SB Nation User Blog: Kelsoballa

Not a Hedo post, but lame nonetheless

Kelsoballa — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:29:41 -0000

Hopefully the included poll makes up for such a lame trade post.

As jscot cleverly pointed out in his highly rec'd post...WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE (OT question: Which fanpost holds the record for most recs on this site?). All of KP's moves have come as a surprise. I think this is great. This eliminates most of the "I told you so" remarks from fans since more people tend to agree with a move after it is offical, compared to when it is being speulated upon.

So how about we take another option off the table? Let's discuss Jose Calderon. I haven't heard much about him over the last couple weeks, so what do you got?

Some questions to ponder:

• Is he attainable?

• Does he fit on the team?

• What trade would make sense for both teams?

• Would the staff approve of him?

• Would the fans approve of him?

• Would the players (Roy) approve of him?

• How would Hedo impact Calderon's value to the Blazers?

Regarding his character, I found this little snippet on Wikipedia, take it for what it's worth...

" On 2 March 2007, the Raptors announced that Calderón was named as a Right To Play Athlete Ambassador.[28] Right To Play is an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play as a tool for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world.[28] As part of the program, Calderón pledged $1000 for every assist he recorded in a home game against the Chicago Bulls on 26 November 2007. He ended the game with 14 assists.[29] "

Not saying Calderon would be our first option, but if we get Hedo, here are my trade proposals...

1st offer: Blake, Webster, Outlaw & 2011 1st rounder for Calderon & Kris Humphries

2nd offer: Bayless, Webster, Outlaw for Calderon

1st unit: Calderon, Roy, Batum (minus crunch time), Aldridge, Oden

2nd unit: Bayless/Blake, Rudy, Hedo (plus crunch time), Mr. Whatever, Przybilla

Poll

Anonymous Poll: Have you ever tried online dating?

New Trade - Warriors and Hawks

Kelsoballa — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:50:12 -0000

New Trade - Warriors and Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors are closing in on a trade that would find a new home for Jamal Crawford.

NBA front-office sources say that the Warriors and Hawks will soon complete a deal sending Crawford to Atlanta for Acie Law and Speedy Claxton.

Warriors coach Don Nelson made no secret of the fact that Crawford wasn't in his future plans. By shedding Crawford's longer contract and by virtue of insurance payments that will cover some of the costs of Claxton, Golden State would secure a decent measure of payroll relief with the trade.

Less clear is what impact the move will have on Atlanta's forthcoming negotiations with free agent-to-be Mike Bibby. Although Crawford is not a pure point guard, he's a prolific scorer whose arrival could affect the sort of contract offer Bibby expected to command from the Hawks.

Report: 13 Confirmed For Green Room

Kelsoballa — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:00:47 -0000

Report: 13 Confirmed For Green Room

13 players have been confirmed for the Green Room on draft night:

Blake Griffin, James Harden, Hasheem Thabeet, Ricky Rubio, Jordan Hill, Tyreke Evans, Stephen Curry, Jonny Flynn, DeMar DeRozan, Jrue Holiday, Gerald Henderson, Brandon Jennings and Tyler Hansbrough.

So......WHO IS THE LAST ONE IN THE ROOM THIS YEAR? AND HOW FAR DO YOU THINK HE'LL FALL?

JUNK - FRIDAY WHAT HIGHSCHOOL?

Kelsoballa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:46:13 -0000

Friday is here.

JD topic of the day...

What highschool did you go to and what year did you graduate?

I was an '02 graduate of Kelso High up in Washington.

Then it was UP for four years, back home for 3, and now I live in downtown Portland.

Also, my mind is finally made up....

My wishlist for the offseason:

1) Draft DeJuan Blair (Buy some picks and trade up, maybe trade sergio for a pick)

2) Trade Blake and Outlaw for Hinrich

3) Re-sign Nate

4) Draft a 3rd string PG and a few Euros

5) Do whatever else KP wants to do as long as we keep our other rotation players.

Lineup/expected minutes:

Looking at last year's roster, we missed a total of 1300 minutes to injuries (not including Martell, hopefully nobody is out this whole season) which is an extra 16 minutes per game combined for our other players. Assuming we have a similar number of games missed this year due to injury, here's how I see the minute breakdown happening:

Hinrich (32) Bayless (18)

Roy (36) Rudy (26)

Batum (22) Webster (26)

Aldridge (38) Blair (12)

Oden (26) Przy (20)

NICE

I can't wait for the draft next Thursday, I took next Friday off about two months ago.

