iLLmatic wrote:-EB is injury prone.
-Warren has been a disappointment and lacks any sort of consistency. How much of that has to do with the coaching? I don't know.
-Alex Len has been a disappointment and is also injury prone.
Warren a disappointment? So far he has proved an efficient scorer with reliable offensive tricks, nice off the ball movement and is even developing 3pt accuracy. He is not a factor on defense or the boards but unless you were one of those guys tossing Shawn Marion comparisons around, he basically is who we thought he'd be. Do you know how many players his age or under are giving you clear cut better totals and/or %? Davis, Beal, the Freak, Okafor, Porzingis, KAT, Wiggins, Drummond.
Len is a role player. Not what you want from your #5 pick but look around. Not a single guy that was a realistic target is on his way to stardom. That draft was laughable at the top. Again, I don't know what people were expecting. Injury proneness is frustrating, but this guy has potential to become a consistent Portland's RoLo type, only with much better mobility and larger totals. I'll take it. Also there's an outside chance to make him a factor for stretching purposes (while not being a liability at the FT line).
Bledsoe is what he is. He can stuff a stat sheet but if he is your best player you are in trouble. He'll have to prove himself again after another meniscus although if you are going to suffer a real knee injury, this is not the worst by a mile. He has proved you can come back at full strength and since we are losing so much, maybe you could call it a blessing in disguise. After all, a ton of people were pulling for loses and a high draft pick and this basically guarantees it (unless the FO makes a crazy move for a win now piece).
All that being said, of course everbody is tradeable. Patience is a virtue, though.
