Monroe: Blazers Assemble Future Perennial Power Out West

[dbestpro]

Okay so who will be the end group for this team. Oden will be the center and Aldridge at power foward. Looks decent but Oden's play looks a lot like Kwame Brown material. Small foward and shooting guard will come down to two Outlaw, Webster, Fernandez, Bayless and Roy. By the time this team is finals capable they will loose 3 of the 5 of this group to FA. Then there is the question of the point guard. Bayless is not going to play NBA point at least for this team and function.

So in the end will the exisitng players that are left develop into superstars or will Portland trade parts of the group for existing superstars. That is the revelation that will allow Portland to considered the next Spurs. For now the next Spurs are still the Spurs.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Blazers = Memphis Grizzlies

Loads of talent all hype

more like the chicago cows...after the jordan era....with all that talent on the roster.....and high draft picks consecutive years, whether it was theres or the knicks...they fail.

[androck]

It's going to be unbelievable to future generations that the Bulls could have had Kobe Bryant......but refused to trade Luol Deng to do so.

No kidding. It's painful just thinking about it.

[superbigtime]

LaMarcus Aldridge has been okay, but not entirely consistent. Brandon Roy and Rudy Fernandez are their most talented players. They are overly hyped. They aren't beating anyone in the playoffs.

[SenorSpur]

Okay so who will be the end group for this team. Oden will be the center and Aldridge at power foward. Looks decent but Oden's play looks a lot like Kwame Brown material.

It's way to early to indict the young man with such a comparison. If nothing else, Oden already displays something Kwame never did - heart and desire. He's also got respect for the game. All things that Kwame has NEVER shown. Provided he stays healthy, I would expect Oden to make an impact on the NBA.