NBA/Blazers Off-Season

[lukeyrid13]

Comcast didn't get any TV rights so it's all NBA TV this year. They'll have every game but some are on tape delay

[Duck07]

Chris Haynes: #Blazers did reach agreement w/ Spurs C Tiago Splitter -- 4yrs, $36M. When became apparent SA would match, sides agreed not to go further.

[lukeyrid13]

We got real lucky on that one. Lopez is equal to Splitter plus he's younger and we got Dorrell Wright with the cap space as well

[UOducksTK1]

IDK I like Splitter's game. The only reason I think I'd prefer Lopez is solely because of his shot blocking skills. We need that down low.

[thomas time]

http://www.csnnw.com/blog/blazers-talk/ ... -scenarios

Seens more and more likely he will get traded at some point, be VERY IMPORTANT for the franchise future what they get in return. I'm glad to see they want more then draft picks, seems lots of the top players get traded for draft picks which to me isn't enough.

[thomas time]

ESPN writer Chad Ford gave all western conference teams grades for their offseason, and gave the blazers an A, saying

GM Neil Olshey has been quietly rebuilding the Blazers while keeping up appearances that this might be a playoff team. With the addition of two more lottery picks in McCollum and Robinson, the Blazers have somehow managed to inject new blood into the franchise without giving up any of their key core players.

After hitting a home run with Damian Lillard last summer, the Blazers believe they may have done it again with McCollum. Like Lillard, McCollum is a super scorer who lit up opponents in a small conference. Like Lillard, he also possesses exceptional maturity and an unrelenting work ethic. Together, they could give the Blazers one of the most dynamic backcourts in the league.

Robinson was a top-five pick in the 2012 draft, but he struggled as a rookie in stints with the Kings and Rockets. He has the requisite strength and athletic ability to be a beast on the boards. It's his basketball IQ on the offensive end that's in serious question now. While he may not have been worthy of his lofty draft position -- he went one spot ahead of Lillard -- Robinson has upside and could be an important fixture off the bench.

The team also upgraded in the middle, getting Lopez from the Pelicans. While Lopez is probably better suited coming off the bench, he had a very strong 2012-13 in which he posted an impressive 18.9 PER. He should battle second-year big man Meyers Leonard for the starting center position.

Wright and Crabbe were also important additions. They came cheap, and both players can really shoot the basketball.

All in all, Olshey has proven to be quite adept at sniffing out bargains in the market and pouncing on them. Not only do the Blazers have intriguing young players at every position on the floor, they also look talented enough to make a real run at the eighth seed in the West. In a few years, they may be far more dangerous than simply a team that you don't want to play in the first round.

[oregontrack]

pdx signs mo williams. means earl watson never sees the floor, and McC can focus squarely on scoring the basketball.

// shrug. random, but i kind of like it.

[buckmarkduck]

Seems like a great signing to me. Last year we had 6-7 real NBA players, now we actually have a bench.

[thomas time]

Just got back from Seattle and first went to espn.com to see what was new, which wasn't much. Then I came here and didn't see much and thought I would go back to espn and go to nba page, didn't see anything and was getting ready to close the page out. Then I saw headline of Mo Williams and checked just to see what team he was going to. I had to do a double take when I saw blazers, great news to come home to!!!

[lukeyrid13]

Really good bargain signing. He has some deficiencies yes but for 2.5 mil a year he's a really good get.

[oregontrack]

agreed. realGM is busy discussing the merits of the signing, blah blah blah, but at that price it's really hard to argue with it.

we will shatter the nba 3pt attempt record this year.

[duxforlyfe]

agreed. realGM is busy discussing the merits of the signing, blah blah blah, but at that price it's really hard to argue with it.

we will shatter the nba 3pt attempt record this year.

Ha ha I wonder what that is?

[UOducksTK1]

agreed. realGM is busy discussing the merits of the signing, blah blah blah, but at that price it's really hard to argue with it.

we will shatter the nba 3pt attempt record this year.

Ha ha I wonder what that is?

Most three-point field-goal attempts per game, season
26.28 – Boston, 2002-03 (2,155/82)

Mo Williams is an awesome signing. Need bench.

[Duck07]

Most three-point field-goal attempts per game, season
26.28 – Boston, 2002-03 (2,155/82)

Mo Williams is an awesome signing. Need bench.

Antoine Walker never saw a shot that he didn't want to take

[Duck07]

Great news for those with Charter as Comcast will be allowing Blazers games to be shown on Charter. The article I read wasn't clear if it meant that the Comcast Sports Channel was being added to 427/827 on Sept 17 or just the Blazers games but I've got to believe its the entire network. About time too; I mean, its not like Paul Allen owns any of these companies/organizations or anything...