The OFFICAL Welcome to Portland, Robin Lopez thread!

[magnifier661]

Aldridge may do that himself. That's my point.

Or he can stay and we become a contender. Can't say one way or another with certainty.

 

[RoyToy]

Or he can stay and we become a contender. Can't say one way or another with certainty.

He won't stay if the Blazers are a .500 team

 

[magnifier661]

He won't stay if the Blazers are a .500 team

With the changes so far, I don't think we will just be a .500 team

 

[RoyToy]

With the changes so far, I don't think we will just be a .500 team

I see a 7-8 seed at about 45 wins at best

Idk, I'm not confident Aldridge will be here past his contract.

 

[magnifier661]

I see a 7-8 seed at about 45 wins at best

Idk, I'm not confident Aldridge will be here past his contract.

Don't get me wrong; I totally understand your concern. I'm just not wired that way. It seems olshey is not going the rebuilding route which leads me to believe he's confident that lma will stay.

But, Aldridge will still have value and if the right deal comes along; I'm sure he will pull the trigger.

Personally I'm just happy that from the looks of the moves; I won't have to sit through another mediocre season with a lot of disappointment

 

[Natebishop3]

Portland has such a bad history of trading big men away, Moses Malone, Asik, O'Neal...now let's watch Withey become an all-nba defensive 1st teamer.

Anyway...good move to get a competent center. Not it will be interested to see who we can get with the left-over money. I'd think we'd go after a guard or SF. I wish we would have kept Maynor.

I hope we go after Nate Robinson. I've always liked him and never understood why he bounced around to so many teams. There are also vets like Calderon, and Udrih.

Corey Brewer would be a cool pickup, but I don't think we can get him.

Malone, Asik, Jermaine O'Neal, and this guy..... It was a dark day when Jason Jennings left the organization.

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[MarAzul]

A slight improvement over last year. we damn sure need improvement in becoming a center from Mr. Leonard though. Perhaps the two of them can make is less painful to watch until one of them owns the paint.

I like it, about I good as I expected the team would do.

 

[Public Defender]

Seems to me that getting Robin Lopez is a solid upgrade, and unless you've got another team over a barrel or you've got something really tantalizing to offer an unrestricted free agent, anything better than "solid upgrade" is pretty darn hard.

Lopez can block shots both as a one-on-one defender and as a helper, he can score when called upon, and he can deliver a hard foul. His main area of deficiency is as a rebounder. And honestly, if he can do everything else - including defend the opposing team's better frontcourt player - maybe we can expect Aldridge and Batum to step up on the boards?

I think Olshey has improved the starting five slightly. Lopez is a better center for what the Blazers need than Hickson. In terms of the bench, McCollum is unproven, but then our bench guards last season were not good, so that's an even move at worst, and Thomas Robinson is definitely an improvement. Overall, team is better than it was, but not a ton better. Could use one more solid addition - either in the backcourt or on the wing.

 

[KingSpeed]

I am thinking a 3 is much more of a need now. Robinson, Leonard, Claver, Freeland all 4's

Claver's a three and he even played some SG last season when Wes was hurt.

 

[MickZagger]

Aldridge may do that himself. That's my point.

You could trade him now, get a great haul and most likely a top 5 pick next year in a great draft. That would put Portland in a really good position going into next year.

Losing Aldridge doesn't make us one of the worst teams in the league.

 

[BrianFromWA]

not anymore. Losing LMA pre-draft, and picking up Noel or Len? Yeah, I could see a lotto pick.

Now, we could trade him for Lee and still make the playoffs. I'm not advocating that, btw.

 

[Pinwheel1]

You could trade him now, get a great haul and most likely a top 5 pick next year in a great draft. That would put Portland in a really good position going into next year.

How many teams out there could add LMA right now and still end up as one of the worst 5 teams next year? Seems like you may be better off trading him before next year's draft, to make sure you get a top 5 pick instead of rolling the dice. I get that there is a risk either way, but I am not buying everyone's theory that waiting a year will take away our leverage. I am not even sure waiting 2 years will.

 

[Blazinaway]

Great pickup for practically nothing. Not exactly sure why some people seem to be annoyed by this trade but you can't please everyone and for giving up nothing but second rounders Olshey has done one HELL of a job this last week.

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wrong time of the month for some of these folks

 

[illmatic99]

Out: Hickson, Babbitt, Nolan, Elliot, Jeffries, Pavlovic
In: Lopez, McCollum, T. Robinson, Crabbe, Wright?

I can dig it. I'm calling 45 wins if healthy. Hoping Dame makes a superstar leap so we're better than that.

 

[PapaG]

I see a 7-8 seed at about 45 wins at best

Idk, I'm not confident Aldridge will be here past his contract.

Is anybody certain he'll be here past his contract? That said, only the pant pissers seem to be freaking out about it, and considering NateBishop3's ridiculous concerns about "fax machines" last summer, I'd take anything he says with many grains of salt.

 

[PapaG]

Out: Hickson, Babbitt, Nolan, Elliot, Jeffries, Pavlovic
In: Lopez, McCollum, T. Robinson, Crabbe, Wright?

I can dig it. I'm calling 45 wins if healthy. Hoping Dame makes a superstar leap so we're better than that.

If he doesn't, none of it matters. I can see him becoming a Roy level/All-NBA 2nd team player, which matched with LMA and another decent pick-up can mean a legitimate contender for WCF in two years.

Trade LMA for picks now, and I'm not sure I'll even wait to see what happens, because I know Lillard isn't going to want to play for a loser.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Claver's a three and he even played some SG last season when Wes was hurt.

He's a stretch 4. He may have had to play the 3, but he is not an NBA 3

 

[illmatic99]

Yup. Even Blazer brass put Claver as a 3rd string 4 on their big board. BTW, MM. You like this move?

