Deadline in 20 hours

[KingSpeed]

Deadline in 19 hours

If all our players are dressing tonight, all our deals are probably dead. Disappointing but not so horrible. As currently constructed, we're the hottest team in the NBA and 5th in the West.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Are you going to do this every hour?

 

[B-Roy]

I think Kevin Martin last year was traded during the middle of a game. They pulled him immediately.

 

[KingSpeed]

I think Kevin Martin last year was traded during the middle of a game. They pulled him immediately.

Wow. I don't remember that.

 

[andalusian]

Are you going to do this every hour?

Only in the double digits. When we are under 10 hours - the pace would increase to every 15 minutes.

 

[THE HCP]

Why would them dressing have anything to do with them being traded? Couldn't they make a trade after the game or tomorrow!

 

[andalusian]

Why would them dressing have anything to do with them being traded?

He is hoping that after then next CBA all trades will be announced in press conferences where the new acquired players are nekkid.

 

[KingSpeed]

Why would them dressing have anything to do with them being traded? Couldn't they make a trade after the game or tomorrow!

Well maybe they'd dress, but if a trade was definitely imminent, they would hold out the guys involved. Why would those guys play hard for us if they know they're gone? I hate that we're doing this when we're hot and playing the Lakers.

 

[hasoos]

You mean 20 hours until all the Blazer fans find out the Wallace deal is dead?

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Well maybe they'd dress, but if a trade was definitely imminent, they would hold out the guys involved. Why would those guys play hard for us if they know they're gone? I hate that we're doing this when we're hot and playing the Lakers.

How would they know they're gone before a deal happens? This doesn't really make sense..

 

[KingSpeed]

How would they know they're gone before a deal happens? This doesn't really make sense..

They know. They work there. They're a little more in the know than us. They've read what we've read and they asked questions.

 

[HailBlazers]

Przybilla is gonna come back to us in the long run anyway!

 

[KingSpeed]

Posted in other thread:

Jason Quick on 95.5-FM: "There's been a lot of uneasy clients here.... Marcus Camby wants to know what's going on."

See? They're asking. What a mess. We beat Lakers then make big trade? Ugh. Wrong night for trade. Sucks.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Of course they're asking.. doesn't mean they are being told.

 

[maxiep]

If all our players are dressing tonight, all our deals are probably dead. Disappointing but not so horrible. As currently constructed, we're the hottest team in the NBA and 5th in the West.

So, if any of our players come out naked, they're being traded?

 

[Run BJM]

Given that the west just got a lot weaker I would think Cho is seriously re-thinking a blow up and rebuild. The west is turning into the east of the last decade. Two old contenders at the top and one or two other good teams and the rest are pretty much just bye weeks destined to be swept in the first round of the playoffs.

Whatever shitty west team plays their cards right over the next two years is going to run things out west while the newly formed eastern powers beat the piss out of one another.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

So, if any of our players come out naked, they're being traded?

My wife would love that! Considering Joel and Rudy are involved in trade rumors.

 

[Minstrel]

See? They're asking. What a mess.

This is clearly some of the greatest adversity they've faced in their young lives. Hopefully this ordeal will make them mentally tougher so that they can draw on that to win a game 7 in the Finals.

 

[MickZagger]

My wife would love that! Considering Joel and Rudy are involved in trade rumors.

Swingers these days.

 

[craigehlo]

Whatever shitty west team plays their cards right over the next two years is going to run things out west while the newly formed eastern powers beat the piss out of one another.

Two compete two years from now, you need a PG that's not in the AARP. I'm not convinced the scouts for the organization are any good at evaluating PGs from their decisions in the draft the last few years. I really would like to see the team offer a reasonable trade for a legit, young PG so we can start the process of contending now and two years down the line.

The Blazers are taking the "wait and see" approach all the way to another unceremonious kick to the balls in the playoffs.

