Draft Day 2007... What if...

by Blazer on Sep 24, 2007 4:26 AM PDT

What if we didnt get #1. What would our team look like if we would have had the luck to get #2. Or even #3? Obviously we would have taken Durant no questions asked at #2, but what about #3? What about the rest of the team? Who would we have traded or kept?

Would we have The Buffet?
Would we have said farewell to ZBo?
Would Blake be here?
JJones?
McRoberts?
Green?

I honestly dont think our team would look the way it does now. I do think there would still be a certain culture to it, but I really dont feel it would have the caliber players we have now.

I feel that a lot of this has to do with the luck we had in the draft, but I also feel it has a lot to do wtih Oden as well. What if he would have let his sprained wrist bench him? He most likely would have stayed another year and would have missed this last draft. With that in mind what do you think?

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it was a broken wrist, not a sprained wrist

and yeah, if we wouldn't have gotten Oden, they probably would have kept Zach another year to see if he worked with Durant or not.

by mark twain on Sep 24, 2007 8:19 AM PDT reply actions

Not much different, if at all

Zach had worn out his welcome, and Portland had played well in his abscence. KP was high on Frye. McRoberts was a predicted lottery pick just a year ago. The only difference may have been a trading of Martell, if we drafted a small forward.

Pritchard has a plan and a system he wants in place; Oden didn't change the system because he got picked, Oden got picked because he fit the system. Zach no longer did either way, though I wouldn't have minded keeping him, as he seemed more willing to change as the season went along.

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by supremepuntiff on Sep 24, 2007 11:14 AM PDT reply actions