Why Milsap (or Lee) will not work in PDX.

[Masbee]

What part are you having trouble with???


Oden - Center
LMA - PF

Milsap PF/C...

You cannot have one of those guys play SF.. just does not work. So when the game is on the line and we need our best players on the floor.. we will have a 10 mill player sitting next to Coach Mac-Mullan.

sounds like a good idea to you?

Sure.

Look at contenders over the years. Most of them have a player coming off the bench earning starter money.

Now you are free to move on to your next negative point. I know you have them all lined up.

 

[RickyRubio]

What part are you having trouble with???


Oden - Center
LMA - PF

Milsap PF/C...

You cannot have one of those guys play SF.. just does not work. So when the game is on the line and we need our best players on the floor.. we will have a 10 mill player sitting next to Coach Mac-Mullan.

sounds like a good idea to you?

Yeah it sounds pretty sweet to me. I would love to have Millsap on the bench, so Oden or LMA can foul HARD if they need to or not worry about fouling out of the game in crunch time, because there is another body on the bench that can play for them.

Sounds fucking great to me.

 

[Wheels]

Getting Milsap makes a ton of sense. It gives us the freedom to trade Pryzbilla or, even, Aldridge if the trade is good.

Aldridge could bring back Devin Harris and more.

Pryzbilla in a package might bring us Gerald Wallace.

Additionally, getting him would weaken Utah.

Aldridge isnt going anywhere unless the PG is named Chris, Deron, or maybe Derrick.

 

[tlongII]

Aldridge could easily eat up some minutes at the 3. He has the lateral quickness to do it. I am convinced that the way to win NBA titles is by having imposing front lines. Millsap definitely helps in that regard.

 

[Minstrel]

You did not address my post at all.

why would you spend 10 mill a year on a player that cannot be on the floor during the final 8 minutes of a game?

makes no sense.

Because, contrary to popular opinion, all the minutes in a game count equally. (The exceptions are blow-outs...and in those games, the minutes that don't matter are the last 8 minutes.) They do keep score in the first three quarters, you know.

It makes absolutely no difference which 30-35 minutes of the game Millsap plays. If he's impacting that many minutes per game, he's justifying a top starter salary.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Aldridge could easily eat up some minutes at the 3. He has the lateral quickness to do it. I am convinced that the way to win NBA titles is by having imposing front lines. Millsap definitely helps in that regard.

We already HAVE an imposing front line! And if Aldridge is "eating up minutes at the 3" - i.e., playing out of position, we're not using Batum (who is imposing in height and defense) AND we don't have either of our best two three point shooters (Martell or Outlaw) stretching the defense AND that means that Roy is playing the two which means fewer minutes for Rudy.

I was all in favor of bringing in McDyess: he's a seasoned vet, he can play fewer minutes but make them count, and he backs up BOTH the 4 and the 5 (and would play the 5 better than LaMarcus). But Millsap can't do that.

This is like signing Brian Grant when we already had Rasheed. It couldn't last, because one of them had to start and it ended up being Rasheed, and we had either to lose Brian outright (which we should've done) or trading him for Shawn Kemp and bringing the world down around our ears.

It also smacks of desperation. Why all that maneuvering on draft day to get Pendergraph if he's never ever going to get minutes? (Millsap is young enough to play for ten more years.) Why not get Sergio Llull or some project center instead?

 

[oldmangrouch]

Folks, it's real simple.

A)We really need a new PG.

B) We aren't getting one.

I don't know why Blake has lifetime tenure, and I am past the point of caring. If this team is to improve, it will have to come from the other 4 positions.

Actually, I have reached the conclusion that the story is bogus anyway - so why worry about it?

 

[maxiep]

halt right there... it's the spelling police

dude's name is Millsap

STOMP

What? You mean we're not talking about signing Ronnie Milsap?

 

[Ed O]

It also smacks of desperation. Why all that maneuvering on draft day to get Pendergraph if he's never ever going to get minutes? (Millsap is young enough to play for ten more years.) Why not get Sergio Llull or some project center instead?

I thought--and still think--that drafting Pendergraph and Cunningham where we did was not wise. Now that we have their rights, of course, I hope that they're more successful in the NBA than I'm thinking they will be.

Irrespective of my hopes for them, the team should not base ANY future moves on them. Millsap is a proven defender/rebounder/18 PER guy that can help this team either off the bench or if there's an injury... Pendergraph and Cunningham are barely relevant.

Ed O.

 

[andalusian]

They are bringing Millsap so Pendergraph will have someone to bang against in practice!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Actually, Millsap is exactly what we need.

We need a banger and a rebounder. It just so happens that Millsap is exactly that but also can score from about 15 ft. out and the low post.

When we go small we can easily run a frontcourt of Aldridge at Center and Millsap at PF.

I wouldn't be surprised if we ran Aldridge spot minutes at the three as well.

 

[BClutch]

You did not address my post at all.

why would you spend 10 mill a year on a player that cannot be on the floor during the final 8 minutes of a game?

makes no sense.

We're signing Shaq?

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If he can play 30 mpg for us and give us the flexibility to move Pryz for another piece we need I think we're making the right move in signing him.

If Utah matches and he stays we've hurt a rival and hopefully opened up other trading opportunities.

It's a good move, but I'd love to hear a better option if you have any?

 

[MrSelfDestruct]

We already HAVE an imposing front line! And if Aldridge is "eating up minutes at the 3" - i.e., playing out of position, we're not using Batum (who is imposing in height and defense) AND we don't have either of our best two three point shooters (Martell or Outlaw) stretching the defense AND that means that Roy is playing the two which means fewer minutes for Rudy.

Huh?