http://misteressama.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/oregon-trailblazers/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:37:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://misteressama.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/oregon-trailblazers/#comment-7 JWeezy Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:40:05 +0000 http://misteressama.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-7 The Blazers have done a hell of a job; they haven't merely gotten lucky with high draft picks. For example, they acquired Aldridge via a trade for Tyrus Thomas, who looks to be headed down the Kwame Brown "big, physically gifted beast who just isn't an NBA player" path to irrelevance (read: EuroLeague), and had the foresight to get rid of Zach Randolph, which not only opened things up for their young stars to shine but also rid the locker room of a potential cancer. I think you're wrong about Oden, though - he not only looks like a septegenarian, but apparently he's built like one, as well. I mean, microfracture surgery at 19? One leg 2 inches longer than the other?! Good thing he's a smart, driven young man with various interests besides basketball, because I don't see him lasting in the league more than 4 years, tops (and I don't see him as a dominating force at either end of the court). But I'll stop here, as I know you have a soft spot for men who look 20 years older than their chronological age. The Blazers have done a hell of a job; they haven’t merely gotten lucky with high draft picks. For example, they acquired Aldridge via a trade for Tyrus Thomas, who looks to be headed down the Kwame Brown “big, physically gifted beast who just isn’t an NBA player” path to irrelevance (read: EuroLeague), and had the foresight to get rid of Zach Randolph, which not only opened things up for their young stars to shine but also rid the locker room of a potential cancer. I think you’re wrong about Oden, though – he not only looks like a septegenarian, but apparently he’s built like one, as well. I mean, microfracture surgery at 19? One leg 2 inches longer than the other?! Good thing he’s a smart, driven young man with various interests besides basketball, because I don’t see him lasting in the league more than 4 years, tops (and I don’t see him as a dominating force at either end of the court). But I’ll stop here, as I know you have a soft spot for men who look 20 years older than their chronological age.

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