Speed

I want to remind everyone that there was a time a few months ago when everyone said that we had to trade Daniels and get rid of Damon cuz they were useless to us.

And I remember clearly saying that injuries and stuff happen and Daniels and Damon could both see big minutes at the most crucial time of the year.

Sure enough. Here we are.

For all we talked about our cool team with Pip at point. And for all we talked about getting Daniels and Damon out of the way, it Crunch Time, they are only hope now and must produce. This is why we've had them all along. Crazy, crazy, crazy. We thought having Pip at point would make a difference, but it doesn't make any difference if he's not here now.

Go Blazers

Ed O

I STILL think we should have traded Daniels. He's a decent player, and I think he can come through for us, but we should have parlayed him into a chip for the team's future. As it is, he's almoster CERTAINLY going to leave at the end of the year and he'll have lost all value to the team at that point.

I was, and still am, all for trading Damon at the first opportunity to get value for him. But I've always been opposed to dumping him just to be rid of him.

His play this series has been frustrating: it's obvious that he's working hard on defense, but he's getting schooled. Offensively, he did a better job of attacking the basket in game 2, but his inability and/or Cheeks's unwillingness to let him handle the ball means the he and McInnis play together way too much and the team suffers for it.

Well, you also said that Portland would win the Pacific, and a lot of other things. Don't toot your own horn too hard.

Pippen should have been traded at the trade deadline, IMO. I think he's been a big distraction since he's been injured and the team would have finished more strongly without him around... there's also the probability that Portland could have received some actual value for him (from a team eager to be out from under a contract) but, like Daniels, he's going to be gone and the Blazers are going to be without one of their bargaining chips because of it.

Ed O.

Minstrel

Distraction how? How did he drag the team down from the bench?

I don't recall hearing anything about Pippen during the last couple of weeks of the regular season...certainly nothing that seemed distracting, like Pippen saying the team should have done this or that, or campaigning to keep his spot or get bigger minutes when he returned, or...?

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hasoos

That Portland is excessively weak at PG, and it continues to be a problem year after year. Just because Damon and Daniels are playing big minutes now doesn't mean its a good thing. It just means we are screwed as always.

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Ed O-

It's WAY different. What I said about the division was a prediction or guarantee, a forethought of the future.

But what I said about Damon and Daniels is a FACT of the GAME. Injuries happen and ultimately, your 12th man will see important minutes at some point.

RW#30

Are you going to make some predictions? Again

Are you Watching the same games?
Damon sucked again in game 2. Yes, he had 1 good exepcinal 2 nd qtr. in game one. So what?
In game 2 in the first 5 position he turned the ball over twice and with the clock running down passes to Ruben for a 3. He has no clue how to play D. Doesn't know how to run a team and plain old dumb.Give me a break. Someone started a link "Why Portlanders hate Damon?" Watch game 2 and you'll understand. We went thru 4 seasons of hell with this troll.
I will Always be a Blazers fan but if they have him on the team next year I will not watch them until he is gone.

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