Bayless, Batum, Diogu in Blazers uniforms(pics).

Plus I love his free throws.

I like that black line best. Is gone be a good player.

Jarrett Jack got taller.

I’ll have to get an authentic one of these days.

Ike:

Add dreadlocks, and I dream this guy becomes RastaMonsta 2.0 – energy, banger, maybe with a shooter’s touch? Back to the basket power game…I love it. Plus his picture in uniform reveals a completely different phenotype than what appeared to be the case from the photos of him in street clothes during his first press conference. The guy looks straight up ripped. My only concern is that his left hand looks like it is 50% the size of the right, and with that clawing gesture it’s as though he’s trying to pull out one of his own kidneys. He probably needs dialysis, immediately. The fact that the rap on him thus far in his career is that he plays with reckless abandon/no regard for human life only gets me more pumped. We needed this. I hope Diogu can deliver.

Nic:

The Francophone version of Smoove B? Slick italian blazers, open collars on pressed shirts, the french accent, Benneton meets GQ looks…I shudder even to consider. He will break the hearts of his opponents after softening them up with croissant and vintage vinyl Édith Piaf. If Batum can develop more game than the phenomenal basis he reportedly has in place and thus make the regular rotation in five years I could see PDX having it’s own Longoria/Parker paparazzi foci to deal with. Nic, off the top of my head I’m thinking Scarlett Johansson. She’s pale enough for the NW, anyway (and is pretty hawt from most angles says I.) Game on. I just hope you’re never in a game matched up against LeBron. I’m imagining you busting up like a matchstick house under the hooves of a raging mustang. Au revoir!

Jerryd:

AP Bayless? AP stands for Apple Pie. There is something unnervingly ‘nice’ about Jerryd’s countenance in most photographs I’ve seen so far. It contrasts greatly with the portrayed image of the man who apparently plays as though he had banshees plucking at his spinal cord, demanding he deliver the souls of his enemies to the roots of Yggdrasil. I guess this makes him something like the Norman Bates of the Blazers. If Nate can play Mommy and convince AP that the rest of the league is amoral and impenitent, then I will be all to happy to see this young stud draw blood. Although….his hands look small, too, which bugs a little when combined with the T-Rex reach. There will not be one-armed isolation moves or single-handed wrist-flick passes from this fellow. But all I am asking him to do is to handle the ball like a magician and develop the ability to visualize the passing lanes opening up at low, medium, and high elevations while in transition. He can jack up his 12 ppg all day long so long as he brings home 6 assists per game and only a couple turnovers. Good luck, Mr. Rogers. I am pulling for you and am very excited to have you on the team, nonetheless.

All in all this is quite a haul for what set out to be a #13 and a coupe mid-second rounders. With the 4 coming second round picks as currency next year to spend, I have no doubt we’ll be surmising how we might fit in another blue-chip prospect at this time, 2009…after winning the WCF.

Not necessarily stronger than Diogu, but in great shape and with much more muscle mass than Batum. Look at those biceps and legs, this kid can run, jump and dunk. Maybe his arms look even shorter cause he has this strong upper body.

Oh, and Adidas seems to have scored him and Batum.