Exclusive Around the NBA: Forgettable February edition

[SheedSoNasty]

Because I’m up and ready

 

[blazerkor]

This better not be a forgettable February. We need moves man. We need trades to be made in the first ten days of this month. Whether those moves make this team more competitive right away, are designed to start a youth rebuild or are designed to collect assets that allow us to lose more this season and then move those assets in the off season to immediately compete for a title... doesn't really matter because all three of those approaches hold some water logically.

What holds no water is doing nothing, letting the team continue to hang around the play in games, let our mismatched talent continue to make each other look bad and therefore possibly lower their trade value and end up either getting swept out of the first round again or with the 14th pick that won't likely help us too much with a youth rebuild or an effort at an immediate championship and will lock up our ability to trade future picks in an attempt to get better.

So here's to a February for freedom from fucking up... the same way... repeatedly. Around the NBA a February for change edition?

 

[AldoTrapani]

Gary Trent Jr is tearing up the league right now

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Should we change the title to “Don’t Fuck Up February”?

 

[TBpup]

"Make a Trade....Don't Suck"

 

[blazerkor]

Should we change the title to “Don’t Fuck Up February”?

Sly said you can't put obscenities in thread titles but maybe there's some way of using a couple symbols in Fuck to make it work.

 

[Hoopguru]

Question? besides Dame & Naz, who are the two players remaining, that CBill will lobby to keep?
I think one will be RoCo and the other Powell.

 

[blazerkor]

Question? besides Dame & Naz, who are the two players remaining, that CBill will lobby to keep?
I think one will be RoCo and the other Powell.

I'm hoping none. I'm really hoping that like me the only guys he cares to keep on this roster are Dame and Nas... maybe Larry and that's not because all three are injured or anything. If healthy they'd be the only three I'd really be interested in retaining... oh and Trendon not only do I hope we keep Trendon, which I don't even think you can trade two way guys but I hope we convert his contract into a regular one and lock him up for the two seasons after this one.

 

[HailBlazers]

Gary Trent Jr is tearing up the league right now

 

[speeds]

He looks like he's about to read a list of demands.

 

[THE HCP]

MERGE THIS THREAD WITH MY FEBRUARY THREAD OR THE MELO THREAD IMMEDIATELY!

 

[Shaboid]

He looks like he's about to read a list of demands.

kind of has a Fidel Castro thing going on.

 

[Chris Craig]

He looks like he's about to read a list of demands.

Bout to demand more money

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Is there two Thre.... Never mind.

 

[speeds]

Bout to demand more money

He's earning it.

 

[AldoTrapani]

yikes

 

[AldoTrapani]

another one. Yikes again…

I think it’s fair to say we fucked this shit up bad

 

[TBpup]

yikes

We made a bad trade for Afflalo because Stotts wouldn't trust CJ to contribute. Now we traded for an older, smaller player because Neil probably thought Trent was too big, and Neil still wouldn't play him that much.
So glad that era is over....but we will continue to pay for it for a while.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[handiman]

We made a bad trade for Afflalo because Stotts wouldn't trust CJ to contribute. Now we traded for an older, smaller player because Neil probably thought Trent was too big, and Neil still wouldn't play him that much.
So glad that era is over....but we will continue to pay for it for a while.

And yet, Trent's season averages after this hot streak are almost identical to his career shooting percentages.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

And yet, Trent's season averages after this hot streak are almost identical to his career shooting percentages.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

This place was absolutely ecstatic when that trade was made. Same with when Norm signed his contract.

 

[blazerkor]

This place was absolutely ecstatic when that trade was made. Same with when Norm signed his contract.

I'm pretty sure more than half of this place was really unhappy with that deal because of the plan to replace Gary at SF with a smaller Powell and because so many of us had become fans of Gary and had nothing invested in Norm. Pretty much everyone was ecstatic and should have been when Norm re-signed and did so on such a team friendly contract because a lot of us were really worried that Norm would bolt and we would have traded a guy we really loved in Gary for nothing.

Also weren't you at Blazers Edge when that trade went down?

 

[SheedSoNasty]

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Lol

 

[TBpup]

And yet, Trent's season averages after this hot streak are almost identical to his career shooting percentages.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

Or perhaps has has more to do with than just shooting. Look at Trent's OBPM, DBPM, BMP and VORP. All significantly higher this year than at any other time in his career. OWS, DWS, WS and WS/48.....career highs.
It appears the overall, big picture grass is actually greener. Sometimes it is, sometimes it's not.

 

[speeds]

another one. Yikes again…

I think it’s fair to say we fucked this shit up bad

Here's the... accessory?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

I'm pretty sure more than half of this place was really unhappy with that deal because of the plan to replace Gary at SF with a smaller Powell and because so many of us had become fans of Gary and had nothing invested in Norm. Pretty much everyone was ecstatic and should have been when Norm re-signed and did so on such a team friendly contract because a lot of us were really worried that Norm would bolt and we would have traded a guy we really loved in Gary for nothing.

Also weren't you at Blazers Edge when that trade went down?

No. I had an account there under another name but i have not really used it for a very long time. I pretty much got slammed for not agreeing with that Dave dude?
As far as your response I'm very sure i could pull up way more people praising the trade than there were people saying anything negative. The people who were questioning it were all saying he was going to walk because blazers couldn't afford him. There were even polls on that issue.

 

[James lamphear]

Or perhaps has has more to do with than just shooting. Look at Trent's OBPM, DBPM, BMP and VORP. All significantly higher this year than at any other time in his career. OWS, DWS, WS and WS/48.....career highs.
It appears the overall, big picture grass is actually greener. Sometimes it is, sometimes it's not.

Just means they got pretty good system in Toronto with Nurse.

 

[Haakzilla]

 

[SheedSoNasty]

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all votes submitted by… Anthony Tolliver

 

[Shaboid]

Not sure it's been mentioned anywhere but the team is currently doing a ticket sale for groundhogs day. All fees are waived for any tickets purchased by 2/4, so they are saying.