OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: APRIL 2023

compared to the 0% for another 1st round playoff exit

if the Blazers spend 8 years in the lottery then a 1st round exit would be entertainment. But we've seen that movie way too often. A chance at a generational talent is more valuable than another 5-6 wins in another lost season

 

Especially with how the play-in worked out for the Clips last year.

 

This is a sure thing, and we in Portland (who have definitely not been cursed) should get to take on this once in a generation cent--- err power forward.

 

10.5%

Double what it was like 2 weeks ago.

It's painful but had to be done.

 

Well corrected

 

All I can say is brace yourself on draft day, because you’re probably going to be disappointed. The odds are not on your side.

 

My God. Seriously? We’re throwing away the last part of the season for the second year in a row for a 10% chance of getting Wemby?? This is desperation taken to a whole new level.

 

I’ve thought that for years. It’s incredible to me that Portland has never been able to (or tried to) pair Lillard up with a dominant big.

 

Better than winning a few meaningless games and having a 0% chance.

 

If not Wemby, the Blazers have a good chance at another Shaedon Sharpe, or at least a player with talent that would cost significantly to obtain in a trade. Or a good chance at trading the pick for a player that would be impossible to obtain otherwise.

 

Best offensive player, but Iguodala won the Finals MVP one of those years. And yes, Curry won last year's Finals MVP which is very much in line with the rare exception mentioned. He is almost the exception that proves the rule and that exception happens to be the greatest 3-pt shooter in NBA history. Quite the exception indeed.

 

At this point just let that person suffer through the next two days. So many people have tried to explain the very obvious logic behind what the team is doing and he chooses to be enraged. One of the longest tantrums I've seen on this forum in regards to something that is helping our team.

 

Stick a fork in him and call it Gumbo.

 

Giannis Antetokounmpo rings a bell.

 

While i agree that tanking sucks balls. The chances are 10% better than if they had not tanked. Of that at least we can agree.

 

I can't see any traction with the argument you keep making, and have been making

it sure seems to be this (and also seems to be the fundamental argument of the trade Dame narrative):

'Dame isn't the kind of #1 option that can lead a team to a championship (even though it's been done before); he's a #1b not a #1a. Portland needs to find a #1a. So the Blazers should trade the #1b they already have, leaving themselves with a #3, maybe/maybe-not, and a bunch of #4's and #5's. Then go out and try to find both a #1a and #1b when it took over 20 years to find their current #1b after their last #1b; and 45 years since they had a definite #1a'

if the goal is to find a #1a to pair with a #1b, the Blazers should exhaust every opportunity to add that #1a to the #1b they actually have before discarding that #1b because some fans are impatient

I actually asked, in this forum, a big proponent of trading Dame how long he expected it would take after trading Dame before Portland was a contender. He estimated 7 years....which is 3 years after Dame's contract expires. geeeeeezuzzz

 

Can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket.

 

The more tickets you buy the better your chances are of winning... and these tickets only cost pain and suffering.