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please please please merge this with one of the other 20+ Hinrich threads we already have.
 
Crimson the Cat said:
he thinks he'll be dealt to the Blazers. I'll getcha a link soon.
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Well, I guess he would help. I wonder how Blake and Bayless feel about this (if it happens). Who gets the backup scraps?
 
What an expensive worthless player for us to have. I really doubt KP is that stupid.
 
If we end up with him, I'd hope it would be a temporary situation and he'll be soon shipped off.
 
He is a minor upgrade over Blake, but any upgrade is a good thing in my book.
 
Reep said:
Well, I guess he would help. I wonder how Blake and Bayless feel about this (if it happens). Who gets the backup scraps?
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Maybe neither. What if we still found a way to get Rubio, Curry, or Flynn. I'd be down with Lawson in place of Bayless to be honest.
 
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Yea but you know Hinrich has to not be happy that Rose was brought in. Hinrich could start on a lot of teams. Where any of our PG might be a good backup for them.
 
BLAZER PROPHET said:
What an expensive worthless player for us to have. I really doubt KP is that stupid.
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You calling him worthless is laughable. The dude is the Przybilla of point guards. Tough as nails and downright one of the best defending guards in the league.
 
BLAZER PROPHET said:
What an expensive worthless player for us to have. I really doubt KP is that stupid.
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People undervalue how good a player Hinrich is. What impresses me the most about him isn't his offense it's his defense. He is almost always assigned the other teams best perimeter player. He has a very high BBIQ and a good shooter. I would be very happy if he's our upgrade. If this happens I want to see Blake shipped out so that Bayless gets the back up minutes. The only thing Hinrich doesn't do a great job of is driving into the lane so Bayless could give us that off the bench.
 
I've been on the Hinrich bandwagon for a long time now. I think he'd be a good fit on this team, and would help a lot on the defensive end, which is where I think the team needs the most help. I hope this pans out.
 
So does this mean Blake is a goner? And we still have Sergio and Jerryd... although we expect Sergio to be gone, he's still on the roster.
 
If Hinrich is the guy to replace Blake, the one thing I like about him is that he can play off the ball as well as he can play on the ball. So in that respect he'd be a very complimentary backcourt mate for B-Roy, since Brandon is a playmaker in so many of our sets. Hinrich can keep the floor spread.

And if he's as good on defense as people are saying he is, we'd have a nice upgrade. Although I'm not sure he's worth the money he's making.

-Pop
 
For a starting PG in the NBA, I don't think Hinrich makes that much... $8-9 million seems about right for your starter. Blake has been a real cheap option for us.
 
I like what he brings to the table in terms of his defense and his offense might turn around with some actual low post threats to get him open looks. We would have killed for Hinrich a few years ago, maybe he just needs a change of scenery.
 
I don't like this very much at all. I think KP should rather sit tight and wait for July 1st and go for Miller or Sessiosn. Both know how to run a team much better than Kirk.
 
Not only is he as good if not better than Blake on offense I would pay for extra salary purely based on the fact that he will save at least 1-2 fouls a game on our bigs. There is no equation that will factor that but its as important as any reason to want Kirk.
 
AmirIcon said:
I don't like this very much at all. I think KP should rather sit tight and wait for July 1st and go for Miller or Sessiosn. Both know how to run a team much better than Kirk.
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Kirk isn't going to be running the team. Brandon is.
 
I really like Hinrich. I'd be psyched if we got him.

That said, I'm not sure what he thinks is that valuable of information. Often times players have just as little information as fans do. I'd be more inclined to think this was substantial if it were something like "Hinrich's agent tells him to be prepared for a move to Portland." But this story is just some friend of Hinrich's telling someone that Hinrich told him he thinks he'll be dealt to Portland. I'm not gonna get my hopes up.
 
He's way too expensive for my liking, at least in accordance to what he brings.
 
Having a PG who can actually contain the guy he's guarding will subtract out a foul every night for Greg Oden. And the guy shot 41% from three last year, so at the bare minimum he replaces everything Blake gives you on offense.

It's not the world-beating upgrade I'm hoping for, but it's certainly acceptable. It takes our biggest weakness and makes it a neutral.
 
AmirIcon said:
I don't like this very much at all. I think KP should rather sit tight and wait for July 1st and go for Miller or Sessiosn. Both know how to run a team much better than Kirk.
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Miller is too old and with the Bucks trade Sessions is probably out of play.

Hinrich is most likely the best available option for a point guard upgrade. I don't see much else out there. He has had playoff success. He is a far better defender then Blake. His contract goes down in amount instead of up in each year. No real downside, as long as Portland doesn't have to give up a whole lot for him.

That of course is why the trade won't happen. KP won't want to get rid of valuable players like Blake and Outlaw to get Capt. Kirk.
 
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