chromekilla

little bit of homerism showing through dont yeah think.

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What was homerish about that post?

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ThatBlazerGuy

Bassy was born in 1985, does anyone realize how young he is and how far he has to go before anyone should even think about trading him.

Blake for Clevelands 2006 1st round pick.

BlazerWookie

How about "none of the above?"

e_blazer1

Blake is the obvious choice because we only have a team option on him for one more season. After that, he becomes an unrestricted free agents and we won't have Bird Rights so, if he does have a solid season again next year, we'd risk losing him for nothing. Trade him this summer in combination with another player and/or pick and maybe we can get a piece back that we can use.

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Blake's value is high, so he might be the one to go. IMO, though, he's the best of the three right now, and in the hope that Portland can get itself together during the off-season, he should stay with the Blazers. Y'all will need someone with experience who's doing well come next year.

Telfair is the point guard of the future, right? So you can't get rid of him either.

That leaves Jack. Not as good as Blake right now, and not the chosen cornerstone of the franchise either. He's the one to go.

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ThatBlazerGuy

I dont think Jack is a option. He is the perfect complement to either Blake or Telfair. He is tall, strong and plays good D.

So the choice is between Bassy and Blake

Bassy simply makes the most sence to keep. He is only a slightly worse 3 point shooter than Bassy(shoots only 4% worse), a developing passer(One less assist in 2.5 less minutes), is going to be a elite penetrator once he can learn to finish and most of all is over 5 years younger and in his 2nd year straight outta HS.

mgb

But Jack might become the PG of the future. He's playing fairly well for a rookie. Why get rid of part of our future just to keep Blake for next year? I'd rather trade Blake and keep the future and bite the bullet next year. Of course we could keep them all and make Blake sit next year and if neither Telfair or Jack can handle the PG duties stick him in otherwise he can be kept as insurance in case of a injury. He can always play spot mins at the SG. He might not like that but we most likely wouldn't be able to resign him the next season. It's about what's best for the team and I don't think trading our future, unless is for a spectacular deal, is in our best interest.

Plus right now Jack's stock isn't that high. Let him develop and if Telfair becomes our obvious starting PG and Jack is playing to well to stay at back up then trade him when his stock is a lot higher.

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Foulzilla

I don't think there is a lot of Blake hate here. Don't confuse thinking he is the one to trade with hate. I personally believe for a number of reasons he makes the most sense to trade. It's not because I don't like him as a player, nor do I think he's in any way a bad guy to have on the team. I just feel that if we must trade one, he makes the most sense. I really do like Blake, and if we didn't have both Telfair and Jack here I would be all for him staying. Hell for a large part of the season I had myself convinced we'd be fine with 3 point guards because I wanted to keep him. That's obviously not the case however.

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Telfair. Stop hindering him and let him play darnit.

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bballchik

oh but there is and i can personally attest to that as i am constantly attacked for defending him since i think it's unfair people hate him just because the coach felt he was good enough to start over telfair aka the future. my favorite was being told i only like blake because he's white and i don't like black basketball players, my that was fun. either way, gotta back up soonerterp on that one, massive blake hatred up in portland.

tlong

Trade Telfair. He's not any good, but most people don't realize it yet. Therefore you should be able to get some value in return.

Foulzilla

Are these constant attacks all by the same couple people? Are they provoked by your attacks on Telfar? Are they attacks on Blake himself or your arguements regarding him? I think you overstate the "hate" dramatically. Remember, it's usually the loudest thats the easiest to notice, not the most numerous.

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