ESPN Article on Portland "rapid rebuild"

[Natebishop3]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15316064/trail-blazers-streamline-fly-renovations

"I'm not surprised by how guys have performed on an indpividual basis -- I'm not," Trail Blazers president of basketball operations Neil Olshey says. "What I'm surprised about is how quickly [head coach Terry Stotts] and the staff was able to make it all jell into a winning product. I didn't know how quickly this group could bond, and a lot of that is a testament to Damian's leadership."

 

[B-Roy]

"indpividual"

 

[Natebishop3]

"indpividual"

Editors don't exist anymore.

It's copy, paste, and submit!

How did Word not catch that though? Did he write this in notepad?

 

[B-Roy]

Editors don't exist anymore.

It's copy, paste, and submit!

How did Word not catch that though? Did he write this in notepad?

TIL Kevin Arnovitz writes his articles on TextPad.

But other than that, it was a fun little article, but not anything we haven't heard before.

 

[Natebishop3]

TIL Kevin Arnovitz writes his articles on TextPad.

But other than that, it was a fun little article, but not anything we haven't heard before.

Some of the anecdotes were interesting. I especially liked the one about Harkless and Neil's relationship with Orlando.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Even worse than the typo is this glaring error:

"The Trail Blazers pursued Henderson at the deadline last season after Matthews was lost for the season with a ruptured Achilles, but ultimately landed Arron Afflalo."

Wes ruptured his achilles on 05-MAR, two weeks after the trade deadline (19-FEB). They weren't looking for a Wes injury replacement, they were looking for a 6th man.

BNM

 

[e_blazer]

The typo's been corrected now. He must read this board.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Some of the anecdotes were interesting. I especially liked the one about Harkless and Neil's relationship with Orlando.

Yeah, Neil has a great reputation and great relationships with many players, agents and other GMs around the league. He's kind of the anti-Pritchard in this regard. After the whole 2006 draft and the Pritchslapping of BOS, CHI, CHA and MIN in that draft, other GMs saw Pritchard as cocky and arrogant and nobody wanted to be his next victim. He burned bridges faster than he could build them.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

The typo's been corrected now. He must read this board.

We'll see if he corrects the error about the Afflalo trade.

BNM

 

[julius]

Did anyone else find this sentence a little odd?

"The confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers can be found about a dozen miles north of the Moda Center, where a single waterway splits in two"

a single water way splits in two? Um...it's two waterways that converge into one.

 

[e_blazer]

Did anyone else find this sentence a little odd?

"The confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers can be found about a dozen miles north of the Moda Center, where a single waterway splits in two"

a single water way splits in two? Um...it's two waterways that converge into one.

The guy knows more about sports than geography...but then he did get the Henderson deal wrong.

Still, it's a nice positive Blazers piece, so I'm willing to cut him a little slack.

 

[tester551]

Did anyone else find this sentence a little odd?

"The confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers can be found about a dozen miles north of the Moda Center, where a single waterway splits in two"

a single water way splits in two? Um...it's two waterways that converge into one.

Yep. That's a poor analogy.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Did anyone else find this sentence a little odd?

"The confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers can be found about a dozen miles north of the Moda Center, where a single waterway splits in two"

a single water way splits in two? Um...it's two waterways that converge into one.

Yeah, the Willamette is a tributary of the Columbia. He probably looked at google maps and assumed the Willamette flows south. There aren't a lot of major rivers in North America that flow from south to north (the Yellowstone is another).

BNM

 

[Natebishop3]

Did anyone else find this sentence a little odd?

"The confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers can be found about a dozen miles north of the Moda Center, where a single waterway splits in two"

a single water way splits in two? Um...it's two waterways that converge into one.

Yup, I saw that and I had the same thought as BNM. It sounded like he thought the Willamette runs south from the Columbia.

 

[BlazerWookee]

"jell" lol...

 

[illmatic99]

No mention of the Kanter and Monroe potential signings. I kinda have a feeling Neil wanted Plums as a backup regardless of what Aldridge did.

 

[oldmangrouch]

We'll see if he corrects the error about the Afflalo trade.

BNM

Does that mean we would get Barton back?

 

[Schilly]

So what did he get wrong about the Afflalo trade?

 

[Natebishop3]

So what did he get wrong about the Afflalo trade?

He didn't foresee that Wes would rupture his Achilles, or that Afflalo would hurt his shoulder and wouldn't be effective.

Losing Barton sucks, but he needed playing time, and we have a ton of wings. We were also trying to make a playoff push. He and TRob were so raw and inconsistent at that point. Now Barton was a 6th man contender, and TRob was playing very well at the end of the season. Looking back, this will probably be a trade that we regret, but this is a perfect example of "hindsight is 20/20."

Edit - oh, I thought you were talking about Neil

 

[Boob-No-More]

So what did he get wrong about the Afflalo trade?

He said Henderson (and Afflalo) were pursued at the deadline AFTER the Wesley Matthews injury:

"The Trail Blazers pursued Henderson at the deadline last season after Matthews was lost for the season with a ruptured Achilles, but ultimately landed Arron Afflalo."

Wes wasn't injured until two weeks after the deadline.

BNM

 

[julius]

Yeah, the Willamette is a tributary of the Columbia. He probably looked at google maps and assumed the Willamette flows south. There aren't a lot of major rivers in North America that flow from south to north (the Yellowstone is another).

BNM

Yeah, but he mentions how the Columbia flows west to the ocean. It just seems like he had no idea what he was saying.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Does that mean we would get Barton back?

Only if we can also undue the the Andre Miller and Kenneth Faried for Fat Ass Felton and Nolan Smith trade.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

Yeah, but he mentions how the Columbia flows west to the ocean. It just seems like he had no idea what he was saying.

Right, it's like he thinks the Columbia splits and half of it flows south and the other half west. Again he was probably just looking at a 2D map and made an assumption that doesn't make sense in the real world.

BNM

 

[oldmangrouch]

Right, it's like he thinks the Columbia splits and half of it flows south and the other half west. Again he was probably just looking at a 2D map and made an assumption that doesn't make sense in the real world.

BNM

Sounds like he is in the wrong profession. He would be better suited to politics.

 

[jlprk]

This thread is about Oregon rivers? Read the last paragraph of this post from 27 days ago.

http://www.sportstwo.com/posts/3860215/

 

[BigGameDamian]

Does that mean we would get Barton back?

Hope not! Stop going after average players. The Blazers need to make a big splash this summer and Barton is not a big splash.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Nice article. I didn't realize we're the youngest team in the playoffs.

 

[Natebishop3]

Nice article. I didn't realize we're the youngest team in the playoffs.

We were... and then people remembered that Kaman is on our team, and Kaman is over 75 years old.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

We were... and then people remembered that Kaman is on our team, and Kaman is over 75 years old.

Duncan, Parker and Manu have a combined age of 314yrs.

 

[Natebishop3]

Duncan, Parker and Manu have a combined age of 314yrs.

Sure, but they're not on our team