Message Boards > Trail Blazers Talk
Trade gambling?
You are not authorized to post a reply.
  1. riverman
    riverman
    Posts: 1098

    Posted 12/07/2012 3:41 PM

    If only we'd traded all our best players and signed Harden....wait, we beat Houston! If only we'd let Nic go to Minnesota..wait we beat Minnesota!...Trading is always a gamble, but trading your best players 18 games into a season is more than just a gamble...its a risky gamble. Draft picks? According to all of the GMs at the Mauii workout this fall there's not one first round quality player in the draft. Value is such a relative thing...Pau Gasol was considered hands down the steal of the decade by the Lakers and now he's trade fodder. 18 games into our season I remind myself what Olshey said over the summer. You don't dump value, you accumulate assets to build around them. Stotts said we'd be better in April than November...both were right in my opinion. Our bench needs help, yeah we get that but after every loss the flood of condemnation aimed at our core players is uncalled for. We're ahead of the rebuilding game and will get better this season. In the meantime, how about a little perspective for our starters? They're all actually pretty good.
    I am a fan of A team that plays like Tower of Power on a big stage on a good night
  1. Blazer Fanatic
    Blazer Fanatic
    Posts: 483

    Posted 12/07/2012 5:44 PM

    I think even that is too detailed for explaining the disconnect of some "fans" riverman.

    I think they simply lack a fundimental understand of who the Portland Trail Blazer are, let alone what it means to be a fan.  The Trail Blazers are not a pin wheel, that's just a symbol.  They are not the Rose Garden, it's just a building.  The Trail Blazers are players. There is nothing to be a fan of without them.  So... let's trade them.  Let's harp on how they aren't better than Lebron James or Kevin Durant.  Give me a break.  If I didn't know better, I'd think being a fan meant complaining 24/7 and bad mouthing the very team, and players, I tell people I am a fan of.  It's epidemic of the instant gratification, impersonal social interaction, internet culture.  It's pretty obnoxious.

     

    If you ever do make it to the Rose Garden, look up in the rafters. Those banners are symbols of PLAYERS that did great things as Trail Blazers.  Imagine trading any of them away in their prime.  That's exactly what many on this forum talk about.  It's absurd.

     

    Read the name of the site, "I AM A TRAIL BLAZER FAN."  Seriously, do everyone a favor and stop being Portland Trail Blazer fan if all you want to do is trade everything that is good about the Blazers, and complain about everything you think is wrong with them.

  1. Curvychloe
    Curvychloe
    Posts: 513

    Posted 12/07/2012 7:18 PM

    yeah,i don't think we should trade anybody,I mean why? We just need to add more dudes
    I am a fan of Sexy Blondes at courtside
  1. Siccolo
    Siccolo
    Posts: 858

    Posted 12/08/2012 1:09 AM

    Our starting line up is playing to good to be traded. This is just going to be a development season I have finally come to realize.

    Next season we are going to much better after a draft, year of growth, FA offseason, time to heal and bond.

    I am a fan of
  1. schwabbii
    schwabbii
    Posts: 178

    Posted 12/08/2012 10:02 PM

    I feel like we need some trust fall going on. Build some unity within the board :)

    I am a fan of
- Hide
   
 
 
 
 
   

    Recent Discussions

  1. Who to take at No. 10?

    Started by DHawes22 on 05/21/13 at 6:44 PM

    First need is a centre. And no one will take ten and 13 for 4th or 5th. After like the 10th pick the talent off is huge.

  2. Players Portland Need

    Started by billyamick47 on 05/01/13 at 5:01 PM

    @Meese, it is quite ironic. They also just so happen to have the planets best player in Lebron James who leads them in rebounding with just over 8 a game. 


    But that''s what separates them from the rest. Look at the Heat ...

  3. A Closer Look at Simmon's Fake Trade

    Started by cmeese47 on 05/22/13 at 3:15 PM

    Yes, let''s become completely sh*t, because the 2023 draft class in the best since 2003. This kid LeKobe Gasoldridge is the best ever. He is 8"9 with a 35" wingspan. He grew up in 5 century greece with the spartans so we know he''s tough. I heard ...

  4. Damian Lillard's entourage beat up some brothers.

    Started by RipCity 14 on 05/20/13 at 2:27 PM

    cmeese I''d probably run for my dear life, and RC14 what your saying is the fair way to do things but I just couldn''t do it

  5. Keep Batum!

    Started by special k on 05/21/13 at 3:15 PM

    @ RipCity14, u nailed it w/ OJ )  I wouldn''t say "Batum is definitely overrated by Blazer fans (maybe by some but I DO think quite highly of him) " I WOULD say that MOST Blazer fans (we) love him MUCH > other fans/pundits )  Hahaha...

  6. The Official Batum Petition Discussion Thread

    Started by cmeese47 on 05/21/13 at 1:03 PM

    @ RipCity 14, EXACTLY.  cmeese47 isn''t a Blazer fan I''ve never seen him JUST praise OUR players w/o a "BUT..." & that BUT is usually more drawn out v. any praise.  I have a question for u cmeese47, what is the definition of being a f...

  7. The Official Trade Batum Petition

    Started by cmeese47 on 05/21/13 at 1:00 PM

    Mods doing their job, fair enough.

  8. I'm just going to say it.

    Started by RipCity 14 on 05/17/13 at 12:47 PM

    But I feel like worse teams than us would offer that so you never know he might want to come back where it all started... then again he could hate us with a passion and want to go absolutely anywhere else

Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  ... 
Active Forums 4.1
NOT LICENSED FOR PRODUCTION USE
www.activemodules.com
The latest from
Everybody
RipCity 14 commented on Who to take at No. 10? / RyanMartinez joined group Season Ticket Holders / cmeese47 created new forum topic A Closer Look at Simmon's Fake Trade / NickPitherUK and DHawes22 are friends now / Kyle Daniel Sallak updated their fan statement / djogone updated their scrapbook / djogone uploaded new photo / daddy updated their Starting 5 / MJB uploaded new video /