Roy's Request

[KingSpeed]

Roy indicated during his post-game last night that he will sit down with Nate and KP to discuss what this team needs to do moving forward. I wonder what he'll suggest. Will it be a new team philosophy? A new offense? Different defensive strategy? Blowing up the bench? Bringing in a certain kind of player, or a specific player? Put yourself in Roy's shoes, what are you asking for?

Outlaw and Blake. Trade Camby/LMA for Bosh. Trade Rudy and Miller For whatever you can get.

 

[julius]

Aren't exit interviews part of the normal process for the season?

coming into the game late...but

no they aren't normal process, if you want to over-react to something.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Outlaw and Blake. Trade Camby/LMA for Bosh. Trade Rudy and Miller For whatever you can get.

FML if that happens.

 

[KingSpeed]

FML if that happens.

Blake is the PG Roy wants. Outlaw is a more dependable bench scorer than anyone we had in the playoffs with the possible exception of Bayless. I doubt Blake will come back, though, unless Roy begs. Blake's been traded by the Blazers twice now. It's gotta piss him off on some level.

 

[Minstrel]

I doubt Blake will come back, though, unless Roy begs. Blake's been traded by the Blazers twice now. It's gotta piss him off on some level.

I doubt he's upset. I'm pretty sure he understands that he's journeyman-caliber, and that's what journeymen do...they journey.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Blake is the PG Roy wants. Outlaw is a more dependable bench scorer than anyone we had in the playoffs with the possible exception of Bayless. I doubt Blake will come back, though, unless Roy begs. Blake's been traded by the Blazers twice now. It's gotta piss him off on some level.

Well thank god, Roy isn't the GM.

 

[KingSpeed]

Well thank god, Roy isn't the GM.

He basically is. The current GM is a lame duck and Roy is the face of the franchise. When he talks, upper management listens.

 

[Minstrel]

He basically is. The current GM is a lame duck and Roy is the face of the franchise. When he talks, upper management listens.

In that case, he traded away Blake and Outlaw for Camby and perhaps loves them less than you think.

And then he signed Camby to an extension, so clearly didn't regret it.

 

[KingSpeed]

In that case, he traded away Blake and Outlaw for Camby and perhaps loves them less than you think.

And then he signed Camby to an extension, so clearly didn't regret it.

Roy made his feelings known before the trading deadline. He specifically thought we could beat any team in a 7 game series without any trades. Roy would've rather kept Outlaw and Blake. He lost that battle. But now KP is out and upper management will be listening to their franchise player.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Roy made his feelings known before the trading deadline. He specifically thought we could beat any team in a 7 game series without any trades. Roy would've rather kept Outlaw and Blake. He lost that battle. But now KP is out and upper management will be listening to their franchise player.

Without that Camby trade it's no done deal this team would have even made the playoffs ... and yes I know you're going to retort with how 'great' Juwan Howard was, but really despite the fact that he turned in an admirable effort and definitely plugged the hole better than I thought he would, this team was treading water big time.

 

[KingSpeed]

Without that Camby trade it's no done deal this team would have even made the playoffs ... and yes I know you're going to retort with how 'great' Juwan Howard was, but really despite the fact that he turned in an admirable effort and definitely plugged the hole better than I thought he would, this team was treading water big time.

Yo. The 9th seeded Rockets finished 42-40. With Howard at center, we were doing just fine and could've easily won 43 games especially with Outlaw returning to help us offensively.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Yo. The 9th seeded Rockets finished 42-40. With Howard at center, we were doing just fine and could've easily won 43 games especially with Outlaw returning to help us offensively.

Possibly. Juwan was doing good but obviously running out of gas. The trade was a good one, especially in light of the injuries suffered by Joel.

 

[roydezlaw]

More time off during the regular season. Summer is too short.

 

[Mediocre Man]

What Roy said was complete bullshit!!!!! Oden wanted to be a bigger part of the offense, and Roy struggled with it. What Roy wants is guys that WANT to stand in the corner and wait for him to need a bailout because he hold the ball too long

 

[Shooter]

I hate to admit this, but I actually agree with Crapzano's article this morning about Brandon not trusting his teammates.

Huh? All Roy does is pass the ball to someone else.

 

[julius]

What Roy said was complete bullshit!!!!! Oden wanted to be a bigger part of the offense, and Roy struggled with it. What Roy wants is guys that WANT to stand in the corner and wait for him to need a bailout because he hold the ball too long

Not sure how Roy saying he wanted an inside presence is complete BS. An inside presence would help, and as much as Oden might've wanted it, he wasn't really that good with it until a few games before he went down.

I don't think what Roy said (or it's implied that Roy said) is much different then just saying "Oden in the lineup will help us, along with better shooting".

 

[STOMP]

Put yourself in Roy's shoes, what are you asking for?

another year with this same core. There is a ton of talent in place, they just didn't fare well with injuries. No need to panic.

If Brandon and Nic were healthy they blow the doors off those same Suns and probably the Spurs too. Add in Greg and another year of maturation to their young core and they should be an elite squad. I could see them making a move for a better longterm solution to the PG spot, but Bayless improved quite a bit this year. As I said at the beginning of the season, he needs a more consistent jumper... if he improves as much next year as he did from last in this regard he will be fine for them too.

STOMP

 

[handiman]

If Brandon and Nic were healthy...

Will that ever happen, though? Brandon is on his 4th knee surgery and Batum has injured the same shoulder 2 or 3 times in the past year. The Oden-isn't-injury-prone apologists always say his injuries do not appear to be related, thus no reason to believe this is anything more than an unlucky, coincidental streak. Well, Brandon and Batum's injuries clearly are related. We built a team around players acquired on the cheap due to injury/health concerns (Roy, Batum, Aldridge) and added Bowie II to the mix ... my hunch is we'll always be saying, "if we just had the core guys healthy..."