Why is Neil Olshey sitting on his thumbs?

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  1. OneLifeToLive

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    Who is restricted that you feel he could be working on?
     
    OneLifeToLive, Jul 7, 2015
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    He's scrambling.

    The FA market is bare.

    His plan A (LMA) and plan B (Monroe) fell through.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Jul 7, 2015
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  3. OneLifeToLive

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    The man shouldn't make a deal for the sake of making a deal. Just tank the season away. For the record he could have started this rebuild day one he took office. He has now set this franchise back three if not more years due to just letting LaMarcus walk away.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    I've been harping on this since it happened.

    He has a lot of making up to do, especially for season ticket holders.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Jul 7, 2015
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    Or maybe this is a blessing in disguise. It's easy to look at what happened now, but let's wait until the season starts. We are in good hands.
     
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    This is such an absurd statement.
     
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    I have no choice but to wait. But I don't believe we are in good hands....

    I think he has done awful job since he has been here.
     
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  8. OneLifeToLive

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    So I assume that you means you think we are ready to compete...

    Alright.
     
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    I don't. I guess we agree to disagree then
     
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    I think we are. We may not make the playoffs, but I think we will be close
     
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    No it means it's batcrap crazy absurd to say that he just "let" LA "walk away".

    That's like you need medication crazy if you believe that.
     
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    No I don't. But saying he should have traded LMA three years ago when he first came on board is like saying we should trade Dame now. Is keeping Dame setting back our next rebuild ?
     
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    LA has wanted out for years....Can we say that same thing for Dame? If you can, yes you might as well throw in the towel now
     
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    Dame doesn't now, but players and circumstances change. Players, like fans, are fickle. Look at Kobe, remember how badly he wanted out of LA, only to change his mind a few months later. Our GM whoever it is, can not afford to only keep players who love Portland. We wouldn't field a team
     
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    Season ticket holders went nuts for Luke Babbit and Gerald Wallace. I don't see a drop off in that fanbase
     
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    I love the revisionist history. Of course LA didn't say "improve the team OR trade me." Just said, "trade me, I'm never re-signing here, I hate Portland!" And then Olshey and Allen just laughed it off and thought he was joking, and LA laughed along with them, but then returned to a deadly serious expression once they turned their heads. I'm sure that's exactly how it happened, right?
     
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    I don't know if that's true, I think he will only make a trade that gets us a player significantly better than anyone on the team, besides Lillard, and in the 24-26 age range. And I don't know that anyone like that is available. At this point I don't think he is interested in a team that just barely makes the playoffs, and to tell the truth, I am not either. (in fact you could argue that all my opinions about what Olshey is thinking are just projections of my own thinking)
     
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    Lantern, maybe McDaniels, or possible trade to get some of fence, like DeRozan or any other young assets that can play SF and SG.
     
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    I think that if all of the above happened, (depending on what we gave up to get DeRozan), we would be a playoff team, with a pretty bright future.
     
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