Upshaw moving to LA (undrafted to Lakers)

haie said:

Upshaw was a good player despite Romar. That has to be worth something to an NBA team. Fuck, the Blazers should have got in on that. Fucking worthless franchise.

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

haie said:

Upshaw was a good player despite Romar. That has to be worth something to an NBA team. Fuck, the Blazers should have got in on that. Fucking worthless franchise.

This! I argued this with DNC multiple times. Upshaw with that athletic 7 foot body needed to start, not sit for 10 minutes after warming up. It was RomarFS to have him sitting at the start of games when he was clearly the top player on the team

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

dnc said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

haie said:

Upshaw was a good player despite Romar. That has to be worth something to an NBA team. Fuck, the Blazers should have got in on that. Fucking worthless franchise.

This! I argued this with DNC multiple times. Upshaw with that athletic 7 foot body needed to start, not sit for 10 minutes after warming up. It was RomarFS to have him sitting at the start of games when he was clearly the top player on the team

They were 14-5 with Upshaw and won 2 games without him. Romar's problem this year wasn't how he coached the team when Upshaw was playing, it was how he coached them without Upshaw.

Upshaw should have been starting day one. I have no confidence in Romar as a coach

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

dnc said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

haie said:

Upshaw was a good player despite Romar. That has to be worth something to an NBA team. Fuck, the Blazers should have got in on that. Fucking worthless franchise.

This! I argued this with DNC multiple times. Upshaw with that athletic 7 foot body needed to start, not sit for 10 minutes after warming up. It was RomarFS to have him sitting at the start of games when he was clearly the top player on the team

They were 14-5 with Upshaw and won 2 games without him. Romar's problem this year wasn't how he coached the team when Upshaw was playing, it was how he coached them without Upshaw.

Upshaw should have been starting day one. I have no confidence in Romar as a coach

Tequilla said:

FreeChavez said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

dnc said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

haie said:

Upshaw was a good player despite Romar. That has to be worth something to an NBA team. Fuck, the Blazers should have got in on that. Fucking worthless franchise.

This! I argued this with DNC multiple times. Upshaw with that athletic 7 foot body needed to start, not sit for 10 minutes after warming up. It was RomarFS to have him sitting at the start of games when he was clearly the top player on the team

They were 14-5 with Upshaw and won 2 games without him. Romar's problem this year wasn't how he coached the team when Upshaw was playing, it was how he coached them without Upshaw.

Upshaw should have been starting day one. I have no confidence in Romar as a coach

The debate on starting vs not starting is pretty ridiculous. The guy needed to play around 25-30 minutes a game(which he did sans foul trouble). I thought romar did well using him in the game at most times. Who cares if he starts the first couple minutes if he's in for 14 minutes of the 1st half?

After some of the rumors of upshaw, I kept thinking of that documentary of Chris herron standing on the corner waiting for pills. Always thought it would be funny to see a 7'2" guy in the parking lot making a few transactions and trying to blend in.

I need to thumbs to give the first paragraph a thumbs down and the second paragraph a thumbs up.

Tequilla said:

FreeChavez said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

dnc said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

haie said:

Upshaw was a good player despite Romar. That has to be worth something to an NBA team. Fuck, the Blazers should have got in on that. Fucking worthless franchise.

This! I argued this with DNC multiple times. Upshaw with that athletic 7 foot body needed to start, not sit for 10 minutes after warming up. It was RomarFS to have him sitting at the start of games when he was clearly the top player on the team

They were 14-5 with Upshaw and won 2 games without him. Romar's problem this year wasn't how he coached the team when Upshaw was playing, it was how he coached them without Upshaw.

Upshaw should have been starting day one. I have no confidence in Romar as a coach

The debate on starting vs not starting is pretty ridiculous. The guy needed to play around 25-30 minutes a game(which he did sans foul trouble). I thought romar did well using him in the game at most times. Who cares if he starts the first couple minutes if he's in for 14 minutes of the 1st half?

After some of the rumors of upshaw, I kept thinking of that documentary of Chris herron standing on the corner waiting for pills. Always thought it would be funny to see a 7'2" guy in the parking lot making a few transactions and trying to blend in.

I need to thumbs to give the first paragraph a thumbs down and the second paragraph a thumbs up.

RoadDawg55 said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

FreeChavez said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

dnc said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

haie said:

Upshaw was a good player despite Romar. That has to be worth something to an NBA team. Fuck, the Blazers should have got in on that. Fucking worthless franchise.

This! I argued this with DNC multiple times. Upshaw with that athletic 7 foot body needed to start, not sit for 10 minutes after warming up. It was RomarFS to have him sitting at the start of games when he was clearly the top player on the team

They were 14-5 with Upshaw and won 2 games without him. Romar's problem this year wasn't how he coached the team when Upshaw was playing, it was how he coached them without Upshaw.

Upshaw should have been starting day one. I have no confidence in Romar as a coach

The debate on starting vs not starting is pretty ridiculous. The guy needed to play around 25-30 minutes a game(which he did sans foul trouble). I thought romar did well using him in the game at most times. Who cares if he starts the first couple minutes if he's in for 14 minutes of the 1st half?

After some of the rumors of upshaw, I kept thinking of that documentary of Chris herron standing on the corner waiting for pills. Always thought it would be funny to see a 7'2" guy in the parking lot making a few transactions and trying to blend in.

