It is very nice to see Webster do well, but to be honest, I think many said that he is a role player in the NBA and not likely to ever be more than that (I am one of this group, for sure). I think you might be remembering things wrong about the "does not belong in the NBA", at least as far as recent conversations went.
No somebody definitely said that...I can't remember who but they brought it up in a thread the other day. As far as him never being more than a role player. On this team everybody aside from LMA Oden and BRoy are nothing more than role players. I think where he was drafted makes people think he needs to be a star. If we didn't draft him we don't get BRoy and LMA and we don't get Oden either so thank you Mr. Patterson.
He doesn't have to keep up the 50% from the floor thing like he has lately, but for me I really need to see him hitting at or right above 40% from three for a whole season, but the biggest thing for me is no more months where he shoots 36% from the floor and 34% from three, a few games here or there I can live with, but when you only hit a third of your shots in a month that is just way too inconsistent regardless of what you are doing on the defensive end of the court. I'm very glad to see him playing well the past couple of weeks, but I'm not going to be sold unless this keeps up for the rest of the year -- I've seen this movie before.
Martell has improved his trade value more than any other Blazer, IMO. He's only 22, plays above average defense and his shot is falling.
the term you used was "morons" which is plural.... I can't recall anyone who has posted that MW doesn't belong in the league. Are the people who think he's going to be a star "morons" too? agreed on that... there is nothing wrong with quality role players Patterson was only in charge of the 2006 draft when the club drafted Roy LA and Sergio. According to KP, Patterson made all the deals that day going after the guys that they'd collectively targeted... of course it was KP who headed the scouting department. Prior to that it was John Nash in charge when they drafted Telfair (2004) and Webster (2005). He famously overruled his scouts in 2004 causing Assistant GM Mark Warkentien (now Denver's GM) to quit and it's speculated that he overruled KP in 2005 in trading down to draft Webster. STOMP
