The "How are Aldridge, Batum, Lopez, and Matthews Doing?" Thread

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Trust Ariza to be a dick about the whole shoe-tossing thing. I've seen it happen several times before with no incident.
     
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    I also really liked Jones when he was a Blazer. He was a critical part of our improbable 13-game win streak all those years ago. Without him, that streak wouldn't have happened.
     
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    I seriously thought this would be a joke. Wow. Probably his first and last ever.

    Those 3 mins of Will taking it to the rockets was just beautiful, especially the baseline jam and the turnover bucket with Howard standing there bitching! I wish we still had that cat.
     
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    Wow Barton is hella nice
     
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  7. KingSpeed

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    And if he didn't get hurt, that team would've made the playoffs and done some damage while there.
     
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    Damn. We never should've traded the Thrill. That's one of our worst trades ever. He would fit right in with us now.
     
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    Not a bad trade just one that didn't work out. I'd do it again under the same circumstances.
     
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    Now we can say that Barton trade was one of the worst trades we've done. That is a fact. But it's only because we know what happens. Afflalo was beyond a disappointment and straight trash after all this championship hype he had for us(Fuck Afflalo). But I would do it again every time back in the circumstance...it did give us that extra bump to go farther in the playoffs. The Matthews injury just imploded everything.
     
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    But Afflalo should've been the answer to the Matthews injury and he wasn't.
     
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    Wow, fuck someone for actually being hyped to come here.
     
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    HAHA you feel me.. the dude was happy to come here you cant hate on him for that
     
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    I thought both Afflalo and Nico were playing through some nagging injuries, too.

    And yes, Afflalo was more stoked to come here than any player I've ever seen. He was even posting video of himself working out and showing his excitement.

    Just because the strategy didn't work out due to unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances, and just because one of the players traded has a good season down the road doesn't make it a bad trade. We are always talking about cashing in on some team needing to obtain a player to get them over the hump (like say, Henderson), and that team trading us a young player with potential to do it. Will Barton was that promising young player, who wasn't providing us with shit at the time, even though he might in the future. That's what you do when you are trying to contend. That's what the Blazers did. It was a good trade at the time.
     
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    The Afflalo hate makes no sense to me. He was brought here to be a backup. He was thrust into the starting lineup because of the injury to Wes. He barely played before he hurt his shoulder, and that injury was so bad that a lot of people thought he would be out for the remainder of the season when they first saw it. He came back and played through the injury for the playoffs, and was mercilessly ridiculed for it. It's not his fault that we traded for him. It's not his fault that he and Wes got hurt. Some of you are ridiculous.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Afflalo sucks.
     
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    Afflalo played like shit for us, but to be fair, he was playing pretty shit for the Nuggets before we traded for him, so caveat emptor I guess.
     
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    And, as with Jermaine O'Neal or Zach Randolph, I don't think we should regret too much letting Will go. Jermaine and Zach almost certainly would not have become what they became if they'd stayed - sometimes you need a change of scenery and a kick in the ass to realize your potential. So good for Will: fly free little bird!
     
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    I think Will could have still achieved the same level of success, but we were in "win now" mode last year. Neil was trying desperately to get Aldridge to stay. We had no bench and we needed consistent scoring. Will and TRob were too inconsistent and out of control to get regular minutes on a veteran playoff team. Will would be perfect on this current roster though.
     
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    Zach was already who he was when he was with us. He was 20 and 10 with us thats why we gave him a max contract. So to say Zach certainly would not have become what they became if they'd stayed is wrong..
     
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