Adam Morrison

[handiman]

His mannerisms make me think meth head... I suspect he's got more going on than just shortcomings in his game.

 

[STOMP]

So, what exactly are your disagreeing with? Are you saying Pritchard didn't go for BPA and drafted based on positional need? That makes no sense given our highest pick in the draft was Aldridge and Zach, at the time, was by far our best player.

KP didn't draft Aldridge, he traded for him. Same with Roy, Rudy, Batum, Bayless, and Sergio.

STOMP

 

[maxiep]

KP didn't draft Aldridge, he traded for him. Same with Roy, Rudy, Batum, Bayless, and Sergio.

STOMP

And that's the magic of KP. He sees the player he wants and when we're not in a position to draft them, he finds a way to trade for them. For the life of me, I can't figure out how he does it.

 

[maxiep]

Getting back to AmMo, it seems to me that he's a one-trick pony, and that one trick has abandoned him. He's playing with zero confidence.

 

[STOMP]

And that's the magic of KP. He sees the player he wants and when we're not in a position to draft them, he finds a way to trade for them. For the life of me, I can't figure out how he does it.

according to him a big part of his success in completing draft day deals is being on the phone a lot. Basically he asks the other teams what it will take for them to part with their pick.

STOMP

 

[Nikolokolus]

I don't get it...why is he looked down upon for that? He was the leader of his team at the time carrying Gonzaga through the tournament. That alot of pressure to come up short, and being the team leader he was he took it to heart. People who have played and understand what its like to leave everything out on the floor and come up short...it's an emotional moment. We don't hear people calling various other players like Michael Jordan a bitch because he cried when he won his first championship? When you have a passion for the game and put you all into it...emotions take over. I honestly don't see any downside to what he did...I can see if it was him pitching a hissy fit and crying to a ref over a bad call...but it wasn't. It was a dedicated player leaving it all out ont the court for his team....if anything...I think that helped his stock, showing teams how serious he take the game and how much of himself he puts into wanting his team to succeed. I'm sure many GM's would love for thier players to care that much.

Jesus, people take things seriously around here. It was just a flippant remark, I really don't care one way or another if he cried after losing in the tournament (no matter how embarrassing it was ).

 

[PapaG]

yeah. i had a pretty brutal draft the stache campaign goin' on

Heh.

You actually had a full-fledged meltdown the night of that draft.

I actually rated Gay higher than Roy in that draft (my top two prior to knowing the team was moving up in the draft), but I wasn't disappointed in the draft at all and remember spending most of the night trying to calm people down on BBF. I also saw Foye as a bust, due to his size, and he isn't, so I was wrong on that one.

 

[DaRizzle]

Yeah, good thing he decided to cut the hair and shave that scraggly "beard" and stache - otherwise in 20 years he'd look like that guy in your avatar.

BNM

Probably his agent told him to...

"Hey Adam, you suck, you should really consider cutting off all your hippy hair if you want to stay in the NBA."

 

[sabas4mvp]

I fully admit I wanted Morrison and not Roy because Roy was a husky.

 

[handiman]

Jesus, people take things seriously around here. It was just a flippant remark, I really don't care one way or another if he cried after losing in the tournament (no matter how embarrassing it was ).

I care. He cried before losing, with the game still winnable. That showed a lack of maturity and poise, plus being wound so tight that I figured him very likely to implode against better competition.

 

[Natebishop3]

I never wanted Morrison. I didn't watch much of him in college, but he just screamed "Luke Jackson" to me. Neither were very athletic, and I figured they'd have trouble getting their shot off in the pros.

 

[PapaG]

I never wanted Morrison. I didn't watch much of him in college, but he just screamed "Luke Jackson" to me. Neither were very athletic, and I figured they'd have trouble getting their shot off in the pros.

I'd actually rate Jackson as being more athletic than Morrison, which is not a good thing if you are Adam Morrison. Jackson had some power dunks at Oregon before he messed up his back and right knee in Cleveland.

