Which ex-Blazer would you be happy to get back?

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Thanks, Maris. Using Basketball-Reference made me forget where my heart is, Sergio and Rudy.

Diogu, Randolph, and Johnson were last cuts, just before the first game. I forgot Sheed, who played last year.

 

Sergio and Rudy would have rocked under Stotts. I'm sure they are happy where they are.

 

Kostas Papanikolaou would've been awesome in this system.

Steve Blake backing up Lillard.

Sergio looks like an NBA player now.

 

I know that Raymond Felton is not a popular choice by the fans in Portland but the guy can play the game. I've always liked Martell Webster. I met him at best buy last summer as he was looking at cell phones. Seemed like a nice guy.

 

Blanky

 

Ronnie Price

 

Yeah, Miller would be my top choice. Miller and Martell.

 

I would want them back in this order for this year only ignoring contracts:

C: Jermaine Oneal, Jeff Ayres(Pendergraph), Greg Oden, Hasheem Thabeet
PF: Zach Randolph, JJ Hickson, Channing Frye, Dante Cunningham, Josh McRoberts
SF: Martell Webster, Gerald Wallace, Travis Outlaw, James Jones
SG: Rudy Fernandez, Jarred Bayless, Jamal Crawford
PG: Jarrett Jack, Andre Miller, Patty Mills, Steve Blake, Serio Rodriguez, Eric Maynor, Raymond Felton,

 

a healthy brandon roy

 

Rudy was so much fun to watch his first season with the team. He and Sergio had our second unit humming. Unfortunately Rudy was never the same after Ariza dropped him.

 

Roy and Dame could never share the backcourt. It wouldn't work.

 

Yeah that first year I thought he was a far better player than Batum.... His final year here I think he was underrated, yes his shot never got back to being as accurate as we hoped but he did a great job on pick and roles and would get teammates easy dunks. Had good basketball IQ. I wonder what he'd be like in Terry's offense.

 

I disagree wholeheartedly with this statement.

 

What would Roy have looked like in an offense without Nate McMillian? I remember being blown away in the All-star game when Roy and CP3 were playing off each other. Maybe there wouldn’t been a long adjustment but it’d have been fun to see. Roy and Dame could both shoot unlike Andre Miller so pairing them might’ve worked out eventually. LeBron and Wade had a lot of trouble playing with each other at first but now they are lethal.

 

Dame plays quite well off the ball. Roy flourished with the ball in his hands. They would complement each other really well IMO. They both trake pressure off the other to be the lone ball handler,both can shoot lights out. If we had a core of a healthy roy, Dame and LMA we'd be a legit contender maybe even the team to beat this year

 

He's looking fine for Real Madrid. Real Madrid is just unstoppable this season: they go about 8 deep in NBA quality players. Check out their most recent Euroleague outing:
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Here's a fun Sergio career retrospective.

 

One problem, Roy would have been unhappy. He didn't even want Andre Miller on the team, and favored starting Steve Blake over Miller simply because Blakey was nothing more than a spot-up shooter. Dame is fulfilling the same role in our offense that Roy did, and while Dame is capable of playing off the ball at times, he still needs the ball in his hands. Do you think Dame would be happy to essentially move into a spot-up role with Roy? They both want the ball. They both want to run the offense. In theory they would play together, but I don't think it's something that could have worked long term. Not without one or the other becoming unhappy.