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Yes, worthless "analysis".
Commented on Oregon Sports News: Blazers Should Consider Al Jefferson, Andre Iguodala & Nikola Pekovic on May 17 2013, 1:59a
Not likely the Blazers use the #10 pick for themselves. It's trade bait, along with Matthews or Batum.
Commented on NBA Pre-Draft Combine In Chicago: Thursday News & Notes on May 17 2013, 1:53a - 1 reply
Well said. I completely agree.
Commented on Jack Ramsay's Legacy in Portland on May 13 2013, 4:58a
I have no idea whether this is good or bad for the organization. But after 19 years of service I wish Jay the best.
Commented on Quick: Blazers Part Ways With Longtime Trainer Jay Jensen on May 11 2013, 12:29a - 2 replies
Paul buys Botswana and turns it into a Theme Park.
Commented on Update: Vulcan Denies Report That Blazers Owner Paul Allen Headed To African Court In Giraffe Bone Smuggling Saga on May 10 2013, 6:28p
I've seen a lot of Blazer rookies (and other team's rookies) with potential in the last 43 years.
Commented on Blazers GM Neil Olshey Shut Out Of 2013 Executive Of The Year Voting on May 10 2013, 7:08a
I'm not convinced Barton is in the league 3 years from now. If he is he looks like a 9th or 10th guy to me.
Commented on Blazers GM Neil Olshey Shut Out Of 2013 Executive Of The Year Voting on May 9 2013, 10:05p - 1 reply
I'm remember Felty. But why should I be happy we did him a favor so he could go back to NY?
Commented on Blazers GM Neil Olshey Shut Out Of 2013 Executive Of The Year Voting on May 9 2013, 10:01p - 2 replies
That's a pretty low bar for "awesome" and "brilliant".
Commented on Blazers GM Neil Olshey Shut Out Of 2013 Executive Of The Year Voting on May 9 2013, 5:55p - 1 reply
No surprise. Olshey decided last summer to tank this year and not sign any decent bench players.
Commented on Blazers GM Neil Olshey Shut Out Of 2013 Executive Of The Year Voting on May 9 2013, 4:00p - 3 replies
No question. The NBA is prepping him to rep the league. He perfectly fits the image they want to market.
Commented on Video: Blazers G Damian Lillard Visits TNT's "Inside The NBA" on May 9 2013, 3:29a
We know Dame will be the team's leader, but keep it quiet. We need LA to re-sign before Dame takes over.
Commented on Hollis: Weber State Coach Surprised By Blazers G Damian Lillard's Rookie Of The Year Season on May 6 2013, 9:09p - 4 replies
We'll see if Howard is interested in the Nets and then if Lopez is available for Batum+Leonard+10th pick.
Commented on Wojnarowski: Bucks To Interview Former Blazers Coach Nate McMillan on May 5 2013, 11:09p
You can imagine that was the basis of this dispute. Something probably wasn't turned over.
Commented on Abbott: Blazers Paid Off Timberwolves In Dispute Over Martell Webster on May 3 2013, 7:34p - 1 reply
I can check that off my list of expected summer changes. Absolutely no surprise. That one was a no brainer.
Commented on Blazers Assistant Coach Kaleb Canales Leaves Blazers For Mavericks on May 3 2013, 4:09p
Freeland has 2 guaranteed years remaining, not 1. It's a priority to toss him into a deal for his cap room this summer.
Commented on Taking Stock: The Rest of the Portland Trail Blazers Roster on May 3 2013, 1:50a - 2 replies
I'd guess Olshey would bring Williams back on a minimum deal - one year guaranteed, 2nd year team option.
Commented on Taking Stock: The Rest of the Portland Trail Blazers Roster on May 3 2013, 1:49a - 3 replies
I suppose we ought to keep him now.
Commented on Blazers G Damian Lillard Unanimously Named 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year on May 2 2013, 2:05a
I think the summer would have to go very wrong to re-sign Hickson. Olshey is clearly looking elsewhere.
Commented on Haynes: UFA C Jermaine O'Neal Is "Very Open" To Signing With Blazers on May 1 2013, 4:12p
Jermaine will always be the guy that got away, but he's the exception, not the rule.
