Batum Needs to Go

[OneLifeToLive]

Pretty sure he's going to, as France is one of the countries hosting Eurobasket 2015, and he's been featured heavily on its promos.

Good Bye, Nico.

Now if I can just get my alter ego to agree to this.

 

[Blazinaway]

Allstar break around the corner, Rolo and Joel coming back. I think Nico is having a hard time without Rolo and Joel...he plays really well with both of those guys

sorry, but that is one lame excuse

 

[damianlillard]

trade Batum for Knicks 1st round pick, Andre Igoudala, Tim Hardaway. Batum to Knicks, Bargani to GSW. waive claver. turn that 1st pick into Stanley Johnson. this is probably the best trade we can make. then use our 1st pick on rondae hollis-jefferson. this trade could push us over the top

 

[BlayZa]

Text exchange with my brother after a Batum passed-up shot/turnover during the last game:

Me: "Do you think we could get the French Army to draft Batum so we can free up his salary from the cap?"

Brother: "They'd just offer him a blindfold and a last smoke."

the way he's shooting these days, if i was in the opposing army, id take him joining the opposition as a positive.

 

[PDXFonz]

I wish you could see who voted for what on the new forums.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I wish you could see who voted for what on the new forums.

You can. Click on the counts.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I wish you could see who voted for what on the new forums.

That would be nice.

 

[HailBlazers]

No he doesn't.

Just needs some grace.

 

[BlazerBeav]

He just needs to get that right hand healthy - it's clearly effecting his shot.

 

[BrianFromWA]

well, at least his mind's right....

 

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[Strenuus]

Now we'll know what to watch...

 

[blue32]

Jesus christ, rest the guy until he can be healthy. get some PT/Rehab in and let Crabbe-legs play.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Jesus christ, rest the guy until he can be healthy. get some PT/Rehab in and let Crabbe-legs play.

Like, like, 1000 times like.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Trade for who? Forget the recent shooting slump. As frustrating it is to watch players lose their confidence, we know at some point it will return. If you are asking should we trade the Nic Batum from last year, then again I would want to know what we are getting in return.

It needs to be a player who compliments Dame and Wes. I love Wes but his strength on offense is his 3 pt shot and posting up. His weakness on offense is finishing and passing on the fast break. He is Ok as a ball handler but compared to teams now that use a two PG line up, our back court does not have the best handles. (And our bigs compound the problem-Please stop dribbling in traffic Chris!) So to compensate for it, IMO we need a SF who does have good handles. A Jeff Green would not have helped this problem. Cory Brewer in hindsight would have been a good fit, but is he a starter?

So if you keep Wes, then you need a SF who can help Dame out with running the offense. Unless you move Wes to the SF and go small. Wes showed last night he can guard SF's. I think he prefers banging with bigger players than chasing smaller ones.

But this team needs more ball handlers. Barton showed how he can help when under control but that is not the answer for the starting unit. If you trade Nic you need to bring someone back that will help with our weaknesses. Is there a Scottie Pippen out there?

 

[BBert]

Yeah, let's trade every player because they are injured. That will work out well.

I'm pretty sure taking 1000 jump shots is not the remedy for an injured wrist.

Although it may seem counter-intuitive, I think this may be a good time to sit him. With Aldridge, Lopez, and Freeland out, and Nico and Wes playing banged up, we aren't going to be winning games against good teams anyway. Sitting Batum while he rehabs during this run of injuries isn't going to cost us any games. Especially with the way he's playing.

Just fix his freaking wrist already.

 

[Sinobas]

I think Batum is the same player he's always been, he's just shooting 10 less % from 3. I've always thought everything about his game was terribly over-rated by Blazer fans.