What Blazer of the past would best complement our current team?

[Rastapopoulos]

(Also specify the year's version of the player, or roughly thereabouts, because obviously the current versions wouldn't help much.)

Since our biggest weakness is PF, I'd say it's between Maurice Lucas ('77), Buck Williams ('90 ish), Brian Grant ('99 ish) or 'Sheed (same).

I'm going with Sheed. I think his game is, if anything, better suited to the current NBA. My only qualm is his not-great rebounding, but he would complement Nurkic very well, both defensively and with his outside shooting. Plus I miss the craziness and the athleticism.

Second choice: Scottie Pippen, the year we acquired him. He could be Rich Man's Batum for us.

 

[Strenuus]

Damn, get the draft here... summer league... anything.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Damn, get the draft here... summer league... anything.

Hey, think of this as "what Blazer of the past should we hope our draft pick is most like" and you can make it relevant!

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I'm going Sheed, but I had a post about that right after we got Nurk. Sheed would fit this lineup so well.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Agreed on Sheed. Plus the attitude is sorely needed on this team.

 

[riverman]

Hard to pick just one....Sheed would be perfect...so would Jerome Kersey.....for guys still playing I'd go with a healthy Wes Mathews or a motivated Nic Batum with the roster we have now. Also a guy who would've been one of the greatest if he'd stuck here and lived longer...Drazen Petrovic....Dame with Drazen would have been amazing...healthy BRoy and Dame would have been a hell of a pairing.

 

[riverman]

I think actually Batum's passing with Nurk would've been beautiful to watch...

 

[BrianFromWA]

What am I missing, thinking I'd take a healthy Walton over just about anyone else in Blazers' history, and figure out how to make Nurk work with him?

 

[Orion Bailey]

CLyde was 6'7. Probably make a hell of a small forward.....

 

[OneLifeToLive]

CLyde was 6'7. Probably make a hell of a small forward.....

What's the team desperately searching for? That third scorer. Clyde could play the two and the three and maybe on some occasions the four. Yeah, Clyde makes great sense.

 

[Minstrel]

Another vote for 'Sheed. I've said a couple of times before that he was simply ahead of this time--he'd be the ideal power forward for the NBA today. Great, long defender who could switch onto anyone and shooting range out to three.

 

[riverman]

Scottie Pippen and Rod Strickland would be great.....Rod to Nurk would've been like Rod to Sabo....bring CJ off the bench..let Rod run the point...Dame off the ball.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Drazen.

RIP.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Kersey

RIP

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Lucas

RIP

 

[Minstrel]

C: Walton
PF: Sheed
SF: Pippen
SG: Drexler
PG: Lillard

That'd be a fun lineup. Tons of passing, tons of scoring, some defensive pillars.

 

[riverman]

What's the team desperately searching for? That third scorer. Clyde could play the two and the three and maybe on some occasions the four. Yeah, Clyde makes great sense.

I think now we have the 3rd scorer in Nurk though

 

[OneLifeToLive]

I think now we have the 3rd scorer in Nurk though

That's the hope. The fact that he didn't last a full 20 games without getting hurt is yet another concern about a big man and potential injuries going forward. Not sure I would trust my short term or long term hopes on that.

 

[ripcityboy]

C: Walton
PF: Sheed
SF: Pippen
SG: Drexler
PG: Lillard

That'd be a fun lineup. Tons of passing, tons of scoring, some defensive pillars.

What this guy said.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

C: Walton
PF: Sheed
SF: Pippen
SG: Drexler
PG: Lillard

That'd be a fun lineup. Tons of passing, tons of scoring, some defensive pillars.

Roy and Sabas off the bench.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

I feel the need for Sheed.

 

[STOMP]

I'll vote for Pip over Drexler & Sheed for fit/need reasons. Drexler is tempting as he'd give them a true mismatch as few SGs ever have come close to his size & athleticism, & he is the best player in franchise history for a long list of good reasons. The team has such glaring holes at the forward spots though and Pippen and Wallace were their two best. Sheed would be such an awesome add for his versitile D and ability to stretch the floor with another deep ball threat (remember when posters so righteously thought that was a bad thing?). But give them a healthy Scottie and this team would be for real. He was such a great facilitator/playmaker. Dame and CJ are both scorers at heart and the team would benefit so much from adding a superior pass first player who was such a great floor general. He'd also be easily their best defender both on the ball and in team D... IMO he's the greatest defensive SF ever.

STOMP

 

[Stevenson]

Nic Batum . . .

 

[PDXFonz]

NBA Champion Adam Morrison

 

[Minstrel]

Nic Batum . . .

I miss the early days, hoping he'd become the next Pippen.

 

[theprunetang]

I miss the early days, hoping he'd become the next Pippen.

And people called him Batman instead of
homme chauve-souris.

 

[-Ace-]

Coby Karl.