 

[Masbee]

In the 2006 draft my picks were Rudy Gay and then BRoy. Morrison I felt would be a nice ROLE player to have if you could trade down to get him. (and by trade down i meant "cash")

Wow that has even turned out wrong. I kind of feel sorry for the guy,other than how much money he makes (I fall on the floor crying about that!) But seriously I thought the guy would have a better overall game. Maybe his coaches don't use him right, but my god Travis turned out so much better.

I hope the kid gets a break with someone. But right now he looks bad.

Yeah, I don't think anybody - even those who didn't want him - thought he would be this bad. It's horrifying.

As for the draft, I did not want Morrison.

After suffering through being the worst team in the NBA I wanted a great player as the payoff.

Then, when we lost the lottery, I was nervous as I didn't see many blue chip prospects in that draft and thought we would get stuck with the "leftovers".

I liked Roy, but didn't think he had a ton of upside left and wasn't destined to be a star. Thus, I wanted a "better" prospect than just that.

I didn't like Morrison. Small. No defense. Not athletic. Didn't have a pure shot. I didn't see it, whatever it was supposed to be.

Didn't know anything about Barganini.

Nope. My guys were LaMarcus Aldridge and Rudy Gay.

I loved Aldridge's size and developing skill set. And, I was drawn to Gay's upside, what I thought was best chance at a superstar in the draft.

But, I was worried. I thought Aldridge and Gay would go #2 and #3, leaving us screwed sitting at #4.

I couldn't believe how the draft turned out and was confused initially and then THRILLED once all the trades were announced. As I watched the draft and saw Gay's reaction to dropping, I decided I didn't want that guy anymore.

To go in with the #4 pick and come out with my #1 choice and Roy as the icing was a great day as a fan.

As it turns out, if the draft was redone today Aldridge, Gay and Roy would go top 3. And the teams with the top 3 picks would not have been willing to trade them. We would have been screwed.

Thank god for the workout warrior that Barganani was. Thank you Chicago. Thank you Charlotte. Thank you Boston. Thank you Minnesota.

As brilliant as KP is, there is no way the draft goes down the way it did for Portland without certain players amazing workouts, certain team's incompetence and a whole ton of luck.

 

[Natebishop3]

Yeah, I don't think anybody - even those who didn't want him - thought he would be this bad. It's horrifying.

As for the draft, I did not want Morrison.

After suffering through being the worst team in the NBA I wanted a great player as the payoff.

Then, when we lost the lottery, I was nervous as I didn't see many blue chip prospects in that draft and thought we would get stuck with the "leftovers".

I liked Roy, but didn't think he had a ton of upside left and wasn't destined to be a star. Thus, I wanted a "better" prospect than just that.

I didn't like Morrison. Small. No defense. Not athletic. Didn't have a pure shot. I didn't see it, whatever it was supposed to be.

Didn't know anything about Barganini.

Nope. My guys were LaMarcus Aldridge and Rudy Gay.

I loved Aldridge's size and developing skill set. And, I was drawn to Gay's upside, what I thought was best chance at a superstar in the draft.

But, I was worried. I thought Aldridge and Gay would go #2 and #3, leaving us screwed sitting at #4.

I couldn't believe how the draft turned out and was confused initially and then THRILLED once all the trades were announced. As I watched the draft and saw Gay's reaction to dropping, I decided I didn't want that guy anymore.

To go in with the #4 pick and come out with my #1 choice and Roy as the icing was a great day as a fan.

As it turns out, if the draft was redone today Aldridge, Gay and Roy would go top 3. And the teams with the top 3 picks would not have been willing to trade them. We would have been screwed.

Thank god for the workout warrior that Barganani was. Thank you Chicago. Thank you Charlotte. Thank you Boston. Thank you Minnesota.

As brilliant as KP is, there is no way the draft goes down the way it did for Portland without certain players amazing workouts, certain team's incompetence and a whole ton of luck.

That about sums it up.

 

[PapaG]

Yeah, I don't think anybody - even those who didn't want him - thought he would be this bad. It's horrifying.

As for the draft, I did not want Morrison.

After suffering through being the worst team in the NBA I wanted a great player as the payoff.

Then, when we lost the lottery, I was nervous as I didn't see many blue chip prospects in that draft and thought we would get stuck with the "leftovers".

