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It's certainly intriguing. McMillan is the kind of guy who might accidently spill the beans so there is that.
 
Could be a trade. Could be major moves in the rotation. Nate often alludes to trades that never come off. Could mean we're waiving a player or two.

I wouldn't read too much into all this.
 
It means Nate had an extra helping of Inarticulate Flakes this morning.

barfo
 
I like how he says we didn't expect 4 of them on the inactive list when we signed two of those guys after they were injured and out.
 
It nate stating the obvious that everyone knows who follow the Blazers. KP is a pussy and is afraid to deal.... but I got news for KP... hes got no choice this time. We simply have no backup at the PF spot thats capable of getting the job done. Kp said we would see how howard does. Well that has failed badly. Next Cunningham... and we know how that wil turn out.

Not to mention... Miller is not happy. He needs to be traded. Maybe that was teh plan from day 1 but its a must at this point. So that means we need a SF, backup PF, and PG since blake is leaving us and bayless cant even succeed in the summer league. but yeah... i think its pretty fucking obvious we need a trade BADLY.

hey at least Roy will be happy.
 
kinda silly to sign 2 injured 2nd rounders... was he afraid that someone else would sign them?
 
He got blown the fuck out by an 8 man team, and he's complaining about being shorthanded?
 
It means KP let the cake burn, and now we will have to wait until next offseason to get somoene
 
I am available for a couple of 10 day contracts. I think I can take a month straight off now if I needed to I have enough vacation days...:devilwink:
 
Maybe he's calling for open tryouts?
 
I am sure Nate would jump at the chance to trade Rudy for Ime....


Here is to you Nate....

:beatinto:
 
Maybe we are trading to get Sergio or Jarret Jack back.
 
drexlersdad said:
kinda silly to sign 2 injured 2nd rounders... was he afraid that someone else would sign them?
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I think the JP signing was just a show of good class. Drafting a kid and then he needs surgery. So we pick up the bill, make him do all our PR stuff like Frye last year. A good show of class, unlike Arizona fans.

In any event, sucks we don't have Ime right now. But I still would rather have a chance on Mills being great and maybe this whole situation will force us to make a trade.
 
Signing Perdergraph was questionable. Signing Mills was just plain stupid. Once his foot healed, he could have played overseas and we'd still retain his rights without eating up a rsoter spot.

Ironically, we may now need to release him and forfeit his rights to sign someone else who can actually play. If that happens, the move backfires and is even more stupid than I originally thought.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
Signing Perdergraph was questionable. Signing Mills was just plain stupid. Once his foot healed, he could have played overseas and we'd still retain his rights without eating up a rsoter spot.

Ironically, we may now need to release him and forfeit his rights to sign someone else who can actually play. If that happens, the move backfires and is even more stupid than I originally thought.

BNM
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I seem to remeber that he kind of forced the team's hands. Had we declined to sign him, we would have had to waive his rights or something.
 
axs88 said:
I seem to remeber that he kind of forced the team's hands. Had we declined to sign him, we would have had to waive his rights or something.
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We should have just waived his rights then.
 
Boob-No-More said:
Ironically, we may now need to release him and forfeit his rights to sign someone else who can actually play. If that happens, the move backfires and is even more stupid than I originally thought.
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Backfire?

What did they lose? $400K for his salary? Big money for most people, no-issue for a NBA basketball team taking a flier on a guy they think could be a player one day.

Keep things in perspective, guys. Sure, it would be nice to get Ime right now - but let's face it - Ime Udoka is a sub-10 PER guy this year, as he was last year. In his break-out year with Portland, he was a 12 PER guy. No offense to Ime - but it should not be too hard to find someone that gives you this production mid-season if they absolutely need to - and all they will lose is whatever it cost them to sign Mills for the year.

Heck, if you need a less than 10 PER guy to play SF - we can just play Dante out of position... (For the record, in the very few minutes Dante did play, he gives us 23.5 PER so far, all of it at PF, however).
 
Just showing his PER doesn't immediately make him a bad player. Not saying his defense is at that level, but bruce Bowen consistently had an awful PER, but was an integral part of championship teams. I am not denouncing PER as a whole, but for some specific role players, it's just not auseful tool to evaluate them.
 
RR7 said:
Just showing his PER doesn't immediately make him a bad player. Not saying his defense is at that level, but bruce Bowen consistently had an awful PER, but was an integral part of championship teams. I am not denouncing PER as a whole, but for some specific role players, it's just not auseful tool to evaluate them.
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If Ime's defense was as good as this - SAS would not have elected not to renew him for pretty much the minimum. These are the guys that appreciated Bowen because his defense was so good. All of a sudden they do not appreciate it down there?

The people at SAS have a pretty good track record about their role players, they bring them when they are right, they use them as they should - and they do not stick with them when they are pretty much done.

Ime is a nice guy and I would have loved to see him on the team because he is a local kid and had nice history here - but let's face it - taking a flier on Mills was the right thing to do from a risk/reward standpoint - because it is not going to be hard to find someone to give you Ime's production for cheap. Heck, I am again going to the idea that if you absolutely need to get someone that gives you Ime's overall production for 10 minutes a game, you just play Dante out of position. He might not be as good a defender - but he is a much better offensive player. Overall, you are not going to lose nothing.
 
Mediocre Man said:
It means KP let the cake burn, and now we will have to wait until next offseason to get somoene
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Is that worse than when your cake is finished and frosted, and why you are gone your cat licks the frosting off the top of it? :tsktsk:
 
I'm sure if it was up to Nate, he'd cut Patty right now and sign someone.
 
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