Thoughts on the Playoffs and Draft.

Here's a couple thoughts on everything from the Playoffs to the Draft...

-- I still don't see why everyone was so up in arms over Ime not remaining a Blazer. Yes, he is a decent shooter, but didn't I hear people talk about his defense, too? Has anyone seen him try to guard players that are even somewhat quick? Yikes. He might as well take a red cape out there and just ole' them to the basket.

-- How awesome is Chris Paul? Holy hell. Have you ever seen anyone throw more alley-oops that made you think, "Damn. That was a great play." Anyone? Usually when someone throws an alley you hold your breath a little and hope that someone can go up and get it. When Paul throws them you're like, "yep." If they can keep their core together, the Hornets are going to be the team to beat for a long time.

-- Who else wanted to vomit when Doc Rivers was named Coach of the YEAR?! Anyone, hands? Anyone? Really? I think I could've coached that team to 66 wins. 1 future Hall of Famer, 2 perennial All-Stars, and a handful of Vets who always show up on playoff teams if they can smell a ring? Even Mike Brown without LeBron could've won that many games. All the guy has to do is NOT find a way to fuck it up and they win.
Of course, now that their in the playoffs and Ray Allen is pulling a Kirilenko and Doc, "The great Motivator" according to some pundit on Jim Rome today, has no idea what to do with him, the Celtics look unbelievably beatable. The Hawks took you to 7 games. Come on.
Nate McMillan? Byron Scott? Hell, Maurice Cheeks? Any of those names and probably a few others should've won the award over Doc Rivers. The dude is the luckiest bastard in the league.

-- I just heard TJ Ford is on the trading block. You know the Blazers will be interested. I am torn on this one. He is really good, besides the fact that you don't actually have to guard him outside of the key, but, like all the rest of the players we have, he is constantly a risk for a career ending injury. I'm pretty sure we'll get him just because of that. He fits in with the culture of the team.

-- With the 13th pick in the Draft, the Portland Trailblazers select, JOE ALEXANDER! Believe it! Chad Ford thinks so, and after thinking about his game, he might actually fit in extremely well with our team. And how can you pass on a guy that has a scar on his head from hitting the rim? I mean really.
In all seriousness though, I am coming around to this kid from WV. I like any player that Bob Huggins had his hands on, at the very least you know they will play hard. And the dude can shoot the lights out, jump out of the gym, run like a gazelle, and has only been playing basketball for 1 month! Well, a little longer than that, but you get my drift.

-- Finally, If we don't solve our PG problem this summer, I am going to be pissed. PISSED I tell you. And don't you just have a sick feeling in your tummy that Rudy Fernandez is going to come to America until he is balding like Ginobli? I know I do.

I'm off to play NBA Live with my team built around Josh McRoberts. He's rated 89 in the game. The best player on the Blazers. He averaged 35 a game for me on the Grizz my first year. Don't worry about it. He's sick.

KT