that they all have their own time to shine! Yay injuries!

“Our owner is richer than your owner.

Neener.”

He complained about Tualatin. BIG DIFFERENCE. If you were 19 years old and stuck in Tualatin, you’d be bored too. That’s why he already said he’s selling that house and moving Downtown. He’s not going to be bored once he moves. Plus he stated on his blog that Portland is “his city”.

I too would prefer a job close to home (i.e Portland, rather than Seattle). But my employment and earning opportuinities are greater up here. So I get home only on weekends. The same holds true for athletes. Locale can play a role (as it did for Blake and Pryz), but opportunity and earnings probably have more influence.

Besides, how do you know Aldridge doesn’t particularly like Portland?

I think that all three will sign their second contracts with the blazers, but after that I think LMA is the most likely to leave.

http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/4/30/470434/dead-franchise-stay-or-go

Justin says that Dirk is one of the greatest PF’s of all time

I’d actually say that Oden would be more likely to leave than Aldridge – but I don’t see any of the Big 3 leaving anytime soon.

As “Blazer Wookie” posted at that site, “Our owner is richer than your owner. Neener.” That says it all; even if one of the Blazers’ Big 3 inexplicably decided to leave the best situation imaginable, Paul Allen wouldn’t let it happen.

As for LMA’s apparent man crush on Dirk, he’ll outgrow it. Coming up in Texas, LMA patterned his game after Dirk’s. But while Dirk’s outside shooting ability is truly remarkable, LMA will soon be the better all-around player. He just doesn’t realize that yet, I guess.

when overblown Mark Cuban doesnt get his way, wholesale changes are in order. Lamarcus may or may not last a season or two under Cuban’s commodity based mentality and search for the NBA grail (which he will never find.) Paul Allen is building a pyramid in Portland of which one Lamarcus is anchor stoning. Besides isnt Mark Cuban just too arrogant and smug to want to play for, much less trust?

LMA is one of those players who will add to his game every summer. I think he will average 20 pts plus for his 12 years with the PTB’s. He likes his teammates and we should have a winning team…. that is enough to overcome a little homesickness.

unless we want him (or any of them) gone.

We’ve got the pedigree to run the league for years dynasty style, we’ve got an owner who will pay bookoo, and we have the best fans in the league who will basically worship this trio of young men.

Also, the Texas Trio are all summitting and will likely go on a little bit of a downward ride for who knows how long. Who knows how bad it actually gets, but no one likes to play for a loser.

This is the same reasoning behind why we’ll NEVER get Chris Paul.

Most players barely dont get a chance to play on championship caliber teams, let alone a dynasty caliber team. As long as nobody gets a big head, they will all stay…