Quoting Walter (sort of) quoting Lenin: “It’s like Lenin said, you just look at who stands to benefit and… you know…” Maybe we shouldn’t ask who stands to benefit from getting Miller and Turkoglu (I for one am not a huge fan of getting the former, and I am totally against the latter), but who stands to benefit from these rumors. Honestly, why wouldn’t KP link the Blazers to every available free agent or player on the trading block? It is supply and demand, and the Blazers want to increase demand on ALL players they don’t actually want. The more we are linked to certain players, the less likely we will actually go after them. I am with what seems to be a majority here at BE: we don’t need or want Turkoglu. But it would be stupid of us not to pretend we want him. I mean who stands to benefit from the Blazers front office actually telegraphing what they want … you know …

But where does the pretending stop. I mean, shouldn’t we all join in just in case someone is monitoring our posts. Shouldn’t we flood the site with fanposts about why Amar’e for Roy/LMA is steal.

Or perhaps once I have posted this, giving away our strategy, the rest of the league will see this coming … so we should just ask for what we want and then they will think we are pretending.

But now they will see that coming.

The whole thing threatens to devolve into a reflexive whirlpool of unanswered questions and comedic misdirections—much like the plot of The Big Lebowski itself. A lotta ins, a lotta outs. Its a complicated case.

Best just to rest assured that KP, like “the Dude,” abides. Say what you will about “in KP we trust,” but at least its an ethos.

Andre can run a team, push the ball when its there, and dosent need the ball in his hands at the end of the game.

We have made every effort to make a deal work for Harris, Hinrich, or Sessions and have struck out.

Miller can be had for less and provides a coach for bayless. I see him as an upgrade over blake, but a little on the old side. But again it would only be for a couple years.

I’ll concede that our title window might open a year earlier…MIGHT!!! Are we making decisions based on next year? or on the next 4 years?

Make an offer on Sessions (If the Harris and Hinrich options flame out)! If the Bucks match whatever deal KP feels is a fair shake, then go get Miller.