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by diffident on Feb 21, 2012 4:08 PM PST

Who is the last decent point guard to play for the Portland Trailblazers. I have to go all the way back to Terry Porter, who had great skills in all aspects of the game, extremely high basketball intelligence, and an overwhelming desire to compete and win. I remember a signature triple overtime win against the Mavs, where Clyde and Terry sucked it up again and again, never gave up, and finally got the win. Character, yessir! Some people think Strickland was a real point guard, but, Strickland had a habit of coughing up the ball at just the wrong time...a habit he developed early:) Honestly, I can't think of a first rate point guard the Blazers have had since Terry...Can you?

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Kenny Anderson!

He was pretty good his first year here (his only full season here), then he got hurt his second year, then he got traded for mighty mouse.

by ggassen85 on Feb 21, 2012 4:20 PM PST reply actions

Hmm

Damon stoudamire.. hahaha

by Droid- on Feb 21, 2012 4:44 PM PST reply actions

Mini Rebuild?

Beaubois, Williams, Batum, LMA, Freeland

Trade for Beaubois, use Matthews and GW for draft picks and convince Freeland to come over.

by Aznsnsation12 on Feb 21, 2012 4:56 PM PST reply actions

Well, I can think of a guy......

Who has over 14,440 points in his career
Who has over 7,250 assists in his career
Who has over 4,125 rebounds in his career

"Per John Hollingers twitter - Over the final 12:45 of today's game, Brandon Roy's PER was 84.98" GM 4 vs Mavs

by blazinagain on Feb 21, 2012 5:18 PM PST reply actions

Forgot About Dre

"Wide, girthy. Just like a Rhino. Sometimes my horns are visible."

by YoniRap on Feb 21, 2012 5:21 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Yeah, no.

Dre was fine, but was old and we ran an extremely slow offense with him. Besides, he accomplished all of that not in a Blazer jersey.

by KVin2 on Feb 21, 2012 5:48 PM PST up reply actions

Really?

“Dre was fine, but was old and we ran an extremely slow offense with him”
Better check your history books. Nate McMillan coached Blazers have been one of the slowest paced teams every year, long before Andre arrived. Also, and more importantly, Roy dictated pace much more than Dre.
As far as being old, he has a per of 16.3, an efg% of .473 and still gets 7 assists and 3.7 rebs while coming off the bench

“Besides, he accomplished all of that not in a Blazer jersey”
Ok, well Terry Porter played just over 60% of his career as a Blazer.

And oh yeah, we are much better off with Felton. No.

"Per John Hollingers twitter - Over the final 12:45 of today's game, Brandon Roy's PER was 84.98" GM 4 vs Mavs

by blazinagain on Feb 21, 2012 6:39 PM PST up reply actions

Oh and I forgot....

He is also in the sixth man of the year discussion. But you’re right. Yeah, no.

"Per John Hollingers twitter - Over the final 12:45 of today's game, Brandon Roy's PER was 84.98" GM 4 vs Mavs

by blazinagain on Feb 21, 2012 8:29 PM PST up reply actions

What's the point of this post?

this isn’t fanshot material, this is just an observation that could (and should) have been made as part of an existing thread. For example, just 2 spots below yours, we have an ongoing discussion about the Blazers point guard play:

http://www.blazersedge.com/2012/2/21/2814520/whats-the-point

"But if Ding Dongs and prime rib were the path to NBA pivot stardom we'd all be wearing the uniform." -Dave

by douglast on Feb 21, 2012 5:56 PM PST reply actions 1 recs