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Think about it...

Damian Lillard - Drafted 6th overall, 2012 (Pick acquired from trading Gerald Wallace at the trade deadline)

LaMarcus Aldridge - Drafted 2nd overall, 2006 (Acquired from trading Tyrus Thomas (4th pick) and Viktor Khryapa on draft day)

Nic Batum - Drafted 25th overall, 2008 (Acquried from trading Joey Dorsey (33rd pick) and cash (?) on draft day)

Robin Lopez - Acquired via trade with Pelicans for Jeff Withey, a 2nd round pick and cash



We acquired players with potential that were acquired with basically 2nd round picks and cash:

Allen Crabbe
Thomas Robinson




We drafted players that fit team needs and have shown some promise this season:

CJ McCollum
Meyers Leonard



Finally, we can't forget our free agent pickups:

Wes Matthews - Signed a five-year, $34 million offer sheet when most people around the NBA looked at us like idiots

Chris Kaman
Steve Blake
 
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Will Barton in the 2nd round
 
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Joel Freeland is another good draft pick.
We did make some mistakes also but Neil in particular has been stellar IMO
 
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Blazer4ever said:
Joel Freeland is another good draft pick.
We did make some mistakes also but Neil in particular has been stellar IMO
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Since 2006 we haven't made many mistakes IMO

Brandon Roy was a great draft day trade, give me 4-5 years of Roy over a career of Foye.

Greg Oden was just unfortunate injuries... No one can fault them for taking a dominant 7 footer (from what we saw in college).

Jerryd Bayless was a decent draft day trade, he just wasn't used correctly under McMillan.

Now... 09-11 was a bit rough but we had a "championship potential" core at the time... Claver, Elliot Williams and Nolan Smith were never going to be big minute guys anyway.
 
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Oden before Durant Was a mistake.
Drafting Nolan. Trading for Felton. Even Drafting Bayless.
Not saying I knew better but these were mistakes.

Neil made very few obvious mistakes and many amazing moves.
I think his biggest, most obvious mistake has been to not extend TRob.
 
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Blazer4ever said:
Oden before Durant Was a mistake.
Drafting Nolan. Trading for Felton. Even Drafting Bayless.
Not saying I knew better but these were mistakes.

Neil made very few obvious mistakes and many amazing moves.
I think his biggest, most obvious mistake has been to not extend TRob.
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Why is that a mistake? If the team wants T-Rob they will offer him less than he would have gotten. They are probably under the assumption that T-Rob will sign their offer. We now have an environment that players want to be in, and I think it will translate into keeping this group together.

Brand new top of the line training facility. A training staff that has shown to these players that they are elite at injury prevention. A head coach that all the players respect, likewise between the players. A front office that has shown it is capable of consistently taking steps forward. Great fan support (over rated category imo, I doubt players ever think of fan support when deciding if they want to play somewhere). Don't forget a winning team!
 
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Blazer4ever said:
Oden before Durant Was a mistake.
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Really bothers me when people say this.

Hindsight is 20-20.
 
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Faried over Smith was such a no-brainer! I'd love to hear the story behind this.

According to Ford and Simmons more than one team had Oden's knee red-flagged so KP's "Oden's knees are prestine" was a blatant lie.
 
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The Bulls have done pretty well.

DRose, Jimmy Butler, Taj Gibson, Mirotic, McDermott, Noah, etc., through the draft.

Gasol is old but having a great season, and had a great one last season... via FA.
 
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Fez Hammersticks said:
Faried over Smith was such a no-brainer! I'd love to hear the story behind this.

According to Ford and Simmons more than one team had Oden's knee red-flagged so KP's "Oden's knees are prestine" was a blatant lie.
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The biggest red flag with oden is they were worried his body was breaking down. That he had the body of a vet, not a 19 year old.
He hadn't recovered from his broken right wrist in the Orlando summit, and had a minor bulging disk in his back.
I seriously doubt anyone would have passed on Oden because of how dominate he was in college. How it translated to the NBA so well.
Hindsight is 20-20

Also Bill Simmons is an idiot. Every time he talks my ears bleed.

Aldridge also had red flags btw. Had hip surgery his freshman year at Texas.
http://www.texassports.com/news/2006/6/21/062106aae_576.aspx
 
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Luke Babbit
 
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Fez Hammersticks said:
Faried over Smith was such a no-brainer! I'd love to hear the story behind this.

According to Ford and Simmons more than one team had Oden's knee red-flagged so KP's "Oden's knees are prestine" was a blatant lie.
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That was truly the only mistake that wasn't hindsight. Everyone and their red headed step kids knew that was a mistake
 
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magnifier661 said:
That was truly the only mistake that wasn't hindsight. Everyone and their red headed step kids knew that was a mistake
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What about Cunningham and Pendergraph over Dejuan "no ACL's" Blair?
 
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magnifier661 said:
Everything the Patterson/Nash era was a mistake!
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That was 2009. The Claver draft. A K-Pee pick.
 
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Blazer4ever said:
Oden before Durant Was a mistake.
Drafting Nolan. Trading for Felton. Even Drafting Bayless.
Not saying I knew better but these were mistakes.

Neil made very few obvious mistakes and many amazing moves.
I think his biggest, most obvious mistake has been to not extend TRob.
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Neil Olshey (moves made as GM)

Los Angeles Clippers: March 9, 2010 to June 4, 2012
Portland Trail Blazers: June 4, 2012 to present

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

http://www.basketball-reference.com/executives/olshene99x.html
 
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yes, PatterNash.
\thread

But, yeah, I'm very happy with Neil. I am going to wait 10 more games before I email Simmons telling him to "suck it!" because of his criticism of Kaman.
magnifier661 said:
Everything the Patterson/Nash era was a mistake!
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What's amazing about Olshey is what he hasn't done. Coming in as a GM you want to put your name on a team. Make moves that shows everyone that you're the man. But Olshey has made very few moves.
 
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Ha.
 
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I don't think we have to worry about a large market team stealing NO away either since he left LA to come here.
 
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No.
 
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Fez Hammersticks said:
Faried over Smith was such a no-brainer! I'd love to hear the story behind this.

According to Ford and Simmons more than one team had Oden's knee red-flagged so KP's "Oden's knees are prestine" was a blatant lie.
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We passed on Faried to secure the Felton trade. Which we wouldn't have made if Brandon had retired at season's end instead of waiting until training camp.
 
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BlazerWookee said:
We passed on Faried to secure the Felton trade. Which we wouldn't have made if Brandon had retired at season's end instead of waiting until training camp.
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That season.. ugh... started with such promise too
 
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Denny Crane said:
The Bulls have done pretty well.

DRose, Jimmy Butler, Taj Gibson, Mirotic, McDermott, Noah, etc., through the draft.

Gasol is old but having a great season, and had a great one last season... via FA.
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Still trying to make up for that Tyrus Thomas pick though [emoji6]


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I'd say the OKC is right up there with us, and the Spurs.
 
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Sinobas said:
I'd say the OKC is right up there with us, and the Spurs.
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Really? Who has OKC acquired in the past few years that is impressive? They completely botched the Harden trade.
 
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Natebishop3 said:
Really? Who has OKC acquired in the past few years that is impressive? They completely botched the Harden trade.
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He was a cap casualty. But the fact that they drafted him is good on them. Durant, Westbrook, Ibaka, Adams, Harden, Jackson...they have a very talented roster put together through drafting.
 
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