I liked Roy, but didn't think he had a ton of upside left and wasn't destined to be a star. Thus, I wanted a "better" prospect than just that.

I didn't like Morrison. Small. No defense. Not athletic. Didn't have a pure shot. I didn't see it, whatever it was supposed to be.

Didn't know anything about Barganini.

Nope. My guys were LaMarcus Aldridge and Rudy Gay.

I loved Aldridge's size and developing skill set. And, I was drawn to Gay's upside, what I thought was best chance at a superstar in the draft.

But, I was worried. I thought Aldridge and Gay would go #2 and #3, leaving us screwed sitting at #4.

I couldn't believe how the draft turned out and was confused initially and then THRILLED once all the trades were announced. As I watched the draft and saw Gay's reaction to dropping, I decided I didn't want that guy anymore.

To go in with the #4 pick and come out with my #1 choice and Roy as the icing was a great day as a fan.

As it turns out, if the draft was redone today Aldridge, Gay and Roy would go top 3. And the teams with the top 3 picks would not have been willing to trade them. We would have been screwed.

Thank god for the workout warrior that Barganani was. Thank you Chicago. Thank you Charlotte. Thank you Boston. Thank you Minnesota.

As brilliant as KP is, there is no way the draft goes down the way it did for Portland without certain players amazing workouts, certain team's incompetence and a whole ton of luck.

It's odd and perhaps a bit creepy, but I remember your reactions during the draft. You nailed it. LMA was always an afterthough to me because I thought he'd go before the Blazers picked.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Gems of mine include:

"Morrison will win rookie of the year."
"Roy is the second coming of Juan Dixon."
"I'll drink poison if we draft Roy."
"Aldridge will never be half the player Sheed is."

Granted, I didn't watch much, if any, college basketball so I didn't know what the fuck I was talking about. but god, I wanted Stache SO HARD. but really, half the reason I wanted him on the Blazers is so we could call his stache The Morrison Bridge.


Anyone remember that fan song to the tune of Metallica's One?

Hold my breath as I wish for stache... please God help Steve!

 

[Natebishop3]

Gems of mine include:

"Morrison will win rookie of the year."
"Roy is the second coming of Juan Dixon."
"I'll drink poison if we draft Roy."
"Aldridge will never be half the player Sheed is."

Granted, I didn't watch much, if any, college basketball so I didn't know what the fuck I was talking about. but god, I wanted Stache SO HARD


Anyone remember that fan song to the tune of Metallica's One?

Hold my breath as I wish for stache... please God help Steve!

Haha it takes a man to admit it though.

 

[Ed O]

Heh.

You actually had a full-fledged meltdown the night of that draft.

I actually rated Gay higher than Roy in that draft (my top two prior to knowing the team was moving up in the draft), but I wasn't disappointed in the draft at all and remember spending most of the night trying to calm people down on BBF. I also saw Foye as a bust, due to his size, and he isn't, so I was wrong on that one.

I remember his meltdown. Good stuff.

I had argued both sides of the Brandon Roy debate... I saw him (as so many others did) as well-rounded with less upside than Gay but I had confidence that if he was taken in the mid-late lottery he'd be a good value.

Aldridge was a guy I considered out of reach, so I didn't really think too much about him, but after we traded Thomas and Viktor for him? I was excited. So excited about the night that I made the following blog entry:

Subject : Blazermania Returns to Seattle
Posted Date: : Jun 28, 2006 8:28 PM

I've been a fan of the Portland Trail Blazers for a LONG time. I've been watching them on TV and, occasionally, in person for as long as I can remember. I went to games as a kid with my dad, and I watched the Finals games against Detroit with my friends during some of the best days of my life (whoah... I was channeling Bryan Adams there for a second).

They've caused me an embarrassingly high amount of anguish when they've come up just short, or when they didn't live up to what I wanted from them.

But I remained a fan. Have discussed and argued about them online for about 12 years now. I even wrote a stats column for the team's official magazine for a year.

They had legal issues, and "character" stuff, but I didn't let it bother me. I watch them for the games. I'm not going to judge them as people or to blame them for their mistakes when speaking (many of them didn't even finish college, for crying out loud).

