Serious suggestions of what to do about Felton

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HCP said:
Only 6 or 7 teams can have a legit PG in this league.
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Actually, we're in probably the most PG-rich time in League history:
Paul
Williams
Nash
Rose
Rondo
Parker
Westbrook (not a fan myself)
Wall (ditto)
Irving
Rubio
Ty Lawson (ditto)
Jrue Holiday
Stephen Curry
Mike Conley (finally playing up to his abilities)
Brandon Jennings (likewise)

Then you've got people like Andre, Chauncey Billups, Jason Kidd, Kyle Lowry (who's slumping, but was amazing at the start of the year), Jeff Teague, DJ Augustin, Kemba Walker, Brandon Knight (who may not be a PG, but who I'd welcome onto our team) and always-efficient Jose Calderon.

The only teams (besides us) with blatantly sub-par PG play: Knicks, Lakers. Teams getting by without stellar PG play: us, Jazz, Mavs, Heat

So what counts as "legit"?
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Actually, we're in probably the most PG-rich time in League history:
Paul
Williams
Nash
Rose
Rondo
Parker
Westbrook (not a fan myself)
Wall (ditto)
Irving
Rubio
Ty Lawson (ditto)
Jrue Holiday
Stephen Curry
Mike Conley (finally playing up to his abilities)
Brandon Jennings (likewise)

Then you've got people like Andre, Chauncey Billups, Jason Kidd, Kyle Lowry (who's slumping, but was amazing at the start of the year), Jeff Teague, DJ Augustin, Kemba Walker, Brandon Knight (who may not be a PG, but who I'd welcome onto our team) and always-efficient Jose Calderon.

The only teams (besides us) with blatantly sub-par PG play: Knicks, Lakers. Teams getting by without stellar PG play: us, Jazz, Mavs, Heat

So what counts as "legit"?
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I sort of intuitively knew that maybe half the teams in the league were getting at least something from the point guard spot ... and then when you see it in black and white that it's more like 85% and the Blazers are on the outside looking in -- yet again it really makes you wonder how a team can't even accidentally bump into a good one ... well I guess we did with Miller, since he basically tracked down the Blazers brain trust in Vegas that summer and said "hire me."
 
Nikolokolus said:
I sort of intuitively knew that maybe half the teams in the league were getting at least something from the point guard spot ... and then when you see it in black and white that it's more like 85% and the Blazers are on the outside looking in -- yet again it really makes you wonder how a team can't even accidentally bump into a good one ... well I guess we did with Miller, since he basically tracked down the Blazers brain trust in Vegas that summer and said "hire me."
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To be fair, Felton would've been on that list last year at this time, when he was playing like an almost-all-star for the Knicks. Obviously D'Antoni's system helped to hide his wildness with the ball, but it didn't make him a better shooter. He's just in a serious (SERIOUS) slump. Let's hope it's not a Nick Anderson-like slump.
 
The sad thing for Felton is, people here are essentially unanimous in their assertions of him being awful. No one is really making a case to keep him past this year. When nearly 100% of a fan base on a forum thinks you suck, that's bad.
 
PGs: 2009 is where we really missed out.

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yuyuza1 said:
The sad thing for Felton is, people here are essentially unanimous in their assertions of him being awful. No one is really making a case to keep him past this year. When nearly 100% of a fan base on a forum thinks you suck, that's bad.
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Yeah pretty scary
 
B-Roy said:
Jrue Holiday

"Rebounds and blocks shots"

Really, this is what they had to say about a point guard???
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God when he slipped to 17 I really figured the Blazers might try to go and get him. Oh well.
 
You don't need a lottery pick to get a difference making PG. This has always been the case.
 
I would like to wish we never gotten rid of Miller. LET THIS NIGHTMARE END!!!! :D
 
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LA seems to be looking for PG help. Move felton to them for the Odom TPE and 1 or both of the 1sts they have, theirs and Dallas'. In a deep draft, get 3 picks in the first, and maybe you can package all 3 to move up, or 2 of the latyer ones to move to mid first.
 
