Underwhelmed so far by the Blazer boys of summer
Yeah, you can get all pumped up about the Trail Blazers summer team being 2-0 if you want. But so far, I have to admit I’m a little disappointed by what I’ve seen.
Dante Cunningham and Jeff Pendergraph? For a couple of guys who spent all of last season in the NBA, I don’t think they’ve been all that impressive. Both are rushing a little bit and not letting the game come to them.
Patty Mills has been OK, pretty good, actually. But while I think he’s going to be on an NBA roster next season, I’m not sure it will be Portland’s. I’m not convinced Nate McMillan likes him — or likes small guards.
Now keep in mind that you can’t get too carried away with summer league either way, but I’m so far very unimpressed with Luke Babbitt.
Man, that kid has a long way to go before he’s anywhere close to Martell Webster. In fact, he has a long way to go before he has a chance of even getting into an NBA game, unless Portland trades all its other small forwards away. And don’t even think about playing him at power forward. At least right now, that doesn’t look possible.
He just doesn’t look as if he’s going to be ready. He’s got a lot of work ahead of him before training camp if he wants to carve out a role.


