Blazers Practice Today: Meeting with Roy, LMA and Oden with Nate?

[BrianFromWA]

As far as the "questionable first round pick" thing for Roy, at about the halfway point of his senior year he was a borderline first-round pick. He then plowed through the Pac-10 and the Tourney, and then was touted as the "safe pick with little upside"--not considered in the same realm as Gay or Bargnani or Thomas or Aldridge (I won't go to Shelden, for any ATL fans watching).

Maybe some don't remember--his entire junior year was spent coming off the bench behind Krypto-Nate, Tre Simmons and Bobby Jones.

 

[Kaydow]

Maybe he meant he was considered a reach where he was picked? I dunno. Haha.

Ed O.

No way. I vividly remember that draft and the lead up to it. BEFORE the draft, the consensus was that Brandon Roy was the player most ready to make an immediate impact. He was the odds-on favorite to win ROY before he was even drafted. The only question was about his durability.

 

[RR7]

My "stance" on Miller is that he should be starting to see if he can push this team to win. If not, buh bye.

Please though, keep making up my position. Miller hasn't really had the chance to succeed (or fail) this year.

I think your "stance" on Miller changes from post to post. Other times, you don't want to take a "stance". Or at least, you'd prefer to say you're not taking a stance. Two days ago it was get rid of him, he's ruining our chemistry, today you advocate starting him. It all just looks like a convenient way to make sure at the end of the season you can look back and say that you were right. Maybe Nate starts Andre, and things turn around, and you can say you called for it. Maybe we blow up in a bad way, because of Miller, and you can say you called it. You win either way, congratulations. And we all lose.