This is not good / How do we fix it / Why does god hate us?

He’s not wrong, but I still think it’s unfair to lump Billups in with Kidd.
NEVER CHARGED, NEVER CONVICTED. Probably’s and maybes aren’t enough for me to condemn someone.

 

Trying to think of the easiest and most tangible ways to clear up the situation.

- Do you follow thru with the Billups hiring? If not, then ain't no way you're getting any candidate worth a damn to coach here this summer. Resuming a coaching search now is an exercise in futility

- Does Olshey resign/get fired? If so, who would take over this shitshow? How do you defuse the Dame stuff? Bringing in a completely new front office might push Dame out the door altogether, but it might also set him straight if the right hire is made. Someone competent could potentially sit him down, explain a quick and easy re-tooling from the top down and we're right back where we were.

I don't give one damn what happens to Billups/Olshey/Ownership/etc. But if we lose Dame, that's it.

What a nightmare.

 

No he is not wrong. Jobs should be lost. His

 

You guys don't think this gets published without Dame's approval? Haynes source is literally Dame. Maybe Dame said this in passing. Maybe Dame told Haynes to write this to tell the fans to chill the fuck out. Whatever it is, Dame is clearly pissed, and he should be. He picked a few names out of the ones Olshey gave him. The fans decided to tear him up for it. If you want to look at anyone for fault its the fans. No one had to fucking say anything to Dame. They chose to.

With that said, what is Dame going to do? He's got 4 years left on his SUPERMAX extension. This is not even remotely similar to any other superstar asking out situation. If they trade Dame, they will get a king's ransom. If they decide not to trade him, what is Dame going to do? He's not the type to sandbag a season like Harden.

 

Jobs should be lost. What a clusterfuck Neil made this

 

Isn't Masai Ujiri a free agent gm? Then again why the hell would he want to come to this clusterfuck.

 

Build a roster and try to win next season. Who gives a shit what the fans think? Dame has FOUR years left on his deal. He's just STARTING his extension.

Jesus christ, Neil handled this awfully but the fault is on the idiotic fans.

 

that would be an unbelievable coup. But the potholes he'd have to manage to get this team to just where it was a month ago would be a massive feat. Not a challenge worth assuming unless he's a masochist

 

Neil didnt cause this. He hired who he felt would be a great coach for this team to make it to the next level with ball movement and defense. This city lost its goddamn mind over it. I'm not an Olshey supporter but this isn't on him. He made a solid hire. Go look at what other teams fans' thought about this hire. Most people really liked it. This is solely on the fans (not all of course) of this team and the local media

 

If I’m the owner, excuse my semi as I type that, I please Dame

1. If Dame has to have Billups then spin it and sell the shit out of Billups to the fan base.

2 If Dame has more options he’s cool with I’d fire Olshey today, tell Billups we are going in a different direction and hire Darvin Ham, bitches

 

Yeah but you can't think that there's always going to be some dumb fans.... and a lot of them weren't even Blazer fans. That's the bullshit that really pisses me off.

 

This was important enough for him to take an uber

 

I'd really be down with this, don't really care who we get in place of Billups. But the challenge might be the ownership group getting a hold of Dame right now.

Can Jody please sell this team to someone who actually likes basketball? Her disengagement with the franchise has contributed to all of this I think.

 

Which after 9 years Neil should at least start to understand

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