Merged: Breaking News: Hedo rejects offer

[ehizzy3]

andre miller...

 

[Ed O]

None of them are effective enough with the ball in their hands. They are finishers, not creators, and we would end up relying even more on Brandon Roy. I certainly do not want Roy to break down like Wade because we become so dependent on him.

(This post sounds like it's attacking you... sorry! I'm not. Just don't want to re-type it. )

I've got an idea: how's about we get a POINT GUARD?

You know, someone who can dribble and pass?

That way we can let forwards contribute without having to share PG duties with our shooting guard.

God, I hate to say this, but we should really push hard for Lamar Odom. Even though he's never really played SF in his life, he, in theory, would work much like Turkoglu, even though he's a much poorer shooter.

I don't think you have a very good memory here, dude. Lamar Odom has played small forward for much of his life.

Ed o.

 

[Haakzilla]

KP only has 1a, 1b, 1c, etc, etc plans...there is no #2's, duh

 

[Mediocre Man]

Wasn't Roy acquired in a trade?

Draft day trade. Like Aldridge and also Rudy. Kp does well adding young talent. KP, so far, sucks at adding pieces to that talent.

 

[B-Roy]

I've got an idea: how's about we get a POINT GUARD?

You know, someone who can dribble and pass?

That way we can let forwards contribute without having to share PG duties with our shooting guard.

You are the one who mentioned those forwards.

Who can we get as a PG? Miller? Bibby?

I don't think you have a very good memory here, dude. Lamar Odom has played small forward for much of his life.

Ed o.

I remember him as a PF for the Heat and Lakers. I'm assuming he was a SF for the Clippers? Didn't follow him then.

 

[Ed O]

KP wrote down a name entering free agency.

Carlos Delfino.

5 years, $50m.

Hahahahaha.

Ed O.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I'd be seriously disappointed if we used our capspace, for the most part, on Andre Miller.

 

[Mediocre Man]

You are the one who mentioned those forwards.

Who can we get as a PG? Miller? Bibby?

Portland has several options actually.

Miller and Bibby can be signed outright as UFA's
Sessions can be signed to a large offer sheet and force Milwaukee to match it or do a S&T
Hinrich and others could be had for nothing because of our cap space. Teams looking to cut salary.

 

[Idog1976]

andre miller...

I like your subliminal suggestion better Ruby -oh Ruby -oh.

I could also get behind..

 

[julius]

Anyway, I was starting to convince myself that this deal didn't suck, that Hedo would really fit in, and that he was worth something close to all that money. Now that we don't have him, I don't find myself terribly upset.

Plan A always kind of sucked. Hopefully Pritchard can improvise a Plan B that I'll actually like.

Hopefully his plan B will be like how "Black Water" by the Doobie Brothers was originally the B-side of "Another Park, Another Sunday".

 

[Sedatedfork]

Portland has several options actually.

Miller and Bibby can be signed outright as UFA's
Sessions can be signed to a large offer sheet and force Milwaukee to match it or do a S&T
Hinrich and others could be had for nothing because of our cap space. Teams looking to cut salary.

I like Bibby, what do you think about him as an option? Also trying to find that other ball handler, I looked at guards with some long spendy contracts. I wonder if Philly wants to blow the team up and move Iguodola or for some reason Sacramento wants to trade Kevin Martin (not sure why they would).

 

[Tince]

Portland has several options actually.

Miller and Bibby can be signed outright as UFA's
Sessions can be signed to a large offer sheet and force Milwaukee to match it or do a S&T
Hinrich and others could be had for nothing because of our cap space. Teams looking to cut salary.

That list doesn't excite me too much.

I would be real upset if we signed Bibby. I hope we don't take a gamble on Sessions. Miller has never proven to be a winner, but he might be our best bet.

I'd rather come out of this with Brandon Bass and Shannon Brown, and not sign a bad contract.

 

[B-Roy]

Portland has several options actually.

Miller and Bibby can be signed outright as UFA's
Sessions can be signed to a large offer sheet and force Milwaukee to match it or do a S&T
Hinrich and others could be had for nothing because of our cap space. Teams looking to cut salary.

Oh, I'm just brimming with excitement.

 

[Minstrel]

KP got beat like a rented mule -- No ifs ands or buts. Turk and his agent played Pritch beautifully to drive up his market value to see if the team that he really wanted to play for all along would match. Give credit to Lon Babby and Hedo, KP is looking pretty foolish right about now.

How do you know it was an insincere ploy just to get a better deal from another team and not simply a standard bidding situation and he took the best offer?

