As a solid Portland Trail Blazer fan, I can't help but reminisce about the "What Ifs" with the draft classes over the past few years. Starting with of course the infamous Sam Bowie. The 1984 draft where the Blazers selected him over future ultra-star Michael Jordan.
Some people start to question if the Blazer organization did the very same thing when they selected injury-prone Oden over blossoming superstar Kevin Durant. Unfortunately, i think we made a big mistake. As Durant climbs the scoring charts in the NBA, The injury-plagued Trailblazers are stuck with the 2007 number one draft pick Oden, sitting on the bench.
Now I am generally an optimistic person so here are my two cents. Sitting at the bottom of long list of the elite Western Conference teams, the Blazers (who are currently an 8th seed), aren't going to be making much noise in the playoffs this year.
But in this offseason, Portland has a golden opportunity to make some roster adjustments with some big names hitting the market. To name a few, Joe Johnson, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire, and of course D-Wade and LeBron.
Now I am not by any means pushing ...
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