Appreciate the article. Good read. Summer of 2015 is huge. Can the team contend for a title with LMA, Lillard, and Nic as the star players? Personally, I don't think so if those players don't improve or develop facets of their game. LaMarcus is great at the mid range game, but if shots aren't falling, can he get easy buckets down low? Lillard needs to be a consistent finisher at the rim and be a smarter defender. Nic needs to shoot better from both sides of the floor, not just the left, and be more aggressive. I know it's hard because Lillard and LaMarcus are getting the majority of shots, but Wes shouldn't be taking almost 200 more shots than him.
Losing Mo isn't great, but CJ is going to need to stay on the court and develop in order to soften the blow. T-Rob is an energy guy and I don't think he is anything more than that.
@Serious dropped that Meyers Leonard exit interview in the POR-SA thread, and it sounds good, but I'll believe it when I see it. He was talking about playing at the Clippers facility during the summer, I wonder if he's going to get run during any of the pick-up games
. Ekpe Udoh is an underwhelming name, and all I know about him is that LeBron took his soul after dunking on him this season. He averages 1 block per game, but I don't know if he is good on pick n roll defense, rotations, etc... I wonder what the market is like for Emeka Okafor. He's probably worth a quarter of his salary this season, but I wonder if he would like to come to POR. Of course he would have to be cleared medically on the neck issue, but am I being unrealistic? Claver says he wants to finish out his contract, so we'll see if he can take the back-up SF spot from Dorrell. I doubt it, but anything is possible.
