Let it bake, just add frosting, don't change the recipe

vs. best player available.
Holes tough to fill with whats left out there if PG and Good back up PF are what we want
Best available is getting an asset that is available for trade at later time, but needs time and could disrupt chemistry in the mean while.
Fit might work better with this team.

Eh, I have to re-think my definition if that’s the case.

as the Emporer would say “you lack vision my friend”

apparently he’s on the phones with agents looking for homerun-B. I really hope all this david lee talk on ESPN is overblown (given the recent reporting from that site I’d say thats probably pretty likely).

I still trust KP to make good decisions for the franchise though, I’m just not another KP monkey who attacks anyone who questions his all knowing power.

In general, I don’t mind waiting and seeing what develops. The only problem I have with this scenario is that it seems to assume Bayless can morph into a starting PG in the NBA—even an upgrade over Blake. That would be great, and I hope it happens, but I haven’t seen Bayless distribute the ball well enough yet. Remember, he hasn’t even shown his ability to be a better PG than Sergio yet, and we just ave him away. Like I said, I hope Bayless can become a solid NBA PG, but expecting that of him in the near future seems uncertain.

yes, Bayless and uncertainty go hand in hand, but is there a FA who offers us any certainty in this instance? No! Remeber that Bayless was projected as a top 4 pick in last yrs draft, and if you youtube his highlights you can see that although not necessarliy a “true pg” (whatever that means nowadays) he has ridiculous potential to become a stud, he just needs time and exposure. I can only hope that Nate lets him run the show in the clutch next season, nobody develops without being given a chance, i BELIEVE in Bayless!

lost all credibility with the Batum superstar statement.

       This has been my constant refrain. Patience ! We have
our young core; talent, chemistry and care for each other.
Team = Championship. By adding the wrong FA pieces,
the excellent balance can be tipped by shot demands, locker room
disension, etc. Let the cake bake & add the RIGHT vet to lead on
defense and toughness (w/ Joel & GO).
      Make it the right VET !

I agree that things aren’t as dark as they might seem. We aren’t like Chicago of a few years back that was banking on basing their entire rebuild on the ability to attract and sign free agents and rudely discovered how hard that can become.

Yes, we have a young playoff team in place, with great room for improvement to exist from within simply with our current roster and long term our Euro Prospects.

However, it isn’t really the fans that changed the perceived expectations of this off season. With headlines to the affect of Allen says “Upgrade The Roster”…and KP himself saying our timeline for improvement has been moved up, coupled with months and months of talk about our being under the cap and this being the off season we made a move in free agency and/or the trade market. It’s a little late to stave off disappointment in how this off season has unfolded thus far.

Fans I think are never really too patient, but in general I think Blazer fans have been pretty patient. We’ve waited and watched Brandon and LMA develop, we have waited for Oden, we’ve waited for Webster. What else could we do? We’ve watched and enjoyed the “cake” baking. Now was suppose to be the time for the icing….(god I hate this analogy) . Bottom line our cap space is “use it or lose it”, and Paul Allen is evidently commited to improving the roster. The Blazers must approach this off-season and the free agent/trade market looking to improve The Blazer as much as possible.

Yes, good things come to those who wait, but you also have to know when to make a move.

It’s tricky, I also don’t want panic, or chemistry killing moves. For that matter I’d rather NOT see us renounce the rights to Freeland or Kopponen, I like having the European Prospect Pipeline…and between Freeland, Kopponen and now Victor Claver, I’d be willing to bet that in the future at least one of those prospects becomes a valuable asset. When I heard that The Blazer might have to renounce the rights to Freeland and Kopponen to sign Hedo, I had a bad feeling. I’m hoping that won’t have to happen now. That might become the silver lining to this cloud.