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Blowup at Blazers practice...

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Hayesfan, Jan 7, 2010.

  1. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Outlaw is out (injury) for most of the season and is expiring.
     
  2. foodworld

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    He was, in LA. He mailed it in during his season with the Clippers.
     
  3. Tom Bombadillo

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    Yessir... I like that... Especially If we get Rudy, who would be far better than Ariza for us anyway...


    We could have the first bid for Travis next year, which could be decent...:)



    Aaron Brooks
    Rudy Fernandez
    Chase Budinger
    Carl Landry
    Yao Ming

    How much fun would that team be?!?!?!?
     
  4. Blake

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    Batum hasn't shown anything yet...even when he started
     
  5. YaoMac09

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    You can't make trades with Portland, half their roster is out and a quarter is out for the season
     
  6. solid

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    In a second, but I bet Portland wouldn't do it.
     
  7. BasketballReasons

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    I know one PG who would fit perfectly on the Blazers, and he's from Portland as well! = Aaron Brooks

    Hopefully that will never happen.
     
  8. TmacsRockets

    TmacsRockets Rookie

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  9. Come_Again?!

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    Just when things didn't look worse for Portland

    This is going to hurt my fantasy league also.
     
  10. Zboy

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    I would not touch Outlaw. He completely disappeared in the playoffs which was one of the big reasons Rockets beat Trailblazers last year.
     
  11. solid

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    But as I recall, he played well against us during the regular season. And remember Ariza's playoff performance against us. One series does not make a career. We are so desperate for length and athleticism, I can't help but believe that Outlaw would be a perfect fit. But that's irrelevant anyway, they are not going to trade him; he is one of the few players they have that can walk.
     
  12. Carl Herrera

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    It's pointless to get Outlaw. He's another guy who can't create his own offense efficiently but rather need to live off of shots and spaces created by a star player. Stick him in Ariza's place and he'll put up Ariza's offensive numbers, at best.

    His career TS% is also terrible, under .500 for most of his career.

    Ariza has issues, I wouldn't mind the Rockets getting someone more efficient to take his shots, but to say that Travis friggin Outlaw is that guy is just wrong.
     
  13. dharocks

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    I thought that were was an actual explosion at the Blazers practice facility
     
  14. Kojirou

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    I'm not sure what this means. In the end, even the Garnett trade will hurt the Celtics in the long run, considering they gave up a young very, very good player. You have to make tough moves and give up assets to get the pieces for a championship team, and Artest would have been that piece. Pity it didn't work out, but there was just no luck for us that year.
    And trading Ariza for Miller from my perspective is the ultimate "ARIZA SUX HURR" move. It is not a long term move in the slightest, given Miller's old and won't work well with Yao at all, and the Rockets need to think long term. Be an utterly r****ded move.
     
  15. A_3PO

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    Miller is a strange guy. I am also a very private person and don't associate with co-workers outside of the job, but he takes it to another level. Nothing wrong with that, but just saying. In Portland, the media and fans like to learn everything they possibly can about players off the court because they are almost considered family. The Blazers players also hang out quite a bit off the court. Miller would have NONE of either and made that known to everyone. Culture-wise, Portland was the worst team/city he could have chosen.

    With 4 seconds left in the game on Tuesday, the Blazers trailed by 2 points against the Grizzlies with Jerryd Bayless at the FT line. He missed the first one. The coaching staff and Roy told Bayless to miss the 2nd FT so the Blazers could try to get the rebound. Andre Miller told Bayless to make the FT. He did and the Blazers ended up losing by 4. I don't know if it was insubordination or stupidity that led Miller to do that. I wonder if that's why things exploded. Out of anger, McMillan may have rode Miller pretty hard in practice and Miller snapped back at him.
     
  16. Invisible Fan

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    It was a matter of keepin' it REAL.
     
  17. nolimitnp

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    Aaron Brooks isn't from Portland. He's from Seattle.
     
  18. Chinahype

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    When Outlaw tries to create his own shot, at least it looks better than Ariza's because of his hops :eek:
     
  19. ROXTXIA

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    I'm not condoning the behavior and it isn't an excuse but Miller might have chosen to take matters into his own hands and get himself traded.

    David Aldridge reported a few weeks back that Andre Miller was offered for Shane. Granted, we would have a slew of PGs if it had happened, and Shane is more of a leader, obviously, than is Andre Miller, but he'd be a heck of a point guard for our uptempo game.
     
  20. ROXTXIA

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    If the idea were to add Outlaw to a deal (which I'm not saying is going to happen) so that we'd have an expiring contract....not so pointless.
     

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