Can Steven Hill make the roster?

by parkinglotj on Aug 6, 2008 11:24 PM PDT Comment 37 comments

I just had to watch a game after the schedule came out. I put in the summer league game vs. Phoenix. Bayless scored 36, but I couldn't believe the impact that Hill had on that game defensively. If Koponen goes to Europe or his rights are traded, does anyone think that Hill could make the 15th spot? I also read that Hill was brought in to work with Oden. I'm betting that he at the very least gets a camp invite.

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No

Camp invite, maybe. Only if Pryzbilla isn’t 100%.

He’s slow, stiff, unathletic and doesn’t look very strong. I think you forgot that Robin freaking Lopez torched him that game against Phoenix.

Granted, he’s a decent shot blocker, but that’s about it as far as NBA talent is concerned. I’d be surprised if he made the roster of a decent Euro league team.

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by Dheepan on Aug 6, 2008 11:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Robin Freaking Lopez

was almost a lottery pick and he was 2 for 10 from the field in the game, so I’m not sure I agree.

Hill’s gonna get a look from somebody in the NBA- he’ll be in somebody’s camp. He seems to be cut from the same mold as Chris Dudley. As for the Blazers, the only way I can see him on the roster is if we start the season with 14 and then one of our bigs goes down.

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by jksnake99 on Aug 7, 2008 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No

That was the other Lopez, Brook.

Robin was the one that was charted to be in the late 1st round until a few weeks before the draft. There weren’t too many decent big men this class.

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by Dheepan on Aug 7, 2008 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think ur confused

Brook went 10th and Robin went 15th. So it was Robin he was talking about. None of that matters though, all that matters is Steven Hill!!!! He’s awesome and if we ever switched our mascot to a pioneer or a lumberjack he could do that for us at halftime and during timeouts. If signed we should add a no-shave clause to his contract!

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by Gregory Roy Aldridge on Aug 7, 2008 2:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Almost a lottery pick and he was 2 for 10 from the field in the game"

He’s absolutley right. You’re wrong.

by noaher on Aug 7, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brook Lopez *was a lottery pick and we didn't play the Nets.

by noaher on Aug 7, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know my Lopezii

By “almost a lottery pick” I meant that he was taken one spot out of the lottery, not that he was projected as a lottery pick. I’m not sure how he torched Hill by making 2 field goals.

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by jksnake99 on Aug 7, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha, yeah

Me too, i know we didnt play the Nets, they were in Orlando. All i care about is Steven Hill becoming a blazer anyways

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by Gregory Roy Aldridge on Aug 7, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it was a reply to the infallible Dheepan.

it feels good to be able to tell him he’s wrong, only because it’s such a rare occasion

by noaher on Aug 7, 2008 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

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by Dheepan on Aug 7, 2008 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And

Oh my bad. I thought you meant the latter.

All I remember from that game is Robin making “the slowest spin move in the history of basketball” and dunking on Hill (was that even him?). So I thought he had a much better game.

Well that and Jerryd “ending DJ Strawberry’s career”.

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by Dheepan on Aug 7, 2008 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe.......

but itd only be for comical value

by BroyTheTruth on Aug 7, 2008 12:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't think he will make OUR roster

Though I’m sure with his raw defensive talent there will be a team somewhere in the NBA who could use a guy like that. If grown long enough, the beard alone would intimidate most opponents.

If not on the NBA, he’ll go to europe and make more there than he would here.

by Bskey on Aug 7, 2008 5:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Steven Hill?

Wasn’t he the old guy who useta play the D.A. on Law and Order ?

Just think: Signing him could usher in an exciting new era of Jail Blazers-themed humor!

by knickfan on Aug 7, 2008 8:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I heard LAs looking at him

Must be trying to clean up their image. He could fit in nicely, though, as a bench toughie. For some reason, I also think he’d fit in well in that movie, “Newsies.” He’s tough but probably likes to sing and dance. Must be why LA wants him.

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by hobobob on Aug 7, 2008 9:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What the Blazers NEED to do is get serious about signing Pete...

"He shoots....................... he scores!!!"

by timbo on Aug 7, 2008 9:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am with you buddy.

I could be wrong now. But I don't think so!

by Kampeska on Aug 7, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

what we need is a guy who struggled to handle the ball and shot 38% in summer league. That’s what we NEED to do.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Aug 7, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

KP wants to keep that 15th spot open

IN case he needs to sign somebody midseason.

by Blazersaurus on Aug 7, 2008 10:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I can see

Hill AND Pickett ending up somewhere. Pickett seems to be pretty darm atheletic, and he can shoot. If I needed a decent 2 with some size, I’d bring him to camp.

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by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 7, 2008 11:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

you mean...

JR Pinnock?

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Aug 7, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes. Sorry.

I was thinking either Pickett or Pinnock. 50% chance. That’s why I never did very well at True False quizzes. I have a habbit of talking myself out of the right answers! :-)

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by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 7, 2008 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

steven hill is hear

only to be odens punching bag, not for a roster spot.

ps.. atf – this post required massive editing for prison style adult content, and a contrivertial dismissal of tact and social responsibility

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 7, 2008 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That's why I'm

wondering if it wouldn’t be good to keep him around. Keep Joel from getting baged up too bad from Greg in practice. It would be good for Hill’s future too. To go up aganst a future HOF’er!

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by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 7, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybee

he might get bed sores from all the hospital time he puts in. I wonder if spam could just pay the guy to show up at the practice facility, much like a janitor, or sweat wiper upper? is rm0r71rm3r, jscott, bfan, kp corleon, eldon, any body that could answer that question. can we pay this guy to show up for practice, but not give him a roster spot, i dont see why not.

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 7, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

why would Hill do that?

Why wouldn’t he take a spot in the D League or Europe? Your scenario makes no sense whether its allowed or not (and its probobly not).

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by jksnake99 on Aug 7, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

$$$

If the money’s good!

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by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 7, 2008 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

really? is it that bad?

i meen if the guy gets a roster spot somewhear, great. isnt the guy like 25? so how much do the d leagueers get? what if we just bought oden a practice buddy, or sparring partiner. is that bad? or are there rules against it? i meen could i hire somebody to do any job i want them to do as long as its leagal? paul allen could hire me to sit in a particular chair in his house for 8 hours a day 5 days a week, if he wanted to right? would this serve any pourpose? no one has done it before, soooooo…. does that mean anything?

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 7, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I like your thinking.

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by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 7, 2008 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

no

no….no….god no.

Steven Hill is not taking a roster spot, or even being considered for one. If KP had planned on heading into the season with a 15 man roster, PK would have been signed weeks ago. He wants that extra spot for some potential trade flexibility later in the season.
And steven hill looked “OK” playing in the summer league against bottom of the barrel players, and the only reason for that was that we had nothing going for our team down low at all. This does not mean he is going to be able to play at anything near NBA level.
I look pretty good playing ball with my little brothers, but that call from team canada still hasnt come…

by danevan on Aug 7, 2008 2:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs