Three Players: Keep Two

[ABM]

Who will they be?

 

[SpanishFly]

Who will they be?

My view is trade the one that brings us the best value in return (a backup C like Gortat?), don't really care if it's Blake or Miller, Miller IMO has more value so maybe it's him.

 

[magnifier661]

Who will they be?

What do you mean? Which three players are you talking about? Miller, Blake and Bayless?

If that's the choices, then I would keep Blake and Bayless. Miller's contract is a doozy. Blake and Bayless are nice contracts. If Blake isn't working, then you can just let him go and not be accountable for that salary later on.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Assuming Rudy is healthy, Blake is redundant. Miller allows the team to change the pace, and go up-tempo for stretches.

 

[andalusian]

Logically, groom JB to be the starting PG next to Roy with Blake as a 3P specialist/limited minutes backup makes sense, but - given that Blake is an expiring this year and Miller is an expiring next year, I would not be surprised to see Blake moved this year, and Miller next one.

 

[LameR]

Kingspeed's gonna be mad...

 

[ABM]

What do you mean? Which three players are you talking about? Miller, Blake and Bayless?

Yes, it's a poll.

 

[illmatic99]

Rudy can do everything Blake can. Only better.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Completely disregarding talent level, I think it'd be a lot easier to send an expiring 4M contract away (espec. for a backup) than miller's ~8M this year and next.

I said keep Miller and Bayless

 

[hasoos]

Rudy can do everything Blake can. Only better.

Exactamundo. We should be shooting towards going to a 3 guard rotation, with Roy, Bayless, and Rudy. Keep one other guard as a backup. This would provide the following

1. 32 minutes a game apiece to keep everybody happy and keep Roy from getting worn down.
2. There is plenty of playmaking opportunity for all of them to keep them all happy. Rudy had alluded to this in the pre season.
3. All 3 can finish on the break.
4. All 3 can shoot.
5. All 3 can handle a flaming bag pass and make something postive out of it.
6. Any combination of two of them can handle the defensive responsibilities. It is just a matter of choosing who guards who.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I'd really like this poll public so I could see who voted Bayless off the island, please.

 

[hasoos]

I'd really like this poll public so I could see who voted Bayless off the island, please.

Well your going to laugh at this. It was me, accidently. I accidently clicked the wrong radio button, and unfortunately I did not have my coffee yet, and hit the wrong one and didn't catch it. That just goes to show you, boys and girls, don't do anything until thoroughly caffeinated!

 

[BrianFromWA]

No problem. I thought it was funny

 

[Luther]

This is a no brainer...here's the real question. Is Andre Miller a better basketball player than Blake?.....Yes. Get rid of Blake...Start Bayless because he is obviously going to be around for a while. Let Rudy and Miller be our primary scoring off the bench. Bayless will have growing pains, but he is much more of an all around threat than Blake.

 

[Blazer_Hippie]

Logically, groom JB to be the starting PG next to Roy with Blake as a 3P specialist/limited minutes backup makes sense, but - given that Blake is an expiring this year and Miller is an expiring next year, I would not be surprised to see Blake moved this year, and Miller next one.

more of this please.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'd really like this poll public so I could see who voted Bayless off the island, please.

I want him out of here. It's only a matter of time before he eats a baby.

 

[WillG]

I want him out of here. It's only a matter of time before he eats a baby.

Nah, he'd keep fumbling it trying to get it into his maw.
T-Rex arms baby!

 

[B-Roy]

But, more than anyone else, it's Andre Miller, who just watched a younger, hungrier, more-physically-gifted player do everything that Miller himself was brought to Portland to do: complement Brandon Roy, relieve Brandon Roy, protect the basketball, get to the foul line, increase the tempo, move the ball. Many fans noticed Miller rushing off the court after the game. He was frantically looking for his playing time.

-Blazersedge.

 

[Minstrel]

I want him out of here. It's only a matter of time before he eats a baby.

You see murderous hunger. I see competitive spirit.

Frankly, we need a few more baby-eaters on this team.

 

[ABM]

The return of Patty Mills is gonna be telling. That said, I say keep Miller and, short of an in-season trade, let Blake walk at the end of this season

 

[BenDavis503]

Get rid of Blake.

 

[Public Defender]

I voted with the majority here. What I'd love to see around the trade deadline (and around the time that Rudy is rounding back into game shape) is that the Blazers execute the following:
1.) trade Steve Blake for the best frontcourt player with experience available (I'm not expecting Caron Butler, or anyone really good, just someone who can provide some minutes and has a little more in the tank than Juwan Howard);
2.) then the Blazers establish the backcourt of the future - Jerryd Bayless and Brandon Roy;
3.) pair Andre Miller with Rudy Fernandez for an up-tempo backcourt for the second unit.

 

[MARIS61]

Any way you look at it, Miller is a short-timer and therefore most expendable.

Also most valuable in a trade to someone looking to shore up for the playoffs.

Also hasn't bonded as much with the team or found his place in the scheme of things.

Seems obvious, and no fault of his own.

 

[ABM]

Any way you look at it, Miller is a short-timer and therefore most expendable.

Also most valuable in a trade to someone looking to shore up for the playoffs.

Also hasn't bonded as much with the team or found his place in the scheme of things.

Seems obvious, and no fault of his own.

with Blake gone, I could see that changing.

 

[MrJayremmie]

Bayless backed up by Blake is the best, IMO. Miller would probably have more value around the league, but that value is quickly dropping because of his play and because of Blake's expiring contract. Also, i'd only do this if Bayless started, and Nate didn't feel forced to play Blake any more than 15-20mpg. If not, I'd get rid of Blake and keep Miller.

 

[MARIS61]

with Blake gone, I could see that changing.

It won't make Old Man Miller any younger.

He's already on the downslide, refuses to get in shape, and steals PT from our developing players.

Short timer.

 

[WillG]

Option 4:
Bayless/Mills

Use Blake and Miller (combined with others eg. Outlaw) to acquire SF/PF options.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Option 4:
Bayless/Mills

Use Blake and Miller (combined with others eg. Outlaw) to acquire SF/PF options.

Blech.

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[Minstrel]

I'm really surprised by the enthusiasm for Mills before he even plays a single NBA minute. What separates him from Taurean Green or any other second-round guard?

I'm certainly not saying he can't be more than Green, or the average second-round guard, but he's becoming a bit of a folk hero around here, despite not having been that special a college player (and no one, not even those wily Spurs, tabbed him before the end of the second round).

 

[WillG]

Blake/ ?
or ?/ Blake

Blech!