Does the debut of Payton get us over the hump? (Personal Season Review)

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Charcoal Filtered, Dec 22, 2022.

Moderators: 7

Moderators

  1. BrianFromWA
  2. Chris Craig
  3. Darkwebs
  4. Ed O
  5. PtldPlatypus
  6. SlyPokerDog
  7. Strenuus
Page 2 of 2
  1. Fairly-Hard

    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

    Joined:
    May 2, 2021
    Messages:
    9,062
    Likes Received:
    7,411
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Currently the apartment in the Moda
    The Blazers just lost two to a team without a winning record.
     
    Fairly-Hard, Dec 22, 2022
    #21
    BonesJones likes this.
  2. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

    Joined:
    May 7, 2015
    Messages:
    44,537
    Likes Received:
    38,605
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Vancouver, WA
    Yes, but who also drafted that young star at 24 when most people wouldn't have had the guts to? ("we need a win-now wing like Jacob Evans!") Does that not get included? He botched the 2017 draft. Crushed the 2018 draft. Drafting Ant was the equivalent of turning a late 1st into Hart and Grant since it gave them a CJ replacement and allowed them to turn CJ into those two. Of course, Cronin (plus Dame's recruiting) helped seal the deal, but those contacts are gone and Ant is a stud, so if we're talking about the current state of things...
     
    BonesJones, Dec 22, 2022
    #22
    blazerfan11 and Fairly-Hard like this.
  3. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

    Joined:
    May 7, 2015
    Messages:
    44,537
    Likes Received:
    38,605
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Vancouver, WA
    You should guarantee another unbeaten road trip.
     
    BonesJones, Dec 22, 2022
    #23
    Tince and Fairly-Hard like this.
  4. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

    Joined:
    May 7, 2015
    Messages:
    44,537
    Likes Received:
    38,605
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Vancouver, WA
    Green's a fringe NBA player who just suffered a major injury and Brooks is an inefficient (50TS%) chucker who doesn't create for others. Why would you trade a 23-year old stud for that? We already have a problem with a lack of shooting and you need high-level scorers/shot creators which are extremely hard to come by, let alone guys on a less than MAX extension at 23 years old.
     
    BonesJones, Dec 22, 2022
    #24
  5. SharpeScooterShooter

    SharpeScooterShooter SharpeShooter

    Joined:
    May 23, 2022
    Messages:
    6,197
    Likes Received:
    5,062
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Freeloader
    Location:
    Mom’s basement
    In all fairness that was me and booooyyyy was i wrong….
     
    SharpeScooterShooter, Dec 23, 2022
    #25
  6. Hoopguru

    Hoopguru Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2014
    Messages:
    21,738
    Likes Received:
    17,941
    Trophy Points:
    113
     
    Hoopguru, Dec 23, 2022
    #26
  7. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    44,451
    Likes Received:
    32,769
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Vagabond
    Location:
    Water Valley, Alberta Ca
    I know the ORtg DRtg are not the end all be all for how well a player is defensively, but Brooks is not really that much different than Simons is in relation to both having negative OR to DRtg's.

    Trading Simons for 2 expiring contracts, one of which is of someone who is at the tail end of his career (and was a fringe player to begin with), would be the biggest and stupidest thing the team could do.

    I swear, sometimes this place is nuttier than squirrel shit.
     
    julius, Dec 23, 2022
    #27
  8. Fairly-Hard

    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

    Joined:
    May 2, 2021
    Messages:
    9,062
    Likes Received:
    7,411
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Currently the apartment in the Moda
    [​IMG]
     
    Fairly-Hard, Dec 23, 2022
    #28
  9. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    44,451
    Likes Received:
    32,769
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Vagabond
    Location:
    Water Valley, Alberta Ca
    I'm offended that no one has made a SlyPokerSquirrel moniker.
     
    julius, Dec 23, 2022
    #29
  10. Fairly-Hard

    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

    Joined:
    May 2, 2021
    Messages:
    9,062
    Likes Received:
    7,411
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Currently the apartment in the Moda
    [​IMG]

    Too easy!
     
    Fairly-Hard, Dec 23, 2022
    #30
    julius likes this.
  11. Fairly-Hard

    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

    Joined:
    May 2, 2021
    Messages:
    9,062
    Likes Received:
    7,411
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Currently the apartment in the Moda
    [​IMG]
     
    Fairly-Hard, Dec 23, 2022
    #31
    julius likes this.
  12. SIeepwalker

    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

    Joined:
    Nov 8, 2015
    Messages:
    6,453
    Likes Received:
    9,551
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Strasbourg, France
    upload_2022-12-23_18-6-27.png
     
    SIeepwalker, Dec 23, 2022
    #32
    julius likes this.
  13. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

    Joined:
    May 7, 2015
    Messages:
    44,537
    Likes Received:
    38,605
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Vancouver, WA
    If you only did it once it's fine!
     
    BonesJones, Dec 23, 2022
    #33
    SharpeScooterShooter likes this.
  14. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

    Joined:
    May 7, 2015
    Messages:
    44,537
    Likes Received:
    38,605
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Vancouver, WA
    Not really, most great scoring 2-guards are bad defensively. Obviously defense needs to get better but there's other positions that can be addressed and hopefully GPII helps.
     
    BonesJones, Dec 23, 2022
    #34
  15. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    37,121
    Likes Received:
    15,979
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    UPS
    Location:
    V-Town Baby
    What is up with this guy? Just wanted to sign the biggest contract he could find and then meander?
     
    MickZagger, Dec 23, 2022
    #35
Page 2 of 2

Share This Page