 

[B-Roy]

Two compete two years from now, you need a PG that's not in the AARP. I'm not convinced the scouts for the organization are any good at evaluating PGs from their decisions in the draft the last few years. I really would like to see the team offer a reasonable trade for a legit, young PG so we can start the process of contending now and two years down the line.

The Blazers are taking the "wait and see" approach all the way to another unceremonious kick to the balls in the playoffs.

I don't see how the Blazers are getting Mr. "Legit young PG" without moving someone like Matthews or Batum....possibly more.

 

[craigehlo]

I don't see how the Blazers are getting Mr. "Legit young PG" without moving someone like Matthews or Batum....possibly more.

Then move one of them. Trying to lowball every team as the deadline approaches isn't working. When we are bounced in the 1st round we can all think back to the missed opportunities as we let these assets expire.

 

[KingSpeed]

The need for a top PG is overrated. Fisher won the last two titles. Rondo wasn't a top PG when Cs won.

Also, Miller has taken good care of himself and is not your typical "old PG.". He'll play till he's 40.

 

[craigehlo]

The need for a top PG is overrated. Fisher won the last two titles. Rondo wasn't a top PG when Cs won.

Also, Miller has taken good care of himself and is not your typical "old PG.". He'll play till he's 40.

Let's not forget how his PG skills were against the Suns last playoffs. There's a reason he's never been out of the 1st round in his entire career.

 

[Minstrel]

Let's not forget how his PG skills were against the Suns last playoffs.

Yeah, he dominated them in Game 1 and then forced them to change the focus of their entire team defense to stop him. It's a shame Portland had no one capable of exploiting their single-minded focus on Miller.

There's a reason he's never been out of the 1st round in his entire career.

Yes, there is. Basketball is a team game and Miller has never had a particularly talented supporting cast in the playoffs. The Blazers with a literally hobbled Roy (~5 PER [literally!] in the playoffs) and an injured Batum were not particularly good.

Miller isn't and has never been a superstar. He's a very good point guard. If your standard for point guard play is "single-handedly win playoff series for us or GTFO" I think you're unlikely to see the Blazers find an acceptable point guard within your Blazers-rooting lifetime.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

DEADLINE IN 17hrs!

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[craigehlo]

Yeah, he dominated them in Game 1 and then forced them to change the focus of their entire team defense to stop him. It's a shame Portland had no one capable of exploiting their single-minded focus on Miller.

If "their entire team defense" is Grant Hill 1-on-1, then I agree. Hill shut him down. Not double teams.

 

[KingSpeed]

If "their entire team defense" is Grant Hill 1-on-1, then I agree. Hill shut him down. Not double teams.

But since Hill moved to defending Miller, shouldn't someone (Batum? Roy?) have been lighting up Nash for the rest of the series??

 

[Minstrel]

If "their entire team defense" is Grant Hill 1-on-1, then I agree. Hill shut him down. Not double teams.

I'm afraid not. Not only did they put Hill, easily their best defender on him, they also continually rolled help defenders in his direction to get the ball out of his hands and disrupt his passing lanes. No perimeter player gets hard double teams because putting two defenders out on the perimeter compromises a defense too much...even Michael Jordan didn't have two guys on him out on the wing. If you think that lack of double-teams on the wing means that the team defense hasn't changed, I think you're confused about how team defense works.

Only post players get hard doubles, because the second defender is still close enough to the basket to be involved in the play. Perimeter players get one defender out on the wing and then, if the defense wants to focus attention on them, they'll get a help defender (or more than one) rolling to them when they make a move towards the basket.

 

[Minstrel]

But since Hill moved to defending Miller, shouldn't someone (Batum? Roy?) have been lighting up Nash for the rest of the series??

Yes. Batum made Nash pay this season when they tried it, because Batum wasn't hurt this year. A healthy Roy would have destroyed Nash utterly. Injuries enabled the Suns to play that strategy successfully. They wouldn't even have attempted it had the Blazers had a prime, healthy Roy and Batum.