Courtside Tonight!

[RoyToy]

I miss who said it

But a player said he saw Felton 2 weeks ago and that he looks great. "Very fast".

Now Mike Rice is saying the Blazers should put Wallace on the trade block to let Nicolas play

Seriously, Mike Rice is fired up right now.

 

[illmatic99]

CJ was the one who said it.

Rice's plan to get rid of Gerald hinges on BRoy's knees. It's ridiculous.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I miss who said it

But a player said he saw Felton 2 weeks ago and that he looks great. "Very fast".

Now Mike Rice is saying the Blazers should put Wallace on the trade block to let Nicolas play

Seriously, Mike Rice is fired up right now.

I agree. We don't have many young player on this team (core) and if you have to choose between a 23 y/o and a 30 y/o, it's an easy choice.

 

[Pinwheel1]

CJ was the one who said it.

Rice's plan to get rid of Gerald hinges on BRoy's knees. It's ridiculous.

Yeah that was pretty stupid. I assume that was Rice being Rice. He will change his mind in 10 minutes.

 

[THE HCP]

After I take a dump........ I'm going to call Rice on the show and get him in trouble again!

 

[illmatic99]

Chad on that FA that he was alluding to earlier:

-big man, experienced, "been through a couple of wars"
-confident we'll get him
-have him sooner rather than later

Most likely Joel.

 

[RoyToy]

Yup, sounds like it

He'll sign for the minimum and play 15-20 min a night. Camby can't handle 30+ minutes every night.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Chuck Hayes maybe?

He has 26 playoff games under his belt.

 

[RoyToy]

I don't think Chad would say he's confident they could get Hayes.

Joel on the other hand, easy.

 

[Carlito]

Carl Landry IMO

 

[illmatic99]

So once we do sign this FA for the mini-MLE (like Chad mentioned in the PC in the afternoon), there's no point to waiving Roy, right (outside of simply helping PA's wallet)?

 

[Sinobas]

I think we should trade Wallace for a guy like Carl Landry.

 

[MickZagger]

I think we should trade Wallace for a guy like Carl Landry.

Fuck no.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I think we should trade Wallace for a guy like Carl Landry.

I'm thinking as apart of a bigger package (with Felton and others) for a PG.

 

[RR7]

I think we should trade Wallace for a guy like Carl Landry.

That sounds like a terrible idea.

 

[RR7]

I'm thinking as apart of a bigger package (with Felton and others) for a PG.

I'm ok with moving him. Would be curious about that package you mention, as it's a good 16-17 million in salary between those two. And, expiring, but not a rebuilding package for a team. So might be difficult to find the right match.
Wallace, Felton and extras for Rondo and O'Neal?

 

[tlongII]

If we get Joel we don't need anything. We've got all the pieces we need.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I'm ok with moving him. Would be curious about that package you mention, as it's a good 16-17 million in salary between those two. And, expiring, but not a rebuilding package for a team. So might be difficult to find the right match.
Wallace, Felton and extras for Rondo and O'Neal?

Bingo. Though, we'd obviously have to add in another asset to get Bostons attention. But this is the type of move we should make.

 

[Nikolokolus]

If we get Joel we don't need anything. We've got all the pieces we need.

... to build a helluva Frankenstein's monster (certainly enough surgical scars to go around).

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

If we get Joel we don't need anything. We've got all the pieces we need.

I hope you mean this Joel:

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Joel, Camby and Oden . . . I would think, combined, they should be able to play at least half the minutes at the center spot this season, given it is a shorten season and all.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

What about Chris Johnson?

 

[Blaze01]

If we get Joel we don't need anything. We've got all the pieces we need.

That was a good one, I almost fell out of my chair when I read that...

wait....

You weren't serious? Were you?

 

[tlongII]

I'm absolutely serious. I see what the Blazers are doing. They're building a team with extensive depth at every position with the possible exception of PG. Of course everything will depend on how our health holds up, but I like what I see. This team should be able to excel at the back to back to back scenarios expected this season.

 

[THE HCP]

The thing that has kinda' bugged me is I think we could have gotten more in return for Bayless,Martell and Rudy. We went from 2 solid 5 player units to what seems to be a pretty thin bench.

 

[Pinwheel1]

The thing that has kinda' bugged me is I think we could have gotten more in return for Bayless, Martell and Rudy. We went from 2 solid 5 player units to what seems to be a pretty thin bench.

Yeah but even on this current team all three of those guys would be 3rd string. Bayless maybe being the exception depending how Smith turns out. But they were not happy about playing time 2 years ago. It would be worse now.