Recent content by The_Lillard_King

So if that is what Lawson played like as a functioning alcoholic, what is he going to play like clean and sober, Houston is going to be scary

The problem I see with Kamen taking on the role of teacher/mentor is he is such a loose cannon. He is not shy to speak out against coaches, management and owners. Is Kaman the player he was last year or the player he has been the previous five years where he has only cared about himself and...

I love this post. So much of it expresses the emotions I go through as a Blazer fan. And now . . I've been pretty strong opponent on the idea that you have to go from mediocre to contender you have to tear it all down first . . . yet here I am on the verge of buying in. Blazers could...

OK reading through this thread I'm starting to re-think the booing thing. I was for booing. Not just booing but the kind of booing that rocks the RG. The booing that is done with such passion you can feel the emotions of how much Blazers fans hated his decision. But in the end probably won't...

I love the idea of the silent treatment or turning of the back,it would be classic, but it won't work. The way they announce the visiting team, the RG will have music in the background (who are you) and the announcer will announce each player pretty quickly . . . with often the crowd pretty...

It's July in Oregon. There are trials to hike and and fish to catch. I'm still in stage 1, we have cap room, we can still trade to get LA back right?

Thanks for reply. I like your analysis and while being a huge Nic fan (no comment needed) I am somewhat excited (if I can actually use that word with this year's Blazers) to see what Aminu can do. I feel like Olshey might have stolen him away from Dallas while the Mavs were all caught up in...

Problem with Kamen mentoring the bigs he has has shown attitude problems in a few organizations that he has played with. In the words of Kamen himself, Stotts is the first coach he didn't hate by season's end (something like that). I'm afraid what kind of mentoring he will give the young bigs...

Brian you use last year stats to compare Batum v. Aminu but also say that Batum was limited last year by injury much more than the 11 games he didn't play. Being that Batum had one of his worst years and from what I hear Aminu had one of his best years, wouldn't it be a better analysis to...

How do you click? :)

Says the posters who absolutely insists that Olshey hasn't missed the playoffs with the Blazers :)

I guess I could go on and on questioning if NO is all that, but I see where all this is going. I've said what I have had to say about him, don't trusts what he says but personally haven't decided if he is a good GM or not yet. No point going on with this when in the end I want the Blazers to...

Yes Neil does says a lot things clearly. So if Wes doesn't go down, LA re-signs? Blazers resign Wes and Lopez even if LA leaves? I get that LA leaving means not re-signing Wes and Lopez. Not sure LA re-signs if Wes doesn't go down.

I agree, that could also be what was going on What i find interesting is usually when a disaster in an organization occurs like this a GM or head coach is gone. In this case all the blame has been put Aldridge with ownership/management/GM smelling like roses. Again maybe rightfully so, but I...

I don't know if there is anything Olshey could have done. I do know he was trying to tell fans he wasn't sure LA was gong to leave after already trading Nic and an insider (Hughes) coming out the next day saying LA is gone and Blazers are going young. So hard for me to believe anything Olshey...