The OFFICIAL Blazers Media Day Thread.....

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  1. illmatic99

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    We've come a long way in these interviews from the days of Casey reading out live chat questions on his laptop
     
    illmatic99, Sep 30, 2019
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    Wanna put money where your mouth is and bet?
     
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    CJ talks about Nurk being in a better, happier, state of mind with the start of the season. Said you could tell how down he was at the end of last season. Now he's back to cracking jokes and such.
     
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    Mario thinks the Blazers win the Championship last year if Nurk was healthy :(
     
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    yeah, I've heard the "we're going to run more" stuff plenty of times before, but it almost never becomes reality, at least not relative to their pace compared to the other 29 teams.

    as far as Simons, I wonder where Olshey if drawing the line for being considered "young". If it's 20 and under, that's one thing (c'mon...better than Trae Young?). If it's 24...which is still fairly young, it's over-the-top hype, once again

    by the way, the official who kicked Nurkic when he was down is Tyler Ford
     
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    I don't think Olshey would risk his professional credibility and reputation on Simons if he didn't think he was going to do some great things. Saying that, it's quite lofty in expectations but I'm buying it with some skepticism.
     
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    I don't know how this could be anything but true. Even if the improvement is minimal. Neither Hark or Chief could effectively put the ball on the floor and pass.
     
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    Trade Dame

    Simons MVP

    I got $10,000 on it

    #InOlsheyITrust
     
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    Mario is 6'9 240 according to him.

    Whoa.
     
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    He said that when he signed back in July.
     
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    lol we just need to change your moniker to "Well actually"
     
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    Olshey drafted Meyers, praised him constantly. He reportedly tried to give Meyers 15M/year, which Meyers turned down. He then said directly to Meyers, in an exit interview IIRC, something like "if you believed in yourself half as much as I believe in you, you'd be an all-star". He then gave Meyers a 41M contract

    Olshey had several years of Evan Turner to use as a gauge and still ended up giving ET a giant albatross contract.

    now he's saying that Simons is the most gifted players he's ever drafted, and he 'drafted' Lillard. Olshey has some credibility, but one thing he shouldn't be credited with is perfection. He's also been guilty of over-hype in the past, and it sure looks like he was selling some of that today
     
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    @wizenheimer lol who can ever be credited with perfection?

    Sure there's hype when prognosticating a player so young but if you've watched Ant play enough his raw potential is glaring.
     
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    yeah...it would be so much better to draft guys and say they suck in interviews eh? Building confidence is part of his job. I think he's been a great GM looking at the big picture...
     
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    Nurk will be back before HCP thinks.
     
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    Maybe Westbrook can find something Dame stole from him in there... :dunno:
     
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    Nate McMillan every freaking year lol
     
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    When has anyone credited Olshey with perfection? Can any GM claim that? Is "perfection" the barometer for a good GM? He's one of the best GMs in the league.
     
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    Well shit...it takes HCP a long time to form a thought...fuck.
     
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    Zach is BUILT
     
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