Zombie Sam Bowie lied to the Blazers!!

[julius]

When did we play Walton through the playoffs on a broken ankle? I don't remember that at all. I've read they didn't treat his injury appropriately, but not that.

I believe the 78 playoffs is when Bill was just filled with pain killers by the team doctor or something.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

The Oden pick , to me, is even more shameful on the staff. As a fan, i just saw a center that looked like the real deal. But after the Bowie situation, the team should have went over Oden with a fine tooth comb. They didn't, and our team was burnt again. I sure as heck hope Sharpe isn't strike three. They should have examined him more than Barney & Betty got examined by them there Aliens.

Oden was the clear consensus #1 pick, and ranked #1 for years before the draft. Taking Durant would've been compared to taking Keith Van Horn over Duncan. Basically every team except Orlando (who had a young Dwight Howard) would have taken Oden.

It obviously didn't work out. But taking Oden is nothing like taking the lesser ranked Bowie over player of the year college champion Jordan.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Being a fan of a team that passed on Jordan, Bird, McAdoo, Dr. J, CP3 and Durant does have its challenges.

We're letting it bake, and thanks to the Clippers trade we forever have "flexibility" so all is good!

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Being a fan of a team that passed on Jordan, Bird, McAdoo, Dr. J, CP3 and Durant does have its challenges.

And don't forget drafting Moses Malone in the ABA dispersal draft and then trading him before the season!

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

I keep reading this as he just died….

 

[Natebishop3]

I keep reading this as he just died….

What....

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

What....

The thread title. Instead of lied, died.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

@SlyPokerDog lied to us ALL, FAMS!!

 

[Natebishop3]

The thread title. Instead of lied, died.

Ohhhhh.... I went to google because I was like... he died?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Ohhhhh.... I went to google because I was like... he died?

Well, he's dead to me!

 

[Chris Craig]

And don't forget drafting Moses Malone in the ABA dispersal draft and then trading him before the season!

Blazers couldn't afford him with Lucas and Walton.

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

Ohhhhh.... I went to google because I was like... he died?

Sorry mang!

 

[Chris Craig]

Oden was the clear consensus #1 pick, and ranked #1 for years before the draft. Taking Durant would've been compared to taking Keith Van Horn over Duncan. Basically every team except Orlando (who had a young Dwight Howard) would have taken Oden.

It obviously didn't work out. But taking Oden is nothing like taking the lesser ranked Bowie over player of the year college champion Jordan.

There were red flags the Blazers ignored. Taking Durant would have been the right move. Instead they drafted Benjamin Button.

 

[Chris Craig]

The thread title. Instead of lied, died.

Just his legs.

Odens knees.

RIP.

Moses Malone did pass almost a decade ago. He was only like 60 too, sad.

 

[Natebishop3]

There were red flags the Blazers ignored. Taking Durant would have been the right move. Instead they drafted Benjamin Button.

I remember thinking at the time, before the draft, that we might be picking Bowie over Jordan all over again....

And we did.

 

[Chris Craig]

I remember thinking at the time, before the draft, that we might be picking Bowie over Jordan all over again....

And we did.

Well Durant is no Jordan, but yeah.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Well Durant is no Jordan, but yeah.

And Oden was really no Bowie either.

 

[Chris Craig]

And Oden was really no Bowie either.

Oden could have been really good, like generational center good, if his knees hadn't turned to ash.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Oden could have been really good, like generational center good, if his knees hadn't turned to ash.

Sure. Just saying that factoring in their health issues, Bowie's career was better than Oden's.

 

[Chris Craig]

Sure. Just saying that factoring in their health issues, Bowie's career was better than Oden's.

For sure.

 

[42N8Bounce]

And don't forget drafting Moses Malone in the ABA dispersal draft and then trading him before the season!

Who needed this Malone guy? We had Lucas!

 

[Chris Craig]

Who needed this Malone guy? We had Lucas!

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We did win the championship so there is that.

 

[Wade Garrett]

I always thought they should have drafted Charles Barkley..
I have no problem with them passing on MJ, they had Clyde, and back then, the NBA actually had "positions", so it made sense to me.
Besides, they had Mychal Thompson, who even though undersized at center, people forget how good Mychal was.

 

[blazerfan11]

Oden and Bowie were "bad" because they were injured, not because they were actually bad.

I can certainly see a healthy Bowie being an important part of a championship team with the Trail Blazers, and I am not going to fault management if they thought Bowie was a more likely path to a championship than Jordan.

 

[Eli Vance]

Being a fan of a team that passed on Jordan, Bird, McAdoo, Dr. J, CP3 and Durant does have its challenges.

CP3 was drafted ahead of us at four in 2005. We drafted stalwart Martell Webster at six. We did miss out on Ray Felton who was picked five by the bobcats. But we eventually land that legend.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

CP3 was drafted ahead of us at four in 2005. We drafted stalwart Martell Webster at six. We did miss out on Ray Felton who was picked five by the bobcats. But we eventually land that legend.

But we traded down from 3, so we basically passed on Paul

 

[e_blazer]

But we traded down from 3, so we basically passed on Paul

Exactly. You saved me some typing.

 

[Eli Vance]

That's right, I forgot that my bad. It was lurking in my subconscious that we some way had a chance to get Paul.

 

[GoBlazersGo]

CP3 was drafted ahead of us at four in 2005. We drafted stalwart Martell Webster at six. We did miss out on Ray Felton who was picked five by the bobcats. But we eventually land that legend.

Yeah, sure... but we owned the #3 pick originally before trading back with Utah, who selected Deron "Is Deron" Williams. I mean, after all... we DID have Sebastian Telfair, at the time, so Genius G.M. John Nash figured we were set at the PG spot for the foreseeable future.

Oof...

 

[SharpesTriumph]

There were red flags the Blazers ignored. Taking Durant would have been the right move. Instead they drafted Benjamin Button.

What red flags did the Blazers ignore? There were many positives or negatives, risks and rewards for both players.

Taking Durant would've been against the consensus at the time, Oden was the clearly superior prospect.

Sure we know now in hindsight Durant was the better move. Plenty of decisions to fault the Blazers on such as passing on CP3 because of Telfair. I don't see the logic in faulting them on taking the superior prospect.