Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th seed

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  1. KingSpeed

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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Yay to 4 more games and the loss of an opportunity to land a franchise changing player in this loaded draft
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    No player we'd realistically land would equal the re-signing of LMA
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    So trading LA (hypothetically) and finishing with a poor enough record to be in the discussion for a top 5 pick and landing a Batman isn't worth a 28 year old Robin?
     
  5. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Yay to not SUCKING! Yay to winning more games than we lose! Yay to looking forward to watching basketball and not ping pong balls in May!

    BNM
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    That's part of the reason I want an Aldridge trade to be for future considerations, so that we don't just sneak into the playoffs.
     
  7. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Yeah we could do all that and still not get a Batman. Aldridge was picked second and was the best player in that draft - and he's a Robin. Look at the rest of the top 5 from that draft: Bargnani, Adam Morrison, Tyrus Thomas and Shelden Williams. Do you see any Batman there? I don't even see any other Robins. Hell, none of those guys are even Alfreds.

    Yeah, I know next year is supposed to be a good draft class (this year's was supposed to be, too, but Noel and Shabazz didn't turn out as great as originally projected). The lottery and draft are both crap shoots. Getting a top 5 pick only guarantees one thing, you were one of the shittiest teams in the league. No thanks.

    BNM
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    What kind of "future considerations" are you talking about? An All Star for future considerations seems kind of underwhelming to me.
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    The thing about landing a top 3 pick superstar in the lottery though is, with the exception of Darko, he leaves your team before winning a championship. A top 3 pick hasn't led the team who drafted him to a title since Tim Duncan. LeBron was the big prize for Cleveland but LeBron now has two titles and Cleveland has none. PLUS, it generally takes awhile for the big prize to take your crappy team to the playoffs. LeBron and Durant didn't make the playoffs their first two seasons.
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Yeah for mediocrity!
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Those are my sentiments, exactly. I'd rep you, but it says I have to spread it around a bit.

    I'd also add that we just picked up a top 5 pick from last year's "loaded" draft (Robinson) for next to nothing. There are other ways to get to the promised land than perpetually wallowing in lottery pick land.
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Way to compare a very weak draft to a very loaded draft.

    Yeah, they are exactly the same thing.
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    So according to this writer, no Dallas or Denver in the playoffs.
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Well said, sir.
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Well Dallas didn't make it last year and Denver lost key pieces.
    Thank you
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Doesn't matter. Dwyane Wade, drafted in 2003 is the last top 5 pick to win a ring with the team that drafted him. I'd have to double check, but I think Duncan in 1997 was the last before him. And LeBron is the only No. 1 pick since Duncan to win a ring anywhere.

    Gee, if only winning the lottery guaranteed your team a future championship. Unfortunately, history says otherwise. Even if you luck out and win the lottery in one of the best drafts ever, if you're at small market team, any future Hall of Famer you are lucky enough to draft will likey force a trade before you come close to sniffing a ring. But hey, in the meantime you get to suck and suffer through multiple 20 win seasons.

    I repeat, no thanks!

    BNM
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Stotts tanks, gets fired, the Blazers hire a top-tier coach, net the #1 pick in the 2014 draft.

    There ya have it.....your way....MM. :)
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Exactly.
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    Look at Indy mm. You don't have to suck and get high lotto picks to be a top five team in the league.

    You're more likely to be a charlotte or Sacramento if you continually suck on purpose than a okc
     
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    Re: Blazers: Best offseason of all Westen Conference lottery teams, should be 7th see

    And OKC has won as many titles as we have (kinda).
     

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