Contrary to Popular Belief...

[ebott]

-Drafting, recruiting, courting and signing Rudy was a good move.

Was it? He doesn't play defense, he disappeared during the playoffs and he does not play well with Brandon. He pretty much played the same role this year that Jarrett Jack played the year before. Was he really much of an improvement?

Maybe we find a way for him and Roy to work together and it turns out to be a good move. Maybe we end up trading Rudy while his value is high and it turns out to be a good move. But right now you can't definitively say Rudy was a good move.

-Buying Batum was a good move.

Jury's still out on Batum as well. He also disappeared during the playoffs. He doesn't have any sort of an offensive game. Really only played in the first quarter. If it weren't for Martell Webster, who isn't exactly a world beater, getting injured Batum probably doesn't play at all last season. Could be he ends up being our future 3 and it turns out to be a good move. But it's also entirely possible that Martell comes back better than Batum and Batum ends up rotting on the bench.

Not like I should really be complaining about either of these. Getting anyone of use in the late first round is pretty decent. Rudy and Batum both appear to be NBA players. But they didn't really do that much to improve our team. Also, those acquisitions don't do anything to give me any sort of faith that KP can get us the veteran help we need for the upcoming season.

-Trading Jarret Jack (who wanted out and needed to be out) for Jerryd Bayless, widely thought by "experts" to be a guy who could've easily gone as high as 4 was, at the VERY least a wash of a move, but WILL be a good move.

The only reason this was a wash was due to Rudy. Otherwise it was a BAD move. We gave up a useful rotation player for a guy that didn't do us any good. If you're a Bayless believer, that's cool. You can believe it will be a good move. But right now there's no evidence that it was.

Your point is not lost, but it seems to me that what we HAVE been doing and NOT DOING for that matter, seems to be working. It's not like you can count that many specific BAD moves that they've done. They've been careful and conservative, which, with a young, developing team, is, in my opinion, the way to go.

I guess the way that I look at it is this, everyone and their dog knows that SOMETHING has to happen, so even if they have to take a stab at the next deadline, it, given the likely economic circumstances and teams ready to dump and run, WILL be at the very worst, as good as the offers we're getting now. I see ZERO point in rushing these decisions.

That's a good way to look at it. I'm just kind of feeling hopeless right now. Free Agency has all but come and gone and we've got nothing to show for it. I feel very much like I did at the trade deadline when we didn't do anything with RLEC. Just kind of resigned to the idea that we're gonna be a 1 and done team.

 

[RickyRubio]

It's amazing how quickly threads spiral out of control anymore...

I just want to say one thing, then I'm done, I think w/ this entire board for awhile...

I started this thread to talk about how people were over-reacting to a minor bump in the Blazers plan and how we still have plenty of options left at our disposal before before we freak out. OBVIOUSLY it was disappointing to not have a better offseason, but one offseason doesn't define a franchise, and it won't make or break this dynasty that we're continuing to build. I've come to the conclusion that some people just WANT to be miserable, angry and frustrated. Fine, be that way. Why make any effort to look at potential positives when it's so easy to blame everyone in charge for things that didn't happen - whether those were in your head, or rumors on the internet. CLEARLY you all have a perfect concept of the options out there and would have ALL made better moves than KP, it's SO OBVIOUS TO ME NOW that you could do a better job than Pritchard!

Jesus. No fucking wonder Oregon has the highest suicide rate in the country.

I feel you man. Ppl here freak the fuck out over this team way too much.