The Blazers confessional thread

[Boob-No-More]

Was wrong about Oden and continued to hold out hope he'd one day get healthy WAY too long. Finally took my Oden jerseys to Goodwill when we waived him.

Was initially wrong about Stotts. Thought he was a temporary place holder. He won me over last season when we had four different players hit game winning shots. The ball movement and variety of options was a refreshing change from Nate's all-ISO offense that became totally ineffective as soon as Roy's knees started to go. Even when Roy was injured, and even AFTER he was gone, Nate continued to run the Roy ISO for whoever we had in the game (Bayless, Andre Miller, Jamal Crawford).

On a lesser note, I thought Dorell Wright would be much better off the bench than he's been. He averaged 9.2 ppg off the bench for Philadelphia last year and seemed like such a good fit in the Stotts offense. I thought for sure Wright and Mo would combine to average more ppg than our entire bench did last season (18.5 ppg) Guess not.

BNM

 

[Schilly]

ZagsFan was wrong about Adam Morrison.

 

[Strenuus]

Ah, BNM, good one. I was wrong about Wright. I thought he'd be more consistent.

 

[oldmangrouch]

I badly misjudged this season. Sometimes the whole really is greater than the sum of the parts.

 

[Natebishop3]

Was wrong about Oden and continued to hold out hope he'd one day get healthy WAY too long. Finally took my Oden jerseys to Goodwill when we waived him.

Was initially wrong about Stotts. Thought he was a temporary place holder. He won me over last season when we had four different players hit game winning shots. The ball movement and variety of options was a refreshing change from Nate's all-ISO offense that became totally ineffective as soon as Roy's knees started to go. Even when Roy was injured, and even AFTER he was gone, Nate continued to run the Roy ISO for whoever we had in the game (Bayless, Andre Miller, Jamal Crawford).

On a lesser note, I thought Dorell Wright would be much better off the bench than he's been. He averaged 9.2 ppg off the bench for Philadelphia last year and seemed like such a good fit in the Stotts offense. I thought for sure Wright and Mo would combine to average more ppg than our entire bench did last season (18.5 ppg) Guess not.

BNM

I was really hoping Wright would be like James Jones for us. I was wrong.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I was sort of against matching Batum. Would like to have seen some sort of trade to get Igoudala. He'd still be great but I'm loving Batum's point forward-ness this year.

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize... to myself, for thinking the moderators/admins [of Blazer's Edge] were anything more than nonathletic boobs

Respect, pass it on.

I thought that's what the apology and Twix was for.

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

Can people really be "wrong" about someone when they played well/poorly last season, and then turn around and do the opposite the next? Doesn't seem like something worthy of a confession, more an acknowledgement of a change in reality.

 

[OregonHuskerMan]

I thought LMA should've been traded last year; Stotts was a scrub of a coach; and finally, Martell Webster was going to be something special for us with his shooting.

 

[BBert]

Wright's funk may be a bigger surprise than the Blazers' success to-date. He has just been 'off'. There is still time for him to get it 'on'. In the basketball sense, of course.

 

[Natebishop3]

Can people really be "wrong" about someone when they played well/poorly last season, and then turn around and do the opposite the next? Doesn't seem like something worthy of a confession, more an acknowledgement of a change in reality.

This is a confessional. They can confess to being wrong about anything they want.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I thought Rudy Fernandez would be a game changer. I still do. :MARIS61:

 

[Natebishop3]

I thought Rudy Fernandez would be a game changer. I still do. :MARIS61:

I think he was a game changer.... until Ariza broke him.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I thought there was no way Oden would still be drawing a paycheck in the NBA in 2014. Oops!

 

[ponderguy]

I wanted Barnes and Marshall in the 2012 draft.

 

[magnifier661]

I was wrong about thinking this team could win 55 games. They will be heading to the 59-62 win mark this season… <-- Shun the disbeliever!

I was also very wrong about Batum. The dude has become what everyone said he would. So glad I was wrong about screaming about that 11 mil per contract.

I was wrong about Lillard. I was against the signing because I wanted Drummond so badly.

I was wrong about Matthews. I really thought his heart wasn't in the team. He is the heart of this team!

 

[magnifier661]

I thought there was no way Oden would still be drawing a paycheck in the NBA in 2014. Oops!

LMAO!

 

[KingSpeed]

I thought we'd get the 3rd seed but it's likely now that we could get the #1 seed.

 

[BlazerWookee]

It thought Martell Webster would be a dark horse All-Star candidate by his fifth year in the league.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Shawn Kemp
Greg oden

 

[PapaG]

I thought Oden was the right pick. May still be, as it turns out, but not for the reason I believed at the time of that draft.

 

[jlprk]

I was wrong thinking that Paul Allen would hold out forever against commercialism in naming the Rose Garden Moda Center.

However, I must pat myself on the back. I was miraculously close in thinking that if he did, he'd name it the Oden Center.

 

[PapaG]

I was wrong thinking that Paul Allen would hold out forever against commercialism in naming the Rose Garden Moda Center.

However, I must pat myself on the back. I was miraculously close in thinking that if he did, he'd name it the Oden Center.

I was going with the Rhoda Center.

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[cmeese47]

I think he was a game changer.... until Ariza broke him.

This is so true his cold shooting and terrible defense cost us a good many playoff games so thank you Ariza

 

[oldguy]

I didn't want Jordan or Bowie. I wanted Barkley. (Better, but still wrong.)

I thought Damon would be a very good PG.

I though it was a good move to sign Detlef in.

I thought we had a 5 year window of playing in the finals when we drafted Oden.

I once thought it was possible to be a Blazers fan and have a Lakers fan as a friend.

Go Blazers

 

[riverman]

I was wrong about Victor Claver, I figured he'd be solid in the rotation and making his jump shots.

 

[BBert]

I didn't want Jordan or Bowie. I wanted Barkley. (Better, but still wrong.)

Go Blazers

Hey, me too!

Of course, if the Blazers had picked heads like I said, the question would have been moot.

 

[maxiep]

When I look back, it's hard to see what I wasn't wrong about.

I suck at prognosticating.

 

[MickZagger]

I thought Viktor Khryapa was our future at SF.

 

[riverman]

I thought Sheed would spend his whole career here and win multiple rings before hangin' his jersey in the rafters and eventually becoming the head coach.