How does Portland get better this off-season

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  1. noknobs

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    Given we'll be NBA champs that's a difficult question.
     
    noknobs, Feb 12, 2019
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    Is that what happens when cake bakes?
     
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    Bench? starter? when you play as many minutes as Gordon does, what's the difference as he plays almost as many minutes as McCollum. Gordon comes off the bench because he has Harden ahead of him. Who does McCollum have that should be in front of him?
     
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    Is he too small to play shooting guard? He's played it for a long time.
     
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    I always enjoy your pithy, snarky comments. What would the board be without Mr. Sunshine.
     
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    Demi Lovato ate the cake Neil's been selling:

     
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    I would start Layman or Hood, and have CJ come off the bench, and I would also play CJ less minutes unless he's "on" that night. Treat him like Pops treated Manu, there were a lot of nights Manu didn't get big minutes because he wasn't playing and Manu was better than CJ. CJ and Dame are way too ball dominant, them being on the court together creates big mismatch problems on defense. CJ seems to function better as a PG too, when he's not just thinking about scoring.
     
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    So like this is a trade deadline thread for this summer?
     
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    Yes.
     
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    Trade CJ for an upgrade at the 3. Start Laymen at the 4, I'd say fire stotts but NO and Stotts are a package imo since NO will be here for one more season and you don't want him picking a new coach when he is on thin ice already. We will have a treasure trove of expiring contracts to either facilitate trades or to trade for teams looking for capspace in the summer to make a few moves at the deadline. If NO does nothing again then he gets the boot at the end of the season as well as stotts unless we magically make it to the WCF.
     
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    Breaking News: Olshey re-sign Layman for 200M for 4 years.
     
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    Trade McCollum and Nurkic for rangy wings that are passable at both defense and shooting the ball, in the pursuit of a perimeter unit that fits today's game. Start Layman at the 4 and Collins at the 5, in the pursuit of a front court that fits today's game.

    You're not going to get stars in return for McCollum or Nurkic, but two-way wings, even below star level, are the coin of the realm. Layman has been a find, Collins could develop into a really good stretch 5. I think this gives Portland the best chance to field a modern, 5-out starting lineup that (hopefully) won't embarrass itself on defense at the same time. It won't be championship-level, but Portland isn't going to be championship-level without lucking into at least one more superstar somewhere.
     
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    They don't.
     
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    I hate to say it but if you want big changes then the Blazers need to loose in the first round again.
     
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    I thought that last year as well when we were the #3 seed and got rolled. I'm not sure what more of a signal is needed.

    Blazers are 5-14 in the Playoffs in the Stotts/Dame/CJ era. It's not even close to being a contender at any time and for the most part, has been completely irrelevant and not making progress.

    Love the team to death....which makes it even more difficult to watch the stagnation.
     
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    Practice making free throws?

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    They don't.

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    Let the cancer metastasize. Bold choice Cotton!
     
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