I think the trade happened to prevent Nate from playing him 40 minutes a night though. Also, don’t forget his sieve-like defense that hurt us in the Houston series so badly. But yes, I think we may regret losing him.

I think that says a lot more about the teams they ended up on than what they would’ve contributed as Blazers. I have a hard time imagining Minnesota, New Jersey, or New Orleans making me regret anything.

We know what Blake’s game is like, and overall the good outweighs the bad. But its not like we lost Jermain O’Neal again.

Blake is a good solid back-up type player in my opinion. However, let’s see if they still love him when he air-balls an unnecessarily forced three pointer about four seconds before the clock expires at the end of a tight playoff game.