well done S4R, well done.

Let this trade be an example to us all. – Elgin

I wouldn’t be able to stand his little fat shaking shimmy after each banked in three pointer.

Its not to suggest KP wont make some sort of deal, but there’s now reason at all to make any kind of significant overhaul. Maybe the suggestion wasnt about wholesale or marked change, but some sort of super-deal is hard to fathom.

Peering into the cats eyes, one possibility chrystalizes. A deal involving Bayless, Frye, and say it isnt so Outlaw + of course peripheral junk (Diogu, Randolph) to sand off the edges for veteran leadership role player(s) not including any super-star to contaminate the chemistry and future investments.

Don’t be shocked if KP makes no moves this year at all, and just keeps his hands warm.

I think you clanged this one off the front rim.
(i.e, agreeing with Bill Simmons is a bad idea. He’s entertaining, but our own Dave is a much better analyst of the game.)

Simmon’s job is to write. Take away “The NBA’s off-court subplots and the whole trade/draft/free-agent market, mock drafts, making up fake trades, arguing about GM mistakes, discussing the latest moves and everything else.” and you’ve just made his job that much harder. He’s a biased source.

I’ll agree that there is a significant segment of fans who enjoy this sort of stuff. (At least 25% based on the poll results.) I would argue that the percentage is inversely related to how well a team is performing. For example, on what grounds could Portland fans argue over GM mistakes? Why talk about the draft when we are only a quarter into this season’s play? Most of all, why talk about fake trades when you have a young, exciting team to root for and support? Fake trade discussions are for fans of teams like Memphis, OKC and the Clippers. Blazer fans have far better things to spend their time on, like jscot’s breakdown of the Knicks .500 record or jsnake’s research into Portland’s record in relation to LaMarcus’ FG%.

At least that’s what I prefer reading about.

trade talk will settle down when some players get contract extensions (and others don’t). – Elgin

After all, a public restroom is paid for by the Oregon taxpayer – that would go against his whole anti-tax ethos.

Now, on the other hand, in a restroom at Portland Int’l Airport – that’s believable.

that we’re “wasting space”.

Can we really waste space on the internet? Isn’t putting a new fanpost up pushing off the bad posts that don’t get rec’ed into Feature-hood?

I totally hear what you’re saying… I feel the same way. But then when I think about it I find it kinda funny. I mean, if everyone thinks there are so many poor posts, we shouldn’t be too bummed that new ones are pushing them away, right? Especially when, if it is a really good post, it will get rec’ed, right?

It feels so good when you stop.

one could argue that it could cost us a championship, as well.

The only scenario I can compare our situation to is the Spurs. They got Duncan, then drafted TParker and Manu, therefore openning their huge Championship window. They didn’t trade to get there.

& I really don’t think it would be right to ban them either. But I agree they should be marked in the title or posted in one place so that people who don’t want to read them can skip them over.

One needs to have an idea of what the post is about. There has been great debate about certain trades and sometimes it is deserving of more than one day of chatter.

I second that.

Anytime you have one of the biggest expiring contracts in the league PLUS an obvious surplus of talent and not enough minutes to go around, trades are going to be discussed.

Nobody has to read them – but they are better off in the fanshots, unless it’s a detailed breakdown of numerous options, or whatever.

But for people saying that thinking about trades is dumb, somehow, just because the Blazers are playing really well, I don’t agree. A trade won’t necessarily happen this year, but I’d say it’s more likely than not. KP has said he wants to play the RLEC card, and I think he will. There’s nothing wrong with speculating about how he should.

jesus ! come on, none of you have any NBA experience, I doubt 99% of you didn’t even play in college.

I mean… I’ll read Dave & Ben’s reviews but are you really calling yourself a skilled analyzer. This is ridiculous, you are just as bad as armchair GM’s. You think others can’t do what you do. Neither has any effect on the team, this is just insane.

There’s no way to know that everyone who’s ever put up a trade proposal isn’t analytical.

In fact, they just might be too analytical from a micro standpoint.

you should make a post about stopping all of the posts that advocate to stop all trade posts.

It’s to try and set a certain minimum standard. Such a standard would leave room for new fans exercising a common practice associated with new fans – trade proposals – yet improve the overall quality of the proposals we see.

Based on the poll results, an overwhelming majority of the fans (who voted) seem to feel there is an excess of trade proposals. I would amend that to say we feel it is an excess of stupid proposals lacking in any effort or thought. Cutting down on the latter is not the same as wanting to eliminate the former.

Throw in an unprotected 1st round draft pick from the Knicks and maybe I’d consider it.

I don’t think it is necessary. But at least it is a defendable trade.

If you have played with someone one the court for your whole life. You know there tendencies, even if you haven’t played with them for awhile, pretty soon it will re emerge. I guarantee this is the case with Conley & Oden. KP wouldn’t even be interested in a PG that isn’t top tier outside of Conley. Why ? Because he could make Oden a much better player.

Hell, look at Sergio/Rudy. When one of them is not on the floor, the other suffers(varying levels).

He just sounds young. It’s easy to get excited, the younger you are. Nothing a little tempering and experience won’t help.