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Well done, Olshey. We've got a dramatically revamped roster for 2013-14, and we didn't give up anything significant to make it happen. Very impressive.
 
Shooter said:
Well done, Olshey. We've got a dramatically revamped roster for 2013-14, and we didn't give up anything significant to make it happen. Very impressive.
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I think this team is really gonna surprise people next season. I wouldn't be surprised if we are a top 5 team in the west.
 
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If I was to tell you last season that olshey was gonna get Thomas Robinson, Wright, and R Lopez without trading anyone on the current roster; you'd think I was crazy.

Olshey worked this offseason perfectly so far. What a stud gm!
 
magnifier661 said:
I think this team is really gonna surprise people next season. I wouldn't be surprised if we are a top 5 team in the west.
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hmmm, dunno but our starting five last year were as good as anyones, and this years starters looks to be better. Last year we had almost no bench, now we look pretty damn good..

Should be fun to watch
 
Olshey is stockpiling tradeable assets. In the meantime, they can actually play ball. Wright is a very solid reserve.
 
magnifier661 said:
If I was to tell you last season that olshey was gonna get Thomas Robinson, Wright, and R Lopez without trading anyone on the current roster; you'd think I was crazy.

Olshey worked this offseason perfectly so far. What a stud gm!
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yeah..and he has done nothing to piss off other GMs, (and yeah I believe a fan base that could turn a GM into a cult hero, could have had somthing to do with his demise)....Pritchslapped, indeed..
 
We have a lot of long range shooters between Lillard, CJ. Crabbe, Wes, Batum, and Wright.

I would like to see one more PG who can penetrate to go along with those 3 pt shooters.
 
DaLincolnJones said:
yeah..and he has done nothing to piss off other GMs, (and yeah I believe a fan base that could turn a GM into a cult hero, could have had somthing to do with his demise)....Pritchslapped, indeed..
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Yep he did nothing to undermine the purpose of his trading partners. He allowed two teams to get their man too. Will this be enough to keep Aldridge? I think if we can make it past the first round, Aldridge will stay.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
We have a lot of long range shooters between Lillard, CJ. Crabbe, Wes, Batum, and Wright.

I would like to see one more PG who can penetrate to go along with those 3 pt shooters.
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I don't believe we have the cap space to get anyone over 2.5 mil; because wright got 6 mil; 3 mil per average.

Unless we are going for a trade using Matthews; we can't get anyone significant.

What I do know is with the line-up we have now; we have a bench to cut down batum and Wes's minutes down by 10. That's gonna be huge to help them with conditioning and health:
 
BLAZERS ROSTER

Point guard: Damian Lillard; CJ McCollum
Shooting guard: Wesley Matthews, Will Barton, Allen Crabbe, Terrel Harris
Small forward: Nicolas Batum, Dorell Wright, Victor Claver
Power forward: LaMarcus Aldridge, Thomas Robinson
Center: Robin Lopez, Meyers Leonard, Joel Freeland
 
Looks like he'll be nice coming off the bench when we need some instant offense.

I support this signing. :)
 
Terrel Harris is going to be cut any minute now. He won't make it to training camp. Definitely need a 3rd PG.
 
BlazerBeliever said:
BLAZERS ROSTER

Point guard: Damian Lillard; CJ McCollum
Shooting guard: Wesley Matthews, Will Barton, Allen Crabbe, Terrel Harris
Small forward: Nicolas Batum, Dorell Wright, Victor Claver
Power forward: LaMarcus Aldridge, Thomas Robinson
Center: Robin Lopez, Meyers Leonard, Joel Freeland
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I actually love it! I'm still hoping we can use freeland to get 2nd rounders and cap space. I just don't know which team would accept it. With an additional 3 mil from freeland; we would have around 4 mil to offer another player.
 
There is usually one PG in summer league that plays well that is not under contract.

or

Udrih for the exception? Not a great defender but he is a solid passer.
 
magnifier661 said:
What I do know is with the line-up we have now; we have a bench to cut down batum and Wes's minutes down by 10. That's gonna be huge to help them with conditioning and health:
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I would think that alone would improve our defense pretty significantly too. We shouldn't have anyone playing more than 34 mpg IMO.
 
shamelessblazer said:
I would think that alone would improve our defense pretty significantly too. We shouldn't have anyone playing more than 34 mpg IMO.
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Matthews and batum's numbers became less efficient in the later part of the season. I know some of it was the injuries, but I actually think fatigue really hurt us. Just those two players cutting back to 30-35 a game could be a big improvement.

Also, the scoring load won't be on them to score as much as last year. Matthews lowering his scoring, but stepping up his d is actually better for us. Batum can just be assigned to be that triple double machine.
 
shamelessblazer said:
I would think that alone would improve our defense pretty significantly too. We shouldn't have anyone playing more than 34 mpg IMO.
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But will we play any defense? With all the talk of how much we are going to be running I hope that doesn't mean a run and gun type team that doesn't play defense and just tries to out score opponents. I want to see good D and run when we can, but have a good half court game too. Wright mention talking to Olshey it reminded him of playing with Golden State and all the running they did. Did they play any D?
 
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mgb said:
But will we play any defense? With all the talk of how much we are going to be running I hope that doesn't mean a run and gun type team that doesn't play defense and just tries to out score opponents. I want to see good D and run when we can, but have a good half court game too. Wright mention talking to Olshey it reminded him of playing with Golden State and all the running they did. Did they play any D?
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Can't run if you can't get the ball. Yes, you can run on makes but you can't be a true running team without forcing turnovers.
 
Nice pick-up at 2/$6m. I'm not sure how anyone can be upset about it.
 
Jason Quick ‏@jwquick One of the factors for Dorell Wright in choosing the Blazers: Wright's 5-year-old son is a huge Oregon Ducks fan who loves DeAnthony Thomas




I don't see any NBA players interested in Beaver players, lol.
 
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