Przybilla wants out...

angrypuppy · Retired Number Joined: 13 Apr 2001 Posts: 32752

I feel bad for what's happened to Portland. At first it was laughable, now it's turned tragic. Many of them are good fans, they deserved better. Their future in Portland is in limbo...

kenkoy · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:29 am Post subject:

Do it Mitch!!!

uberzev · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:31 am Post subject:

Hey now, sign Priz to be our backup center and trade Mihm for a PF or PG.
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THE_SHOES · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:33 am Post subject:

Blame the Lakers! Every since the first chapter of the "Bling BLing" things have been steadily disolving in Portland...

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Aussiesuede · Franchise Player Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 10964

Paul Allen is likely to move the team and the loudest local grumblings in the northwest is that they'll land in San Diego. Allen has lost in excess of $100 million over the past 4 years and there is no sign of the bleeding stopping. Kinda sad because Portland s actually a great basketball city...
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Car54 · Franchise Player Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 14424

Pryz can block shots DO IT MITCH

AutoShackMotorSports · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:52 am Post subject:

That sounds good.....Trade Mihm and acquire Pryzbilla.

Socks · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:55 am Post subject:

Pryz will be pricey - more expensive than the super cheap Mihm right now.

Yeah, Portland is the west coast version of the Knicks - without the talent or the media coverage. They've got a ton of young punks that think they're a lot better than they are playing for that team. Gotta be tough for a veteran right now and tough for Nate.

And as much as they suck, they keep beating us.

insidepresence · Star Player Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 3901 Location: Ca

How much will he command on the open market?

Socks · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:09 am Post subject:

numero-ocho · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:15 am Post subject:

RePLAY · Star Player Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 1418

DO IT MITCH!!! The guy is a fantasy NBA stud!

BraveHeartII · Star Player Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 1848

I like the idea of signing him for the full MLE and then trading Mihm for Boozer, that's like getting Boozer for free.

Klone_dd · Star Player Joined: 11 Mar 2002 Posts: 7330

Unfortunately, a couple of P-land's wins since the start of 2006 have come at the Lakers expense.

Thugnomoe · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject:

Yeah..I lived in portland for a while...and to see that franchise crumble is down right sad...

Pryz is an amazing player...I'd love to have him..but if Kwame continues to play this well...we need a PF who can play solid D..not a C..

our problem is interior D..not necessarily PG..our guard defense will improve with a solid defensive bigman...then our guards can send those slashers and drivers to a shot blocker...

pjiddy · Retired Number Joined: 12 Dec 2005 Posts: 29057

If you're a big man, you get AT LEAST the MLE. Look at some of the stiffs in this league with long contracts on the MLE - Skinner, Jerome James, Scalabrine, Olowakandi, Mark Blount. Those guys are all awful. Pryzbilla is actually decent. Someone will give him 7-8 mil at least.

eniq 0x00 · Star Player Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 2724

If the guards are getting beat on a regular basis, then they are the problem. We already have a shotblocker in Mihm. If people rotate properly and switch everything like when they play good d, then they are ok. The onus is on the team to show up every night. Kwame is fine even if his offense remains inconsistent, because of how well he handles the bigs.
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DaggerInTheHeart · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject:

The Blazers have been thumped since the WCF lose in 2000. since then they haven't been the same mentally as a team but right now there young and quite frankly when they unloaded all the old Blazer players such as Rasheed & Damon then you knew that Organization was doomed.

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drew4lakers · Star Player Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 3417

I saw this article early this morning.

My thought were that this exactly the mentality we want from any future additions to this Laker squad. I've seen that others recently have spoken of this.

Were there a way for Przybilla to land on the Lakers...to choose the lakers...that would be an extra slap in the face.

Of course some one would have to move for him to come in. If a big deal is made early in the summer, maybe there would be space for him if he wanted to play for a reasonable contract.
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BraveHeartII · Star Player Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 1848

As the old saying goes, you can never have too many bigs. By getting Pryzbilla, you could move Mihm for a starting PF or point guard.

Looking back, we made a huge mistake in not trading Mihm for Francis(who's an upgrade over Jason Terry, who everybody wants.) If we could sign Pryzbilla for the MLE to replace Mihm, that's like getting an All-Star caliber point for free.

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