I have been bitching about Olshey since long before it was fashionable. I wanted him gone years ago. But even if we get rid of him, the dilemma remains.
@Rastapopoulos deserved a permaban after posting those Photoshops of dame in other jerseys. Now he posts this shit. Bad to worse
I guess the Jazz should've traded away their stars for picks because they were a 1st round exit 2 years in a row.
That's a no. As I said, what's considered a "fair deal" never actually pans out that way--teams that get the superstar generally always win the deal. To account for that, it has to be much more than what seems like a fair deal. It has to be a complete rip-off in Portland's favor.
What if Dame has a career-ending injury in his first game for his new team? (I can keep this up indefinitely)
he was 36 when he was traded and he was traded with Paul Pierce, Jason Terry, DJ White and a pick swap. I guess all Portland has to do is find a stupid Russian owner desperate for attention. And, the Celtics really haven't looked all that improved from the KG days, especially not lately he was 34 and all the Grizz got was Valunciunas and a couple of future 2nd round picks. Memhis had 7 straight winning seasons with Gasol leading the way, including 3 season os 50+ wins, 3 appearences in conference semi-finals and 1 in the WCF. Then it was 3 straight lottery teams and the 1st round exit this year Utah won an average of 52 games in the 4 seasons before trading Deron, played in 3 conference semi-finals and 1 WCF. After the trade, 5 of 6 seasons in the lottery the problem with that example is that the Pels only won an average of 36 games a year with AD. They didn't have any high standard to get back to ******************************************** I'd respect your position more if you'd stop saying keep CJ. There is not reason to go all the way to trading dame without dumping CJ too. If Portland goes that route, they need to get as bad as they can, as soon as they can, and start collecting high lottery picks by sucking badly. IMO, they won't be getting any lottery picks for Dame unless it's some kind of fantasy 5 team trade
The amount of bitching on this board about our record, doesn't sound like we've got a high standard either. Paul George?
I thought I covered that?...maybe I deleted instead of posted; probably should do that more often from my memory: 181 wins in the 4 seasons before trading PG; 2 ECF appearence. 175 wins after the trade; 3 first round exits and this year's lottery team
Same general idea, but more OT relevant: Start trading for non-vaccinated players so that when the great die-off of the vaccinated happens, the Blazers survive to win the chip. I mean, I won’t be around to enjoy it, but certain fans around here will really win big.
Think there is truth to the fact that the WCF run is the high-water mark of the era, I still say you play it out with Dame. With him around, it's hard to discount the possibility of greatness. I look at the post Jordan Bulls and the recent Celtics amassing of picks and don't see much hope in assembling a war chest of picks. Also, not sure how the trade market gives value for picks if two teams have massive hordes of picks, and OKC already beat us there.
Now that I think about it that 18-19 team was really underrated talent wise. We had Seth Curry coming off the bench. He’s been a starter since.
* Portland had a 54 win team that made it to the WC semi-finals....and Olshey dismantled it * Portland had a 53 win team that made it to the WC finals....and Olshey dismantled it neither of those teams were contenders, but both were the high water marks for the Stolshey era and Olshey didn't know how to build on either. Portland's 9 year problem is still the same. It didn't get solved Friday
