ESPN's Tom Haberstroh Thinks The Blazers Need To Move On And Rebuild Without Brandon Roy

In addition to moving on without Brandon Roy, Haberstroh urges that the Blazers should pretty much "blow it up" to an extent, and ship out Andre Miller and Marcus Camby too.

His reasoning is pretty simple.  He claims that as of right now, with the currently constructed team, the Blazers top out at a first round playoff exit.  He doesn't think the current team is getting much farther than that.  Because of their age and contract status, he says that the services of Camby and Miller are no longer required.

This theory makes a good amount of sense, at least as much as any of the other ideas that have been floating around.  But personally, I would rather get rid of Przybilla and keep Camby around until his contract is up or he decides to hang it up.  But that is the fan in me talking.  Trading Camby away instead of Przybilla is obviously going to get a better package in return, hence why Camby's name is popping up more than Przybilla's around the league.


Here is part of Haberstroh's article from ESPN.com (via Blazersedge.com):

"The uncertainty of the new CBA will affect Camby and Miller, who are both in their mid-30s and under team control for next season. Holding onto their contracts into 2011-12 may be a dangerous gamble for a franchise needing to rebuild, and teams fully engaged in the "win-now" philosophy could place a higher premium on known quantities at the deadline.

In the face of a potentially tumultuous offseason, it's time to look to the future and build around the core of Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews and LaMarcus Aldridge. A playoff appearance may boost morale, but Miller and Camby were brought in to bolster a team with championship aspirations. That team is no longer Portland."

As a fan, I can get on board rebuilding around the core of Batum, Matthews and Aldridge.  But who is going to want to take Brandon Roy off of our hands?  All the talk and banter about this past month has made it somewhat clear for Portland.  Either you gotta build around Brandon Roy or you gotta move him out.  There is really no in between that can work.

John Canzano has been saying for about a month now that the Blazers need big changes and they need them now.  Sure, that might sound a bit overblown, but there is some real truth to part of his case.  Something needs to happen, one way or the other.

Even with the injuries suffered this season, in my opinion, the Blazers should not be hovering around a .500 record.  Whatever Rich Cho and the Blazers decide to do here in the next couple of months, I sure hope that "go down with the sinking ship of old-man-like busted up knees" is not one of their options.