With Cho in place and Matthews hopefully official, what now?

[Masbee]

How many titles did this guy win as an assistant GM? Did his computer models tell him that Presti should draft Kevin Durant over Al Horford?

Probably not, but both Jefferson and Smith were getting low scores on the personality tests. Teams in the San Antonio mold downgrade those prospects significantly.

 

[LittleAlex]

Matchup Coach, my a$$. In the playoffs in Phoenix, they put Nash on Batum. Instead of going to Batum, we struggled. Against Phoenix, we should go straight at Nash, he's really terrible at D. Argggh.

"Thanks for bringing up such a painful memory, next time why don't you just give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice in it, We're Closed!"
(Oops, wrong thread!)

Batum admitted that the team wanted him to post up Nash but Batum wasn't comfortable doing so.
It was one of the things he was going to work on this off season.

You can blame Nate for a lot of things but he can't magically give a player a skill he doesn't posses on the fly.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Batum admitted that the team wanted him to post up Nash but Batum wasn't comfortable doing so.
It was one of the things he was going to work on this off season.

You can blame Nate for a lot of things but he can't magically give a player a skill he doesn't posses on the fly.

Thanks for the good news.

I don't blame Nate, then. I'm glad the problem is being addressed.

 

[RoyToy]

Batum admitted that the team wanted him to post up Nash but Batum wasn't comfortable doing so.
It was one of the things he was going to work on this off season.

You can blame Nate for a lot of things but he can't magically give a player a skill he doesn't posses on the fly.

Indeed. I've tried to tell posters here this a bunch of times, but a few certain posters just love bashing Nate for any reason their minds can think of.

 

[BGrantFan]

No kidding. Thank God KP never made a draft mistake.

He never made 2 absolute bust lottery picks, though.

Swift - 12th pick 2004
Sene - 10th pick 2006

Plus, the Sonics/Thunder drafted both Carl Landry and Glen Davis in 2007, yet traded them away! Landry for Sasha Kaun, another big stiff, and Davis in the Ray Allen deal that netted Jeff Green, the only player still with the Thunder from taht deal.

One could make the argument that if Seattle had "lucked" into the #1 pick in 2007, Cho may be without a job at this point, given that organization's tendency to draft big in the lottery.

 

[Mediocre Man]

He never made 2 absolute bust lottery picks, though.

Swift - 12th pick 2004
Sene - 10th pick 2006

Plus, the Sonics/Thunder drafted both Carl Landry and Glen Davis in 2007, yet traded them away! Landry for Sasha Kaun, another big stiff, and Davis in the Ray Allen deal that netted Jeff Green, the only player still with the Thunder from taht deal.

One could make the argument that if Seattle had "lucked" into the #1 pick in 2007, Cho may be without a job at this point, given that organization's tendency to draft big in the lottery.

Cho never made two bust lottery picks either.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Per Wheels, Matthews will officially be a Blazers today.

 

[Minstrel]

I'm fascinated by his software!

Do you want to touch it? I know a lot of people like Cho, but that's pretty extreme.

 

[Driew]

I'm pretty happy with this off season so far. Getting "Yes Man" Cho will help make the organization cohesive since that's what Allen likes....and we got Wesley (overpaid but had to to get him) and Babbit who should turn into a deadly (hopefully) shooter. Trade a couple of our assets for an elite PG and this season will be as successful as you could have hoped for...

 

[BGrantFan]

Do you want to touch it? I know a lot of people like Cho, but that's pretty extreme.

Let's hope that Cho is a grower, and not a show-er!

 

[hasoos]

Yep, when Batum came back from injury last year, he needed about 10 games just to get back in rhythm. Then there were only 27 or so games left in the season, and it's a little late in the year to start throwing wrinkles into the offense. So Batum never really had a chance to develop his offensive game last year.

Then the playoffs came around and Batum is basically playing with one shoulder. And he's trying to guard an elite point guard on the defensive end. And that's the time we should decide to start making him a key part of the offense?

I really don't think it was bad coaching that kept us from exploiting Nash. It was just tough circumstances.

Actually one of the things that pissed me off, and I am surprised nobody mentioned it, was Monty Williams. Anybody remember when Monty Williams gave Batum a tongue lashing for "Getting his" in a game? I was thinking the whole time, "Hey Monty, we need more scorers, and we need people who want to score. So that being said...WTF ARE YOU DOING?"

The whole fact that they said Batum's offense was ahead of schedule, showed that there was a problem. The problem being, there was a schedule to begin with for Batum. This isn't working in a office, where you have your end of year evaluation, and completed your goals or not. If a player's offensive game begins to bloom, you don't step on it. You let it happen, and consider yourself fortunate.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

I believe it may be time to hold onto our shorts, no?

 

[superfly4201]

Miller, Bayless and Williams for TP

 

[EGame]

Operation Chris Paul in a Blazer uniform is now in effect. Expect to see Chris Paul here in the next few days...

 

[inconceivable]

 

[Idog1976]

Folks ripping on Cho's software are conveniently overlooking Westbrook which was an inspired pick in retrospect.

 

[Sug]

Once Wes is official things start to happen, but he isn't yet.

 

[STOMP]

That's cool, as long as Batum is being asked to do thing this offseason to change that.

getting a post up game to take advantage of PGs being switched onto him is exactly what Nic has relayed he's been asked to do this offseason

link

STOMP

 

[Wizard Mentor]

getting a post up game to take advantage of PGs being switched onto him is exactly what Nic has relayed he's been asked to do this offseason

link

STOMP

Thanks for the link. I found this very interesting:

Then I went on vacation to Phuket in Thailand, it was sick.

I hope he didn't take HCPs wife!

 

[Erroneous Subterfuge]

Once Wes is official things start to happen, but he isn't yet.

i thought it was by now. when does it become official?

 

[inconceivable]

i thought it was by now. when does it become official?

he will be introduced in a press conference wednesday aka tomorrow accdg to msp

 

[Mediocre Man]

i thought it was by now. when does it become official?

Apparently, no one really knows. Larry Miller and Chad Buchanan both said last night at 5:00 pac. Others keep saying tonight at 5:00 pac. Either way, there is a presser tomorrow to announce him

 

[THE HCP]

You'd think somebody would know, huh?

 

[Minstrel]

I assume it's official one week from when Matthews signed the Blazers offer sheet (which, as I recall, is Wednesday). Apparently Utah signing another player doesn't change the time frame, since they could conceivably make other moves to get back under the cap and match.

 

[Mediocre Man]

You'd think somebody would know, huh?

I had always been under the assumption that it was last night as well. I can't find anywhere, when Utah actually recieved the damn thing

 

[Nikolokolus]

Apparently, no one really knows. Larry Miller and Chad Buchanan both said last night at 5:00 pac. Others keep saying tonight at 5:00 pac. Either way, there is a presser tomorrow to announce him

There must be some discrepancy about when exactly the offer sheet found its way into Kevin O'Connor's hands ... who knows maybe there was some FedEx courier/Utah fan who "conveniently" misplaced the document en route?

 

[MARIS61]

Do we finally make a trade?

God I hope so...

Cho and Matthews wouldn't get us much, but it would be a start to repair the damage done so far.

 

[OddEnormous]

Cho and Matthews wouldn't get us much, but it would be a start to repair the damage done so far.

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

Official Tuesday 5pm PST.

 

[Idog1976]

Cho and Matthews wouldn't get us much, but it would be a start to repair the damage done so far.

I'm just curious have you said anything good about this team in the past three seasons other then when Sergio got decent minutes? You make Mixum look like the eternal optimist.