POLL: Blow It Up or Stay The Course?

They have only been playing together for about a month? Camby is injured. We all knew some injuries were coming. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is out for two to three weeks. The Blazers with coach Nate historically have done well with their backs against the wall. Let’s not throw in the towel yet.

Blowing the team up is a bad thing. Add pieces as you go and try to win now. Planning for the future is a roll of the dice. Remember when it was Broy, GO, and LMA that where going to take us to the promised land (championship).

just making a casual fixit trade, because the fact is, we need a center, a good starting center. A small trade, that doesnt give up to much. Who we give up and who we get?, IDK.

Also, I voted for stay the course. I feel we are just one piece away from being a championship level team. But even so, I still think this team will make it to the 2nd round of the playoffs with this roster. If only Oden could get healthy enough to play the last 20 or so games to get into game shape, we could be unstoppable by the playoffs!

I don’t know either way, but if management decided to trade away everyone (including Aldridge for say, john wall plus an unprotected wizards 1st round pick in next years draft) they can get value for, I wouldn’t think it too foolish. This team is good, but it may not be great enough to win a championship I’m afraid. If there is ever a time to predict when to rebuild through the draft, next years draft would be a good place to start.

I think they should trade Wallace and pieces. I like him. If they don’t, I have no issues. The human side of me says it would suck for him to be traded again after settling in and buying in. I just want to see more Batum and I think it would be folly to trade him thinking Wallace is going to be able to play this level for very much longer. Wallace might actually bring back some help in the front court.
If they stay the course, I am fine with it. I like the team. I have just wanted to see them get a quality big to pair with LA for a long time and am kind of done with the “Waiting for GOden” script. Oden Camby, Przy, would have been nice if it ever would have happened. Camby, Thomas, Smith, Johnson, isn’t enough. It would be a bonus if they could keep Camby for this season but if it takes trading him to bring something of value back to the Blazers, I would not be opposed.

“let’s wait until just before the trade deadline and talk about it again then”.

we had a nice start to the season, but I still don’t think we’re an elite or true contending team. I definitely think we should blow it up a bit and rebuild. How? :

1) Trade Gerald Wallace and either Batum or Matthews for an elite wing (Danny Granger-ish?), PG, or C.

I love Gerald Wallace too. But he’s getting older, and his contract is going to be up next year. Are he and LMA enough? Not in my opinion. I think we move him while his value is high. To get an elite player, we’d likely need to add either Batum or Matthews to the deal. That helps thin out our rotation a bit, and also prevents the issue of having to pay more than $7M to two guys who can’t create their own shot. If we can get a solid PG we can feel better about letting Felton’s deal expire.

2) Let the contracts of Felton and Camby expire, and waive/renounce other deals necessary to get max contract cap space – sign another to-flight free agent with the max cap room next offseason.

If we let Felton and Camby expire, we can get enough cap room to offer a max free agent deal next offseason, mostly due to Brandon Roy’s contract coming off the books. We could add another prime free agent to the LMA+Elite player (trade for in #1). So we would have 3 legit guys as our core, with Matthews likely too. Then we can add smaller pieces as needed moving forward.

Obviously, the decision becomes, is Felton+Matthews+Batum+Wallace+LMA+Camby good enough to win a title. Also, is that group better than what we would end up with (i.e. can we get a better PG than Felton?) That’s why those front office guys make the big bucks

Blowing it up would do nothing good for the season…and if it’s a fail season, so be it – there are plenty of moves to be made in the summer and the roster could essentially be blown up then if need be. In the meantime, I wouldn’t say that a trade or two shouldn’t be made in the coming months.
Three games ago everyone thought we were a contender – two games ago everyone wants to blow up the team. There has to be a happy medium here.
the night is young

And we’re all drooling over a championship.

Raymond is playing just below his career averages. Right now this season he averages 11.1pts 6.8ast 2.8rebs 2.6tos and his career #’s are 13.6pts 6.7 ast and 3.4rebs 2.6tos.

Seems to me there isnt much more that Ray is gonna give us.

Unless he has a complete turn around to his game, hes barely shy of what hes averaged over his career. Not holding out for a better PG and trading away Dre was not a good move, atleast it appears that way so far. Even so, I say we need a starting center position more than we need to upgrade Ray at this time.

I would be looking pretty hard at the 2008 draft class. Some real studs-Specifically Eric Gordon, Kevin Love, Roy Hibbert, OJ Mayo, Brook Lopez, Danillo Gallinari, Russell Westbrook, plus DJ Augustin, Javale McGee, Michael Beasley, and Ryan Anderson.
Offer max money to Love, Westbrook and Gordon, and try to add Rudy Gay through trade or sign some of those other 08 draftees and you would have a solid rebuild on the fly. Just getting Gordon would be solid for our future 2-guard position.

Get a pg and a c
I think the team will be fine this year it’s just not fun to deal with a 3 game slide.
a dream trade for me would be batum Felton crossfaded for McGee granger and a scrub.

We need to get one of those three next to Aldridge. What we give up to get them is more or less meaningless as long as we aren’t pulling an Orlando and getting long term expensive contracts all over the place. If at all possible, I’d prefer to keep Batum, Matthews and the rights to Freeland. Hibbert, of course is the hardest get for us, as Indiana is playing very well and has no need to look to upgrade anywhere but to add a wing without sacrificing their core (preferably a two-guard). Matthews just isn’t good enough, and neither is Batum, for them to give up a borderline franchise center now. Last year, maybe. This year, no way. McGee, considering how Washington is playing, would probably be dealt for a decent package of draft picks and young guys. Perhaps giving up all our rookies/sophs and Wallace could net McGee in a three-team trade. Finally, Bogut is one of the only players the Bucks have going for them, so its no telling when Milwaukee decides enough is enough and goes back to rebuilding. When it does, Batum plus our rookies/sophs and one or two draft picks should be enough to pry Bogut, especially if this years draft pick is involved. Unfortunately, this means giving up Batum, and I see no way around it, as he is young enough and good enough to give them a good value (relatively) on their end.

no team is going to give us anything good for Wallace, Felton, Crawford, or Camby.