 

[jlprk]

Claver's a SF until Olshey adds a SF. A roster has 3 of them. Possibilities are Batum, Matthews who starts at guard, and the 99-pound Barton.

Claver is Batum's backup.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Yup. Even Blazer brass put Claver as a 3rd string 4 on their big board. BTW, MM. You like this move?

love this move.

25 year old center with a PER of 18.9 on a shitty team. 16/8/2.2 per 36 Hell yes

 

[Mediocre Man]

Claver's a SF until Olshey adds a SF. A roster has 3 of them. Possibilities are Batum, Matthews who starts at guard, and the 99-pound Barton.

Claver is Batum's backup.

i guess thats why yhe war room listed him as a 4?

 

[jlprk]

Either the janitor who put the list up is wrong, or this imbalanced depth chart is right.

C--2 players
Lopez
Leonard

PF--4 players
Aldridge
Robinson
Claver--just move him to SF
Freeland

SF--1 player
Batum

 

[mook]

Either the janitor who put the list up is wrong, or this imbalanced depth chart is right.

C--2 players
Lopez
Leonard

PF--4 players
Aldridge
Robinson
Claver--just move him to SF
Freeland

SF--1 player
Batum

More or less right, I believe. Although Aldridge often ends the game at C. If Robinson proves to be the rebounder/defender we hope he is, I really don't think LMA will have any problem with logging major minutes with him in the front court. It's not so much about playing next to a center as it is playing next to a guy who does the dirty work of defending the other team's best front court guy/rebounding.

And Wes Matthews can play a lot of minutes at SF (he's short for the position but strong. He played SF mostly in college.) If McCollum is good enough to push Matthews out of the starting lineup, I think Wes would make a very good backup SF.

It's better balanced than it looks on first blush.

 

[Eastoff]

I'm pretty sure they're going to try to dump Freeland and Matthews

 

[Pinwheel1]

I'm pretty sure they're going to try to dump Freeland and Matthews

Those two would be the two contracts I would like to move for a really good player. And I can see them trying to dump Freeland's regardless. But unless they are getting quality back for Wes they won't try to dump him. Between starting at SG and backing up Batum, the dude will log 32 minutes a game for us next year. He may not be great but he is pretty good.

 

[mook]

Those two would be the two contracts I would like to move for a really good player. And I can see them trying to dump Freeland's regardless. But unless they are getting quality back for Wes they won't try to dump him. Between starting at SG and backing up Batum, the dude will log 32 minutes a game for us next year. He may not be great but he is pretty good.

Yeah, I'm not really sure that there's a huge demand in the league for his services. With Lillard, Batum and McCollum on our team, we need a wing who hits threes and can defend. Wes fits that bill quite nicely. Most teams want an SG with some ball handling/driving/passing skills. I think he has more value here than he does on most teams.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Jesus Christ, maybe Simmons is right, we ARE a bunch of fucking Soccer Moms. Jeff Withey? A week ago, who the hell was that? Oh, we picked him in the 2nd round of the draft? WE LOVE HIM, HE MUST BE AN AWESOME PLAYER FOR OUR BELOVED TEAM TO PICK HIM, OH HE'S SUCH A GOOD SHOT BLOCKER (ELITE, NO LESS!). I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM HOIST THE O'BRIEN TROPHY FOR THE BLAZERS?? Oh wait... now he's part of a trade for a proven NBA starting center? WAAAAHHHHHH I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY WOULD DO THIS TO MY BELOVED 2ND ROUND STEAL!!! LOPEZ IS CRAP!!! THE BLAZERS WILL RUE THIS DECISION WHEN WITHEY MAKES THE ALL-STAR TEAM WITH 39 BLOCKED SHOTS PER GAME AVERAGE!

A week from now: OH, LOPEZ IS SO FUCKING AWESOME, I CAN'T BELIEVE THE BLAZERS GOT HIM FOR PRACTICALLY NOTHING, HIS PER IS GREAT AND HE'S THE MISSING PIECE THEY NEED TO MAKE A DEEP PLAYOFF RUN!!!!!

Fuck Me.

Post of the month!

 

[Mote]

Bwaaaahahahaha!!! Great post... Repped

Jesus Christ, maybe Simmons is right, we ARE a bunch of fucking Soccer Moms. Jeff Withey? A week ago, who the hell was that? Oh, we picked him in the 2nd round of the draft? WE LOVE HIM, HE MUST BE AN AWESOME PLAYER FOR OUR BELOVED TEAM TO PICK HIM, OH HE'S SUCH A GOOD SHOT BLOCKER (ELITE, NO LESS!). I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM HOIST THE O'BRIEN TROPHY FOR THE BLAZERS?? Oh wait... now he's part of a trade for a proven NBA starting center? WAAAAHHHHHH I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY WOULD DO THIS TO MY BELOVED 2ND ROUND STEAL!!! LOPEZ IS CRAP!!! THE BLAZERS WILL RUE THIS DECISION WHEN WITHEY MAKES THE ALL-STAR TEAM WITH 39 BLOCKED SHOTS PER GAME AVERAGE!

A week from now: OH, LOPEZ IS SO FUCKING AWESOME, I CAN'T BELIEVE THE BLAZERS GOT HIM FOR PRACTICALLY NOTHING, HIS PER IS GREAT AND HE'S THE MISSING PIECE THEY NEED TO MAKE A DEEP PLAYOFF RUN!!!!!

Fuck Me.

 

[magnifier661]

Post of the month!

That's probably how I would react if Aldridge was traded

 

[Blazinaway]

Post of the month!

LOL and REPPED as well!!!!!