Have a good weekend

Poll

When did you graduate?

Before 1965

4 votes

'65 - '69

3 votes

'70 - '74

4 votes

'75 - '79

4 votes

'80 - '84

6 votes

'85 - '89

18 votes

'90 - '94

19 votes

'95 - '99

40 votes

'00 - '04

33 votes

'05 - '09

35 votes

I haven't graduated highschool yet

6 votes

172 votes | Poll has closed

Trade Proposal From a Blazer Fan

Kelsoballa — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:43:30 -0000

What would it take to get Nash?

Sorry if you don't like trade proposals from opposing teams' fans, but it's nice to get some fresh perspective.

Here's my trade proposal:

Nash for Blake + Outlaw + #24 + #32 + #55 + #56

Personally, I think Nash would fit great as starting PG on the Blazers for a couple years while mentoring Bayless. Many Blazer fans think that Bayless would be need to be inserted for Blake in order for Phoenix to do a trade like this, but what do you think? You have a lot of picks there that you could play with, and Blake and Outlaw have non-guaranteed 1 year deals at 4 Mil each, so they come at a good price.

From what I've read,, the Blazers would have to match $13.1Mil for this to work, and if I'm not mistaken we can overpay $3Mil in a trade? So I think it'd look like this...

$4Mil + $4Mil + $1.1Mil + $7Mil (Cap Space) = $16.1Mil

So what do you think?

Poll

Is this a fair trade?

Yes.

26 votes

No.

62 votes

88 votes | Poll has closed

Trade proposal from a Blazer fan

Kelsoballa — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:08:35 -0000

Just thought I'd see what the general consensus was around Blog a Bull about this trade proposal...

Kirk Hinrich and your #16 pick

for

Steve Blake, Travis Outlaw, and our #24 pick

I haven't double-checked the numbers, but if I'm right then it's something like:

(9.5) + (1.6) = 11.1 from Bulls

(4) + (4) + (1.1) = 9.1 from Blazers

125% of (9.1) = 11.4.......so it works

Hinrich over 3 years costs what, 26.5 Mil? Blake and Outlaw have non-guaranteed 1 year 4 Mil contracts left I think. That's saving quite a bit, but more importantly gives you flexibility. But yes, we would get the better player out of the deal.

So do you like it? Hate it? If this was the best offer for Kirk you get would you do it? Do you think you can get a better offer?

Sorry if you don't like proposals from other teams' fans, just need some fresh perspective is all.

Good luck next year.

Poll

Would you accept this trade?

Yes.

87 votes

No.

112 votes

199 votes | Poll has closed

Tuesday Junk - Which of you predicted our recent drafts correctly?

Kelsoballa — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:36:29 -0000

So many bloggers on here have opinions as to who we should draft, often with good analysis to back it up. However, I was wondering, in the recent years, who here has correctly picked diamond's in the rough such as Batum, Rudy, Bayless, Roy and Aldridge? Who is consistently getting it right come draft prediction time? (Besides KP). Not many people around here actually listen to (read) what others have to say for whatever reason, but who SHOULD we be listening to? Who has a reputation for seeing talent?

No saying "I'm always right" or something to that effect, and be honest. But if you do have a rep for getting it right, who do you like this year?

Have a great Tuesday and if you are downtown be sure to check out that condo cruise liner that's docked at the waterfront. It's freaking huge. It constantly travels the world. I believe they are still selling condos on there also....

Preferred Attainable PG - Poll

Kelsoballa — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:30:09 -0000

The attainable point guard list has been discussed enough to narrow it down to just a few players. This is a good time to get an idea as to who out of these players Blazer Nation would prefer via poll.

It's hard to eliminate potential far fetched point guards since we have KP running the show, as he may have been working on a major deal for a couple years now... but there's no way to have a legitimate poll if we included those players, and those blockbuster trades are not likely to happen anyway.

So I narrowed it down to the most likely players that have been talked about to this point.

It's also hard to choose without knowing what we'd be giving up, but assume that the trade or signing is a fair deal for both teams involved and you'd at least be happy about it.

This isn't neccesarily a post for discussion, we have many of those around here, it is rather a post for a revealing poll, and I feel like I'm good at putting "smart" polls together. But discuss if you wish.

With that said...

