What if it Hadn't?

by dlippman on Jan 5, 2008 9:10 PM PST

How would changing one move from the past affect the Blazers' present and future?

The Blazers are currently young, talented, and primed to contend for many years to come, partly as a result of having done things poorly for several years. All that losing allowed us to draft high enough to pick Oden and Webster, and swing trades for Roy and Aldridge. But what if we hadn't made one decision from the past few seasons? What if we kept Jermaine O'Neal, or drafted Al Jefferson instead of Sebastian Telfair? What if we didn't re-sign Theo Ratliff, or if we hired Marc Iavaroni instead of Nate McMillan? Pick one point in time, one decision, and make a case for what would have occurred had the move not been made.

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If we hadn't picked up

Pritchard we would still be screwed.

by Kampeska on Jan 5, 2008 9:42 PM PST reply actions

Everyone

criticses us for trading Dale Davis for Jermaine O'Neal. It was a bad trade of course but it's not like we missed out by that much.

Jermaine proabably would've become an all-star, we would've traded Rasheed and built around him. Like Indiana we would've given him a max contract. We be a consistent playoff team but O'Neal's contract would make it hard to get other players and he's frequently injured.

So overall I'm not losing sleep over it.

by jayseyfield on Jan 5, 2008 10:08 PM PST reply actions

You can't make me look a gift horse in the mouth

I won't do it.

Everything is as it was supposed to be.

LALALALALALALA I can't hear you.

My ignorance is my greatest weapon

by shenanigans on Jan 5, 2008 10:14 PM PST reply actions

One friend in the navy

Used to say "You can't kick a gift horse in the mouth." We could not convince him of the correct staying.

I think if the Blazers still had Fred Jones, they Blazers would be undefeated this season and would have gone undefeated in the playoffs.

"When you're pushed... Killing's as easy as breathing." - Josh "Rambo" McRoberts

by tominhawaii on Jan 6, 2008 11:39 AM PST up reply actions

With Coach Cheeks

drawing the X's and O's, you bet we would.

I mean, Nate's OK, but if you're looking for a championship....

Ball Don't Lie

by bothteamsplayedhard on Jan 6, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions

I wonder

Do you think when Cheeks gets fired that Nate can hire him as the offensive coordinator?

Sorry for my typo in the other comment. I hate that junk, I do not hate other poster's typos, just my own.

"When you're pushed... Killing's as easy as breathing." - Josh "Rambo" McRoberts

by tominhawaii on Jan 6, 2008 2:27 PM PST up reply actions

Butterfly flaps his wings and a hurricane is born

Really a shame we never got to see a pairing of Telfair and Adam Morrison. Seriously though, there were a hundred events that had to transpire just so in order for us to enjoy the enviable position we're in. Both good and bad. If we'd hung on to Rasheed and made him a center, enough things would've been different that we probably wouldn't have even one of our current players.

Every season, there are typically only about four teams that have a legit shot at the trophy, leaving 87% of teams on the outside looking in. For every team on the rise, one is in decline. The worst situation isn't that your team stinks, it's that your team is passably mediocre. The Clippers, Bucks, etc. Remember the Rod Strickland years?

by Engineering Problem on Jan 6, 2008 1:08 AM PST reply actions