Rumor Blazers now pursuing Jermaine O'neal

[adrenalize74]

Fuck. Am I the only one that thinks JO is a bad idea?

I'm with you, wookee. I think many fans here are letting their nostalgia cloud their judgment. JO would be a downgrade over Leonard/TRob, he just wont have it physically anymore.

I don't think he would even provide any more veteran leadership/mentorship that we already have.

Net loss in my opinion.

 

[Boise Blazer]

I wondered the same thing

 

[PDXFonz]

I wondered the same thing

Things would remain normal if a free agent getting national attention and being pursued by multiple teams went to a big market instead of Portland.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

:MARIS61:

 

[BlazerCaravan]

:MARIS61:

Oh snap

 

[Natebishop3]

Jermaine would be a nice pickup. It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign.

 

[dviss1]

Again it's not so much about who they add, as it is about who they subtract.

Man they won't give a damn if Wright is subtracted. Gone with that.

 

[Blazersfan161]

How about dalembert?

 

[KingSpeed]

I'm with you, wookee. I think many fans here are letting their nostalgia cloud their judgment. JO would be a downgrade over Leonard/TRob, he just wont have it physically anymore.

I don't think he would even provide any more veteran leadership/mentorship that we already have.

Net loss in my opinion.

JO played really well for GS last year. Really well.

 

[magnifier661]

JO played really well for GS last year. Really well.

Yep and if he didn't get injured, GS may have made it to the second round

 

[Scalma]

Oneal just followed Paul Allen on twitter...

 

[BrianFromWA]

now that's the hard-hitting journalism that makes us the Official Forum of the Blazers!

 

[HailBlazers]

Yeeeeeehaaaawwwww

 

[PDXFonz]

How long until after O'Neal signs do we wait to discuss how bad the Freeland injury may really be? Not saying it is, just saying that a move like this means it may be worse than simply being evaluated again in ~2 weeks.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

How long until after O'Neal signs do we wait to discuss how bad the Freeland injury may really be?

About 60 seconds... I like to respect boundaries.

 

[BrianFromWA]

some of us are already thinking about it...but go ahead, if you want to start!

 

[Natebishop3]

This just occurred to me..... how bad IS the Joel Freeland injury?

 

[riverman]

I'll start, if we are seriously talking signing another center, there may be a question mark about Joel's shoulder that goes beyond the 2 week thing or even Rolo's time table. Maybe this is the first of a couple of tweaks from Neil before the deadline. It could just be that Kaman doesn't want to start. He actually said that in the post game interview after his first start which surprised me.

 

[magnifier661]

This just occurred to me..... how bad IS the Joel Freeland injury?

I don't think its "How bad is freeland' injury" as being careful and not let what happened last season come again. Our GM may take a proactive move to cover our ass. If Lopez was healthy, I don't think it's as big of a concern. But that's not the case and we need bigs!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I'll start, if we are seriously talking signing another center, there may be a question mark about Joel's shoulder that goes beyond the 2 week thing or even Rolo's time table. Maybe this is the first of a couple of tweaks from Neil before the deadline. It could just be that Kaman doesn't want to start. He actually said that in the post game interview after his first start which surprised me.

We saw what happened when Joel went down last year; even a couple of weeks is enough to ruin our positioning in the hypercompetitive West. The Front Office doesn't want a repeat of last season; I think they see this as The Year (or at least one of The Years), so they're trying to buy to keep up the pace, and not squander the good work everyone will be putting in over the next couple of weeks.

Basically, even if it is only two weeks, why should the rest of the Blazers' efforts be wasted with close losses?

 

[magnifier661]

We saw what happened when Joel went down last year; even a couple of weeks is enough to ruin our positioning in the hypercompetitive West. The Front Office doesn't want a repeat of last season; I think they see this as The Year (or at least one of The Years), so they're trying to buy to keep up the pace, and not squander the good work everyone will be putting in over the next couple of weeks.

Basically, even if it is only two weeks, why should the rest of the Blazers' efforts be wasted with close losses?

Exactly!!!!

Losing 4 games could be the decider for a 2nd place team go 5th. Maybe even more of a drop!

 

[Boise Blazer]

It does seem like odd timing for JO to follow PA on twitter. If that is accurate info.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

It does seem like odd timing for JO to follow PA on twitter. If that is accurate info.

Especially since he mostly posts to Instagram, which dupes to Twitter.

 

[blue32]

ze plot thickens.

 

[BrianFromWA]

damn, Jerm follows a grip of hotties.

https://twitter.com/jermaineoneal/following

 

[PDXFonz]

I see that he follows PA but saw no indication that he just now followed PA. How do you see a timeline on follows?

 

[Scalma]

It does seem like odd timing for JO to follow PA on twitter. If that is accurate info.

It is I promise lol.

 

[Scalma]

I see that he follows PA but saw no indication that he just now followed PA. How do you see a timeline on follows?

Its in order of most recent.

 

[riverman]

So maybe this is a Paul Allen move?

 

[magnifier661]

Its in order of most recent.

This is true... The last person Oneal followed is Allen. That's really fishy, since the ones before are just other types