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magnifier661 said:
Lol you think he's some washed up player! I think this is hilarious! He did well in Denver. In fact he lead that team farther than any blazer did the last 10 years.
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I'd be perfectly happy to see him try to revive his career in LA. I'm sure he and Kobe would get on swimmingly.

What I don't get is all the people undervaluing Gasol. He's the perfect complementary player (or star player for the Spanish team). You honestly think the Lakers improve by losing rebounding, defense, scoring efficiency and basketball IQ just to gain an inefficient chucker?
 
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Melo put lifestyle ahead of basketball. He's the same player (ISO, ball-stopping, black hole) as he was in Denver but just not as assertive.
 
Pretty decent analysis. Except at the end when he seems to suggest we draft for 'need'. How has that worked out for us in the past (he asked rhetorically)? Draft BPA, period. Trade/sign free agents for 'need'.
 
BBert said:
Pretty decent analysis. Except at the end when he seems to suggest we draft for 'need'. How has that worked out for us in the past (he asked rhetorically)? Draft BPA, period. Trade/sign free agents for 'need'.
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Actually drafting oden was supposed to be the best player available and we needed a sf at the time. We had a dominate power forward in Zach and two decent centers in pryz and camby, plus we had Aldridge too.

But if you are referring to cp3 and deron Williams, we fucked up on that one.
 
magnifier661 said:
Actually drafting oden was supposed to be the best player available and we needed a sf at the time. We had a dominate power forward in Zach and two decent centers in pryz and camby, plus we had Aldridge too.

But if you are referring to cp3 and deron Williams, we fucked up on that one.
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Huh? We didn't have Camby when we drafted Oden
 
We also had Magloire the year before Oden too.

Funny that we had Jack as our starting PG, and he would be one of our better players now-a-days (probably even our best PG).
 
One argument at the time was that we already had Roy, Durant would also need the ball, there's only one ball, ergo take the 'other' BPA once a generation center. (shrug) Shades of Bowie (need) over Jordan (we already had Clyde and Paxson).

To be clear, I was all for drafting Oden. Passing up D-Will and CP3 because we 'needed' Webster and we already had Telflair, is the worst of all time, IMO.
 
BBert said:
One argument at the time was that we already had Roy, Durant would also need the ball, there's only one ball, ergo take the 'other' BPA once a generation center. (shrug) Shades of Bowie (need) over Jordan (we already had Clyde and Paxson).

To be clear, I was all for drafting Oden. Passing up D-Will and CP3 because we 'needed' Webster and we already had Telflair, is the worst of all time, IMO.
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Agreed. Oden was a horrible pick in hindsight - the Webster deal didn't even make sense at the time.
 
Crawford for Augustin?

David Aldridge of NBA.com reports that the Portland Trail Blazers and Charlotte Bobcats might consider a guard swap.
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It's obvious that Crawford and Nate McMillan aren't working. Nobody really thought they would, but the lack of money available elsewhere for Crawford made a two-year deal with Portland for $10 million the only contract worth signing. Now, though, the Blazers are looking to cut their losses. Initially, a deal with Minnesota, which coveted Crawford initially, seemed like a no-brainer, with the Blazers re-patriating Luke Ridnour to Oregon. But Ricky Rubio's season-ending ACL tear Friday has made that potential deal much less likely, with the Wolves needing to hold onto their veteran point guard. So, now, according to a source, there's a chance Crawford winds up with the Bobcats in a potential deal for guard D.J. Augustin. Augustin has played just fine this season, but he's expendable now that Kemba Walker is there.
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I would do that deal in a heartbeat!
 
I'd rather take a lesser player and get a pick, but Augustin would be a solid get, as in he could end up being a good PG for us for many years. If not, it really cost nothing
 
Pull the trigger, even if it is yet another Bobcat. He is probably the best player they could get for Crawford.
 
Eliminates the threat of Crawford opting in and taking cap space away. Would be the second time Felton lost his job to Augustin also, no?
 
RR7 said:
Eliminates the threat of Crawford opting in and taking cap space away. Would be the second time Felton lost his job to Augustin also, no?
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Hahahahaha never thought of that. I suspect Felton's gone anyway.
 
If we move Crawford for Augustin we should move Felton for a 3/4 Backup.
 
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