KP on Courtside

by Lance Uppercut on Feb 24, 2009 11:36 AM PST

In the wake of Chad Ford's assertion re: deals offered to the Trail Blazers at the trade deadline, i submit to you Kevin Pritchard's comments during last night's edition of Courtside, which you can listen to here. I also trancribes a quote that would seem to address why trades, imagined or otherwise, didn't get done. So sayeth Pritchard:

"I think I have a good feel for this team. Being around all these guys for as long as I have, I think I know what they can handle in terms of another player. I like I've got a good grasp on that. Nate McMillan and I talk about that all the time; what kind of personality that is. And I don't want to get into all the details of that, but if we don't bring in the right guys then we could destroy what we have. Maybe destroy is too strong of a word because you feel like with this culture, maybe people will assimilated, sort of, to them. But I still worry that ... we're not grown enough and it still need time to grow."

Also a kind of non-update update on Oden. The full two hours of Courtside should be available shortly.

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heard that last night

And it reminds me of the baseball trading deadline. You’ll have a team that has overachieved and is “in the race” for the pennant, and the players will complain that the front office didn’t make a deal for a veteran player to “put them over the top”

The Blazer players were just relieved that only Diogu was dealt. Sure, they need to grow up—and realize that opportunites to win playoff games/series/championships don’t come around every year. The future may be bright, but there’s no guarantee that you’ll be in this position every season (injuries, etc)

by two4larue on Feb 24, 2009 11:49 AM PST reply actions

Battier FTW

great D, great role player, can teach these yungins how to ball. Smart as hell and would not mind playing 10-15mpg and being that James Jones role that basketball sage role to instruct players where to be on D and how to space the floor when he is on the court.

"Damn the Blazers. Damn them to hell. They are working the rest of the league like a speed bag." - Bill Simmons 6/26/08

by SpyderRyder on Feb 24, 2009 11:54 AM PST reply actions

all i can think is, in this specific instance

that

KP Gots DIs!!!

Im not overly concerned or dissapointed. I think Ford is full of you know what.

Sophia

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare

Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow

by BlazerFan1 on Feb 24, 2009 11:58 AM PST reply actions 1 recs

agree

And KP knows what he was doing. About a year or so back I think KP was talking about the culture, and someone asked him about bringing in Ron Artest or somebody like that. He said that in San Antonio, when the rebuilding process was getting underway around Duncan, they were careful to bring in ONLY class guys that fit their culture. Once that culture was established around Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili, and they had had success, THEN they could afford to bring in people that didn’t exactly fit their culture, because the locker room was strong enough based around DPG.

Our culture is not yet set. We still need to have playoff success built around Roy Oden LMA. Then we can bring in someone in if it feels right.

For now, I say just roll with what we got and let this team gel. You can’t underestimate the power of playing with the same teammates for a long period of time. That is how 3-peat type teams are built.

Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.

by prezofdeath on Feb 24, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions

although if we did have a shot at stoudamire that didnt cost us one of the big 3

i think we should have taken it. the only drawback is the money, but man what a trading chip we would have had coming down the stretch into the summer.

It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting

by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 24, 2009 12:46 PM PST up reply actions

Really shoud'a been a fanshot...

It looks like we’ve got a full scale propaganda war being waged here on BE. We have those who would trust KP even if he did something that didn’t make sense from the outside versus those who would really like to see a bundling of our potential for a wise old man.

What does either side gain if they convince you? Or do they just feel like they need to get it off their chest?

".. is gumby an alien?"

by staylost on Feb 24, 2009 12:26 PM PST reply actions

KP loves chemistry-- and he's right to take it into account

I’m still don’t think standing pat at the deadline was a good basketball move… especially if that Chad Ford rumor is true, which I am pretty dubious about.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Feb 24, 2009 12:40 PM PST reply actions

I just can't understand you.

From my perspective, you place an inordinate amount of credence to both stats and rumors. The contradiction keeps me awake sometimes.

I da man!

by Dragline on Feb 24, 2009 6:25 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

"rumors" are hardly ever just rumors.

GMs talk to the press, especially the ESPN press. Just because they don’t source it doesn’t mean it’s not verified by many many folks. Doubt Sam Smith and Peter Vecsey if you want, but Chad’s got an excellent track record.

by howlingfantods on Feb 24, 2009 8:07 PM PST up reply actions

Rec

by Corvid on Feb 24, 2009 8:34 PM PST up reply actions

I said I was dubious about the Ford rumor

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Feb 24, 2009 8:47 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah

That’s why I said from my perspective. I seem to remember you having issues with the Stoudemire rumors. It’s probably more of a “nature of the beast” thing. You like stats and you like trades, stat are pretty concrete but trade talk is all rumors. I probably could have worded it better and said something like it’s funny that the two things you’re most passionate about on Blazers Edge causes a contradiction in my mind.

I da man!

by Dragline on Feb 25, 2009 2:37 AM PST up reply actions