Orion, he did have a plan B. His plan was for 3 years to have all his big contracts expire the same year so he could rebuild if Aldridge left or bring everyone back if he stayed. You can't plan it any more thoroughly then that.
It would be just like Blake Griffin being traded 4 months ago.
The Clippers weren't even in the playoffs at the time of the trade. Not even close to the same thing. The Blazers were likely going to be the 2nd seed with no clear favorite in the West.
No, but I followed his history for the first 7-8 years of his career to have a good feel of his character. It's not rocket science.
All GM’s job status goes back to how wel they guessed things would pan out and how well they planned those things. No it’s not fair, but we blame Presti for not foreseeing that Harden would be an MVP candidate someday, and choosing Ibaka over him. We will Blame Presti for the moves he made last summer that didn’t pan out. Just like we bash NO in hindsight for moves that didn’t pan out, and praise him for the ones that did. In this case the situation with Aldridge didn’t pan out, so we can criticize Aldridge, and NO for it. When the Blazers traded for Afflalo a lot of national people thought it was a good trade, in hindsight it was t, GM’s get judged by results that’s the way it is.
That’s funny because I feel the same way about your responses
I need to school you one way or another.
I do, and I probably could. All the schools in Parkrose are now completely surrounded by chain link (pisses me off--back when I was a kid, we spent all summer hooping at the schools...), but that one's outside my district, so maybe it's still available to the public.Hey man, you live near Jason Lee elementary don't you? Any chance you might be able to swing by and see if they still have covered courts?
This post sums up how I feel about this thread. It's kind of a fun discussion at this point, except all the weird insults and oddly personal stuff... The good news for the Blazers is it seems like their fans are passionate since we're here talking about them a month after they got knocked out of the playoffs. (has it been a month?).
Hey man, you live near Jason Lee elementary don't you? Any chance you might be able to swing by and see if they still have covered courts?
But only one of us spends all day feeling he has to defend any post that even remotely criticizes Olshey, and bitches and moans about the forum member who posted itbut only one of us spends all day bitching and moaning about Olshey and pretty much all things Blazers.
I respect most opinions... what I don’t respect is people who think Blazers fans deserve less, and don’t think anyone should be held accountable for the complete and utter failure of getting swept in the 1st round of the playoffs. I don’t have all of the answers, but I believe in accountability in life. The Blazers failed because someone didn’t do their job, so someone needs to take the fall to show fans the that they deserve better... I don’t respect some Neil Olshey fanboy making excuses for everything...
Map updated...when? Things change, you know.
I'll just pipe in to say that there were several posters here who argued strongly that Aldridge should be traded before that potentially special season, because of innuendo and in some cases inside knowledge that he wanted out and was not going to re-sign here.