 

[Tince]

I like Bibby, what do you think about him as an option? Also trying to find that other ball handler, I looked at guards with some long spendy contracts. I wonder if Philly wants to blow the team up and move Iguodola or for some reason Sacramento wants to trade Kevin Martin (not sure why they would).

I don't think Bibby is better than Blake anymore. If he is, he isn't much better. Their strengths and weaknesses are the same.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

KP wrote down a name entering free agency.

Carlos Delfino.

5 years, $50m.

Hahahahaha.

Ed O.

Fucking hilarious. No joke. I was just thinking, when this is all over, KP will say, "July 1st, I wrote down 2 names." Both will be Blazers on July 8th, despite being, what we would perceive from the media, choices 6a and 9b.

 

[Sedatedfork]

I don't think Bibby is better than Blake anymore. If he is, he isn't much better. Their strengths and weaknesses are the same.

I think the big difference is experience and fact that Bibby is a much better player in the clutch.

 

[Tince]

I think the big difference is experience and fact that Bibby is a much better player in the clutch.

I don't know if what we gain in experience makes up for his incredibly slow footspeed on defense and streaky shooting. The guy just stands 30ft away from the hoop and chucks.

 

[Freshtown]

KP wrote down a name entering free agency.

Carlos Delfino.

5 years, $50m.

Hahahahaha.

Ed O.

+ Repped.

 

[mook]

KP wrote down a name entering free agency.

Carlos Delfino.

5 years, $50m.

Hahahahaha.

Ed O.

QFTA

(Quoted For Terrible Awesome)

 

[oldmangrouch]

(This post sounds like it's attacking you... sorry! I'm not. Just don't want to re-type it. )

I've got an idea: how's about we get a POINT GUARD?

You know, someone who can dribble and pass?

That way we can let forwards contribute without having to share PG duties with our shooting guard.



I don't think you have a very good memory here, dude. Lamar Odom has played small forward for much of his life.

Ed o.

Blazer fans have been so long without an real PG to watch, they have forgoten what the term means. Many of them believe "PG" means "stand beyond the 3-point line and look for your own shot." That's why a large number of them would actually prefer Hinrich to Miller!

 

[Erroneous Subterfuge]

Not a fan of Mrs. Turkeyshit right now.

Pritchard grossly miscalculated. The only FA's left are shit, and worse than that, shit that don't even fit. We better be able to pull of a good trade or we're royally screwed, but even then I doubt we get someone who would've fit as well as that whipped, mouth-breathing turkey-shit. Unreal.

 

[ODENISGOD]

Ok, here's my tinfoil hat conspiracy theory that still leaves Pritchard looking like a stud mastermind.

Pretend his objective all along was to go for Marion. He knows Toronto has an irrational infatuation with Hedo, but they aren't going to be doing anything crazy stupid unless they have to. He drives up the asking price for Hedo to ridiculous amounts, then right before signing him he calls up Marion and says, "You know, we'll pay you a little less than Toronto was offering you, but you actually get to win games and avoid Canadian taxes. Besides, you've heard all the rumbling about how much they want Hedo over you." Marion says "Hell yeah," informs Toronto he isn't going to re-up. Toronto panics and signs the big stupid contract for Hedo. Tomorrow we sign Marion.
Why does Portland go through all these contortions when they could've gone after Marion immediately without the whole Hedo thing? Marion's biggest problem is a vastly over-inflated sense of self-worth. The point was to demonstrate how highly valued Hedo was, and what an afterthought Marion was. Plus they suckered Toronto into vastly overpaying, and they got Hedo off the market.

Hmmm. That's the best I can come up with. I think I need to drink more Kool Aid before it starts to satisfy.

Some of you are just blind with your love of this KP guy. He got owned! This is a redonkulous comment

 

[Wheels]

Some of you are just blind with your love of this KP guy. He got owned! This is a redonkulous comment

how did you get on un-ignore?

 

[Tince]

Blazer fans have been so long without an real PG to watch, they have forgoten what the term means. Many of them believe "PG" means "stand beyond the 3-point line and look for your own shot." That's why a large number of them would actually prefer Hinrich to Miller!

Miller, a true PG, has done a lot more losing than winning in his career. Cleveland, LA Clippers, and Denver all seemed to have more success after he left.

 

[ODENISGOD]

how did you get on un-ignore?

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[B-Roy]

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Can someone like, suspend this guy for awhile at least?

 

[Wheels]

Miller, a true PG, has done a lot more losing than winning in his career. Cleveland, LA Clippers, and Denver all seemed to have more success after he left.

I'm not sure about LA.. or even when Lebron got there, compared to Andre being gone, but Denver probably had to do a lot with Billups. Denver wasnt any better though for the player they got for Miller (AI)

 

[BigVolcano]

Owned!

 

[Wheels]

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nice..