RR7 said:
LA seems to be looking for PG help. Move felton to them for the Odom TPE and 1 or both of the 1sts they have, theirs and Dallas'. In a deep draft, get 3 picks in the first, and maybe you can package all 3 to move up, or 2 of the latyer ones to move to mid first.
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There's no point guards in this draft except Kendall Marshall.
 
trade to Lakers for TPE and their 1st, trade Wes and Wallace to GD for Monta and Wright. If I was GM I would ourse these trades
 
Right now; I would trade with the Lakers for Blake straight up. LOL
 
B-Roy said:
There's no point guards in this draft except Kendall Marshall.
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....Jeff Teague brother Marquis will be good. Tony Wroten has the chance to be a stud, like superstar type athleticism. This Damian Lillard guy is interesting from what I've read too. But yeah, it is a draft weak in PG's.
 
I just had a crazy idea (and it's probably completely wrong too).

I say we keep Felton.

Why you ask? Good question. Here's my defense and my rationale: I think the lockout and no practices have contributed largely to "bonking" his game out of whack. I suspect he thought this was going to be a lost season and thus approached his off-season preparation with this kind of mentality -- and he's been playing behind the 8-ball physically ever since (somewhat supported by the way he tends to fade late in games) and now his struggles have gotten into his own head creating a bit of spiral.

So to hell with it, this team is probably a longshot to land the only free agent point guard worth a damn this summer (Deron), Felton has pushed his value into the cellar so he's going to be cheaper to retain and in a more normal paced season maybe he regresses to the mean and becomes a competent point guard again. But whether they keep him or not, they've got to get a more efficient shot creating two guard to pair with him; maybe that's Ben Gordon, maybe that's OJ Mayo or possibly a draft pick -- I don't know? -- but next year it can't be Crawfish and the starter shouldn't be Wesley either.
 
Alex Kennedy said:
06/22/2011 10:43pm EST
The San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers nearly completed a blockbuster trade on Wednesday afternoon, but the deal fell apart in the late stages. San Antonio was prepared to ship Tony Parker and the #29 pick to Portland in exchange for Andre Miller, Nicolas Batum and the #21 pick.

Other players would have been added in order to make salaries work. However, the deal died when the Spurs insisted that Richard Jefferson be included in the talks. Since San Antonio’s attempt to add Jefferson, talks have quieted, but they could pick up tomorrow if one of these teams has a change of heart.
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What about revisiting a trade for Tony Parker? I don't think that many will argue that the Spurs, in spite of their record, are a contending team in the West. Given that the trade noted above was almost completed last summer (with the main barrier being PDX taking on Jefferson's salary), what are your thoughts about this revised proposal (it works salary wise):

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7vlwbu8

To San Antonio:

  • Raymond Felton, PG
  • Gerald Wallace, SF
  • Wes Matthews, SG

To Portland:

  • Tony Parker, PG
  • Richard Jefferson, SF
  • Daniel Green, SG

Why the Spurs do it:

  • Salary dump ($21+M) allows them to go after younger free agent(s) and start rebuilding for the future
  • Expiring contracts of G. Wallace and R. Felton could potentially net a lottery pick

Why the Blazers do it:

  • Could Parker be the elusive PGOTF? Certainly the best PG since Rod Strickland.
  • Allows Blazers to hopefully rebuild/retool on the fly and not waste LaMarcus' prime playing years mired in mediocrity
  • Blazers keep Batum!

What do you think?

I recognize that this move paralyzes the organization from making additional moves in the offseason but, IMO, it's worth it to get a top 6-7 PG.
 
This Damian Lillard dude from Weber State is moving up draft charts. He's the leading scorer in the nation. A lights out shooter. Could he be the next in a long line of great guards to come out of Oakland?

http://nbadraft.net/players/damian-lillard

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I think the draft is the best bet at attaining that elusive PGOTF.
 
Dude........ I told YOU about Lillard!
 
Lillard and Thomas Robinson are my guys in this draft. Andrew Nicholson is my late 1st round guy.

Book it, Danno.
 
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