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Albeit a minor one.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/02/calm_waters_or_a_ripple_should.html

I have never been more convinced than today that yes, the Blazers should make a trade.
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But this team could be greatly enhanced by a minor deal that improves the team's defense, toughness and savvy, which only a veteran can bring. Something along the lines of, I don't know ... Channing Frye for San Antonio's Kurt Thomas? What about Sergio Rodriguez for the Spurs' Ime Udoka? Travis Outlaw and Frye for Houston's Shane Battier? (OK, Battier's contract is brutal, but then again, so is Outlaw's defense).
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I still think we need a larger impact player or we are just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
 
I like the fact that Quick is starting to question Nate's decisions about switching.

Nice quality digs by the way.
 
Q: Where's Jason Quick?

A: He's out walking his pet rat.

Is it not bad enough Quick doesn't understand pro sports or pro athletes, that he has to write crap.
 
funny thing is outlaw hasn't been that bad defensively and has one of the best PERs in the league for a backup AS A PF. that probably reflects the matchup problems he creates for other teams when we go small.

his numbers only suck as a SF.
 
When trade requests are coming from one of the biggest "rah rah" beat reporters I've ever read there might just be something to it.

I fully agree with Quick.
 
Quick said:
McMillan coiled up like a sea urchin.
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Uh, sea urchins are spherical, and spiny. They don't coil up.
I'd expect better marine biology from the Blazer beat reporter!

barfo
 
But besides the sea urchin thing, I have to say I like the new, take no shit Quick. I like him calling out Nate when Nate says completely stupid stuff. Which is disturbingly often.

barfo
 
crowTrobot said:
funny thing is outlaw hasn't been that bad defensively and has one of the best PERs in the league for a backup AS A PF. that probably reflects the matchup problems he creates for other teams when we go small.

his numbers only suck as a SF.
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Unfortunately, he plays about 2/3 of his time at SF (38% of the team's total SF minutes--compared w/16% of the team's minutes at PF).
 
barfo said:
But besides the sea urchin thing, I have to say I like the new, take no shit Quick. I like him calling out Nate when Nate says completely stupid stuff. Which is disturbingly often.

barfo
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I've been pretty slow to play the blame game with Nate, but after reading that article I'm seriously starting to wonder if KP and Nate are having trouble seeing the forest for the trees. I don't think blowing the bitch up is the answer, but this youth movement thing has gotten out of control; this team needs a Battier-like player in the worst way.

Part of the problem I see is that maybe KP has tasked Nate with a nearly impossible job; that of simultaneously developing 4 rookies, and 12 players 25 and younger. and the 3 that are old enough to know what to do on their own, are either hanging out on a farm in Iowa or don't posses the personality type or high enough level of game to get in the grill of their teammates and have credibility to do it.

Battier, Posey, Udoka ... somebody who's made a career playing smart tough D ... anybody.
 
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Dikembe Mutombo is a Free Agent.

Jus' sayin'
 
Sergio for Ime? That doesn't excite me much.

Frye for Kurt Thomas? Sure, why not? I don't know if the Spurs would do it or not.
 
Tince said:
Sergio for Ime? That doesn't excite me much.

Frye for Kurt Thomas? Sure, why not? I don't know if the Spurs would do it or not.
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Maybe. They kind of need an injection of youth...and humor.
 
B-Roy said:
Maybe. They kind of need an injection of youth...and humor.
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Haha, ain't that the truth!

I really wish Frye was better because he sure seems like a great guy. I thought he was going to be able to give us 16 solid minutes a game this season, instead he's only given us 16 solid minutes for the season.
 
You know who the Blazers need to trade for???? TONY FUCKING ROBBINS!
 
Well, it's obvious that our defense continues to be lacking and I agree with Quick. I wouldn't mind a minor trade to bring in a veteran who's been through the wars, and able to teach the young guys something.
Right now, our NBA basketball IQ is pretty low since everyone is young and doesn't know the NBA game yet. And it's possible that Nate isn't as bad of a defensive coach that people think. He just doesn't have defensive-minded players on the roster.
Bringing back Ime doesn't really excite me, since he hasn't really been through the wars that much. Shane Battier? I'd jump on that if we could get him for cheap.
 
I'll trade Sergio for Shaun Livingston from Miami. Since Livingston already tried out for us I am willing to give this a shot. Sergio is horrible on defense.
 
Nate Dogg said:
I'll trade Sergio for Shaun Livingston from Miami. Since Livingston already tried out for us I am willing to give this a shot. Sergio is horrible on defense.
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Really? Sergio has a lot more worth than Livingston right now.. Livingston probably won't stick with Miami next year, when you can sign him in the offseason if you want to. And if we get him now, I don't see him making that big of a difference.
 
Kurt Thomas and Udoka are his suggestion for veteran leadership. Really? I am sorry but he lost me at that point. Does he really think the young guys will stop and listen to them over.......anyone? Did Jones really make a difference when they slumpled in the second half. No doubt he was a help but come on give me better examples. He is grasping at straws here.
 
it s shocking that not many realize how bad we need a trade. quick gets killed like i do cause the homers dont wanna hear the truth. they enjoy hearing mike barrett tell us how hot the other team is EVERY NIGHT. If you dont realize by now that outlaw and sergio are killing us...then you just dont know basketball.

quick is right on the $$$$ with both article. the good news is....kp knows it and i think realizes we arent making the playoffs with the current roster. i said this in november. you can see outlaw would never in 1000 years be on a title contender. you can see sergio is just a 3rd string nba pg who cant shoot, cant defend and dribbles too much. back in the day damon was killed on here for dribbling too much...how come sergio gets a pass?
 
MIXUM said:
it s shocking that not many realize how bad we need a trade. quick gets killed like i do cause the homers dont wanna hear the truth. they enjoy hearing mike barrett tell us how hot the other team is EVERY NIGHT. If you dont realize by now that outlaw and sergio are killing us...then you just dont know basketball.

quick is right on the $$$$ with both article. the good news is....kp knows it and i think realizes we arent making the playoffs with the current roster. i said this in november. you can see outlaw would never in 1000 years be on a title contender. you can see sergio is just a 3rd string nba pg who cant shoot, cant defend and dribbles too much. back in the day damon was killed on here for dribbling too much...how come sergio gets a pass?
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MIXUM, if you would only tone down the out of control hyperbole and over the top negativity you might actually have something to say that isn't going to immediately put everyone here off their lunch. Some of us do agree that some modest changes probably need to be made to the roster to balance it out a little bit, but the way you rant and rave makes it hard to do anything but respond negatively.
 
its like a Fire & Brimestone Firebrand preachers....doom & gloom no hope get saved now or you go the hell!
 
Uther TheGardener said:
most of us have been saying we needs a trade....I have

why let reaf just go off the books?
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Letting him go gives us some cap space... taking on an overpaid vet doesn't make sense unless he makes the team markedly better.

I'm ALL FOR making a trade, but a mediocre-to-bad veteran like Ime or Kurt Thomas would be a waste of time.

This team is going to make the playoffs this year but we are (and SHOULD BE) looking two or three seasons down the line much more than we should care about this year. We do NOT need to try to add a band-aid to anything.

Ed O.
 
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