Zach Lowe: The Blazers' Oregon Trail to contention

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  1. Wizard Mentor

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    good, but not short article.
    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17213986/the-blazers-looking-get-better-build-future
     
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    I've got to wonder who this little snippet was referring to:

    Gotta be Project Pat, right?
     
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    Meyers
     
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    "Evan Turner's contract could end up a disaster" okay first off I want some citations on the risks. Second off after Oden and Roy, and losing LaMarcus for nothing, Evan Turner will not be a disaster in any way measurable by blazers fans.
     
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    Except he arrived at the same time as Lillard...

    But yeah, it seems unlikely to be CJ, and none of our other rookies have the remotest right to have even a whiff of entitlement.
     
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    Calabro! :MARIS61:
     
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    I think so. My other guess was Meyers but it says "recent draft pick".
     
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    I'm guessing TRob who was drafted ahead of Lillard at 5
     
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    That was a good read.
     
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    TRob isnt a "recent draft pick".
     
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    My first thought was AC ... Pac-12 POY, falls to 2nd Round, no PT at all his rookie year. Again, no concrete evidence, but that is who I thought of first.
     
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    Kinda.

    Blazers suck because they overpaid for a couple of players but they didn't have any other options so they still suck but it's a necessary suck.
     
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    depends on how old you are...to me Greg Oden is a recent draft pick...I'm not talking about Danny Ainge or John Lucas here
     
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    Got me noticin' - here's the 2012 draft:

    5. Kings Thomas Robinson PF
    6. Trail Blazers Damian Lillard PG
    11. Trail Blazers Meyers Leonard C
    15. 76ers Maurice Harkless SF
    30. Warriors Festus Ezeli C
    40. Trail Blazers Will Barton SG
    48. Knicks Kostas Papanikola

    Working our way through it! All we need now are Anthony Davis and possibly Draymond Green. I'd also settle for MKG.
     
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    Really? You think an NBA writer is going to consider anything past a year or two as "recent"? No.
     
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    If it supports the narrative he's trying to push you bet your ass he will.

    See some of the BS Canzano writes for multiple examples.
     
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    The Whiteside bit is interesting.

    Long story short, we need a massive jump from either an outside addition or CJ/Dame to get into championship contention.

    But he did say we could end up in the WCF if it all turned out well for us. If this roster caps out as a competitive adversary to GS in the next three years, I think I'd be satisfied. :/
     
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    I don't think he was necessarily talking about a Blazer. I think he was just pointing how hard Lillard works at his game. I could see Byron Scott saying it to D'Angelo Russel last summer down in LA where I believe Dame worked out too.
     
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    Also didn't care for the flippant dismissal of Ezeli. His 15-20 mpg of defense will help us immensely.
     
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