2011 Roofball World Championship review

Both Loren and I recap the 2011 Roofball World Championship.

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Wait...The Blazers did what?

I've been planning on writing Blazers trade blog for the last couple of days, but I figured I'd go something like this.

Blazers fail, again, to use their "assets" to pull off a meaningful trade.

Honestly after the Wallace trade seemed to fall through yesterday I was PO'd. But I've got a big Blazer smile on my face today. Now will this trade bump the Blazers into title contender status? No, but it is a step in the right direction. The Blazers were able to acquire the best player off a team for their own spare parts. Let's break it down.

Blazers get:
Gerald Wallace. A starting small forward and an upgrade at the position. Yes I know most Blazer fans think Batum is the next Jesus Shuttlesworth but will never be much more than a third option on a team and he's not there yet. Wallace has proved he can score rebound and defend in this league. He was even on the All NBA defensive team last year along with averaging a double double.

Wallace's style of play should have a great positive affect on the stale Portland offense. The team is constructed of jump shooters and Wallace is a take it to the rack kinda player. Couple this with the now constant double teams LaMarcus is facing and he should have plenty of assists to the new guy.

Blazers lose:
Joel Przybilla. At this stage of Joel's career he's a back up and looking at him play recently he's a hurt back up. Sure the guy brought toughness and a take no crap attitude. But when all is said and done he was on the last year of a contract that was paying him $7.4 million a year and that's a trade chip that cannot go unused.

Dante Cunningham. A cheap role player. Sure good teams have players like Cunningham on their roster, but you can find these guys everywhere. Dante was also on his last year of a second round draft contract which means he was due for a raise if the Blazers wanted to keep him after this year they'd need to go deeper into the luxury tax and this is not the type of player teams do that for. Sure he brought a toughness and go get'em attitude but Portland got that back in Wallace.

Sean Marks. I was surprised a found a player profile on Marks on NBA.com. Some say he might be the worst player in the league but he's got a big body and that can be enough to keep a job in the NBA. Reports indicate the Bobcats will waive him.

New Orleans #1 pick in 2011. This is the pick Portland acquired in the Bayless trade at the beginning of the year. So Cho was right when he said he was accumulating assets. This pick should be in the early 20's this year much like the Blazers own pick.

Portland's 2013 first round pick. This is a couple of years off so the Blazer obviously feel they won't be a lottery team then and I'm inclined to agree. If the Blazers think they need a mid to late fist rounder in 2013 they have time to complete a trade or just flat our buy one, which they've done twice in the past 3 years.

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The 2011 Roofball World Championship preview

Tomorrow, February 20th, the 13th annual Roofball World Championships will be played, and if you pay attention to our show, blog, facebook page or twitter feed, you know that Loren and I love us some roofball.

The WCs should see a full 24 player field with many of the usual suspects. Adam Willis, Casey Campbell and Buddy Emmons have 4 Roofball titles each. Steve Stupey has played in 5 tournaments and has finished in the top 3 all but once. There will also be a some players such as Travis Demers and Matt Azar who've come close to winning before but just can't make it over the hump...yet.

But this is a PMS blog so I wanted to concentrate on Loren and I.

Loren has played in 3 tournaments making it to the second round twice. With one more game he'll have the minimum number of games played to be listed on the record page. Loren hasn't gone deep in a tournament but he does have 3 Roofball Games Gold medals.

I've had the pleasure of winning two tournaments and finishing in the semifinals 3 times. I really have two goals entering this tournament.
1. To win, of course, is one of them, but this tournament means something more. Ask any long standing roofballer and they'll tell you this is the big one. It's also the one tournament I haven't won. A win here and I'll be the first roofball player to win all three tournaments.
2. I'm also looking to become the 7th roofball player to score 1000 career points. I sit 78 points away.

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Episode 71

Our most recent episode, 02.11.11 ran long so we had to remove some of the content. Below you can find our 2011 NBA All Star predictions which didn't make the cut, you can also find a review of the new MLS Portland Timbers Jerseys which did make it in to the show.

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Super Bowl picks

Well the outcome doesn't matter as far as the NFL pick duel between Loren and myself goes, but I guess it's a big game or whatever.

Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh
Loren – Green Bay. Since I don’t have to worry about being right, I’m going with my heart over my head. It’s hard not to see the Steelers as the favorite with more experience, veteran leadership, consistent ground game, and consistent defense. But I’ll take Green Bay because I’d love to see the Packers usher in a new era and sever any lingering nostalgic ties to Favre.

Derek - Pittsburgh. And I'll take the Steelers for all the comments Loren made. Basically they can play with anyone and can beat anyone any day of the week, including a super Sunday. Rodgers might be the better QB but he hasn't played like it 3 out of the 4 last weeks. I expect a great game and I hope we get it.

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