Case and Point. That is WAYYYYY over paying for Calderon. It is not imperative to have a top flight point guard people. We need a slightly more defensive minded point guard, who is poise, steady, and can knock down the open shot. Calerdon's best asset is his shooting ability, which is great for a team who is doesn't have 3 or 4 other offensive weapons, but we do. I would rather our PG's best ability be defense or court vision.
While having a good defending PG would be nice, it's just not that important. Who would this PG be anyways?
I think Battier is the exact type of player we need at SF. Calderon is meh, but i'd take him as he is an upgrade.
It all depends on what we would have to give up to aquire them.
No way in hell i'd give up Outlaw, Blake, Pryzbilla and our 1st... lol... That would make our team worse, imo.
Pryzbilla, Blake and Outlaw are huge parts of the team. Pryzbilla is really needed next year with Oden coming off an injury which kept him sidelined all year.
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I think some of you SERIOUSLY undervalue Calderon. He is a young Steve Nash and I would expect to pay quite a bit to pry him away from Toronto. That said, as long as we're not giving up our "core 4" I'd be all in.
It's funny . . . no one really mentioned Calderon before the trade deadline (and there were a lot of players mentioned) After the trade deadline, it comes out that KP had an interest in him and all of sudden Calderon is a god.
It's funny . . . no one really mentioned Calderon before the trade deadline (and there were a lot of players mentioned) After the trade deadline, it comes out that KP had an interest in him and all of sudden Calderon is a god.
We pursued Calderon before the trade deadline. We just never got him.
It's funny . . . no one really mentioned Calderon before the trade deadline (and there were a lot of players mentioned) After the trade deadline, it comes out that KP had an interest in him and all of sudden Calderon is a god.
My liking for Calderon has nothing to do with what Pritchard says about him. The more I've watched him play meaningful games the more I'm impressed with him.
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It's funny . . . no one really mentioned Calderon before the trade deadline (and there were a lot of players mentioned) After the trade deadline, it comes out that KP had an interest in him and all of sudden Calderon is a god.
He's not a god, but he shoots 52% from the field and 43% from 3pt range (1% pt below James Jones), and over 8 assists in just 30 minutes. He's an incredible PG, and would make us a title contender next season!
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He's not a god, but he shoots 52% from the field and 43% from 3pt range (1% pt below James Jones), and over 8 assists in just 30 minutes. He's an incredible PG, and would make us a title contender next season!
Maybe . . . I just find it funny that for being an incredible PG his name never came up on this board until news that KP was trying to trade for him. Now his name comes up all the time and posters love him . . . in fact to some he has all of a sudden become the missing piece to being a title contender.
We pursued Calderon before the trade deadline. We just never got him.
I guess my point is being lost (sounds like a me problem) . . . Blazers might have pursued him prior to the trade deadline, but did one poster speak highly of him before the news hit we were pursuing him.
I jsut feel like we are a bunch of sheep . . . KP says Calderon and we flock and praise him. Now, of course it is KP, and if posters are ever going to follow a shepard, KP is that shepard.
Maybe . . . I just find it funny that for being an incredible PG his name never came up on this board until news that KP was trying to trade for him. Now his name comes up all the time and posters love him . . . in fact to some he has all of a sudden become the missing piece to being a title contender.
Thats not even true, there were several threads on the blazer board that talked about getting Calderon before we knew that KP was after him. It has just come up more often since we have been out of the playoff race as our attention is once again turned to the future.
Maybe . . . I just find it funny that for being an incredible PG his name never came up on this board until news that KP was trying to trade for him. Now his name comes up all the time and posters love him . . . in fact to some he has all of a sudden become the missing piece to being a title contender.
I don't understand why that would matter anyways? Pritchard has a good eye for talent, people realize that and now they want him in Portland.
I don't remember Pritchard saying that, it must have been a piece of news that I missed. I started watching more of Calderon after I was watching a game of his on NBATV really early in the year. Since then he's intrigued me and I've wanted us to go after him. Whether its possible without giving up too much? I doubt it would happen.
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Thats not even true, there were several threads on the blazer board that talked about getting Calderon before we knew that KP was after him. It has just come up more often since we have been out of the playoff race as our attention is once again turned to the future.
I must have missed those threads . . . and that certainly would show I was wrong about my theory.
Note: Getting a lot of responses to that one post when usually I get no responses to my posts . . . didn't mean to piss posters off, it was just a funny trend that I saw.
Interesting Portland trade news involving Battier/Calderon
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