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The Sebastian Express said:
I think we'll see a move made for a more of a banger back up four unless they really think Pendergraph could handle that duty in spot minutes if Outlaw isn't getting it done.
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I think we have Cunningham, Outlaw, Pendergraph, and Oden that can all play the PF spot DEPENDING on the opposing player. I think we are fine. Those are 4 entirely different types of players that can guard against different types of PF's. (Mostly of which will also be back ups) So I think we are just fine for those 12 -14 minutes. Unless of course LMA gets hurt. Then we are hurting.
 
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Minstrel said:
If they lose Odom, I can see it better. Otherwise, remember that they got less out of Bynum than they could have, due to injury. So LA actually does have some upside over last year's performance.

I guess we'll see, but going from first round to WCF is a massive jump. An even larger jump, getting past the defending champions, is probably asking too much.
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True. We're a unique case though. The league really hasn't ever seen this much accumulated young and maturing talent before either. It was good enough last year to give us the the 2nd best point differential in the West. It's not a suicidal leap to think that another year of seasoning and a couple of significant upgrades to arguably our weakest link, pushes us past, even if by the smallest of margins, the Lakers.
 
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Ok. I'm falling for 'Dre.

Rice asked Miller if he was hoping to become a Blazer. "Oh man, you've got to help me out if you can (not knowing who we were, obviously, and the fact that we have zero juice in this department). I really want this. This is the perfect fit for me, and things are looking very good. I can help this team."
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In the below article.
 
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For some reason I think we are going to be much happier with this signing than we would have with Turkaglu. Miller should be great for Oden, and maybe those alley-oops to Rudy will be back even without Sergio.
 
BrianWheeler said:
With that starting 5 I imagine either Batum will have a much improved Shot, or Webster will be healthy and start.
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why? both Martell and Batum are career 37% 3 point shooters. Besides an exaggerated reputation as a shooter, what does Martell bring to the table that Batum doesn't?

STOMP
 
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talman said:
VERY. And pretty telling really--fuels the belief for some that KP overvalues his players.
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Maybe Yuyuza is KP!

IMHO that's a mild raping of Houston. I'll admit that I don't know how long Battier's deal is for so that would factor in.
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exactly!
 
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Miller went to the Nuggets and helped improved the team from 17 to 43 wins.
 
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Crimson the Cat said:
Another thought: Miller and Blake buys them time, and very productive time at that, to find the heir to their PG throne. We now have Bayless, Koponen, and Mills in the cooker. We now have another draft and off-season. Will any of them prove to be worthy of taking the helm? Maybe. Maybe not. But, we got time.

For now, PG is not a concern. Getting a banger or another SF, now that's a different question.
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Yeah, you gotta admit aside from being a Western conference rival Houston looks most prepared to be a trade partner. They have a glut of SF's (Battier, Ariza, Budinger) and PF's (Scola, Landry, Hayes, Dorsey). They need a SG or a C.

I seriously don't see another team out there that has so much of what we need (Backup PF or SF). We could do two seperate deals (Wallace and a PF) but that would be harder now that we don't have cap. What we do have is tons of trade assets. Especially if we get a PF/C or excellent backup PF in return.
 
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Idog1976 said:
Yeah, you gotta admit aside from being a Western conference rival Houston looks most prepared to be a trade partner. They have a glut of SF's (Battier, Ariza, Budinger) and PF's (Scola, Landry, Hayes, Dorsey). They need a SG or a C.

I seriously don't see another team out there that has so much of what we need (Backup PF or SF). We could do two seperate deals (Wallace and a PF) but that would be harder now that we don't have cap. What we do have is tons of trade assets. Especially if we get a PF/C or excellent backup PF in return.
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so what kind of trade are you suggesting? :ghoti:
 
Re: BREAKING NEWS: Blazers to Sign Andre Miller

Miller went to the 76ers mid-season. They went from starting the season at 5 and 19 to going 30 and 28 the rest of the way.
 
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From Iguodala's twitter:

Practice is over and I got the worst news of the day... Dre Miller signed with portland...ruined my day...what the @#!¤?
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Minstrel said:
If they lose Odom, I can see it better. Otherwise, remember that they got less out of Bynum than they could have, due to injury. So LA actually does have some upside over last year's performance.
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Kobe will be 31 next season and Fisher will be 35... there may be some downside as well.
I guess we'll see, but going from first round to WCF is a massive jump. An even larger jump, getting past the defending champions, is probably asking too much.
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often the team that wins the championship isn't necessarily the best team but the best team that navigates it's way through the injury minefield. Adding Miller (who was my favorite FA this summer) along with the internal improvements I expect to see, and I don't see a finals appearance as that far fetched. I think they should be one of the top 4 teams in the West (w/Denver, San Anton & Smogville)

STOMP
 
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This will sound a bit crazy, but I could see Portland starting the game with Blake, bringing Miller off the bench with the second unit, and then keeping Miller around in the fourth quarter when the first unit comes back in (Miller still getting the lion's share of the minutes).

I'm curious how Roy would do with another player running point with the ball in his hands. Roy + Blake's 3pt shooting and Miller with the second unit might be a better fit than the other way around.

Who knows....
 
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Uh oh.

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That looks awfully familiar.
 
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STOMP said:
why? both Martell and Batum are career 37% 3 point shooters. Besides an exaggerated reputation as a shooter, what does Martell bring to the table that Batum doesn't?

STOMP
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Martell is a better shooter. You can pull out percentage all you want, but it doesn't account for the entire picture.

Teams don't game plan to dare Martell to shoot, if anything it's the opposite. If teams left Webster wide-open like they left Batum, I promise you his percentage would be higher. It's why we started Rudy over Batum in game 6.
 
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Samuel said:
This will sound a bit crazy, but I could see Portland starting the game with Blake, bringing Miller off the bench with the second unit, and then keeping Miller around in the fourth quarter when the first unit comes back in (Miller still getting the lion's share of the minutes).
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pretty safe assumption that he is here to start.
 
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Congrats, nice signing. :O
 
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STOMP said:
why? both Martell and Batum are career 37% 3 point shooters. Besides an exaggerated reputation as a shooter, what does Martell bring to the table that Batum doesn't?

STOMP
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a fatter contract =[
 
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