Recent content by TowelBoy

I'm confused why teams score so easily. Our philosophy seems sound in theory (pack the paint and contest threes) and comes from the Indiana school. Their D is #1 BY FAR and ours is trending toward bottom-5. Is the personnel THAT much different? Hibbert and George are elite defenders, but...

We should have known that Lillard, Matthews, and Batum can all shoot 38%-42% from deep on HIGH volume. We should have known Aldridge would see marginal improvement across the board in his second year in this system and playing next to a true center. I guess I just didn't know those things...

I just want to make sure I'm not crazy. It's not just national media either, but local writers too. While everyone is out there saying we have a concerning lack of depth, I'm sitting here thinking almost the exact opposite. Freeland and Robinson are guys I'd be fascinated to see in larger...

I've heard this criticism aimed at the Trail Blazers far more than at other "contenders." So we're supposed to be concerned that our nine-man rotation bottoms out with Joel Freeland and Thomas Robinson (PER of 10.6 and 15.4, by the way)? Let's look at the 8th and 9th men on some other...

Re-read the OP. I wasn't advocating the trade; in fact I said I had mixed feelings about it. Moreover, the purpose of the thread was to compare Lopez's and Asik's defensive abilities.

I would agree Gasol is a better fit. And I haven't looked at the numbers, but the Lakers could probably offer more than we're willing to, you're right about that. In this thread I wasn't necessarily assuming we had the best Asik package on the market. I was wondering if it's a deal we should...

Yeah but you say that every year.

I went through a brief heavy posting phase in July during bar prep. There was a girl poster maxiep was convinced was faking it. Intriguing stuff. I also wanted Portland to pursue Tyreke Evans and Jermaine ONeal. Olshey knows better.

I must have missed where Gasol was discussed in this thread. Are you saying he's a better fit for Houston than Lopez? Or a better fit for us than Asik?

That's a fair position. You're acting like just because we're currently playing like arguably the best team in the league, it means our title is all but guaranteed. Even if we assumed for discussion we were THE BEST team and would continue to be throughout the season (which I think is a...

I'm sorry my thread wasn't up to your standards. Don't have as much time for message boards as I used to, but I've been so excited by the team this week I wanted to immerse myself in some fan chatter again.

Obviously I would love both on the team. But I'm not willing to trade McCollum, Robinson, or any starters either. No Asik may indeed be the right answer, but I don't think that's because he's inferior to Lopez straight up.

I was sworn in this week. Keep up with the times ;)

Disagree. Actually many of the national writers I've seen discuss Asik have stated that Houston would need to at least get a replacement big in return. Presumably a poor man's Asik who would be more content with those minutes and bring similar things, which is why I think Lopez would be a good...

Dwight Howard.