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Isn't there a rule about how players can't skip the game if they're healthy enough to play?
 
crowTrobot said:
oddest snub is horford over josh smith. don't understand that at all given smith has seniority and a much higher PER.
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Yeah, no shit... much better suited to the AS game, too. Well, every year there's one head scratcher each from the fans and the coaches. Could come down to lots of votes being split, with some coaches voting with strict positions in mind, they also can't vote for their own players, so that puts the unanimously deserving players at a disadvantage (-1 vote).
 
OSUBlazerfan said:
Needed more for him than just Frye and Fernandez, i think?
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we should have just kept him AND miles, they would both be huge expirings next year, not to mention zbo would be a welcome addition in the frontcourt right now.
 
Buzz Killington said:
We have players who can make up for that. Its not like he's getting dominated by his man night in/night out.
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We do? Did you see our defense last night? We certainly DO NOT have players who can make up for his shoddy defense. Perhaps if your centers were healthy, but not now.
 
Cake said:
You seem to ignore the facts. Aldridge's defensive rebound% is 19.8 (easily a career high). Randolph's is 21.7 (3rd best in his career). So, actually he's a better defensive rebounder than Lamarcus Aldridge, who doesn't bother to rebound on either end of the court.

And his alleged 'bad defense' is probably the most overhyped non-thing in the league. He's certainly not great, or even good...but his defensive rating is just a hair below Aldridge's defensive rating. And not that blocks is a sign of overall defensive ability, but how on EARTH can it be that Zach and Lamarcus are averaging the SAME number of blocks per game this season? Both have 20 blocks in 44 games. That's just so ridiculously hard to believe. Zach is 2 inches shorter and can't jump over a phone book. I'd say that both are roughly average defensively.

I've always liked Zach as a player. He gets more out of less physical ability than probably anyone in the league. Clearly he's worked hard to get where he's at. I wish Aldridge would work that hard, he might be an all star too.
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Yes.

I think that Aldridge continues to have a larger upside, and I'm not sure I blame him for not working hard... but Zach has a nasty streak and a willingness to outwork most of his competitors.

Trading Zach for what we got was a mistake. Many of us felt so at the time and I haven't changed my mind on that as Portland has struggled with injuries to big guys ever since.

Ed O.
 
Instead of bitching about Zach, why don't we focus on the topic at hand.
 
Don't miss Randolph one iota. He's been given away for free 3 times in 2 years for a reason.
 
Congrats to Brandon Roy! Isn't that what this thread's supposed to be about?
 
RoyToy said:
Don't miss Randolph one iota. He's been given away for free 3 times in 2 years for a reason.
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Yes. The reason is that the Knicks and Clippers are bad teams that make bad decisions. The Grizzlies, led by Zach, though, are 24-11 since waiving Iverson. Meanwhile, the Blazers could desperately use a player like Zach.
 
KingSpeed said:
Yes. The reason is that the Knicks and Clippers are bad teams that make bad decisions. The Grizzlies, led by Zach, though, are 24-11 since waiving Iverson. Meanwhile, the Blazers could desperately use a player like Zach.
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With Randolph being one of those bad decisions.

The Blazers could use a healthy roster. With everyone healthy, Randolph wouldn't be needed at all, just like last year. He'd get in the way and take too many bad shots. That's been him his whole career.

Sorry, don't miss him one bit, and neither do the other teams that traded him.
 
RoyToy said:
With Randolph being one of those bad decisions.

The Blazers could use a healthy roster. With everyone healthy, Randolph wouldn't be needed at all, just like last year. He'd get in the way and take too many bad shots. That's been him his whole career.

Sorry, don't miss him one bit, and neither do the other teams that traded him.
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Then why are the Grizzlies winning, why did the coaches make him an All Star, and why was he the first player since Kareem to get 65 pts & 42 rebounds in two games?
 
The Grizzlies are winning because they have a great starting 5

He's had a good year on a good team(finally!)

He's always been able to put up big numbers

Yup, still don't miss him one bit.
 
RoyToy said:
The Grizzlies are winning because they have a great starting 5

He's had a good year on a good team(finally!)

He's always been able to put up big numbers

Yup, still don't miss him one bit.
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Exactly. The Knicks, Clippers, and Blazers didn't lose because of Zach. They lost because he had crappy teammates. Even Kobe couldn't get the Lakers into the 2005 playoffs.
 
Ok?

He's also been extremely inefficient and a bad decision maker in his career. I certainly don't miss that, and I don't miss him. When he was traded I believed at the time that the Blazers were better off without him, and I still do.
 
Congrats to Roy, and congrats to Stat-Bo. My first thought with Z-Bo was wtf? But when looking at the snubs, I guess you could make a case for him being on the team. I wish Aldridge was having a better year, he could've made it if he took another step in his game.
 
Finally, someone acknowledges that Deron is Deron. ;)
 
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ZBO is actually a really cool shy guy! Just has a bunch of hood rat friends and he has trouble making the right decisions. Congrats brother! I'm still glad we have LA and in the long run will make us a better team. I think Horford got picked, cause they needed a backup Center. Kinda like back when Magloire made the team, cause there was nobody else to pick!
 
drexlersdad said:
we should have just kept him AND miles, they would both be huge expirings next year, not to mention zbo would be a welcome addition in the frontcourt right now.
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Miles would have been just practice fodder, but his presence would have saved us the trouble of signing Josh McRoberts last year and Shavlik Randolph this year. Also, Nate wouldn't have broken his bone filling in as the 10th man in practice.

But the biggest loss is the Oregonian huffing and puffing about how bad it is to go to an ice cream stand. Canzano and Quick wish he were back, I know that for sure. The moralist cutthroats are bored stiff without him.
 
KingSpeed said:
Yes. The reason is that the Knicks and Clippers are bad teams that make bad decisions. The Grizzlies, led by Zach, though, are 24-11 since waiving Iverson. Meanwhile, the Blazers could desperately use a player like Zach.
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A few things....

1. Right after you went back on topic you decided to double post off-topic.

2. Zach is a big part of their success, but I don't know if I'd say he's leading Mayo, Gay, Gasol and crew. Then again I don't necessarily know their team dynamics.

3. No crap we could use a player like Zach. You know why? Because he's tall. If Oden or Joel were healthy that comment wouldn't have any substance at all. Bringing it up in this context doesn't make any sense.
 
"THE" HCP said:
I think Horford got picked, cause they needed a backup Center. Kinda like back when Magloire made the team, cause there was nobody else to pick!
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Well, Bosh more than qualifies for backup C. But I guess most of the coaches voted him in at forward.
 
Congratulations, Brandon. I loved it that everyone on ESPN said Roy is a no-brainer as an All Star. With so many good guards, and several deserving ones left off, that is quite a compliment.
 
What blows me away is that Roy being named to the All Star team hasn't elicited much excitement from the fan base. We expect it and we know he deserves to be there. Furthermore, everyone else around the League knows it. THAT in and of itself shows how good Roy is.

Congrats, Brandon. Now do it again next year!;)
 
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