Poll

If You Had to Choose a Point Guard to Realistically Add to Our Team, Which One Would You Prefer?

Andre Miller

33 votes

Kirk Hinrich

111 votes

Jason Kidd

28 votes

Ramon Sessions

47 votes

High Draft Pick

25 votes

I'm Happy With Our Current PG Rotation For One More Year

62 votes

Mike Conley (Late Add - After 73 Votes)

78 votes

384 votes | Poll has closed

Summer 09 - Concise

Kelsoballa — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:39:02 -0000

I won't go in depth about why I want these things to happen...

you guys are smart and can figure that out for yourself...

I just want to get my idea out there because I think it is awesome...

(Deep Breath...Clear your head)

Our 12 man roster last year:

Blake

Bayless

Sergio

Rudy

Roy

Batum

Outlaw

Frye

Aldridge

Randolph/Ruffin

Oden

Joel

Drop:

Outlaw

Sergio

Frye

Randolph/Ruffin

Add:

Hedo (explained below)

Hansborough (#24)

Webster

~~Koponen~~ Freeland

Most improved players this summer:

Bayless

Oden

Webster

New lineup:

PG: Bayless / Blake / ~~Koponen~~

SG: Roy / Rudy

SF: Hedo / Webster / Batum

PF: Aldridge / Hansborough / Freeland

C: Oden / Joel

About Hedo:

From Mike Barrett's Blog:

"Concerning Turkoglu, there are only thought to be about three or four teams will a realistic shot at landing him- Detroit (who's going to spend its money on Carlos Boozer most likely), Sacramento, Memphis, and Portland. And, it's thought that Turkoglu will likely be seeking a deal that will pay him a starting salary of about 10 million per season. Do some simple math there and you see that the Blazers are right on the edge of being in that battle.

In my opinion, the Blazers will likely be outbid in this sweepstakes, but that doesn't mean they couldn't still land him. Turkoglu will want to go to a contender, and of that short list, only Portland fits the bill. He'll want a clear-cut starting role, something he could have in Portland. And, like all players, he wants to part of a winning environment, play in a great atmosphere, and live in a great city."

All those points are GREAT to hear for people who like TurkeyGlue. If he decides to come to Portland, AWESOME. Let's trade or give away my "drop" players for future draft picks.

IF WE DO GET OUTBID that means money is the #1 factor for Hedo. If that is the case, doesn't it seem like we could figure out a way to package my "drop" players and 2nd rounders in a multiple team trade that has Orlando signing TurkeyGlue for say $12-13 Mil? A trade that has him end up in Portland?

Multiple team trade ideas for this scenario are wlecome...

Shout out to Sophia, Tyler, and Clark

A S S U M P T I O N S

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UPDATE: 1:30 PM 6/3

• I am assuming both Bayless and Blake improve this summer, and then Bayless takes the starting position from Blake at some point next season, not simply having it handed to him. Which in a sense makes an improved Blake that backup veteran PG we all want.

• I'd switch Freeland for Kop, sure

• With Blake hard to move this summer (shoulder surgery) and KP high on Bayless, I don't think KP brings in a vet PG till next trade deadline/summer '10 (if ever)

• I am assuming that somehow Batum gets in the rotation a minimum 15 minutes per game. But see him as more of a long term Blazer permanently replacing TurkeyGlue after a few seasons

• The development of Oden is important to the improvement of our PG's and how they are portrayed by us fans

And NO I didn't vote "10"

Poll

On a Scale of 1-10......One Being "Not At All" and Ten Being "If I Were More Excited, I Probably Couldn't To Handle It"......How Excited / Happy Would You Be if My "Add" List Replaced My "Drop" List This Summer??

1

13 votes

2

9 votes

3

10 votes

4

6 votes

5

18 votes

6

16 votes

7

29 votes

8

22 votes

9

9 votes

10

9 votes

141 votes | Poll has closed

Lil' Penny's Girlfriend

Kelsoballa — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:48:01 -0000

I'm sure you all know who Rebecca Haarlowe is.

Do you remember Lil' Penny?

If not, here's a refresher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK88MQWsYj8

I don't know how I didn't end up on the jumbotron but I got a hug from Rebecca. And I got to meet and talk to Mike and Mike, and I high-fived a bunch of the Blazers. :)

And yes I know I spelt her name wrong. I was told several times last night at the game.

My question is: Should I keep bringin Lil' Harlow to the playoff games? Or is one game enough?

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