FIRE CRONIN

We got a talent downgrade, a single 2nd round pick, and not even an expiring deal. The notion we could have done worse, or that this was a price (penance) we had to pay for past mistakes is a pathetic rationalization. It takes intentional effort to make a deal this bad and it is absolutely indefensible. Powell was one of the few meaningful assets the team had (assuming Dame is not on the table) and they tossed him away for zero return.

 

Everyone in the world could see that Paul was an elite talent who was likely falling to Portland at #3. The John Nash money quote was... "We don't need Chris Paul, we have Sebastian Telfair!" My special place in hell was having had some formative years growing up in Winston-Salem as a Wake fan and watching most of CP's games only then to watch Nash shit the bed in excruciating slo-mo.

Context of Nate burying his head on how horrible trade/move was... he was so sold on Martell that he compared him favorably to MJ in an article for some crap website he was with as well as throwing out 10,000 pro-Webster posts a day in this community. Lucky us!

STOMP

 

Agreed, but we 'kind of' got an expiring deal. Bledsoe's $19,000,000 next year is only partially guaranteed and can be bought out for $3.9 million. Hopefully that can be used as an ending contract for someone else along to perhaps get a little something more. It also helps us manage our cap.

Still, not happy with what we got, but it significantly improved out Cap situation.

 

Sell the team Jody… We need a new Owner

 

This is a step backwards for the franchise. How in the hell does a trade like this help us keep Lillard?

 

I think he made a trade strictly to make a trade to try to make his mark.

 

We'll see if he's a fool or has some brilliance.

 

I'll very happily eat crow if it's the latter. Not getting my hopes up

 

Quick is taking it to Cronin.

Baffled - thinks there’s a good chance this trade was made out of incompetence.

Joe Cronin’s going to run this franchise further into the ground.

 

could you summarize or quote for those of us who don't have an Athletic account

 

“So absorb Friday’s trade with caution. We don’t know yet if it’s the first step toward respectability or the first indication of incompetence.”

 

Rain Man also had the audacity to indirectly tell the fanbase to shut up with the Neil Olshey smugness: “We made the playoffs for 8 years, we know what we’re doing.”

*never contenders/fringe playoff team

 

it's a bit sensationalist. and the lease/sale angle is completely unnecessary.

 

FIFY

 

Quick’s a douchebag though. His chops when it comes to basketball is awful. He was trying to sell us this past offseason that the Lillard, CJ, Nurk combo could work because of some small sample net rating bullshit

 

Those clear of eye and head can safely predict which.

 

absolutely shameful that Cronin leaves his players out to answer questions that he needs to answer. dumbass POS took his cues from his idiot former boss in not controlling the media narrative.

 

you call responding to three questions with non-answers an interview?

 

I'll give him a break on all of that until the deadline. If things are in flux then he can damage his ability to make more moves that he thinks are smart (that's a really scary concept after yesterday). So I think it's normal to be quiet right now unless you think you're done, then he should be introducing the new players and answering questions about the move.

 

Morey told Cronin he'd rather have Eric Bledsoe in a Simmons trade than Powell and Roco.