On a scale of 1 to 10, how pissed will you be when KP doesn't make a trade?

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2. Ramon Sessions has now caught my imagination as a free agent target, since Milwaukee only has his early-Bird rights. Plus KP can still use cap space to facilitate deals in the off-season. So, since there are still ways to use that money later, I'm not dead-set on a deal before the deadline.

I only want a good deal. ;)
 
3. I guess it depends on who we can get. If the available players won't really help us in the future when we are making a title run, then maybe it's better that we stay put. I like our roster the way it is, but I could love the way our roster is if we could get a star player with Raef's contract.
 
my thoughts????

with no trade....no playoffs or 8th seed at best and thats IF suns tank.

with trade...6th seed and 7th at worst.
 
How pissed would I be? I wouldn't. There is no use in getting pissed off about a situation you have no control over.
 
hasoos said:
How pissed would I be? I wouldn't. There is no use in getting pissed off about a situation you have no control over.
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Amen - if only other people would realize this. You're a genuine genius!!!
 
hasoos said:
How pissed would I be? I wouldn't. There is no use in getting pissed off about a situation you have no control over.
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Boooooooring.

Isn't part of the fun in sports cheering for a result you have absolutely no control over?

That's like saying you don't care about wins or losses because you have no control over them.

-Pop
 
andalusian said:
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'Cause its a nice round number.
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Nice. My kind of humor.

I vote 1. I'm not sure there is anyone out there that we need at a good price, and we have a lot of talent that has not yet reached it's potential. I have no problem passing.
 
SodaPopinski said:
Boooooooring.

Isn't part of the fun in sports cheering for a result you have absolutely no control over?

That's like saying you don't care about wins or losses because you have no control over them.

-Pop
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What the hell are you talking about? I know for a fact my lucky hat as a kid was responsible for the 1977 Championship.
 
I'd like a trade, because I think it makes the team more interesting and I'd love to use some of those assets sitting on the bench, but I'd be around a 3 or a 4. At some point, I have to trust that our talent evaluators know what's out there better than I do.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Probably about a 7, simply because I don't think we'll be able to do as much over the summer as people think, and RLEC will have gone to waste.

I personally think it has less to do with "nothing being available" and more to do with KP "not liking midseason trades," which I don't agree with. If the right trade comes along, you do it.
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+1

The RLEC is too valuable to waste. Even a modest upgrade is better than doing nothing. People tend to forget that upgrading from "lousy" to "average" is the easy part. Going from "average" to actual "contender" is far more difficult. Sometimes, you have to settle for several modest moves, rather than 1 earthshaker.
 
ironcrotch said:
I'm not a fan of making a deal just to make a deal.
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I don't think anybody disagrees with that.

The problem, IMHO, is that some fans have closed their minds to any trade not involving a young player like Wallace. In my mind, bringing in a vet like Miller is not just making a deal to shake things up - it is part of the growth process.
 
oldmangrouch said:
I don't think anybody disagrees with that.

The problem, IMHO, is that some fans have closed their minds to any trade not involving a young player like Wallace. In my mind, bringing in a vet like Miller is not just making a deal to shake things up - it is part of the growth process.
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Definitely. I think a point guard like Miller would be a huge upgrade for us.
 
0. I would have to believe that KP either can't get a deal done, or Paul Allen wants the cap relief from RLEC more then any players that are available. Either way, I would completely understand.
 
MIXUM said:
my thoughts????

with no trade....no playoffs or 8th seed at best and thats IF suns tank.

with trade...6th seed and 7th at worst.
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You sure aren't expecting much if we still lose ground with a trade.
 
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We can easily improve this team. There are obvious holes that can be filled. We have a contract that is extremely valuable. What FA this summer will improve us as much as we could get via trade with Raef? I don't see any.

The workload KP has is pathetic. You sit around all day watching College basketball and the Blazers. He really doesn't do squat until the summer months. I see him sitting on his hands come trade deadline. Just a gut feeling.
 
STOMP said:
very strange scale but my best guess is about a 3. I won't be stoked that he didn't make a deal, but I'll be a little bummed that the right opportunity didn't arise. If a Wallace, Butler, or Prince is traded to another team for cap relief I'll probably be closer to an 8.
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Yes. Totally agree.

Ed O.
 
Fez said:
The workload KP has is pathetic. You sit around all day watching College basketball and the Blazers. He really doesn't do squat until the summer months.
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I don't think that you have the slightest idea of what you're talking about.

Ed O.
 
Since sports is entertainment to me, I'm beginning to come around to the idea that watching this place blow up might be even more fun than any improvement the Blazers might experience as a result of a trade.
 
Soda-

Are you saying you know for a fact we won't make any deal? I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if we traded Ike or Frye.

Without knowing what we were offered, it's hard for me to be mad when we don't make a trade, so I guess that means I'll be a 1 if it happens. If I find out we turned down Caron Butler for Reaf, I'd be a 9.5. If I found out we turned down Salmons for Reaf and Rudy, I'd be a -1. It all depends on the deals...
 
Tince said:
Soda-

Are you saying you know for a fact we won't make any deal? I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if we traded Ike or Frye.
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I just have a strong suspicion that KP is very risk-averse during this part of the season and would rather take the easier path and just not make a deal.

I'm just going to be bummed because we'd miss out on utilizing a huge asset. I'm not saying a deal would make us a championship contender instantly, but it might make us a deep playoff team. And if bringing someone in extends us into the second round or perhaps even the WCF if a few things break our way, I'd be all for it. I'd much rather have guys like Brandon, LaMarcus, Greg and Rudy taste some playoff success and give us a leg up on the championship run by next year rather than not making a deal, having us finish the season in the 7th or 8th seed, and watching us get swept or lose in 5 games to the Lakers or the Spurs.

The latter would do nothing for the development of this team.

-Pop
 
I will me more upset if we come away with someone who is not top tier than I will be keeping what we have and letting it work its way out. Just because we have had a good run, I think undermining the franchise future to win a few more games this season is retarded.
 
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The issue I have reading through this thread is the fact taht if a trade doen't happen, it must mean there were no good opportunites out there for KP. KP is a wizard at evaluating young talent, but he has yet to pull off a major or semi-major trade for a vet. I don't think it can just be assumed KP had no opportunties to make a deal . . . another possiblity is KP could have had some deals on the table that might have improved the team, but wouldn't or couldn't get the deal done.

I'm not saying that is the case, but not buying into the assumption on this board that no trade means no opportunities.
 
I'd be a 1... not disappointed at all. I will be excited if they do make a trade though... because I think if they do it will be a nice one... but I like our team as is. You have to improve when you can... and that contract is a nice chip... but we haven't even seen Webster in the lineup yet.
 
it's_GO_time said:
The issue I have reading through this thread is the fact taht if a trade doen't happen, it must mean there were no good opportunites out there for KP. KP is a wizard at evaluating young talent, but he has yet to pull off a major or semi-major trade for a vet.
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the Zach trade wasnt major or semi-major? Didn't they receive back veterans James Jones and Channing Fry as well as the opportunity to add Euro vet Rudy?
I don't think it can just be assumed KP had no opportunties to make a deal . . . another possiblity is KP could have had some deals on the table that might have improved the team, but wouldn't or couldn't get the deal done.

I'm not saying that is the case, but not buying into the assumption on this board that no trade means no opportunities.
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You said you'd be a 7 which would seem to indicate you'd be pretty pissed.

STOMP
 
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