Recent content by Bwatcher

Its nice to have the "blue collar" "lunch bucket" mentality all the time. However, the NBA season is overly long, and then the real season starts. I wonder if some of the team's core is quite rationally trying to conserve energy for later in the year. My impression is that some teams on the...

Brian Berger of Business Sports Radio and a former Blazer employee, said on Sunday 6/13 during his show, that he had talked to many people about the KP -Paul Allen situation. Three points seemed to stand out for me: 1. Apparently the reason for the Tom Penn firing and KP being in limbo...

BP, I see your point in the concept that to get a really good PG we would probably have to trade Batum. I think you are probably correct, and are being realistic. People are tending to forget that a very good Blazer asset is Claver over in Europe (if Rudy hasn't talked him out of giving the...

I think his good shooting is potentially a plus, but that he needs much more experience at understanding what he needs to do to get off a good drive or good shot. He appears to be mostly relying on quickness alone, instead of closely watching the defender and taking advantage of the defender...

God, a very nice post. I agree with the main point(s). To me, Mixum lowers the overall quality of the board. The tone of responses that results from his posts is not conducive to better thinking or better quality communication. It is not really about his or anyone's "right to post". It is...

Part of the problem for Rudy this year, is that he needs a good passing PG to get him the ball. I'm afraid that, at least for some years, Bayless won't fit that description. I also think that Rudy is playing below his abilities for some reason. He is a better player than we have seen in...

Thanks Draco. This makes it easy to see the opportunities/barriers.

Brian Smith reports today that in addition to the Tolliver signing, another new item for the Blazers is that Patty Mills will travel with the team on the upcoming road trip. http://www.columbian.com/weblogs/blazerbanter/2009/dec/17/blazers-add-tolliver-16th-player/

And if nothing really good is there, there is the additional opportunity of a trade during the season before the trade deadline. Injuries and poor new player fit with teams, are likely to make some potential playoff teams non-contenders by the trade deadline. A long shot, but better to wait on...

Crimson, I agree with you on Howard. He clearly is a very good center, but I think back to the Olympics and the finals against LA, and I see something missing. I think he isn't mentally flexible enough to truly take advantage of his skills. Also, he competes, but he isn't a killer competitor...

An article by Jason Quick. The "new" info seems to be that Allen has said that the "window" now is open. Also, it seems a bit that KP is tamping down expectations for the draft. He seems to be indicating that it is very likely little will happen on Thursday...

I think this is pretty cool Crimson. It helps greatly in thinking about the "practical universe" (age limited, of course!) Nice job!

The part of the article I thought was interesting is: I don't put great faith in the accuracy of this statement, but it is the first I have seen of a clear cut statement about Sergio. If true, not surprising, but I haven't seen it elsewhere. Perhaps this writer is more connected than some...

I looked the other day at medium skill PFs around the league to see if any trades/FAs made sense. I was pretty surprised at the limited talent. There really aren't many reasonable/pretty good players out there. The Mavs have pretty much said they will resign Bass. If Miami were to get Bosh...

Maybe talent evaluation is what is the topic. If the Blazers have a significant advantage over other teams in this area, it would be a waste not to make use of it -- even if only for a short time. Such as, draft a player whose real value is not judged appropriately by other teams, then show...