D. Aldridge re who had the most productive offseason

[BBert]

http://www.nba.com/2013/news/featur...ffseason-grades-2013-the-middle-10/index.html

No. 18 -- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

2012-13 RECORD: 33-49, fourth place, Northwest Division; did not make playoffs.

ADDED: C Robin Lopez (acquired from New Orleans); F Thomas Robinson (acquired via trade from Houston); G Earl Watson (one year, $884,000); F Dorell Wright (two years, $6.1 million); G C.J. McCollum (first-round pick, 10th overall); G Allen Crabbe (second-round pick, 31st overall)

LOST: F/C J.J. Hickson (signed with Denver); G Eric Maynor (signed with Washington); G Ronnie Price (signed with Orlando); C Jeff Withey (Draft rights traded to New Orleans).

RETAINED: None.

 

[BBert]

And this:

THE KEY MAN: Head Athletic Trainer Chris Stackpole. The Blazers hired the 26-year-old in June to replace longtime Head AT Jay Jensen. Rightly or wrongly, Jensen was heavily criticized in Portland after the team's investments in both Greg Oden and Brandon Roy went sour because of injuries. (Full disclosure: Jensen was never anything but accommodating with me over the years as he explained, over and over, how many different avenues and areas the team explored to try and heal both Oden and Roy. I liked Jensen, and I still do.) So, rightly or wrongly, Stackpole, who is highly regarded as an up and comer in his business by many, will have to fight history and perception as he puts his own best practices into place to keep the Blazers healthy and strong.

THE SKINNY: Portland had to address its gaping hole at center, and plugged in Lopez as a short-term solution. If the Blazers are going to keep Cousin LaMarcus happy, though, they have to have a long-term answer at that position, where they tried and failed to get Roy Hibbert last summer. Until then, the Blazers will get buckets from their three-guard rotation of Damian Lillard, McCollum and Wes Matthews. They also are hoping they improved the league's worst bench last season with the additions of Wright, Robinson and rookie Crabbe, who was a solid value pick early in the second round.

 

[e_blazer]

I'm not sure how the Spurs replacing Gary Neal and DeJuan Blair with Marco Belinelli and Jeff Pendergraph ends up being seen as a positive move that rates 4 positions higher than the Blazers' moves.

 

[jlprk]

So we rank 18th in off-season moves. David Aldridge says his friend Jay Jensen was "heavily criticized," but he was very lightly criticized, if even that.

 

[Draco]

I'm not sure how the Spurs replacing Gary Neal and DeJuan Blair with Marco Belinelli and Jeff Pendergraph ends up being seen as a positive move that rates 4 positions higher than the Blazers' moves.

Its the Spurs, at this point anything they do is smart and if it doesn't look that way we don't understand it.

 

[BBert]

So we rank 18th in off-season moves. David Aldridge says his friend Jay Jensen was "heavily criticized," but he was very lightly criticized, if even that.

He defends Jensen, and yet states the 'key' to our off season was replacing Jensen with a medical professional who isn't a dynosaur.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

We can look at the bright side, Blazers finished 1 spot ahead of Lakers and 2 spots ahead of Denver for off season moves.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

So if I would have to assume, he wouldn't rate the Blazers offseason and A like some other NBA analysts.

I agree with David.