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What now?

Who do we keep? With Oden back ANOTHER year, we need to seriously think about trading everyone except Roy, Aldridge and Rudy/Batum (choose one) to get a team that can get back to highly competative, playoff basketball.

Miller is now much too old to be with our "new" cast. He will be dealt. Same with Blake.
 
I would try to trade anyone but LMA and Roy for Rudy Gay.
 
We must insert Andre into the starting lineup immediately, and remove Blake. We must step on the other team early and use LaMarcus and Martell's ability to fly down the court to get easy buckets. There isn't an option any longer to remain the status quo and hope it 'figures itself out'. We cannot depend on two units, and we cannot depend on jumpers falling. We must push it.
 
Blake will never be dealt. Miller should be dealt though he's winning over the fans tonight.
 
What about Elton Brand? He's on the outs in Philly. Kind of a temporary solution to things.

Arenas or Butler in Washington?
 
Starting Bayless would be a good move. Need to get the young guns more PT and get younger....trade the vets. Our window is pushed back indefinitely.
 
Cant' build around Oden. That's obvious at this point. Miller and Outlaw/Batum need to be packaged for something fast and good at the SF position.

The Blazers gambled on going big. They wasted 25% of this season going big. It's failed. What is next?
 
We have to assume Oden will be servicable but not dominant now in our plans. We keep him, hopefully long-term, but plan around him instead of being lazy and letting the "cake bake".

I think we need to try to get a stud @ the SF position now. Consolidation trade, even our guys like Rudy or Batum are trade-bait for the right young talent. I'm talking guys in their first 4-5 years in the L.
 
LOL at everyone pretending Oden's career is over. It's a tough situation, but he's only out for the season. He'll be 100% next year. We've seen how dominant he can be.
 
Trade Miller and Outlaw for a young PF that will run and has hops.

Bayless/Roy/Rudy/young PF/LMA

bench is Blake/Webster/Cunningham/Howard/Pryz

THEN fire Nate. Hire a coach that will implement SSOL.

Profit.
 
maxiep said:
LOL at everyone pretending Oden's career is over. It's a tough situation, but he's only out for the season. He'll be 100% next year. We've seen how dominant he can be.
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Part of me wonders if he knee never fully recovered from the crack from Maggette's knee brace last year.
 
maxiep said:
LOL at everyone pretending Oden's career is over. It's a tough situation, but he's only out for the season. He'll be 100% next year. We've seen how dominant he can be.
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yeah, but we have to plan around him right now. What we have now is not working anyway, time to roll the dice (protect Roy and LMA though).
 
maxiep said:
LOL at everyone pretending Oden's career is over. It's a tough situation, but he's only out for the season. He'll be 100% next year. We've seen how dominant he can be.
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His knee may be, but he wont play basketball for a very long time and will get out of shape again, and he'll have to take it easy in the off-season..again. It's a big setback.
 
maxiep said:
LOL at everyone pretending Oden's career is over. It's a tough situation, but he's only out for the season. He'll be 100% next year. We've seen how dominant he can be.
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Oden's career isn't over. His Hall of Fame career, however, is over. He's injury-prone, and no team worth anything is going to build around his brittle bones.

I feel like I've posted this for two years. Oh wait, I have posted this for two years.
 
hoojacks said:
Trade Miller and Outlaw for a young PF that will run and has hops.

Bayless/Roy/Rudy/young PF/LMA

bench is Blake/Webster/Cunningham/Howard/Pryz

THEN fire Nate. Hire a coach that will implement SSOL.

Profit.
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that PF should be able to play the 3....

something like an Al Harrington but not him.
 
This definitely going to be a challenge. Short term, we have a very few healthy players. Webster has not been impressive. And we still have not figured out how to make the best use of Miller.

Long term I believe we do not have top prospects at the two most important positions, point guard and center. (I think we are now at a point where we can't count on Oden being healthy longterm).

Since we failed to find a way to move up in a draft which had very many tremendous point guards, I do think we have to go with Bayless, give him a chance to show whether or not he can be a top point guard.

I don't think we really have a lot of great tradeable assets and we don't have cap space so I don't see how we are going to trade for a good young center (if there are even any available), so maybe the idea of forcing Aldridge to be a center is all we can do. We do have the expiring contracts of Outlaw and Blake to try to find a PF.
 
PapaG said:
Oden's career isn't over. His Hall of Fame career, however, is over. He's injury-prone, and no team worth anything is going to build around his brittle bones.

I feel like I've posted this for two years. Oh wait, I have posted this for two years.
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Well, well, well, if it isn't Nostradamus?
 
I don't think we make any trades. I actually want to keep Miller too. We run with our guys and try to pick up a big body to back Joel up via FA.
 
PapaG said:
How much will you bet on an Oden Hall of Fame career right now? Does $500 sound good?
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I wouldn't bet $500 on Roy making the HOF. I'm just saying to give up on someone in their early 20s because they've had a torn ligament and a broken kneecap is silly.
 
maxiep said:
I wouldn't bet $500 on Roy making the HOF. I'm just saying to give up on someone in their early 20s because they've had a torn ligament and a broken kneecap is silly.
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I hope it is silly. I hope Greg becomes Shaq. All signs point to "no", but I hope it happens.
 
PapaG said:
Oden's career isn't over. His Hall of Fame career, however, is over. He's injury-prone, and no team worth anything is going to build around his brittle bones.

I feel like I've posted this for two years. Oh wait, I have posted this for two years.
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haha you lose and win at the same time
 
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