Fuck that, this is clearly another example of why Romar can't recruit bigs, can't coach bigs and can't win with bigs. Guys this fucking talented don't need to warm up and sit for 15 minutes watching the likes of Kemp and Baby Durrant fuck up the game. I go back to this. Had he picked Oregon instead of Romar, the guy is a top 6 pick and Oregon is a sweet 16 team at worse.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ee3-rkzEJo

I'm on board with you regarding Upshaw's talent, but he has too many issues to ever be a top 6 pick. The fact that he wasn't picked speaks volumes. However, I've seen Cauley-Stein (the #6 pick) play many times and Upshaw was better. Cauley-Stein sucks. Upshaw was better on offense, especially around the basket, a better rebounder, and a better shot blocker. Cauley-Stein is a more versatile defender.

It's FS that Upshaw wasn't drafted because even if he does have tons of red flags, most of the guys picked are going to be bums. Nobody will ever convince me he doesn't have lottery talent. It also speaks volumes abut how deep the issues must be for nobody to take a chance. Upshaw must be really, really fucked up because you had to think Ainge, Cuban, Bird, or another strong willed owner/GM would have picked him, especially in the 2nd round.

dnc said:

RoadDawg55 said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

FreeChavez said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

dnc said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

haie said:

Upshaw was a good player despite Romar. That has to be worth something to an NBA team. Fuck, the Blazers should have got in on that. Fucking worthless franchise.

This! I argued this with DNC multiple times. Upshaw with that athletic 7 foot body needed to start, not sit for 10 minutes after warming up. It was RomarFS to have him sitting at the start of games when he was clearly the top player on the team

They were 14-5 with Upshaw and won 2 games without him. Romar's problem this year wasn't how he coached the team when Upshaw was playing, it was how he coached them without Upshaw.

Upshaw should have been starting day one. I have no confidence in Romar as a coach

The debate on starting vs not starting is pretty ridiculous. The guy needed to play around 25-30 minutes a game(which he did sans foul trouble). I thought romar did well using him in the game at most times. Who cares if he starts the first couple minutes if he's in for 14 minutes of the 1st half?

After some of the rumors of upshaw, I kept thinking of that documentary of Chris herron standing on the corner waiting for pills. Always thought it would be funny to see a 7'2" guy in the parking lot making a few transactions and trying to blend in.

Fuck that, this is clearly another example of why Romar can't recruit bigs, can't coach bigs and can't win with bigs. Guys this fucking talented don't need to warm up and sit for 15 minutes watching the likes of Kemp and Baby Durrant fuck up the game. I go back to this. Had he picked Oregon instead of Romar, the guy is a top 6 pick and Oregon is a sweet 16 team at worse.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ee3-rkzEJo

I'm on board with you regarding Upshaw's talent, but he has too many issues to ever be a top 6 pick. The fact that he wasn't picked speaks volumes. However, I've seen Cauley-Stein (the #6 pick) play many times and Upshaw was better. Cauley-Stein sucks. Upshaw was better on offense, especially around the basket, a better rebounder, and a better shot blocker. Cauley-Stein is a more versatile defender.

It's FS that Upshaw wasn't drafted because even if he does have tons of red flags, most of the guys picked are going to be bums. Nobody will ever convince me he doesn't have lottery talent. It also speaks volumes abut how deep the issues must be for nobody to take a chance. Upshaw must be really, really fucked up because you had to think Ainge, Cuban, Bird, or another strong willed owner/GM would have picked him, especially in the 2nd round.

THIS

And if you think Altman was enough to fix that, you are way underestimating the depth of the issues.

The Lakers may have gotten a steal, but more likely we never really hear from him again until he's arrested or dead.

dnc said:

Tequilla said:

FreeChavez said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

dnc said:

NeGgaPlEaSe said:

haie said:

Upshaw was a good player despite Romar. That has to be worth something to an NBA team. Fuck, the Blazers should have got in on that. Fucking worthless franchise.

This! I argued this with DNC multiple times. Upshaw with that athletic 7 foot body needed to start, not sit for 10 minutes after warming up. It was RomarFS to have him sitting at the start of games when he was clearly the top player on the team

They were 14-5 with Upshaw and won 2 games without him. Romar's problem this year wasn't how he coached the team when Upshaw was playing, it was how he coached them without Upshaw.

Upshaw should have been starting day one. I have no confidence in Romar as a coach

The debate on starting vs not starting is pretty ridiculous. The guy needed to play around 25-30 minutes a game(which he did sans foul trouble). I thought romar did well using him in the game at most times. Who cares if he starts the first couple minutes if he's in for 14 minutes of the 1st half?

After some of the rumors of upshaw, I kept thinking of that documentary of Chris herron standing on the corner waiting for pills. Always thought it would be funny to see a 7'2" guy in the parking lot making a few transactions and trying to blend in.

I need to thumbs to give the first paragraph a thumbs down and the second paragraph a thumbs up.

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PurpleThrobber said:

bananasnblondes said:

I have heard from several sources that Upshaw had moved on to heroin while at UW. When you have a junkie around you have serious problems

Article last week in Sports Illustrated on high school athletes getting hooked on horse (ILTCIH). Claims it's an epidemic among athletes who start on oxy and other painkillers, but the white horse (ILTCITWH) is much cheaper and available.

And, yes, Sports Illustrated is my source.