lol talk about patronizing comments.... I would bet a pretty decent percentage of season ticket holders AND sponsors are interested in knowing if ducking the tax is a primary goal for this team. I would bet a ton of fans are interested in seeing if we are making any more moves. This isn't as niched as you are implying.
Seriously man. This is a sports forum and seemingly every fucking thing you post has something about politics in it. You need to knock this shit off. People come here to talk about sports, some of us come here to get away from the divisive political discourse that you seem so hellbent on pushing... in a fucking Blazers forum. Get a grip. Find another place to express your political views. I know you've been told to stop posting them in here and I don't understand why you haven't been banned.
I have no interest in the timing of your question....Joe would probably say, when the season tips off or when I'm damned good and ready. I know a large contingency of forum members are junkies for topics of controversy and it fuels all the speculation around here but for once..chill and listen to the new guys...being an asshole doesn't make Stephen A Smith a good reporter or Skip Bayless. All they do is stir controversy and doubt into every move made across the league. This is ..hey fans! meet your new guys! We're happy! Joe wasn't ignoring reporters. He was just encouraging
When was the last time you saw a player introduction PC in Portland, Oregon turn into an event raking the GM over the coals about cap issues? New York, sure. The local media who want to lay into the team, like Canzano and sometimes Quick, use columns to do that.
That's why it's so important for these "journalists" to ask pertinent questions when they get a chance. I don't think most GMs give a lot of access to reporters in uncontrolled environments and that's why they should get hit with obvious questions that they haven't addressed, in these very rare pressers.
interesting IIRC, you've gone political a couple of times recently and have looked ridiculous. Going for the hat-trick?
I should only have to do that when a poster is following the rules and annoying me... and I don't do it because I want to see what the discourse about this team is. He should have to follow the rules of the forum and keep that shit out of here becasue even if I ignore him, some people in here that had no intent on a political discussion will be triggered by his bullshit and reply. Should I have to ignore all of them too? I shouldn't have to because there is a rule against this shit. If there wasn't a rule I wouldn't complain and I'd either just deal with it, put him on ignore and/or look for a different forum to discuss the Blazers and not politics.
So jounalists in New York are supposed to ask questions that the public wants answers to and so called journalists in Portland are supposed to be de facto PR for the Blazers?
it's not as trivial as he thinks it is. For example: The hard cap prevents us from even going after KD. Dame is on social media every day in a massive recruitment effort for KD. SI wrote a long ass article highlight Portland as a premier destination for KD. But we can't even attempt it because of the GP acquisition. Think only "CBA nerds" are interested in Joe's response to what our thought process was here? 2000+ people are on live calls with guys like Stein and Fischer every day hoping to glean nuggets on what front organizations are thinking. We finally get a chance to hear from the man itself because he doesn't do any other media sessions, and all we want to hear is how "we value heart?" gimme a break. There absolutely is an audience for this stuff.
Obvious many in here have never done sales. You work your ass off for the best deals, take what comes then reload for the next round of work. Y'all act like GMing is as simple as a video game simulation. Of course we wanted more height/length, we didn't get it but we did get better on defense overall and guys that want to grind under Chauncey.
New York is a revolving door for coaches and players and there's a big reason nobody wants to play there anymore..I forget how many teammates and coaches Melo said he had with the Knicks but they never built an identity since John Starks played there....they are a horrible harpie shrieking media zone....I want no part of that circus around the Blazers....and in New York that hasn't translated to either loyalty, stability or success...scientific method says it works against the team. They have a dozen Stephen A Smith's trying to out heckle each other there....you think that better than what we have here? I beg to differ..Guys rarely want out of Portland...they demand to get out of New York
There are lots of things that the hard cap prevents us from doing, but dealing for KD isn't one of them. You saw what they asked for from Minny. There is no permutation of Blazer assets that would equate to Brooklyn accepting a KD-to-Portland trade, hard cap or not.
Why would asking Joe (when he'll probably never be damned good and ready) to answer questions about the hard cap, the luxury tax and some follow ups about the size of our roster be considered being an asshole. The "journalists" don't have to sensationalize the topic they're asking about, they can do it politely, they don't have to scream and yell like TV personalities. What they should do is think about what the public would want them to report on and take advantage of any opportunity they get to glean information on topics of public interest. Do you get the difference between good journalism and shilling?
we have to come up with 35.2 mil of contracts for salaries to match. we don't currently have a combination of tradeable contracts that add up to that amount, while also meeting the roster size minimum and staying under the apron (after subsequent additions). Your second point notwithstanding, the same issue applies for ben simmons trades as well.
