Exclusive The guys that got away

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

LOL...it was available to Utah at a lower price...why wouldn't it be available to Portland?

as I said. it was widely known that Denver was shopping that pick. IIRC, they didn't want the financial obligation of a 1st round pick and preferred the less expensive 2nd round pick, with shorter guarantees

they even traded within the division, so there would have been nothing excluding Portland from the auction. Portland had higher 2nds than the 46th pick. They simply sold the 40th pick for cash, and that would have been a better trade chip than the 46th pick which was all it took Utah to land Gobert

clearly, Olshey didn't value Gobert as worth a 2nd round pick. Now, he had Meyers already and was obviously still overrating Meyers significantly at the time ("he could be an all-star"). And it's possible that he knew he was going to cut a deal for Robin Lopez. Still, he let an opportunity to draft a two-time DPOY pass in favor of below average C's.

I'm noticing your tune is a little different now. Instead of you and illimatic saying I was "making things up" (lying) or posting "fake news" (kind of the same as lying), you've retreated to the old "we can't know for sure" position. If that was the standard for discussion, about 95% of the posts in this forum would be deleted.

my stance hasn’t really changed. By your logic, basically every player in the league has “gotten away”.

 

[jlprk]

Portland had the 45th pick, selecting Marko Todorovic....which became 1 of the four 2nds they used on Thomas Robinson

The only thing that Olshey is good at, 2nd-round picks...is the one thing he often washes down the sink. Everything else, he saves like a squirrel with a nut in his cheeks, never throwing away his own draftees or coaches.

 

[wizenheimer]

my stance hasn’t really changed. By your logic, basically every player in the league has “gotten away”.

c'mon man...that's just plain loopy

my "stance" was specifically about Gobert and the circumstances at the time, for Denver, for Utah, and for Portland

can you at least admit that when you went after me for "fake news" you didn't know what I was basing my assertion on?

 

[jlprk]

Gobert was a risk. When Summer League started, no one knew whether he'd make the NBA, so Batum hung around to give his fellow Frenchman advice. But Gobert didn't need it. During Summer League, he looked like he had a chance. So Batum backed off.

Olshey cares only about shooting range, so he wouldn't have drafted Gobert. Quin Snyder, despite being a Republican financial contributor, is one of the best coaches in the NBA. Under Stotts, Gobert would have been another skinny Harry Giles.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

c'mon man...that's just plain loopy

my "stance" was specifically about Gobert and the circumstances at the time, for Denver, for Utah, and for Portland

can you at least admit that when you went after me for "fake news" you didn't know what I was basing my assertion on?

you take shit way too serious, FAMS.

but your connection was a stretch.

 

[Strenuus]

Go back to bed Stren!

I'm glad I made that caveat. Holy hell. Lmao.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Big Ed has toured the league since leaving and rarely played...first stop was the Jazz...he' worn a lot of uniforms....Mo Harkless had been towel waiving for the Clippers, Knicks and Heat....is Tim Frazier in the league? Shabazz Napier? I'd personally love to have Big Ed back on our bench...he's bored

Ed’s first stop after us was Brooklyn.

 

[bobf]

Seth Curry, Will Barton, Pat Connaughton
The bigger list would be players we brought in who fizzled out elsewhere
Alan Crabbe, Mo Williams, Louis Montero, Nolan Smith, Caleb Swanigan, Mario, Ed Davis, Meyers, Chief, Mo Harkless, Tolliver, TRob

It remains to be seen if Aminu fizzed elsewhere. He's back from injury and played only 115 minutes.

 

[riverman]

It remains to be seen if Aminu fizzed elsewhere. He's back from injury and played only 115 minutes.

yeah,,I think Chief made the list because for Orlando he's been like Zach Collins for us....couldn't stay on the court...that's sort of fizzling Mo Harkless also doesn't play much. So post Blazer career...not stellar outings that make us really miss them. In many ways Lamarcus as fizzled too compared to how he performed in Portland

 

[PCmor7]

Petteri Koponen

 

[Lanny]

Moses Malone?

We had Walton and didn't need him. But he would've made great trade bait.

 

[Lanny]

Blazers had Rudy Gobert in for two workouts, but decided he wasn't worth a 2nd round pick

Giant OUCH!