Bring back D-Miles?

He's already mouthing off about how he's ready to play, when quick and everyone else is saying that he's light years away from being at NBA speed.

We have excellent chemistry and rewarding a character like that is going to have adverse affects on others.

You're living in a dream world if you think anyone will ever trade for Darius Miles.

I actually don't think Randolph for Frye and Francis was the best that KP could have done; I think that he was fed up with Z-bo's nonsense and wanted to communicate unequivocally that such behavior would not longer be tolerated by the organization.  But give KP the benefit of the doubt -- how many wrong moves has the guy made?  If he couldn't swing a better deal, it might just be a sign of how low Randolph's stock was around the NBA after last season.  Looking at his performance in New York thus far, it's hard to disagree with their collective assessment.

Mind you that LMA would have been stuck coming off the bench or playing out of position at the 5, and how many touches would he, Roy, Webster, and Outlaw get with him here.

I don't see ANY downside to that trade at this time, though I was skeptical at the time. It was a brave move that has paid off BIG TIME.

And Z still won't be an All-Star.

1. An assumption Pritchard could have gotten a better deal.  How do you know that?  One almost has to assume that at least a few GM's out there are not very capable - i.e. they don't look past the 20 -10 stat line - to believe a better deal was out there.  Things like poor defense and a high dollar contract with 4 more years aren't worth thinking about.

2. Forgetting about the positive benefits from substracting Zach from the mix or the fact at least one prominant member of the team asked management if Zach could be moved.

3. Jumping to conclusions with regard to Frye.  Read Dave's interview with the Blazer's scout.  He says the organization looks for long, athletic power forwards - which seems to be a pretty good description of Frye.  Granted there is more than one successful management philosophy, but if I had to choose, I think I'll go with Pritchard's than whatever your's might be.

4. An apparent fixation on scoring average.  It doesn't matter if Miles averaged 14 pts or 24 pts per game when he last played.  What matters is what he can do now and whether he can fit in with this team.  Right now there is zero evidence that Miles is ready to play at all, let alone contribute double digit scoring off the bench within the context of this team's play.

5. Something like 80% of Miles contract, at least for this year, get's picked up by insurance if he misses more than 47 consecutive games.  Even if he's close enough to being in shape to play for the past 2 - 3 weeks, do you really think Portland is so dumb they can't do simple arithmetic?  Once they got within 10 games of that figure, you could guarantee Miles would be on the inactive list until that milestone was past.

6. Believing that Kevin Pritchard, Nate McMillan and the rest of the Blazer management team either do not have the best interests of the team as their number one focus or that they are not competent at what they do.  If Miles was capable of helping this team win games, both right now and down the road, don't you think he'd be playing?  Thinking that his situation is being mishandled is akin to saying you don't think Pritchard and Nate really know what they are doing.