Matisse definitely. Thinks before he speaks. Murray is good in previous interviews. Deni gets it. DC. Several guys have got it.
Never cared less for a media day or opening of training camp. I'm fully on board that the best strategy is to full tank and rebuild aggressively with all youth and we get a ton of losses the next few years. But it's going to be a test of fandom of this franchise for even me and other hardcore fans. Casual fans will all certainly check out. Doesn't help that we're still doing this bizzare two timeline thing as well. Dame would've always been fine as an exception since he was a historical pillar of the Blazers. But holding onto mediocre overpaid vets of Grant, Ant, Ayton, Thybulle, Timelord???? Just shows a franchise with no clear path or direction. No self awareness of where their talent and best path forward is. Maybe 1 doesn't have value, another we want to keep after a rebuild, but there's zero strategic reason to have ALL five of these guys. My hope for the season is #1 Best draft pick possible #2 Seeing something from Scoot or Sharpe #3 Trade vet(s) for whatever we can get. The rest of this roster and season is irrelevant.
I can assure you "Hardcore Fans" have checked out as well. Yes we will check in and we will watch a game here and there but no we are not paying as much and we are not going to change our schedule to watch a team try to lose.
Is it concerning to anyone else that neither Scoot or Sharpe couldn't define what they need to work on?
Personally, I will try to check in if Scoot, Sharpe, Deni, Ayton and even Clingan are getting the majority of run. Really do not want to see any of Ant or Grant dominating the ball. The rest of the roster is roll players on a good team at best. Ping pong balls or bust!
Not really, in that they both have a lot to work on, honestly. Sharpe is mainly ball control and aggressiveness. Trying to be a killer out there. Scoot is obviously needing work on his opposite hand, finishing at the rim and his jumper. But then he needs to get turnovers down, but that involves teammates too.
I like that Ayton said he worked on being more physical around the rim and that the Olympic qualifiers helped him with that.
You’re crazy FAMS! These dudes on here will bitch every single game, about something. They will find something to cry and complain about! