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[Natebishop3]

Does Rondo make this team a contender? Rondo and Aldridge is a great foundation, but neither of those guys is a Brandon Roy type player.

 

[Blazinaway]

Does Rondo make this team a contender? Rondo and Aldridge is a great foundation, but neither of those guys is a Brandon Roy type player.

right now if we did this trade? no, but he's a great piece to add with LMA-Nic-Wes, we still would have good capspace and one more good piece and we'd be there. You aren't going to get to contender status with ONE move it's a "process", one or two good ones with the right extras could however get the job done.

 

[Masbee]

I feel bad for Green (and, to a lesser extent, the Celtics)... but, man, the Thunder get lucky, don't they?

Ed O.

I am starting to develop an irrational hatred for the Thunder.

Team "stolen" from the pacific NW. We used to have 3 teams in the I5 corridor. Now just one. The Blazers now have the worst travel disadvantage of any team.

The luck of the Oden/Durant draft. They didn't "earn" that pick. They were actually tanking so the fans would fail to show up, so they could move the team. Not so they could draft Durant. And, they didn't pick Durant, the choice was made for them.

And, now their health being near perfect the last few years, topped off with dodging the Jeff Green bullet by having traded him for a starting center in the NBA - very rare event in itself being able to trade a wing player for a 7 footer.

Man, hate that team.

 

[huevonkiller]

I am starting to develop an irrational hatred for the Thunder.

Team "stolen" from the pacific NW. We used to have 3 teams in the I5 corridor. Now just one. The Blazers now have the worst travel disadvantage of any team.

The luck of the Oden/Durant draft. They didn't "earn" that pick. They were actually tanking so the fans would fail to show up, so they could move the team. Not so they could draft Durant. And, they didn't pick Durant, the choice was made for them.

And, now their health being near perfect the last few years, topped off with dodging the Jeff Green bullet by having traded him for a starting center in the NBA - very rare event in itself being able to trade a wing player for a 7 footer.

Man, hate that team.

Well they have a mediocre coach that doesn't understand defense. That's the good part.

And the Blazers are no slouches if you stay healthy, hopefully someone knocks them out for us. ^_^

 

[KingSpeed]

Celts have to go for a win now approach, this gives them two starters and they really have no SF right now. With the rumors of Rondo already who knows, but if there is a chance you do it.

No SF? How about Paul Pierce?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

aww huevon, your a sweetheart

 

[3RA1N1AC]

No SF? How about Paul Pierce?

never heard of him

 

[Natebishop3]

right now if we did this trade? no, but he's a great piece to add with LMA-Nic-Wes, we still would have good capspace and one more good piece and we'd be there. You aren't going to get to contender status with ONE move it's a "process", one or two good ones with the right extras could however get the job done.

Rondo would eat up a significant part of the cap space. How much would be left over and who would be available? Plus Rondo is supposed to be a primadona.

 

[THE HCP]

How is Green's heart situation differ from LA's?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

How is Green's heart situation differ from LA's?

Green's condition made him a ticking timebomb, could have died at any moment with too much activity. LaMarcus's was never anything more than a slight abnormality that would get worse over time (like, decades), and his surgery was to help him do better when he's 50 or older.

 

[THE HCP]

Denver's team scrimmage last night, Rudy "dazzled" with 20/10/3

http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/open_scrimmage_12_16_2011.html

 

[THE HCP]

Lakers just signed Troy Murphy

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The saddest introduction in the history of the NBA.

:C

 

[OdenHoF]

Green's condition made him a ticking timebomb, could have died at any moment with too much activity. LaMarcus's was never anything more than a slight abnormality that would get worse over time (like, decades), and his surgery was to help him do better when he's 50 or older.

To add onto in layman's terms: JG's condition was the aorta (the main blood distributor pathway) expanding in one spot so that the walls of the aorta are weakened with possible rupture (catastrophic obv). Lamarcus had a "bundle" of veins on the side of his heart that can rarely (<0.6%) mess with the electrical signals that control the beat of the heart and cause sudden death. If the bundle isn't there (removed via the procedure LMA had) then there are no complications beyond them coming back (hence the screenings).

 

[THE HCP]

^Thanks Doc.

 

[McNicholicious]

Outlaw got the amnesty treatment. Supposedly the knicks are going to offer him 2.5m

 

[THE HCP]

The saddest introduction in the history of the NBA.

:C

That is a horrible picture! Kaman looks like he has literally been beating himself up over this.I will draft eric Gordon now though for my fantasy team, he will have huge numbers this year!

 

[Blazinaway]

That is a horrible picture! Kaman looks like he has literally been beating himself up over this.I will draft eric Gordon now though for my fantasy team, he will have huge numbers this year!

whoa, what a depressing looking picture! Looks like they had all nighter or two on Bourbon st!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Denver's team scrimmage last night, Rudy "dazzled" with 20/10/3

That was predictable. Remember his first fan fest with the Blazers?

The question is, will Denver throw enough money at him to stop him going back to Real Madrid?

 

[THE HCP]

The Sacramento Kings have claimed ex-Net Travis Outlaw with a bid off amnesty waivers, league sources tell Y! Sports.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

The Sacramento Kings have claimed ex-Net Travis Outlaw with a bid off amnesty waivers, league sources tell Y! Sports.

I don't get what they think they're doing. Don't they have a very similar guy in Donte Green? But good for Travis...I guess.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

The saddest introduction in the history of the NBA.

They look like they're having mug shots taken and they're holding up the little numbers.

I was going to prove you wrong, but the video of Travis and Blake's introductory press conference with the Clippers seems to have vanished from the internets.

 

[THE HCP]

Brandon Roy has gone unclaimed in the amnesty waiver process, league sources say. He's a free agent, but won't play elsewhere. He's retired.

 

[Nikolokolus]

How is Green's heart situation differ from LA's?

Green's condition made him a ticking timebomb, could have died at any moment with too much activity. LaMarcus's was never anything more than a slight abnormality that would get worse over time (like, decades), and his surgery was to help him do better when he's 50 or older.

For one thing Green didn't have a heart condition, he had a weakening of the wall of his aorta ... meaning that if/when it eventually ruptured, he'd bleed to death in a matter of seconds. LA's condition is an electrical issue with his heart, meaning he can have an erratic heart-beat (tachycardia) but his condition almost never life threatening and is easily treatable.

 

[THE HCP]

Looks like they are only paying Travis around 3 million. Great pickup.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Looks like they are only paying Travis around 3 million. Great pickup.

3 million? I dunno, seems kind of steep after the year he had in Newark

 

[THE HCP]

ESPN

At halftime, @KevinLove has already ordered a double-double (15 points, 11 rebounds). New year, same beast

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I'm watching the Milwaukee-Minny game on some Spanish feed, and they go apeshit every time Rubio does something. They also can't stop talking about a Kevin Love for Pau Gasol rumor. That actually makes sense! The Lakers get a lot younger and the Wolves get legit (and are instantly the fave team in Spain).

Love has all his points from three pointers. He's like Laimbeer without the defense or mean streak. He has approximately zero low post game.

(Incidentally HCP, you'd love this game. It's 90% honkies.)

Minny is raining threes, and it's all their "big" men - Love, Williams and Tolliver. Darko will be joining in soon.

Good to see Shaun Livingstone looking healthy and spry, but the Bucks are pretty sad otherwise. Brandon Jennings looks like he's regressed.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

BONZI WELLS SIGHTING!!!

 

[THE HCP]

It only took the scouts about 2 months to figure out Jennings' game.