Hedo has a low TS% and a mediocre PER. He also has a reputation for not taking care of his body. Add into the equation the fact that he is basically a lesser version of Brandon Roy and I’m not sure why he makes sense. He’s a horrible fit for the weakside spot in Nate’s offense.

Kirk Hinrich.

That’s what I have to choose from?

Is this an extension of Portland’s obsession with minor league teams, players and ideas?

Hedo Turkeyglue weeeee! NBA CHAMPS 2010

With the news on Yao, I wonder if Battier is somewhat available. He would be a good piece to go after aggressively.

If Detroit wants Hedo, would they be willing to give up on Tayshaun? Stuckey-Rip-Hedo-Millsap-someone is a pretty nice lineup… depends on if they want Hedo more than Tayshaun.

Seems to me that Jordan and Pippen were two players who also like to have the ball in their hands. I’m not saying the analogy is equivilent, but the principal is the same.

Hedo was the straw that stirred the drink in Orlando. The Magic’s move for Vince Carter will prove to be a huge joke – ala Iverson to Detroit.

News Flash – If we sign a “veteran” like everyone says we need to, he’s likely going to be somewhat “old” in any case. Hedo’s style of play should hold up well into his mid-thirties.

If Heinrich turns out to be our only “big move” in free agency it will make our draft look the like the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

I voted for 3 years at 36 mil. and almost went with 4 years at 32 mil. in the poll.

Sign the Turkey Glue!! Lets do this!!

PS – I like Andre Miller at point too.

On this whole site who likes Hedo for the Blazers?

Party at my place if they sign him.

I’ll provide the beer. And by that I mean the one beer.

I don’t know that anyone will offer him that much.

My magic 8-ball’s sources point to yes.

That was the jist.

Too much $

Batum and Martell both need playing time to see where they fit into the Blazers future at the sf.

I don’t see Hedo settling for being LA’s back up.

Orlando has said they will match whatever they need to and go over cap to keep him.

Next player please…….

No option for I don’t want Hedo or Hinrich

NO TO HEDOISM!

After the playoffs
Out from the wreckage
Can’t make the same mistake this time
We are the Blazers
the young generation
We are the ones they build around
And I wonder when we are ever gonna change it
Living under the cap ’til nothing else remains

We don’t need another Hedo
We already know the way home
All we want is life beyond the West first round

Looking for someone we can rely on
There’s got to be something better out there
Roy and LaMarcus, their day is coming
All else are castles built in the air
And I wonder when we are ever gonna change it
Living under the cap till nothing else remains
All the children say

We don’t need another Hedo
We don’t need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the West first round

So, what do we do with our cap space?
We sign only a scrub
Will our story shine like a light
Or end in the dark
Give it all or nothing

Hedo and his agent have logged in 178 times and selected 3 years and 24 miilion.
Isn’t there any way to block that???

1. Batum is the right guy at starting SF. We slap Batum on the opposite team’s best frontcourt player, and that makes life better for Roy, Rudy, etc. I was just watching a couple games from last year, and I’m convinced Batum is going to be an offensive asset too.

2. Turkoglu messes up our ability financially to sign somebody at a more needed position. Break the bank for a PG if there’s one out there, but not for a SF.

We don’t need a “point- forward” instead of having the ball in Roy’s hands.

He’s also a terrible fit in Portland.

Even if we trade Outlaw, ther’s just not enough minutes for him, a (supposedly) improved Webster and the rising star that is Batum. Too much $$$ for a guy that might not even improve the team.

Sorry Blazer fans, but aside from Portland snagging a game changing point guard, i don’t see Allen spending big monies until 2010.

a five year contract set at 45 cents a game and a bonus can of cheese whiz if he actually does anything good.

But seriously, Hedo Turkoglu is everything the Blazers don’t need. Another inefficient small forward. And he can’t play defense to save his life. I’d much rather stick with Batum. More efficient and a lot cheaper.

I’m not sure he’s a fit, but if he’s our best available option, a shortish contract wouldn’t be the end of the world. Obviously this assumes KP hasn’t found a better alternative… unless you want him to wait until midseason for trade purposes, then Hedo’s not an option of course.

Just say “No!” to Hedo

Portland wins the division and faces NO, not Houston. So, CLEARLY, we need to sign him, at any cost, so he does not do that to us again.

I’d rather have Artest than Turkoglu and he’d probably be cheaper.

…as in “the (503)”. Now it’s gonna happen, I can feel it in my BONES!

That guy who posted on Marvin Wiliiams the other day already convinced me of who id like at SF.

Defense! Defense!

Turk would be a downgrade from Travis. Travis can still get better, Turk is only getting worse. Honestly, keeping Trout around for 1 year at 4 mil is a much better deal than a multi-year deal with Turk. I think KP is smart enough to see this as well. What do we need? Toughness, veteran leadership, and an upgrade in point guard play. Hedo provides almost nothing in those 3 categories. 1. He is a finesse player who prefers the fadeaway to a drive to the basket, 2. It’s hard to lead a team when all you do is dribble around for hours… BRoy and Nate would poop bricks, 3. He thinks he’s a point guard, which is actually much worse than someone like Blake who knows his limitations.

In 2001 there were European championships in his home country Turkey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroBasket_2001

Their team played pretty good, ultimately losing only to Yugoslavia in the finals (today that would be the current Serbia, feat. Stojakovic and some other players at the top of their game). Problem was, they had huge chemistry issues. Turkey’s top scorer was a young SG named Ibrahim Kutluay, only outscored by Nowitzki and Stojakovic and ahead of players like Kirilenko and Gasol. But Turkey’s two big stars Okur and freshly drafted Turkoglu (2000, Kings) made a big stink that the team should play to their needs and they should be especially cared for. They e.g. demanded a limousine with a driver while the rest of the team including the guy who really carried it had to take the team bus. Nice. I have seen it with my own eyes.

The team probably fixed some of their chemistry issues since the two were invited back to following tournaments – albeit playing much worse at times and their team never achieving that success again so far. Still ever since then, I have not been a big fan of Hedo and Okur. I can still see that limousine driving behind the team bus with those two getting out as a sign of stars wanting to be treated like superstars and not like the rest of their teammates.

Hinrich’s stats and per last year were worse than Blake’s. His assists were lower than Blake’s – his scoring a bit higher – but not enough to think you are getting an upgrade here. Blake just had a career year (well, for him). Maybe Hinrich gives you a bit more if his minutes are up, but there is no way he’s going to get 35 minutes in Portland – Blake averaged 31 mpg last year and that was the most he’s played since Denver. It doesn’t seem you are getting much more defense from him either. I just don’t get this move.