Last 24 hours = DEPRESSING

[MIXUM]

First the BLazers lose out on Harris who would have been such a great trade for us. Not to mention a solution at a position that has eluded us since Terry Porter. Then we hear "done deal" for Wallace only to get the harsh reality it was never done or close. Throw in a choke job vs the Lakers in a game that showed the Blazers have no finisher which brings us to Thursday morning where we have a 1 game lead for playoffs and no trade except a TJ FUCKING FORD rumor by John Canzano. Lovely.

Things are looking great today.

 

[EGame]

Enjoy the snow.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Enjoy the snow.

He doesn't live anywhere near Portland.

And every day is depressing for a troll like MIXUM.

 

[Wheels]

not depressed at all thank you.

 

[EGame]

He doesn't live anywhere near Portland.

And every day is depressing for a troll like MIXUM.

Oh I did not know that. Okay, well he can go ahead and enjoy whatever the weather is where he lives.

 

[MIXUM]

if you arent depressed about

- losing devin harris

- losing gerald wallace

- choking vs lakers

- possibly adding ford

then you are not a blazer fan

 

[MIXUM]

more salt to wound

KBerg_CBS
The Jonny Flynn deal with Houston involves either Jared Jeffries or Aaron Brooks, sources say. Teams discussing picks, too. Not done.


we cant even do better then that for aaron brooks.

 

[THE HCP]

I won't type what I really want to type because a certain mod on here threatened to ban me if I did! So we'll just leave it at that. Great thread topic though.

 

[MIXUM]

sorry i wouldnt rather have joel pryzbilla give me the time of day then trade his worthless ass

 

[PtldPlatypus]

if you arent depressed about

- losing devin harris

- losing gerald wallace

- choking vs lakers

- possibly adding ford

then you are not a blazer fan

The losing Harris & Wallace wouldn't be so bad if we hadn't had all this information indicating that we were thisclose to getting them. Twitter is causing depression.

 

[Mediocre Man]

So Flynn to the Rockets and Brooks to Minny?

How many fucking PG's are going to get traded without Portland even sniffing one?

 

[maxiep]

if you arent depressed about

- losing devin harris

- losing gerald wallace

- choking vs lakers

- possibly adding ford

then you are not a blazer fan

I reject your premise. You, of course, are free to feel however you'd like.

 

[Sedatedfork]

OP ^^

 

[e_blazer]

And here I thought we had another 3 hours or so before the deadline, but I guess I must be wrong.

 

[MIXUM]

amazingly the team (us) who have no future pg's dont even give up scraps to get 1

 

[Mediocre Man]

more salt to wound

KBerg_CBS
The Jonny Flynn deal with Houston involves either Jared Jeffries or Aaron Brooks, sources say. Teams discussing picks, too. Not done.


we cant even do better then that for aaron brooks.

No Mixum, you are wrong. We WONT do better than that, not can't. We might have the most gun shy front office in the NBA

 

[maxiep]

For those pissed about Flynn, who would Minny rather have off of our roster than Aaron Brooks? For those that wanted Aaron Brooks, who would Houston rather have off of our roster than Jonny Flynn? And would you be willing to give that player for either of those two?

There are 30 teams in the league, and we're not always the best fit as a trade partner.

 

[Mediocre Man]

For those pissed about Flynn, who would Minny rather have off of our roster than Aaron Brooks? For those that wanted Aaron Brooks, who would Houston rather have off of our roster than Jonny Flynn? And would you be willing to give that player for either of those two?

There are 30 teams in the league, and we're not always the best fit as a trade partner.

Two number 1's and Rudy? Two number 1's and an expiring deal for Flynn and a shitty deal?

 

[Mediocre Man]

For those pissed about Flynn, who would Minny rather have off of our roster than Aaron Brooks? For those that wanted Aaron Brooks, who would Houston rather have off of our roster than Jonny Flynn? And would you be willing to give that player for either of those two?

There are 30 teams in the league, and we're not always the best fit as a trade partner.

Portland's problem is that they refuse to offer fair value in these deals and other teams come in and get it done

 

[craigehlo]

I get the feeling that the organization is scared of doing any trade that might have short-term consequences on the season ticket sales. Small market thinking like that doesn't build a contender.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I get the feeling that the organization is scared of doing any trade that might have short-term consequences on the season ticket sales. Small market thinking like that doesn't build a contender.

Great post. It will be disapointing if that turns out to be the case

 

[maxiep]

Two number 1's and Rudy? Two number 1's and an expiring deal for Flynn and a shitty deal?

You think two mid-teen picks and a player who won't play for you or is just expiring is better than either Aaron Brooks or Jonny Flynn? We'll agree to disagree. I'll roll the dice on the upside.

 

[maxiep]

Portland's problem is that they refuse to offer fair value in these deals and other teams come in and get it done

I don't think we have the assets. We'll agree to disagree.

 

[MIXUM]

the fact we have 3 expiring contracts and couldnt get anything done is depressing. not to mention 2 first rounders

 

[B-Roy]

Great post. It will be disapointing if that turns out to be the case

So when they trade Batum for Flynn will you go apeshit?

 

[Mediocre Man]

So when they trade Batum for Flynn will you go apeshit?

Why would they do that? It's not trading to trade, it's having pieces in place that coul dget a deal done and not getting it done

 

[maxiep]

So when they trade Batum for Flynn will you go apeshit?

That was pretty much the only asset we have that is equal to Brooks in that salary slot. Would people be happy with that deal? I'd prefer Batum.

 

[maxiep]

Why would they do that? It's not trading to trade, it's having pieces in place that coul dget a deal done and not getting it done

What the fuck does that even mean? I think you're bitching just to make yourself feel better. How about coming to the board with solutions?

 

[B-Roy]

Why would they do that? It's not trading to trade, it's having pieces in place that coul dget a deal done and not getting it done

You're saying the Blazers's aren't offering much value. I'm sure we like to speculate what deals could go down, but you don't know how teams value our supposed "assets".

 

[craigehlo]

That was pretty much the only asset we have that is equal to Brooks in that salary slot. Would people be happy with that deal? I'd prefer Batum.

We have 2.3 Million trade exception from Bayless. If they want cash and 1st round picks, we could absorb his salary straight up.