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Alright guys, I don't want to write a ton, but I just want to say don't give up hopes I see we are doing exactly like what Trail Blazers have done in the past two years and let me explain it.
Blazers were shit for years, even they did made the playoffs at 7th or 8th seed (don't know the exact ranking and in what year) and got swept in those rounds, and they had all those huge contract underachieve or aging players like we have right now, players like Camby, Andre Miller, Felton, Gerald Wallace etc. But one positive thing they had and until this date was keeping Lamarcus Aldridge. By keeping him, even they were sucked in those years until they got higher in the draft and drafted Damian Lillard from that day the franchise were turned 180 degree fortune from a funky, hopeless (felt sorry for LaMarcus) to a bright young team. and if you watch their games now with their 15-3 records you notice in all the games they played their offence were ran through two focal points Lillard and Aldridge, with a solid supporting casts and better bench than last year they are now the number one seed of the conference, Lopez was a better fit than Hickson so it's an upgrade. So all I'm saying is, it's not that difficult to build a team if you have a one pivot/player to build around in their case it was Aldridge and then they found another pivot in Lillard and the rest are just finding the right pieces to supporting these two players. It's finding the one or two pivot players that's difficult, I am not just saying Aldridge and lillard are good basketball players, but they are also great character and great chemistry guys that they make people around them better.
The reason why I bring it up is, I found very similar in today's Raptor, I was also seriously doubt about the Raptors at the start of the season, none of the players are keepers except JV(young, size and potentials only). But Derozan has been extremely impressed me so far and I found a similarity between him and Aldridge, I don't want to compare him with Aldridge right now but I'm just saying Derozan has got the skills that you don't see in this league, his game, most importantly his demeanor, and on/off court attitude has persuaded me that Derozan is one bright spot that the team can build up on, I'm not saying he is good to build around but definitely with another good pivot player like Lillard. they will complement very well. And We also got JV who could be the third guy.
But most importantly, the reason why I post this thread is as I watch this year's draft I noticed a guy that's going to make a similar and even bigger impact like Lillard to this team, that is Marcus Smart. I do love Wiggins but if we can draft Marcus Smart, playing along side Derozan, and JV, the future is going to be hell a lot brighter. This is a point guards' league, we need to have a franchise point guard to run this team, and you don't get this talented high character typed point guard that often.
Blazers were shit for years, even they did made the playoffs at 7th or 8th seed (don't know the exact ranking and in what year) and got swept in those rounds, and they had all those huge contract underachieve or aging players like we have right now, players like Camby, Andre Miller, Felton, Gerald Wallace etc. But one positive thing they had and until this date was keeping Lamarcus Aldridge. By keeping him, even they were sucked in those years until they got higher in the draft and drafted Damian Lillard from that day the franchise were turned 180 degree fortune from a funky, hopeless (felt sorry for LaMarcus) to a bright young team. and if you watch their games now with their 15-3 records you notice in all the games they played their offence were ran through two focal points Lillard and Aldridge, with a solid supporting casts and better bench than last year they are now the number one seed of the conference, Lopez was a better fit than Hickson so it's an upgrade. So all I'm saying is, it's not that difficult to build a team if you have a one pivot/player to build around in their case it was Aldridge and then they found another pivot in Lillard and the rest are just finding the right pieces to supporting these two players. It's finding the one or two pivot players that's difficult, I am not just saying Aldridge and lillard are good basketball players, but they are also great character and great chemistry guys that they make people around them better.
The reason why I bring it up is, I found very similar in today's Raptor, I was also seriously doubt about the Raptors at the start of the season, none of the players are keepers except JV(young, size and potentials only). But Derozan has been extremely impressed me so far and I found a similarity between him and Aldridge, I don't want to compare him with Aldridge right now but I'm just saying Derozan has got the skills that you don't see in this league, his game, most importantly his demeanor, and on/off court attitude has persuaded me that Derozan is one bright spot that the team can build up on, I'm not saying he is good to build around but definitely with another good pivot player like Lillard. they will complement very well. And We also got JV who could be the third guy.
But most importantly, the reason why I post this thread is as I watch this year's draft I noticed a guy that's going to make a similar and even bigger impact like Lillard to this team, that is Marcus Smart. I do love Wiggins but if we can draft Marcus Smart, playing along side Derozan, and JV, the future is going to be hell a lot brighter. This is a point guards' league, we need to have a franchise point guard to run this team, and you don't get this talented high character typed point guard that often.
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