If anyone has ever watched Paul Pierce play, we all know that he's not the fastest player in the world. Certainly not any faster than Roy (post knee surgeries). Both are good shooters. Pierce may be the defender though. And Both are deceptively athletic.

My question is: What's stopping Roy from becoming the next Pierce? They both are very similar now in my opinion and I'm hoping Roy realizes that his best chance of becoming a really effective player for us, is to imitate his game on Pierces.

On RealGM, theirs a thread someone posted asking if Portland messed up on taking Oden over Durant.

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Most people seem to agree that Durant is far better than Oden, (Most people=Non-Blazer fans who dont know much about the Blazers). They don't seem to understand that Portland has one of the best offenses in the NBA and that they need to improve on on defense. Oden helped our rebounding numbers go up tremendously, and Durant coudn't do that imo.

So Defense+Rebounding+Shot blocking+Shot Alterting (Oden)

OR

Scoring (Durant)

Do you guys believe KP and crew made the correct decision? IMO i honestly do, because once Oden returns to his former self (College days in OHIO) which i have faith in that he will. Our team is gonna be dominant, but even if that happens the rest of the nation will proclaim him a bust and Durant the second comming of Jordan.

PS. Some seem to believe that Durant > Roy, Im not sayin Durant can't pass up Roy one day, but at the moment Roy is the superior player.