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Batum: out for a while
Outlaw: out for a while
Pendergraph: out for a while
Mills: out for a while

That means even IF everyone is healthy, we have 11 guys.

Does Portland cut Mills at this point to pick up a big body from somewhere to help out? Maybe Portland trades Travis's expiring contract for a player from a team that could use cap relief?

Ed O.
 
Ed O said:
Batum: out for a while
Outlaw: out for a while
Pendergraph: out for a while
Mills: out for a while

That means even IF everyone is healthy, we have 11 guys.

Does Portland cut Mills at this point to pick up a big body from somewhere to help out? Maybe Portland trades Travis's expiring contract for a player from a team that could use cap relief?

Ed O.
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I think they certainly need to look at that as an option, but I really don't know who they would pick up that is available. And I am not so sure I would rather cut Mills than Pendergraph.

I think a trade would be a little more likely, sending out Rudy or Blake with an injured player and bring back a BU PF.
 
Should have signed Udoka, this would be the time when we could have used his services. But its too late now, and all the depth we thought we had at SF is now depleted.
 
Blazed Mania 52 said:
Should have signed Udoka, this would be the time when we could have used his services. But its too late now, and all the depth we thought we had at SF is now depleted.
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I don't get that line of thinking... Outlaw didn't play the small forward much, if at all. I don't see how Ime's presence would help us.

Ed O.
 
Ed O said:
Batum: out for a while
Outlaw: out for a while
Pendergraph: out for a while
Mills: out for a while
That means even IF everyone is healthy, we have 11 guys.
Does Portland cut Mills at this point to pick up a big body from somewhere to help out? Maybe Portland trades Travis's expiring contract for a player from a team that could use cap relief?
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I don't see why this means we have to do anything other than give Roy more minutes at SF and expand Rudy's minutes. The C position is just as it was before. We have 48 mpg * 4 for the remaining 4 positions

PF: 35 minutes for LA, 10 mins for Howard, 3 mins for Cunningham
SF: 25 minutes for Roy, 20 minutes for Webster, 3 mins for Cunningham
SG: 10 minutes for Roy, 28 minutes for Rudy, 10 minutes for Blake
PG: 30 minutes for Miller, 18 minutes for Blake.

Voila! And that's without even giving Bayless anything! So:

Aldridge: 35 mpg (more if both centers are in foul trouble, or just more of it at C and more minutes for Howard at PF)
Roy: 35 mpg
Miller: 30 mpg
Blake: 28 mpg
Rudy: 28 mpg
Joel and Greg split the 48 at C (but see above)
Webster: 20 mpg

That's an 8-man rotation (normal) scraps for the rest. Sad that EVEN NOW, I can see nothing but scraps for Bayless.
 
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Ugh, this has been a theme the last three seasons.

2007 - Greg Oden: Out for year

2008 - Martell Webster: Out for year

2009 - Players like out for a majority of the season:
-Jeff Pendergraph
-Patty Mills
-Travis Outlaw
-Nic Batum
 
Fez W. Bush said:
Ugh, this has been a theme the last three seasons.

2007 - Greg Oden: Out for year

2008 - Martell Webster: Out for year

2009 - Players like out for a majority of the season:
-Jeff Pendergraph
-Patty Mills
-Travis Outlaw
-Nic Batum
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Are you going to cry about it? Look at any teams injury list for any year and they will have just as many if not more. This is a part of the NBA.

Not sure why that has to be told to some posters every single day.
 
If there HAD to be a trade, then the only thing I would try is Martell for somebody more trustworthy at the SF, because I just don't feel comfortable with Webster on the court, and I'm not sure I want to see him get expanded minutes. Martell for James Jones straight up? Martell for James Posey?

Oh, or if NJ would give us Terrence Williams for Bayless, I guess I wouldn't mind that.
 
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I don't see the problem. 11 players is enough. Howard, Rudy, Martell, Dante are all hungry for more minutes. Play on.

barfo
 
Well they almost dealt Outlaw to MEM for a 1st round draft pick, so I certainly could see him being dealt. I don't see POR resigning him next year...not with deals for Oden, Rudy, Batum and (perhaps) Bayless coming up....

Golden State was looking to make some deals and Anthony Randolph is in the doghouse with Crazy Nellie again....I would love to see POR pry him away from that inept front office....I like crazy Stephen Jackson too...and he is likely attainable...
 
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So:

Aldridge: 35 mpg (more if both centers are in foul trouble, or just more of it at C and more minutes for Howard at PF)
Roy: 35 mpg
Miller: 30 mpg
Blake: 28 mpg
Rudy: 28 mpg
Joel and Greg split the 48 at C (but see above)
Webster: 20 mpg

That's an 8-man rotation (normal) scraps for the rest. Sad that EVEN NOW, I can see nothing but scraps for Bayless.
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Aldridge is currently playing about 31 minutes a game. I don't see how he's going to be over 35 minutes a game. Foul trouble alone will prevent it on some nights.

Oden and Joel are averaging under 42 minutes a game combined.

Outlaw played about 80% of his minutes at the power forward spot this year.

I'm not sure that I want Howard playing 20 minutes a game, but he's the only one on this roster than can play the 4/5 spots other than those three.

