and who do we get Steve Blake????? ROFL.....That would just be the icing on the cake of this season....
I can't wait for this to happen. The only way to stomach that deal would be if Felton went to LA, Crawford went to Minny, Beasley went to LA and Blanky and filler came to Portland along with firsts from both Minny and LA
Dwight and Deron ... and I'm sure Larry Miller will look completely pole-axed when he lands neither, which means we'll get to pick over the heap of garbage and overpay several headcases who couldn't get along with their last coach because he wanted them to pass or play defense.
What if we traded Crawford in the first 3 way to get Utah's pick (Minny owns), then do another deal with Lakers for their pick (Felton for the TPE and pick)?
I'm no fan of overpaying a free-agent left over after all the big fish sign with other teams. This will be the summer of over-paying for talent.
Along with our guards, the blame is also on Nate. The Blazers offense is absolutely brutal to watch. We appear to have only three plays total: 1. Post up Aldridge while the other 4 stand around with their thumbs up their ass 2. Watch a guard dribble into a double team thirty feet from the basket, make a desperate pass with under 5 seconds on the shot-clock so a teammate can throw up a brick from beyond the arc. If that option doesn't pan out, we simply turn it over and watch a lay up drill at the other end. 3. Have Felton or Jamal go 1 on 1 and see what happens. Nate simply isn't capable of creating a fluid offense. It's not good enough, it's not even professional basketball at this point. It's just sad. He needs to go, and it needed to happen in February. Unfortunately we don't have a front office either, since Paul 'the masochist' Allen appears to have led by example and thrown in the towel. I wasn't this disgusted in a team even near the end of the Jailblazers era when we got the #1 pick. That year I knew our roster just sucked. This year is not about a lack of talent on the team.
If what happens? Crawford moved for a pick? That would be a very decent haul for a player that doesn't make a difference to this team, doesn't play defense, and will opt out and be gone with nothing to show for it at the end of the season.
LOL would you do this deal? http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=77jny7z Lakers send Orlando their pick.
Crawford is the second leading scorer on the team. There's no guarantee he'll opt out. I like him on the team. Picks are historically useless here.... yay, more Luke Babbitts.
Yes, I get it you like Crawford. But the Blazers have no business keeping this guy around as they enter a rebuild given his age and his other shortcomings (lack of defense, high volume, middling efficiency shooter, etc.)
If we can get something useful, sure. But 3rd string point guards and draft picks aren't going to get anything done. We need to package guys, not trade them for spare bits and pieces.
Why help the Lakers get Howard; why not get him ourself? Aldridge and Wallace for Howard. Oh yeh I forgot, Howard would never sign with us. Anyway i would never help the Lakers.
