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I sure wish people would talk about this more. Because obviously we haven't talked about it enough.
 
I agree. Exactly why I'm bringing it up.

I wanted KD. So did LMA. And the Born Supremacy.
 
I'm just shocked that Pritchard is even getting any kind of interest from Orlando for their GM spot.

Welcome to my nightmare.
 
Somebody find the link to the draft day thread from BFF. WOuld love to see how many people were unhappy about us drafting Greg. Bet there weren't many.
 
HCP said:
Somebody find the link to the draft day thread from BFF. WOuld love to see how many people were unhappy about us drafting Greg. Bet there weren't many.
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It's true. But I always wanted Durant.

2 years ago I sold my Durant Blazers jersey for a G.
 
It's pretty bad but I can't imagine what Seattle fans are going through.

They didn't just lose their team -- they lost a potential dynasty.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
It's pretty bad but I can't imagine what Seattle fans are going through.

They didn't just lose their team -- they lost a potential dynasty.
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I can't imagine the rage that will happen if ever Clay Bennett gets to lift the Larry Obrien.
 
HCP said:
Somebody find the link to the draft day thread from BFF. WOuld love to see how many people were unhappy about us drafting Greg. Bet there weren't many.
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There were zero. I was on that thread, and was all Oden.
 
There wasn't a GM in the league that would not have taken Oden with the #1 pick. Fact. If the ping-pong balls floated the other way, Seattle would have picked Oden. Hindsight is 20/15 in this case, but blaming KP, PA, or anyone in the Blazer Organization for what happened is ridiculous.
 
Anyone that says they would have taken Durant #1 at that time is a dirty liar. That draft was the Oden draft through and through.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
It's pretty bad but I can't imagine what Seattle fans are going through.

They didn't just lose their team -- they lost a potential dynasty.
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My brother is in Seattle and used to split season tickets for the Sonics. I was at his house with the family over Memorial Day, and he literally refused to put on Game 1 of the OKC/San Antonio series. He stopped following the NBA.
 
I loved the Oden pick and, unless there was evidence that he had serious and chronic injury risk moving forward, I think it was a good pick. He was the best player at a position of scarcity and he was the best prospect.

It didn't work out, of course, but that doesn't mean it was a bad pick.

Ed O.
 
ironcrotch said:
Anyone that says they would have taken Durant #1 at that time is a dirty liar. That draft was the Oden draft through and through.
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I'd say it was about 97% Oden. I knew a few people who wanted Durant. They weren't huge Portland fans, so I thought they were haters, but those same peeps are total Portland fans now, so I think they were legit.

BRoy+LA+KD = Wage+LBJ+Bosh?????

Perhaps, and Roy would still be playing.
 
ironcrotch said:
Anyone that says they would have taken Durant #1 at that time is a dirty liar. That draft was the Oden draft through and through.
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FYI, so serious that I had the jersey. Even picked up the gain on my tax return.
 
We tried to get Durant to sign his Blazer jersey when we were there a couple seasons ago. He flat out smiled and said, "Nope. All you had to do was draft me."
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
FYI, so serious that I had the jersey. Even picked up the gain on my tax return.
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I'm not sure why you were not considered for the GM position. Your talent evaluation is obviously stellar.
 
^OHHHHHH SNAP! The Rookie is calling you out!
 
donkiez said:
I'm not sure why you were not considered for the GM position. Your talent evaluation is obviously stellar.
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No. Other than the Oden-KD draft, I've been slightly better than our guys, which still leaves me in "terrible" territory.
 
Blazers would be akin to the Knicks

Felton<Lin/Davis/Bibby
Mathews>Fields
Durant/Batum>Melo/Novak
Aldridge=Amare
Camby or Pryz<Chandler
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
I'd say it was about 97% Oden. I knew a few people who wanted Durant. They weren't huge Portland fans, so I thought they were haters, but those same peeps are total Portland fans now, so I think they were legit.
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Only Blazer fan I know that was advocating for Durant was a University of Texas grad I worked with. I found this blog kind of interesting. I think his analysis at the time was right on and pretty consistent with conventional wisdom at the time. We will never really know what Oden could have been. It really doesn't make much sense to keep rehashing it. Injuries decimated the ability to even compare the two.
 
Zybot said:
Only Blazer fan I know that was advocating for Durant was a University of Texas grad I worked with. I found this blog kind of interesting. I think his analysis at the time was right on and pretty consistent with conventional wisdom at the time. We will never really know what Oden could have been. It really doesn't make much sense to keep rehashing it. Injuries decimated the ability to even compare the two.
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Ben Golliver was all over Durant like white on Rice, I still remember his 'draftkevindurant' blog and all of the crap he took for it.
 
I think Oden will still prove he was a better selection than Durant
 
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