Commented on Haynes: UFA C Jermaine O'Neal Is "Very Open" To Signing With Blazers on May 1 2013, 4:23a
I agree with Dave's assessment of Maynor. So we should try to spend more money and target a combo guard
Commented on Taking Stock: Eric Maynor and Will Barton on May 1 2013, 4:09a - 2 replies
The thought of Jermaine mentoring someone strikes me as pretty funny. He was such a kid with PDX.
Commented on Haynes: UFA C Jermaine O'Neal Is "Very Open" To Signing With Blazers on Apr 30 2013, 5:48p - 1 reply
The thought of Jermaine mentoring someone strikes me as pretty funny. He was such a kid with PDX.
Commented on Haynes: UFA C Jermaine O'Neal Is "Very Open" To Signing With Blazers on Apr 30 2013, 5:47p - 1 reply
Seems like 17 years was yesterday. I remember the day we drafted "Geoff who?".
Commented on Haynes: UFA C Jermaine O'Neal Is "Very Open" To Signing With Blazers on Apr 30 2013, 5:22p - 1 reply
Cap room is the difference to get a bench (several FA's) or a starter, and acquiring a player
Commented on Blazer's Edge Mailbag: Lee vs. Aldridge, Lillard's Defense, Bench, and Draft Picks on Apr 30 2013, 4:30p - 1 reply
Let me rephrase. If Leonard is our starting center next year, Olshey will be looking for a job next summer.
Commented on Haynes: UFA C Jermaine O'Neal Is "Very Open" To Signing With Blazers on Apr 29 2013, 3:59p - 3 replies
It would be better to get a good center through a trade, because that's the only way its happening.
Commented on Haynes: UFA C Jermaine O'Neal Is "Very Open" To Signing With Blazers on Apr 29 2013, 3:55p - 1 reply
That's a 35 win team.
Commented on Haynes: UFA C Jermaine O'Neal Is "Very Open" To Signing With Blazers on Apr 29 2013, 3:52p - 1 reply
Back to reality. Jermaine played 19 minutes a game on one of the worst teams in the league.
Commented on Haynes: UFA C Jermaine O'Neal Is "Very Open" To Signing With Blazers on Apr 29 2013, 3:41p - 2 replies
Lakers are stuck with Pau at $20M for another year, and may have lost Kobe for good, or at least a year
Commented on Taking Stock: Will Nicolas Batum Ever Be a Star? on Apr 26 2013, 2:53a - 2 replies
I like Batum. He's an excellent 4th piece. But his stock will never be higher, and he still has the
Commented on Taking Stock: Will Nicolas Batum Ever Be a Star? on Apr 26 2013, 2:17a - 2 replies
Every team has bad drafts. It's a crap shoot. Only a few players become all-stars
Commented on Wojnarowski: Cavaliers Want To Trade For Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 24 2013, 6:43p - 2 replies
Right, but this Kool-aid needs another sack of sugar to make it sweet enough.
Commented on Wojnarowski: Cavaliers Want To Trade For Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 24 2013, 6:33p
Sorry, but I'm not trading an all-star for unknown draft picks. Not a chance. Never.
Commented on Wojnarowski: Cavaliers Want To Trade For Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 24 2013, 6:31p - 2 replies
And lucking into Hardin as well.
Commented on Wojnarowski: Cavaliers Want To Trade For Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 24 2013, 6:21p
No you wouldn't. Sacramento and Charlotte (and others) would have won a championship by now.
Commented on Wojnarowski: Cavaliers Want To Trade For Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 24 2013, 6:20p - 1 reply
So far LA got the better of the deal. They won a championship. One Championship > 37 years without one.
Commented on Wojnarowski: Cavaliers Want To Trade For Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 24 2013, 6:16p
Melo can win scoring championships, but he couldn't lead a horse to water.
Commented on Wojnarowski: Cavaliers Want To Trade For Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 24 2013, 6:11p
Forget it. If you want LA its going to cost you an all-star (and not any all-star) if you dealt with me.
Commented on Wojnarowski: Cavaliers Want To Trade For Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 24 2013, 5:59p - 4 replies
This is lunacy. But things are going to be crazy around here until after the Free Agent period is over.
Commented on Wojnarowski: Cavaliers Want To Trade For Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 24 2013, 4:22p - 4 replies
But humorous I hope.
Commented on Blazers F Luke Babbitt Receives A 2013 Sixth Man Of The Year Vote on Apr 23 2013, 9:12p
Even with editing I couldn't fix it. "or more than a one-trick Pauly3 pony"
Commented on Taking Stock of the Trail Blazers: LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 23 2013, 9:08p
Certainly, if LA decides he wants to go early, then all bets are off and Olshey has to make lemonade.