Ed O.
 
barfo said:
I don't see the problem. 11 players is enough. Howard, Rudy, Martell, Dante are all hungry for more minutes. Play on.
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We had five healthy players that are 6'9" or taller. That's not many.

Now we have four, and that's pretty pitiful.

Ed O.
 
Ed O said:
Aldridge is currently playing about 31 minutes a game. I don't see how he's going to be over 35 minutes a game. Foul trouble alone will prevent it on some nights.
Oden and Joel are averaging under 42 minutes a game combined.
Outlaw played about 80% of his minutes at the power forward spot this year.
I'm not sure that I want Howard playing 20 minutes a game, but he's the only one on this roster than can play the 4/5 spots other than those three.
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Is there any way we can get a waiver from the league to sign Mensah-Bonsu and have 16 players? Would that only be possible if you fall below the 8 healthy minimum?
 
Oden and Joel should be averaging 48 minutes between the two of them. Anything less is evidence of insanity and we can have Nate committed if he keeps it up.

LMA, barring injury/foul trouble, can play a lot of minutes; Howard the rest of them.

barfo
 
Ed O said:
Aldridge is currently playing about 31 minutes a game.
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You're right. That seems weirdly low.

I don't see how he's going to be over 35 minutes a game. Foul trouble alone will prevent it on some nights.
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Well, then they must be calling the games radically differently from last year, because he averaged 37 mpg last season.

Oden and Joel are averaging under 42 minutes a game combined.
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Nellieball!
 
Blaze01 said:
I like crazy Stephen Jackson too...and he is likely attainable...
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I'd say "likely" was putting it mildly! They've essentially said they'll give him away if anyone will take him!

Webster and Bayless for Jackson works. I'd say that was fair talent-wise, but, but, "culture", "JailBlazers" etc. etc.

But hey, Poppovich won a title with Jackson as his starting SG...
 
Rastapopoulos said:
.....he isn't as good as our other guards, of which we still have a healthy profusion.
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Well, he's already in the rotation according to Nate. All he has to do is out play 2/10 Blake to get some more minutes. :dunno:
 
Blazed Mania 52 said:
Should have signed Udoka, this would be the time when we could have used his services. But its too late now, and all the depth we thought we had at SF is now depleted.
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Udoka can't help who we lost, since Outlaw and Dante are both big players. I wouldn't mind grabbing someone on a 10 day contract to fill in while we are short staffed at 4/5. Or how about bringing Freeland here? Can we do it with his contract in Europe?
 
I don't necessarily think we need a trade. Not that I'm expecting Cunningham to come in and take over the world, but he may be serviceable in short spurts.

This may be what he needs to prove himself worthy of a roster spot.
 
Is anyone else mildly suspicious of the Strength & Conditioning staff, what with all of these foot injuries?

I know the foot takes a beating in the NBA but this seems to be a trend with this team in the past few seasons.

Get these guys some extra milk stat!
 
magnifier661 said:
Udoka can't help who we lost, since Outlaw and Dante are both big players. I wouldn't mind grabbing someone on a 10 day contract to fill in while we are short staffed at 4/5. Or how about bringing Freeland here? Can we do it with his contract in Europe?
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You can't sign 10 day contracts until after January 5th. Also, all of our roster spots our full. Who would you drop to do so?

This is why I hoped we would leave the 15th spot open. Well, this and trade flexibility.

WillG said:
Is anyone else mildly suspicious of the Strength & Conditioning staff, what with all of these foot injuries?

I know the foot takes a beating in the NBA but this seems to be a trend with this team in the past few seasons.

Get these guys some extra milk stat!
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The medical staff has me pretty worried, as they seem to get everything wrong lately (Oden's knee, Martell's foot, Batum's shoulder, etc). However, they know way more than me, so I'll leave it at that.
 
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Ed O said:
Aldridge is currently playing about 31 minutes a game. I don't see how he's going to be over 35 minutes a game. Foul trouble alone will prevent it on some nights.

Oden and Joel are averaging under 42 minutes a game combined.

Outlaw played about 80% of his minutes at the power forward spot this year.

I'm not sure that I want Howard playing 20 minutes a game, but he's the only one on this roster than can play the 4/5 spots other than those three.

Ed O.
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LMA averaged over 37 mpg last season. :dunno:
 
It'd be really nice to have Channing Frye right now. I do think we have to cut Mills. We need one more big man. What if LMA and Howard get into foul trouble? Oh yea, we play Outlaw at PF. Oh wait, we can't.

What's Donyell Marshall up to nowadays?
 
Blaze01 said:
Well they almost dealt Outlaw to MEM for a 1st round draft pick, so I certainly could see him being dealt. I don't see POR resigning him next year...not with deals for Oden, Rudy, Batum and (perhaps) Bayless coming up....

Golden State was looking to make some deals and Anthony Randolph is in the doghouse with Crazy Nellie again....I would love to see POR pry him away from that inept front office....I like crazy Stephen Jackson too...and he is likely attainable...
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reportedly Randolph's minutes are being limited by a shoulder injury not crazy Nellie

STOMP
 
Miller
Blake
Roy
Aldridge
Oden

Off the bench...

Bayless, Rudy, Webster, Howard, Przybilla

I think we are fine. I wouldn't mind seeing Cunningham split some time at backup PF with Howard.
 
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