Rastapopoulos
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There's a growing consensus that the Blazers have zeroed in on Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Suppose that, indeed, happens. How would you feel? I'm feeling pretty "meh" about it myself.
On the one hand: it could be worse. I don't like the idea of Adams or Gobert because they seem very bust-likely to me. I also don't like Muhammad who seems one-dimensional and not team-oriented.
On the other hand: is SG really what we need? Yes, I know, BPA and all that. But Batum does best when played at SG, Wes is actually our emotional and defensive leader (and often leads in +/-), and I liked what I saw in Will Barton's play. Not to mention that Lillard looked good off the ball last year. So I would say that actually, although we don't have a star at SG, it's one of the areas that we have least need for.
Yes, I know, "BPA". But watching Caldwell-Pope doesn't lead me to believe he'd be anything but a sort of average SG. What about you? Does he have any skills that leap out at you? Meanwhile we have no backup PG (we're ditching Nolan (and even if we didn't, we'd still have no backup PG) and, in all likelihood, Maynor) and no defensive presence in the frontcourt. Of course the team could have trades and FA in mind to deal with those, but it seems to me there are some very promising players available in the draft that excite me a whole hell of a lot more than KCP (although, admittedly, his name is AWESOME). Dieng is going to be a +/- all-star and defensive anchor for years to come, Schr[FONT="]öder[/FONT] looks like he could be great, etc. etc.
Thoughts?
On the one hand: it could be worse. I don't like the idea of Adams or Gobert because they seem very bust-likely to me. I also don't like Muhammad who seems one-dimensional and not team-oriented.
On the other hand: is SG really what we need? Yes, I know, BPA and all that. But Batum does best when played at SG, Wes is actually our emotional and defensive leader (and often leads in +/-), and I liked what I saw in Will Barton's play. Not to mention that Lillard looked good off the ball last year. So I would say that actually, although we don't have a star at SG, it's one of the areas that we have least need for.
Yes, I know, "BPA". But watching Caldwell-Pope doesn't lead me to believe he'd be anything but a sort of average SG. What about you? Does he have any skills that leap out at you? Meanwhile we have no backup PG (we're ditching Nolan (and even if we didn't, we'd still have no backup PG) and, in all likelihood, Maynor) and no defensive presence in the frontcourt. Of course the team could have trades and FA in mind to deal with those, but it seems to me there are some very promising players available in the draft that excite me a whole hell of a lot more than KCP (although, admittedly, his name is AWESOME). Dieng is going to be a +/- all-star and defensive anchor for years to come, Schr[FONT="]öder[/FONT] looks like he could be great, etc. etc.
Thoughts?
) but the expectation should be that we get a very solid rotation player whether starter or bench.
