A Look Around the Northwest

Post #1 » by **Klomp** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:03 am

Denver Nuggets

Additions: Ty Lawson, Arron Afflalo, Walter Sharpe
Subtractions: Dahntay Jones
klomp44's thoughts: When I first heard they lost Jones, I thought it would be a bigger loss than expected for them. However, they got a younger version of Jones in Afflalo, plus got a major upgrade at point guard in Ty Lawson. Carter was serviceable, but he wasn't all that.

Portland Trail Blazers

Additions: Andre Miller, Jeff Pendergraph
Subtractions: Channing Frye, Sergio Rodriguez
klomp44's thoughts: You could say they lost two solid role players and only got one in return. But even though I've never been a huge fan of Miller, I think he will help the Blazers a lot.

Utah Jazz

Additions: Eric Maynor
Subtractions: None
klomp44's thoughts: I think Utah will surprise some people this season. They really underperformed last season. I highly doubt that will happen again.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Additions: James Harden, Byron Mullens
Subtractions: None
klomp44's thoughts: The Thunder just keep acquiring young talent. And this year, it was in the two biggest areas of need.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Additions: Ricky Rubio (?), Jonny Flynn, Wayne Ellington, Oleksiy Pecherov, Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila, Quentin Richardson
Subtractions: Randy Foye, Mike Miller, Sebastian Tellfair, Craig Smith, Mark Madsen
klomp44's thoughts: Well, its obvious we've undergone the most turnover in our division this offseason. Will it help? Only time will tell.

Overall Thoughts: I guess the rich just keep getting richer. It seems every other team improved. Will we? Its harder to tell with so much turnover and with the uncertainty of the Rubio situation. But for now, it looks as though we have our work cut out for us.

Vega06 · Post #2 » by **Vega06** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:41 am

You forgot about losing Craig, Bassy, and Madsen, along with adding Richardson. You're right though we play in one of the deepest divisions in basketball.

Mcfale313 · Post #3 » by **Mcfale313** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:03 am

also UTAH lost Boozer, not officially but inevitably they will

Post #4 » by **Calinks** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:17 am

Also you screwed up on the Thunder. It's Byron Mullens now and you best respect it!

Post #5 » by **Klomp** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:21 am

Vega06 wrote:You forgot about losing Craig, Bassy, and Madsen, along with adding Richardson. You're right though we play in one of the deepest divisions in basketball.

Shoot, how could I forget. I just copied the movements from a recent NBA.com article and forgot about the deal.

Vega06 · Post #6 » by **Vega06** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:45 am

I made a thread on the PC board a few weeks ago asking which division can make the best team, the Northwest is near the top IMO.

Deron Williams,Russel Westbrook
Brandon Roy, James Harden, JR Smith
Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Ronnie Brewer
Big Al, Aldridge
Okur, Nene, Oden

That's a sick team

southern wolf · Post #7 » by **southern wolf** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:18 pm

There is a hell of a lot of young talent in the Northwest. If Rubio comes over that pg rotation would be mouth-watering. It's clearly going to be a battle with OKC for bottom spot, and I can't see the wolves getting more wins than the thunder.

Post #8 » by **Klomp** » Fri Aug 7, 2009 11:43 pm

southern wolf wrote:There is a hell of a lot of young talent in the Northwest. If Rubio comes over that pg rotation would be mouth-watering. It's clearly going to be a battle with OKC for bottom spot, and I can't see the wolves getting more wins than the thunder.

Sorry about bringing up an old thread, but....

The Thunder could be CRAZY good in 2010. Why? They are already developing a lot of young talent. They currently have just $35.5M on the books for 2010 (by comparison, Wolves have $36M). A budding star in Kevin Durant. Another player in Jeff Green who plays the same position as their star player, so is somewhat underrated around the league. Large expirings. A solid young scoring point guard. Two lottery picks next year.

Actually our two teams have a lot in common. Both have just one national TV game too. But you know which one will have more press next offseason, don't you...

Post #9 » by **Klomp** » Fri Aug 7, 2009 11:49 pm

Just an FYI on Nationally Televised Games:

Denver - 22
Portland - 17
Utah - 13
OKC - 1
Minnesota - 1

EDIT: How the heck does a LAC-NYK game get on national TV?

Teams with 0 National TV games: Sacramento, Houston, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Charlotte

big3_8_19_21 · Post #10 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Sat Aug 8, 2009 1:33 am

Blake Griffin and the media darling Knicks...

Post #11 » by **Spykes** » Sat Aug 8, 2009 5:12 pm

klomp44 wrote:Portland Trail Blazers

Additions: Andre Miller, Jeff Pendergraph
Subtractions: Channing Frye, Sergio Rodriguez
klomp44's thoughts: You could say they lost two solid role players and only got one in return. But even though I've never been a huge fan of Miller, I think he will help the Blazers a lot.

LOL.

Frye was awful last season, no where near a "solid role player". Pendergraph or Cunningham shouldn't have an problem reproducing what little we got from Frye.

Sergio was... meh. Again, calling him "solid" is probably being a big generous for what he really provided. Miller, if he comes off the bench as McMillan has suggested he might, is a BLINDINGLY enormous upgrade over him. If Miller starts and Blake comes off the bench, Blake is still a big upgrade over Sergio.

So Portland lost 2 fringe rotation players, and replaced them with 2 fringe rotation players (Pendergraph and Cunningham) and a savvy starting quality veteran PG.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #12 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Sat Aug 8, 2009 5:43 pm

[quote="klomp44"]

Teams with 0 National TV games: Sacramento, Houston, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Charlotte[/quote

that bothers me, its like they only want to cater to people that aren't even basketball fans. Personally I don't want to watch the Cavs, Lakers and Celtics every single week, I understand if they only have a handful of games from some teams, but they should at least have a few games for these teams. I want to see Chandler with his new team and Crash is always fun to watch. I'd like to check out Jennings and all the changes Milwaukee had, and Jersey has one of the best young PG/C duos in the NBA. Sacrament has a very interesting lineup, firepower and very tall, I'm real interested in seeing what they look like too.

I guess they want you to spring for their overpriced NBA packages