Didn’t say anything real positive about POB, kinda worried. Doc sounds concerned about the C spot.

It didn’t say anything real negative about P.O.Box 26, either. Doc can’t pass judgment just yet, anyway. We’ll see how he does in camp/preseason.

I sure wish that someone could attend a practice and give their informed and objective opinion on POB. I am very tired of not hearing anything substantive. Are these practices closed to the public? Could Jeff or someone else running C-Blog get in?

Here’s a thought, though perhaps a useless one.

There’s a knowledgeable guy, Clifford Ray, who’s been seeing POB up close on an consistent basis for months. So far, we haven’t heard one negative thing out of Ray. What’s more, if he had seen something wrong, don’t you figure he might’ve revealed that to Ainge, who then might’ve gone out and dragged in another tall free agent.

I’m optimistic.

my guess is that POB will get a lot of run early on, and eventually be relegated to the bench when PJ Brown returns in Feb.

that thought raises the question of who will get cut from the 12 man, and who will be cut completely from the 15 man.

adding Cassell and Brown to our core 9 leaves only one spot for: Miles, POB, Scal, JR, Walker and Pruit to compete for. It will be interesting to see how that goes. My guess is that Pruit gets cut or traded for a pick/cash this Fall to take us down to 15.

We are in BIG trouble if we have to rely on POB. BIG TROUBLE. I saw him play in Oakland last year and Nellie put him in, he got T-Bagged (dunked on), fell to the ground and then Nellie immediately pulled him out. I don’t want to hate pre maturely but you cannot teach heart. Let’s just hope Perk can hold up so KG does not have to play C.

BBAB, isn’t that all you need to know? Nellie had a personal vendetta against POB and never wanted to give him a chance. He’s going to get a chance with us and if he gets dunked on once Doc and Clifford aren’t going to give up on him in favor of a 6’5’’ center like the Warriors thought was smart to do.

It boils down to whether Cliff can teach heart and effort. POB has never played with either, not at the college or pro level.

If Cliff can, then he deserves a raise.

Judging from the media day photo of POB, he has put in NO effort in the weight room. He’s got zero muscle definition on those arms. Not the definitive word, but neither is it a good sign.

I will remember all the people here who hate on POB, sounds like the same people who never waited on Perk and called for DA to trade Perk 2 yrs ago….very impatient, really can’t believe the negativity of these so called fans…..can’t we atleast wait and see till the whole picture clears…DA wouldn’t have gave POB a guaranteed contract if he feels the guy won’t ring anything so please people, beeeee paient.

Don’t know a thing about O’Bryant except he came from a team in the higher part of the Northwest. Have heard lots of bad stuff. From what I’ve read he comes from a bad basketball situation. So everyone is passing judgment on him and the sky is falling. Take that player, put him in a good situation and give him a chance. He’s in a good situation now and it’s up to him from here on. Let’s give him a chance that chance. It is important that he comes thru for this team. If he doesn’t he could easily be waived and paid off and we could look elsewhere for the length we need at that position. If it were up to me I’d kidnap PJ Brown before the trade deadline and drag him thru those famous doors, regardless of how O’Bryan does. The one thing he cannot get at this time is the experience and intangibles that PJ brings.

Danny isn’t necessarily banking on POB for this season, rather next season and those to come. If he contributes this year, fine. If he doesn’t, he’ll bring someone like PJ in to do a championship run. POB can be a solid backup center to Perk for years to come. This is a very good low-cost/high-reward gamble that may turn out. If it doesn’t then Powe and BBD will play backup center just like they did most of last year and we’ll be just fine.