him a third fiddle! This could be one of the most controversial statements ever made on this board!
     
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    Ah....there's nothing like a Buff Jamaican with a twist of lemming to start your day off right.
     
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    I believe it. Lillard is a Kyrie Irving, not a Chris Paul.
     
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    I think you were right about the hash RM.
     
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    Ahh, hash browns for breakfast at Denny's. With A-1 Sauce.
     
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    Do you mean Denny's the restaurant?
     
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    I'm at Denny's right now to get my paycheck. Where are you, at the golf course?
     
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    I wish. Yard work day. I have to suffer and pay my dues so the Blazers can win tonight.
     
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    I've made 8 posts today so I'm here to get my $15.92.
     
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    I have actually tried this. It works but only about 3/5's of the time this year....
     
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    I think Dame is good as our second man. We need a dominate post who is our first go to. Dame will be our secondary. Then we need a bench player as good as CJ. If we can do that somehow without giving up any of our players who get regular minutes, we are a contender.

    Go balls out this off season to sign Derozan, knowing he is coming off the bench as our 6th man and will be a perennial contender for the award getting 30+ minutes. . Let Crabbe walk. Resign Meyers, IF the price is right. Resign Hendo, sold by Dame on the big picture. Save the rest of our money and enter next season with the goal of eventually getting DMC either at the trade deadline this year or in the off season. Both of these players have shown good chemistry with Dame when not in game mode. I think we can sign Derozan with Dame recruiting him with this long term plan and all that is left is finding the right package to get DMC.

    So we enter next season looking like this...

    Dame/Roberts
    CJ/Derozan/Hendo
    Harkless/Derozan/Hendo
    Aminu/Vonleh/Harkless
    Plums/Davis/Vonleh

    End of bench would still be Alexander/PatC/Montero

    Then near the trade deadline or following offseason, we go balls out for DMC. I think if they continue to fail, we can get him for Kaman/Plums/Hendo.

    Lineup would then look like this:

    Dame/Robert/PatC
    CJ/Derozan/Montero
    Aminu/Derozan/Harkless
    Harkless/Leonard/Alexander
    DMC/Davis/Leonard

    Fill in the 13-15 with some young unknowns that NO is sooo good at finding.


    Is that a contender? Depending on how players develop, some players may swap minutes/spots on that lineup. I think that is pretty versatile. Able to play small ball, big ball, running offense. half court offense. Would be solid defensively I think?


    http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine
     
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