Robin Lopez and His Future Here

We suck without RoLo. He's still underrated.

We are less effective offensively this year, not because of RoLo's screens but because defenses have adapted to take away our biggest strength: 3-point shooting. Teams give our guards no space near the three point line. They take that away and force our guards to beat them with mid-range or at the rim. Lillard's mid-range is he greatest weakness.

Blazer's need to find a way to punish this form of defense. I think Dame will figure it out. Takes time. He needs to punish with controlled drives keeping options open of finishing at the rim, floaters, and finding open 3's.

 

This is like the years of people saying Wes isn't good enough we need an upgrade. Same with Batum. A good team is a fragile synergistic organism. Appreciate what we've got before it's gone.

 

Fell in love with him?

 

The only person that has to like Robin is Neil. Not you, me or the dog next door. Neil LOVES everyone on this team. Even Arron hence his addition to the starting five on the Rose Quarter Murral. Everyone is coming back. Everyone that is if they're willing.

 

You guys make it seem like I want RoLo off the team and murdered. I love the guy and what he brings to the team/off the court.

But if you want this team to become a top tier contender you (and especially Neil) need to take off the rose colored glasses and see some of our players faults and our rosters weaknesses.

 

Batum?

 

Good. I couldn't agree more.

 

He's an upgradeable piece as well. He's been the Batum of old since the ASB and his ability to play point forward adds a wrinkle that is underrated to our offense.

While I think his lack of a consistent 15-17ppg offensive game is overblown on this forum, his overall consistency does worry me sometimes.

 

No, that's why I can smell my pee, even after drinking half again my body weight in Coors Light.

 

The facepalm emoticon would come in really handy right here... Not as quick... Jesus... Really?? He only blows by the quickest point guard in the league right here...

 

Bump.....this is the second playoff series in a row where RoLo has been just absolutely dominated. He's a great first big man off the bench, but he is NOT a starting center on a playoff team. He was manhandled by Dwight last year and he's hurting the team again this year.

 

You mean he can't handle possibly the two best centers in the league? The obvious choices for first and second-team All-NBA? When he's clearly hurting, and hasn't been himself for months?

 

Wait till next year and believe harder!

 

Not just defensively...he adds nearly nothing offensively this year. If we want to destine ourselves to mediocrity, then go ahead and sign RoLo to that 10-12M contract.

 

Shaq also scored 28 points a game to offset any issues. Also, Shaq was the center point of the offense as Jordan is just a garbage man on the offensive end.

Huge fucking difference Einstein!

 

I actually thought RoLo was one of our best players last night. Lillard doesn't get half of his layups without Robin boxing out Gasol, freeing up the lane. He shot the ball efficiently and fought for rebounds. He's never going to outplay Marc Gasol or Dwight Howard for a series, but he's not the reason we're losing and he's definitely not hurting this team. Thanks to Robin, our bigs, as a group, have completely outperformed their Memphis counterparts. We're losing this series, because their guards are feasting while ours are struggling.

 

Are you kidding me? People are still hating on RoLo for last nights performance?? He was solid last night, and defended Marc Gasol great as well.

 

Clearly, we need to replace Lopez with one (or both) of the two best centers in the league. Duh.

 

That's my plan and I'm sticking to it.

I'd buy the team and make some much needed changes, but I'm kind of strapped for cash at the moment.