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there you go.Originally Posted by dland24
Originally Posted by Th3RealF0lkBlu3s
Was just about to say the exact same thingOriginally Posted by JPZx
Originally Posted by dland24
I cant believe there are so many people who are arguing that it wasnt a stupid pick at the time.Originally Posted by dland24
Was a stupid pick at the time, looks even worse now. Terrible.Originally Posted by dland24
It was stupid at the time for multiple reasons. Period.
So that's three posts and you have yet to explain your reasoning. Brilliant.
Sorry for writing it three times. Regardless, you guys are acting like Durant was CLEARLY the #2 pick behind Oden. It was very split as to who people believed to be the true #1 pick (fans, coaches, gms, "experts", analysts, etc).
My reasons to why I think it was the wrong pick....
-they had trouble scoring
-rebounding was not really a huge problem
-there wasnt a real good small forward on this team
-oden already showed a history of injury
-the franchise was faced with this situation before, and made a mistake of historic proportions
-the team was in the bottom third in attendance, and durant was a more marketable player
-they essentially just invested their first round pick, in the previous year, to a low post player
Obviously hindsight is 20-20,but I truly believed this at the time. If you disagree with me, so be it. But the Blazers will have now passed on two superstar scoring wing players (one being the GOAT, one with the potential of being an all time great) to draft big men that turned out to be trash. Whats that saying? Those who who forget the past are doomed to something rather?
there you go.Originally Posted by dland24
Originally Posted by Th3RealF0lkBlu3s
Was just about to say the exact same thingOriginally Posted by JPZx
Originally Posted by dland24
I cant believe there are so many people who are arguing that it wasnt a stupid pick at the time.Originally Posted by dland24
Was a stupid pick at the time, looks even worse now. Terrible.Originally Posted by dland24
It was stupid at the time for multiple reasons. Period.
So that's three posts and you have yet to explain your reasoning. Brilliant.
Sorry for writing it three times. Regardless, you guys are acting like Durant was CLEARLY the #2 pick behind Oden. It was very split as to who people believed to be the true #1 pick (fans, coaches, gms, "experts", analysts, etc).
My reasons to why I think it was the wrong pick....
-they had trouble scoring
-rebounding was not really a huge problem
-there wasnt a real good small forward on this team
-oden already showed a history of injury
-the franchise was faced with this situation before, and made a mistake of historic proportions
-the team was in the bottom third in attendance, and durant was a more marketable player
-they essentially just invested their first round pick, in the previous year, to a low post player
Obviously hindsight is 20-20,but I truly believed this at the time. If you disagree with me, so be it. But the Blazers will have now passed on two superstar scoring wing players (one being the GOAT, one with the potential of being an all time great) to draft big men that turned out to be trash. Whats that saying? Those who who forget the past are doomed to something rather?
RavageBX wrote:
The league has changed and the Blazers got caught following an archaic ideal that no longer applies. In this day and age you should always take the dynamic scorer over the "dominant" big man.Look at the dominant big men in the league right now against the most dynamic scorers and you tell me who is more important.
The ideal hasn't changed they're aren't very many big men. So when teams get a chance to grab one they don't pass up.
Scorers need a solid/dominant big man and vice versa
RavageBX wrote:
The league has changed and the Blazers got caught following an archaic ideal that no longer applies. In this day and age you should always take the dynamic scorer over the "dominant" big man.Look at the dominant big men in the league right now against the most dynamic scorers and you tell me who is more important.
The ideal hasn't changed they're aren't very many big men. So when teams get a chance to grab one they don't pass up.
Scorers need a solid/dominant big man and vice versa
Originally Posted by chitown85
Picking Oden over Durant is the lite version of Bowie over Jordan.