But about 2.5 years ago, they started getting bad. Really bad. They traded a couple critical players, who also happened to have acted like assholes. They reached in the draft for Sebastian Telfair. They traded away from Chris Paul.

Their decisionmaking aggravated me, they lost at a horrific rate. And I argued about the team. A lot.

Like, every day, I would argue about how bad the team was. About WHY they were so bad. I would argue against fellow Blazers fans that let their optimism blind them, and I was called some nasty names.

But I was right, and I maintained I was realistic rather than pessimistic.

Tonight, though, was the NBA draft. Portland traded Telfair for another high draft pick (to go with their own from their NBA-worst record).

And the Blazers made me happy.

They made six trades overall today, spending money and trading up and seemingly going in the righ direction. I didn't agree with everything they did, but I liked it.

So I'm arguing again on the Blazers board tonight. Arguing that the team did well. Arguing that they've turned a corner and, while it's a ways off, the team is going to be good again. I'm arguing against people who are confused and disappointed in the team's actions. And I'm arguing against people who haven't seen the Ed O. from 3+ years ago, when I was happy to be a Blazers fan and I was optimistic about the team's chances.

It might be an overreaction and I might be all wrong in my analysis, but I feel good again about it all. Blazermania has returned for me, at least.

Ed O.

 

[STOMP]

I never wanted Morrison. I didn't watch much of him in college, but he just screamed "Luke Jackson" to me. Neither were very athletic, and I figured they'd have trouble getting their shot off in the pros.

again I'd point to their respective predraft camps. They were about the same size, but Luke was better by every run/jump measure that they conduct. As PapaG correctly pointed out, his rookie year back injury really curtailed his athleticism moving him from decent to bad.

STOMP

 

[drexlersdad]

i also thought roy didnt have much upside. i am an idiot.

 

[Minstrel]

I couldn't believe how the draft turned out and was confused initially and then THRILLED once all the trades were announced. As I watched the draft and saw Gay's reaction to dropping, I decided I didn't want that guy anymore.

I was at work and watching the draft unfold on an online draft ticker with a friend, so I didn't see how Gay reacted (and still don't know how he reacted). I remember being shocked and thrilled that Gay fell to Portland. Then horrified when Portland drafted Foye. Then unenthused but no longer horrified when Portland traded Foye for Roy.

And now I'm very happy how things turned out. That has convinced me never to judge selections so quickly. I'm sure I'll break that every draft, though.

 

[maxiep]

Thank god for the workout warrior that Barganani was. Thank you Chicago. Thank you Charlotte. Thank you Boston. Thank you Minnesota.

As brilliant as KP is, there is no way the draft goes down the way it did for Portland without certain players amazing workouts, certain team's incompetence and a whole ton of luck.

Don't forget to thank Billy King for promising Sheldon Williams at #5.

 

[Minstrel]

Don't forget to thank Billy King for promising Sheldon Williams at #5.

Atlanta's been helping the rest of the NBA out with awful early lottery picks for a while.

 

[Masbee]

Don't forget to thank Billy King for promising Sheldon Williams at #5.

Right. So much luck involved in that draft.

 

[MrJayremmie]

My tops were...

1. Aldridge
2. Foye
3. Gay
4. Bargnani
5. Roy
6. Morrison

Not to great, but meh..

 

[Minstrel]

The fact is, that simply wasn't a great draft class. That Portland managed to wring potentially two stars from it is just remarkable. Great evaluation skills by Pritchard and great luck.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Atlanta's been helping the rest of the NBA out with awful early lottery picks for a while.

Well, at least they finally stopped drafting 6'8" - 6'9" forwards with the first name Josh or the last name Williams.

I swear if there had been a 6'9" guy named Josh Williams they would have made him an automatic lottery pick.

BNM

 

[Natebishop3]

Well, at least they finally stopped drafting 6'8" - 6'9" forwards with the first name Josh or the last name Williams.

I swear if there had been a 6'9" guy named Josh Williams they would have made him an automatic lottery pick.

BNM

Excuse me while I head down to change my name and enter the NBA draft.