Commented on Taking Stock of the Trail Blazers: LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 23 2013, 9:05p - 1 reply
This is a discussion for next summer when we have to decide to extend or trade LA.
Commented on Taking Stock of the Trail Blazers: LaMarcus Aldridge on Apr 23 2013, 5:19p - 3 replies
Things get very interesting if Howard wants out of LA.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 23 2013, 4:53p - 1 reply
So you've decided we can only speculate
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 23 2013, 4:19a - 1 reply
Batum+Leonard is $13.5M so a team taking them
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 22 2013, 11:43p - 1 reply
There's actually more likely possibilities,
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 22 2013, 11:20p
LOL. Shorter version.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 22 2013, 11:07p
Did he say he would trade Dame for Irving? No. But
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 22 2013, 10:54p - 1 reply
If Wes would start for 25 teams (plus PDX) then he must be
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 22 2013, 10:45p - 1 reply
And you think Dame will get ROY unanimously? The same guy voted for Kobe as this year's ROY.
Commented on Blazers F Luke Babbitt Receives A 2013 Sixth Man Of The Year Vote on Apr 22 2013, 10:32p
It's because he's a better rebounder than JJ Hickson. I read that on the BlazersEdge website.
Commented on Blazers F Luke Babbitt Receives A 2013 Sixth Man Of The Year Vote on Apr 22 2013, 10:29p - 2 replies
I was trying to be a little humorous. But it is an ACL
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 21 2013, 11:18p - 2 replies
Well, there are headcases, headaches, and donut-filled bellyaches.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 21 2013, 8:42p - 2 replies
You'd take a 6'10 center with a bad knee at #1? PDX gutsy ...
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 21 2013, 8:11p - 1 reply
Yeah, but we are all rabbit trail-blazers at one time or another.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 21 2013, 8:08p
The thread now has a lot of different questions in it, but originally
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 21 2013, 6:15p - 5 replies
I said above that I'm not that hot on Mayo (for your reasons),
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 21 2013, 5:45p
No one is untouchable. Olshey would trade Dame for Irving in the blink of an eye,
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 21 2013, 5:41p - 3 replies
There is no perfect solution that will work for us.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 21 2013, 5:31p - 1 reply
You read me wrong.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 21 2013, 5:03p - 1 reply
You expect Olshey to say that LA and Dame are the only two core members?
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 9:33p - 1 reply
I'm not giving up on the center. I'm still ready to trade Batum +
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 8:42p - 2 replies
There's nothing lateral about it. Two totally different skills sets.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 8:39p - 1 reply
I said it is a special case of getting the best defender to play with the defensively
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 8:33p - 1 reply
I'm not a huge Mayo fan either. I'm just responding to Mayo vs Wes.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 8:28p - 2 replies
The question wasn't who we should get. It was who is better. Johnson is vastly better than Wes.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 7:41p - 1 reply
Except we need a ball handler SG that can create his own shot because Batum can't and Dame gets doubled.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 7:36p - 2 replies
Wes would be a better 6th man (once he adjusted) than a starter.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 7:35p - 2 replies
My target in that list would be Kevin Martin.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 5:57a - 3 replies
Yep, we need a 2 guard that can drive to the basket when teams double Dame.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 5:54a - 2 replies
There's a reason that teams get away with doubling Dame, and it isn't all Dame's fault ...
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 5:08a - 1 reply
Yeah, its not the era of MJ and Drexler but still ...
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 5:07a - 4 replies
I never knew Wes was from Croatia ...
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 4:53a
That you put faith in Barton and Williams speaks volumes about how you evaluate SGs.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 20 2013, 2:44a - 2 replies
And throwing Freeland into any deal to gain an additional $2.4M (2.9-0.5) cap room would be a bonus.
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 19 2013, 11:25p
Neil says $11.6M in cap room, but that appears to be based on this year's salary cap. I get $13.4M
Commented on Transcript: Blazers GM Neil Olshey, Coach Terry Stotts Speak After Exit Interviews on Apr 19 2013, 11:22p - 6 replies
Sorry, I didn't know you owned the website.
Commented on Commissioner David Stern: NBA Owners Discussed Cracking Down On "Homer" Local TV Announcers on Apr 19 2013, 10:50p
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