bottom 10 team in the league

boy !!! i cant emagine being considered this low in the rankings. did we soil his daughters prom night or something?

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This is a ranking of off-season moves

NOT where he thinks the team ranks against other teams as far as overall talent.

"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."

by Arby on Aug 19, 2010 9:29 AM PDT reply actions

Wait, so he's not saying the Raptors will finish ahead of Orlando?

You must be mistaken, Arby.

#52

by Royster on Aug 19, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions

the OP seemed to be confused.

Although I do appreciate your sarcasm.

"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."

by Arby on Aug 19, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions

yeah Aldridge is not saying we are a bottom 10 team in the league

they are offseason rankings, and all of the teams that are ranked high are teams that made big free agent signings and such

because the Blazers, for the most part, kept the team the same, I think this rank has a lot to do with the KP-Cho switch

by rip_city_swagger on Aug 19, 2010 9:36 AM PDT reply actions

Hard to believe that 20 teams made better off-season moves than us.

The Dude abides.

by BrewDude on Aug 19, 2010 9:50 AM PDT reply actions

wow

hollinger said we were one of the 5 offseason “winners”

in this situation, hollinger is right

Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez

by thomasikehara on Aug 19, 2010 9:59 AM PDT reply actions

Not much thought there

The only real analysis is that we made a pretty decent 16th pick with Babbitt, and that we have the option to trade Andre Miller…

Now I’ll accept that we overpaid for a backup SG, but are you gonna tell me that somehow Phoenix, after letting Amare walk and trading for Hedo, did better? Or OKC which also had an okay draft and traded for…. Daequan Cook? Or Minnesota (KAAAHHHNNN!!!!)?

Whatever…

Holding out for Hedo

by T$ 225 on Aug 19, 2010 10:57 AM PDT reply actions

Consider this

Phoenix was not resigning Amare, period. He was as good as gone. So basically, they parlayed a departing Amare and Leandro Barbosa into Josh Childress, Hedo Turkoglu, and Hakim Warrick. Considering their limited bargaining chips, I’d say they did pretty well.

"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."

by Arby on Aug 19, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Now explain Minny

Just kidding, I completely agree. The Blazers have had turmoil. Sure Matthews is a nice pickup, at a slightly high price, but he seems to fit the system well. But other than that, what has been so positive? KP got fired on draft day (even though he was walking dead for at least 6 months), the assistants got fired, the shooting coach got fired, and we drafted a white guy who couldn’t even make it to the rim, trying to dunk at the rookie shoot.

Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game

by iDea on Aug 19, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Often, ratings like this are based highly upon the writer's pre-offseason expectations.

He expected Phoenix to lose Amar’e, so they did well given his low standards.

He didn’t expect us to have giant GM drama, or maybe he expected a Chris Paul trade, so we did nothing exciting.

Meh, it hardly matters. Half the moves of this offseason will be revealed as failures 20 games into the season anyway.

You can measure skill and talent with your eyes, but productivity is shown through statistics.

by austinpwnz on Aug 19, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Good read...

I like this comment about Miami Coach …“Spoelstra, it says here, will get plenty of time to show he can coach the Super Friends. Like one season.” Super Friends; Wait I thought superman was in Orlando.

by gooddebate on Aug 19, 2010 2:24 PM PDT reply actions