We'll miss having a dead eye, knock down corner three shooter in Seth. We only realized his value later in the year, but it's easy to forget how automatic he was when open. We don't have a shooter like that on the roster right now. But David Vanterpool should be on the list. We lost our guard whisperer.
I will miss Harkless, because when he was on, he was a real game changer. And he could match up so well with the big small forwards all the best teams seem to have. But, I don't disagree with the trades. Harkless has limitations that seem to appear more often than not.
I voted for Meyers. I had high hopes for him as a rookie. I saw him setting great screens and finishing alley oops in the SL and it had me pumped. I saw his raw tools and was very intrigued. I actually liked him a lot his rookie season and thought he had a solid foundation. Then he started shooting threes. That's when I learned his middle name and would shout it at games, MEYERS PATRICK LEONARD, YOU STOP SHOOTING THREES!!! He was never a good defender until that series vs a prime Marc Gasol. He still seemed aloof and goofy and earned the nickname "Butters". But then he started to actually make the shots. As an offensive player, he's become a pick and pop guy and has found a niche. I'll miss him because he was a good dude, hard worker and always gave 100%. He had EVERYTHING that made you want to root for him. Father died while he was young. Poor upbringing. Stories of being huddled around the fireplace with his mother and brother with no electricity. Brother is a Marine and their family is very tight. Afforded himself a D1 scholarship as his mother could not afford to send him to college. Brought his family out of poverty by playing basketball. He can say flameballs and thunderdunks as much as he wants and had it not been for Whiteside coming in I wanted to keep Meyers.
Ill kind of miss Meyers too, I know he was kind of frustrating at times, but I am glad he’s getting a chance somewhere else. One thing I like is you can tell he works hard.
I think it's brilliant that almost every announcer couldn't get Meyers name right and his name is misspelled in this poll LMAO
I will miss them all in some way or another. If we can hang a championship banner soon, I will miss them all that much less.
in a way, I disagree with this. I think Harkless would have been just fine at SF if Portland had somebody like Blake Griffin (with better health) at PF. And Aminu would have been just fine at PF if Portland had a Paul George or a Kawhi, or even a Tobias Harris at SF. In either case, the defense of the lesser forward would have been very valuable. the problem was both were the starters...for 4 long frustrating years. We kept waiting for either of them to take a big step forward, and were still waiting for that step when they vanished in the most recent playoffs. Aminu wasn't the problem; Harkless wasn't the problem. Aminu + Harkless was the problem. Way too often it left Portland holding knives at a gunfight
