what the blazers need to do is have their own d-league team.  It's been a while since we've talked about this here, but i believe this is the most crucial step in our progress as a championship contender.  We got enough rookies and european players to fill half a team currently, and with the upcoming draft we could add a few more.  On top of that, imagine if we sent sergio down to get some clock.  He wouldn't have to go that far.  Lets put the team in beaverton, or gresham or wherever as long as it somewhere close to portland.  how bout mcroberts, how bout freeman, how bout the local guys like ime who can ball, just haven't developed into a man yet.  paul allens got enough money, oregons got enough fans.  all you who love this site and this team need to make noise about this.  The lakers and spurs have their own dleague teams,  we have some team in idaho that we share....seriously, what's going on with that.  Are we gonna stay a small time franchise or shouldn't we have the best that money can buy.  So what if it's a bad investment for paul allen, it's not our money....this is my rant, and thank god darius miles isn't really on our team.  And martell needs to get tough, nate mcmillan wishes jack were his son, and rudy f highlights are a joy to watch.