Next years starters

[GoBlazersGo]

excuse me sir, but I own the rights to that and I would appreciate my royalties without furthur incident. You will also agree to cease and desist in any further use of the word.

Which one? 'Cause I count two words there.

Which one shall we, collectively, refrain from using in the future, so that we don't have any hard-core legal ramifications for any of our highly-valued forum regulars--"futha" or "mucking?"

[swede]

HUH YUH DUH DA DUD IT MEAN?

[Yadadimean]

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Which one? 'Cause I count two words there.

Which one shall we, collectively, refrain from using in the future, so that we don't have any hard-core legal ramifications for any of our highly-valued forum regulars--"futha" or "mucking?"

well if you want to get technical, the grammatically correct form is "futhamuckin." one word.

[Jsun947]

Nate has said he wants to play a 3 gaurd rotation as 4 seems to be too many. I think if Rudy comes over next year he will be that 3rd gaurd along with Roy and Blake.

Jack seems like the logical one to move for several reasons..

1.) Hes a SG in a PG body.
2.) He will be up for a contract extention a year earlier then we'd like.
3.) He will still have some value to other teams
4.) What he brings to the floor on offense is somewhat similar to the role Rudy would provide.

If we are left with Blake, Rudy, and Roy and still feel we need a PG upgrade I believe Blake will be the next one on the way out. Problem is there isn't a lot of point gaurds in the NBA that will compliment Roy much more then Blake does.

Moving players like Jack, Frye, Outlaw or Webster might mean we could get more value out of trading for a consistant SF then a PG.

[Jsun947]

My ideal trade would be to somehow aquire Tayshaun Prince to start at SF for us. Prince, Aldridge, and Oden combined for a 22 foot wingspan. Good luck with getting points in the paint through that front line.

Unfortunately Detroit has absolutely no reason to move him....

[PDXKnight]

My ideal trade would be to somehow aquire Tayshaun Prince to start at SF for us. Prince, Aldridge, and Oden combined for a 22 foot wingspan. Good luck with getting points in the paint through that front line.

Unfortunately Detroit has absolutely no reason to move him....

I'm not sold that Prince is the right option right now. The Blazers are already loaded at SF and adding Prince complicates things more. If it came down to a 23 year old outlaw or a 28-29 year old Prince, I think I'd choose Outlaw due to longevity.

[Telfaire]

Our starters should be Oden, Aldridge, Webster, Roy and Blake/Harris/Hinrich.

Webster should get a chance to display his 4th year improvement, which is the high schooler equivalent to a college player 3rd year charm. Not to mention he'll play alogside Oden.

Sergio also needs to get a first chance as backup PG. It would be his 3rd year, once again he'll come off summer league action as starting PG, and playing with Oden and possibly Rudy should improve his game drastically.

So even if Rudy wont arrive, Nate needs to have his hand forced into playing Sergio more, and Webster could get his share of minutes at SG when Roy is on the bench, so Outlaw gets more minutes at SF.

Outlaw also needs to get his share of minutes at PF, so it's him and LMA playing next to Oden. that gives very few minutes to Frye, who also doesn't create a very good rebounding tandem with LMA. So Frye is also expendable, but not a must-trade like Jack.

I think that if we cant trade Jack and Frye for Harris/Hinrich or moving up in the draft, then Miles and Jack for an expiring would be addition by substraction. It keeps our options open for trades during the season or the 2009 free agency. Frye can be kept, but barring an injury to LMA, his value should decline, so it's better to deal him before next season.

[Norm2953]

I think it would be nuts to start two new players to a team that
either will just make or miss the playoffs.

Starting lineups:

PG Blake
SG Roy
C Oden
SF Webster
PF Aldridge

Assuming Rudy comes over, he will play a third guard role with
perhaps Roy playing some at SF, especially if James Jones leaves
as a free agent. I think we will end up moving JJ before the
draft to make room for Rudy and I'd like to see a trade involving
JJ, Martell and perhaps Raef's contract for a SF.

[Telfaire]

Can we move Jones during draft time, if he has a PO for the summer?