[socco]

What's really sick about this, other than Oden and Durant coming to our division, is that we basically lost Greg Oden on a coin flip. Portland won a coin flip against us to get the 6th spot. Had we won that coin flip instead, we would've had the combinations they had, and would've got the #1 pick.

[jokeaward]

Originally Posted by socco

What's really sick about this, other than Oden and Durant coming to our division, is that we basically lost Greg Oden on a coin flip. Portland won a coin flip against us to get the 6th spot. Had we won that coin flip instead, we would've had the combinations they had, and would've got the #1 pick.

No, if we won the coin flip the #1 pick would've gone to Portland and the #7 combos, and we'd rue the day we WON a coin flip.

You'd think we'd have the #1 by that logic and Portland isn't incredibly lucky (though Outlaw has been a good guy lol). But we're not lucky. We try to get a supporting cast and Fred, Malik TB, etc. just have their careers terminated. Spree comes here, reaches the WCF, and still becomes malcontent. Terrell Brandon would qualify as an iron-man among our PGs, two full seasons and 52 games in 98-99 and 01-02 combined. T-Hud has probably the longest tenure of any PG, and it's an awful one. We mistake the future of Billups (great MLE signing) in signing Hudson. Probably the one break was trading Smith and Peeler for Cassell and Erv, but he got injured in the WCF anyway.

[bootstrenf]

take solace in the fact that you guys are still better than the clippers...but then again, who isn't???

[Avalanche]

Originally Posted by bootstrenf

take solace in the fact that you guys are still better than the clippers...but then again, who isn't???

not without some changes this off-season we arent.