Comments on: One thing a lot of people are overlooking in the Hedo Turkoglu chase

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:12:39 +0000

“that’s what makes this country great”? Trading collective achievement–excellence, really–for personal greed? It tells a lot about this country, surely, but it certainly isn’t what makes this country great. The opposite, actually.

By: lefty

lefty — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:35:42 +0000

Dwight after you posted that note, I thought about it and figured it must be over. Turk was using us. I thought he may just go back to Magic, and maybe he will. but he was not planning to be Blazer,

You do stay ahead of the curve.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:43:46 +0000

downhill ever since? Yea, lol, we are the lowlifes of the NBA alright. Go back in time 3-4 years and look around. I think we are in a bit better shape now. Hedo went for the money/liked Toronto more. Has nothing to do with Mgmt. Some people have some sort of axe to grind with the blazers and get on a pedastal to shout “I told you SO” when things don’t go as planned. As far as getting lucky in the ‘06 draft, well yea. Luck is always a factor. You think the Lakers didn’t have some luck in their current run?

By: Franklin

Franklin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:34:06 +0000

Okay, now time for all of the “I love Hedo” crowd to suddenly change course and try to convince the “we told you so” crowd that KP still walks on water and that you didn’t mean it when you originally jumped on the Hedo bandwagon.

Hedo is a joke and this entire fiasco has clearly demonstrated how screwed up our management team really is. As I tried to tell some of you, KP got lucky in 2006, gang, and it’s been downhill ever since.

By: larry

larry — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:12:57 +0000

hedo rejects blazers HAHAHAHAHAHA

By: Merlyn

Merlyn — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:11:17 +0000

Not Happening, Hedo leaving town per the Oregionian

By: shallwemaui

shallwemaui — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:55:15 +0000

i guess the only question now is who can be traded to relieve playing time pressure? IF you trade Outlaw for a pure 4, you still have 2 back up 3s, plus the need to get Rudy on the floor for 25 minutes, only 12 of which come in relief of Roy. If you trade for a 1, we don’t have enough bigs. Can we trade Outlaw and Webster for an 8 million dollar 4 who would accept back up minutes? If you do that, how do you tell Aldredge he should take even $1 less than a max deal? How about we offer Webster and Blake for Hinrich and Outlaw for a like priced 4 man (turiaf)? Perhaps a sign and trade for Brandon Bass, who is not going to get a full exception from anyone. How do you feel about Kurt Thomas? Outlaw and the trade exceptions for him might get close to adding up. We need to create enough minutes for those who survive to be happy. If we give up too much talent in a deal, the flip side is the guys left here can play more.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:11 +0000

Arvydas-Haha, I admit I wanted to draft the stache, and I was lukewarm about Hedo till about 3-4 days ago. I like the idea of taking pressure off of Roy by having another playmaker on the floor. It’s going to make us tougher to defend.

I agree with the first guy who said maybe Hedo was a bit stung by Rashard’s salary and by the lack of loyalty shown by the magic towards a guy who helped them to the finals.

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:24:23 +0000

I don’t give a rip about “what makes him tick.” I wish I had a buck for every tough bucket I’ve seen him make in critical situations. The guy is an awesome shooter and will give Nates offense a few new facets.

By: Arvydas

Arvydas — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:07:41 +0000

The same people who are bashing the Hedo Turkoglu signing are the same ones that wanted the Blazers to “Draft the Stache.”

Whatever happened to those intelligent people that paraded and marched at the Blazers practice facility, chanting “Draft the Stache, Draft the Stache!”