NBA: 2013-2014 Season - DONE Spurs Win

[Aesthetics]

Blazers could've been finals bound if Brandon Roy held up and front office gave him a supporting cast. But luckily, they have Damian Lillard. And CJ McCollum. That can be one scary front court together. CJ would also be good off portland's non-existent bench. What they lack though is a really decent starting center.

 

[SkengD]

Blazers have missed Jordan and Durant in draft picks , they were lucky to have a great like Drexler play for them . Roy would have turned things around for them but we all know how that ended .


Truly a cursed franchise .

 

[a6m5]

Roy was an excellent player, but he was reliant on isolation play to a fault. With healthy Oden, it could have worked, but they both broke down anyway. Roy was not a curse, as everybody knew about Roy's knee condition before he was drafted, which was how Blazers were able to get him thru draft day trade in the first place.

Durant thing had lot to do with luck. Sonics were blessed to have the second pick in that draft, and Oden was not the pick Sam Bowie was. Few actually claim that Oden's knee condition was well known before the draft, but ask them to produce a report written before the draft in 2007, I take it it's actually was not very well known. At least I've never seen one. Jordan got passed in '84, because Blazers drafted Clyde Drexler just the year before.

Some days, it feels like a curse, but it's series of bad decisions & bad luck.

On the Blazers bench: It was thin at best, but they tanked it anyway, so it didn't really matter.

Obvious play for the Blazers here would be to shop LaMarcus while they still have the leverage, as LaMarcus has two more years on the current contract.

1) Try to get a draft pick in return. 2) Tank another season after losing its sole star player.

If successful, they'll gain a decent starter-level player(maybe even a star player), and two first round picks in the reportedly deep 2014 draft.

Yay........... Go Blazers!

 

[Stavingo]

Yeah well at least your franchise didn't trade up Kobe Bryant for Divac

 

[a6m5]

Passing up Jordan for Sam Bowie's worse, Stav. At least the Blazers built a quality team at the time. They made the Finals twice with that line up. But even this Clyde Drexler-led Blazers, they missed out on two monster acquisitions: Arvydas Sabonis(who was Hakeem Olajuwon-class center at the time) & Charles Barkley still in his prime.

Only if we had a time machine.

P.S. For those of you who are too young to remember the 1984 Draft:

#1 Pick - Rockets picked Hakeem the Dream(Blazers wanted him, not Bowie or Jordan). According to Omnis & me, best center ever. For most sane NBA fans, probably the third best after Wilt & Kareem, but what do they know! lol

#2 - Blazers picked Sam Bowie

#3 - M.J. to the Bulls.

 

[SkengD]

Yeah well at least your franchise didn't trade up Kobe Bryant for Divac

This was planned , just part of the game

 

[a6m5]

This was planned , just part of the game

What do you mean? Is this a conspiracy theory?

 

[Paulie]

Saying the Blazers' bench was awful last year is a compliment to how bad the bench play was.

Yeah, sometimes I forget they don't really have a bench. At least now Meyers Leonard can come off the bench for Lopez, and CJ McCollum for Lillard.

 

[SkengD]

What do you mean? Is this a conspiracy theory?

Jerry West was behind it , he made a lot of the power moves for Lakers back then .

Notice the franchise has suffered since his departure.

 

[Stavingo]

Wut, don't even.

Are you making conspiracy theories about Jerry West?

Or are you preaching about how good of a GM he was (or whatever position he held within Lakernation)

 

[SkengD]

No conspiracy , he was just a top notch gm .

Only someone like himself could pull of a trade like the gasol trade and the kobe for vlade draft day trade .

 

[a6m5]

Kobe trade was a good one, but West didn't orchestrate the Gasol trade. Initial assumption on that one was how West(working for Memphis) gifted Gasol to the Lakers, but Memphis claimed otherwise saying that it was their new GM who dealt Gasol to the Lakers. West has done a remarkable job with the Lakers.

 

[SkengD]

He was involved in all of the major trades in one way or another .

Lakers need a miracle this season and next , doesnt look good for them now

 

[JohnBM01]

Are there any players you are impressed with so far in Summer League? Only guys I like so far is Mr. Honeycutt for the Rockets and Dion Waiters for the Cavaliers. These Summer League games are a great chance for young players to develop their game. One just hopes these players can improve as much as they can.

So are there any players you impressed with so far?

 

[Aesthetics]

So are there any players you impressed with so far?

Archie Goodwin. He's really good, just every other game. Looks like a potential steal at 29.

 

[Paulie]

Dwight Buycks played consistently alright, he will probably push Augustin for the primary backup to Lowry. Toronto's SL stint was ended today by the Suns, with no Valanciunas (spreined finger) that was to be expected. It was an entertaining game though, the Suns were shooting the lights out from 3.

 

[Stavingo]

I'm happy with Austin Rivers within the SL but still he needs some work to do before the season starts.

 

[SkengD]

I'm happy with Austin Rivers within the SL but still he needs some work to do before the season starts.

Hes a bust , i wouldnt even say hes overrated

 

[Stavingo]

Hes a bust , i wouldnt even say hes overrated

I doubt that, he found really good form before he broke his hand.

 

[SkengD]

I doubt that, he found really good form before he broke his hand.

Lets hope he turns out better than Fredette

 

[Aesthetics]

Hes a bust , i wouldnt even say hes overrated

If you need a better example of a bust, look at Kendall Marshall, definition of 'one trick pony'.

 

[sumbrownkid]

Really liking Marquis Teague's play in the Summer.

 

[JohnBM01]

A note from earlier... the guy's name I tried to make mention to in a previous post is Tyler Honeycutt. He played his college ball at UCLA.

Any other players impressing you so far in Summer League?

 

[Stavingo]

Paulie must be happy with that Jonas dude becoming the Summer League MVP.

 

[Paulie]

Paulie must be happy with that Jonas dude becoming the Summer League MVP.

...................Yep.

 

[Stavingo]

He got that potential

 

[Omnis]

This is hilarious.

Tyson Chicken Legs Chandler.

 

[McLaren]

The short shorts & long shirt really don't help, either.

 

[Paulie]

Surely it's a photo shop. It looks wierd.

 

[Stavingo]

If he does really look like that then wow

But still he wouldn't really need to bulk up on his legs regardless.