Time to shop Batum?

[Driew]

I'm glad McMillan benched Batum against Memphis. Maybe that will light a fire under Batum's ass. Batum has been sulking and not playing hard AT ALL. We shall see though...

 

[Kaydow]

I wouldn't trade Batum right now, not unless whatever was coming back was just too good to pass up on....

Look, I don't think Nate will be here next year...a new coach, and given Batum's age (22?), there is no reason to pull the plug early on him at all.....


outside of Batum and Matthews, anybody else IMO is trade bait for the right deal....It is not a complete teardown, but it is an expensive (down to the studs) remodel that needs to occur....


As for Bayless, I am not nearly as upset with him being dealt as some people are....Let's face it, he isn't like Stephen Curry, nor is he the next incarnation of Kevin Johnson...he is a hot\cold performer whose best asset is driving to the rim with wild abandon.....Not a cornerstone player people....

Well put. i can't believe how many people in here are lamenting over trading JB . . . he had ONE GOOD GAME where dropped 31. The night before he was 1-9 with 3 pts. Look at his game log - he's the same guy he was here (when everybody in here blasted him, minus a game or two last season).

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

Never. Sell. Low.

Nah, wait til the value is zero and then get absolutely nothing.

 

[craigehlo]

Nah, wait til the value is zero and then get absolutely nothing.

Exactly. By all means let's have Batum become Enron stock.

 

[PapaG]

Well put. i can't believe how many people in here are lamenting over trading JB . . . he had ONE GOOD GAME where dropped 31. The night before he was 1-9 with 3 pts. Look at his game log - he's the same guy he was here (when everybody in here blasted him, minus a game or two last season).

He has a PER of 20.9 since joining the Raptors 10 games ago and a 15.3 PER for the season. I think it is safe to say that he is better than nothing, which is what the Blazers literally received to replace him on the roster this season.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

He has a PER of 20.9 since joining the Raptors 10 games ago and a 15.3 PER for the season. I think it is safe to say that he is better than nothing, which is what the Blazers literally received to replace him on the roster this season.

So you don't think the Blazers should trade for future draft picks because they recieve nothing that year?

And next year: the Blazers get a draft pick and don't have to give up anything next year. Next year Cho is a genius . . . if we are going to break up and analyze this trade only looking at one year.

 

[Minstrel]

Well put. i can't believe how many people in here are lamenting over trading JB . . . he had ONE GOOD GAME where dropped 31. The night before he was 1-9 with 3 pts. Look at his game log - he's the same guy he was here (when everybody in here blasted him, minus a game or two last season).

He's 22. He improved a bunch from season 1 to season 2 and appears to have improved again. After struggling in the early going (which is understandable, considering the changing of organizations) he's been playing extremely well.

And he's still 4-5 years from his expected prime.

 

[RoyToy]

He's 22. He improved a bunch from season 1 to season 2 and appears to have improved again. After struggling in the early going (which is understandable, considering the changing of organizations) he's been playing extremely well.

And he's still 4-5 years from his expected prime.

Wrong. The deadline to keep improving is 22. Deal with it.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

We all know what Batum's problem is right . . . i picked a screen name using his name.

I should have just walked up to him on the court and bash his knee with a baseball bat . . . same effect.