moldorf

for those saying if portland drafted Paul, they wouldn't have Aldridge, Roy, or Oden, I say you're only 1/3 right and 2/3 wrong

Paul was ROY his first season, but he still had some flaws to his game. Furthermore, that season portland was terrible and a rokkie PG wasn't going to make that much difference. He wasn't that much better then the blake-telfaire-jack combo that season. Better, but not by a lot.

And he wouldn't have kept portland from going on that tailspin at the end of the season.

And you also have to remember how much Zach dominated the ball...paul wasn't going to change zach's personality.

So then you have to remember that portland had the worst record in the league in paul's rookie season, yet only ended up with the 4th pick in the lottery. He might have pulled them up to 3rd worst record and they still might have had the 4th pick. And KP would have made the same moves in that draft.

So portland WOULD have had Paul, Roy, and Aldridge last season. Obviously, they would have been better, but still would have ended up in the lottery. Maybe 10th-13th position. Maybe portland would have drafted Noah. Or maybe...just maybe...Oden's fate was to be a blazer and portland would have really defied the odds.

In any event, Nash not drafting paul was a career-ending screw-up. And it should have been.