Post by kucoach7 on May 13, 2014 20:33:07 GMT -6
GM Kevin U. Coach: "Welcome one and all. A few quick words before we dive in. The restrooms are found at down the hall, on the left. Lunch will be served immediately following my responses to your questions. Blaze the Trail Cat will be in attendance to hand out stickers and Northwest Mutual T-shirts. Then, if you're lucky, Shawn Bradley will show up so you can ask him how tall he is.
A quick recap on where the Blazers have been over the last year. Last year our team of small ballers really gelled, to the point that we stuck to our small game game and landed the 6th seed in the West (but only because the Lakers went on cruise control for the last two weeks of the season). After getting steam rolled by that punk Kemp and outcoached by Bow, we decided it was time to break up the band. We loved having Curry and Mark Jackson last year and wish them both luck. At the same time, we're glad that we finally got the sort of deal we were looking for Jackson by bringing in a great replacement in Wesley and a solid big man in Dudley. We're excited about our new depth down low and about the progress of Bradley, who is quickly becoming one of the league's premier defensive big men. Mashburn also had another great training camp and we expect him to be one of our leading scorers this year. Kenny will be taking the primary roles of scorer and veteran leader. They are big responsibilities but we have confidence in him.
I suppose most of your questions will revolve around expectations for this season so I am going to try to predict them and then maybe none of you will ask questions and I can make it to golf course by 3:30. This year will be a bit of step backward for us. We'll be fighting for the 8 seed again and we will miss Curry's scoring. As far as personnel goes we're still looking for a prolific big man to compliment Bradley and realize that we won't really be able to take the leap until we land one, which may be another year.
So with that I'll open up the floor for questions."
A quick recap on where the Blazers have been over the last year. Last year our team of small ballers really gelled, to the point that we stuck to our small game game and landed the 6th seed in the West (but only because the Lakers went on cruise control for the last two weeks of the season). After getting steam rolled by that punk Kemp and outcoached by Bow, we decided it was time to break up the band. We loved having Curry and Mark Jackson last year and wish them both luck. At the same time, we're glad that we finally got the sort of deal we were looking for Jackson by bringing in a great replacement in Wesley and a solid big man in Dudley. We're excited about our new depth down low and about the progress of Bradley, who is quickly becoming one of the league's premier defensive big men. Mashburn also had another great training camp and we expect him to be one of our leading scorers this year. Kenny will be taking the primary roles of scorer and veteran leader. They are big responsibilities but we have confidence in him.
I suppose most of your questions will revolve around expectations for this season so I am going to try to predict them and then maybe none of you will ask questions and I can make it to golf course by 3:30. This year will be a bit of step backward for us. We'll be fighting for the 8 seed again and we will miss Curry's scoring. As far as personnel goes we're still looking for a prolific big man to compliment Bradley and realize that we won't really be able to take the leap until we land one, which may be another year.
So with that I'll open up the floor for questions."
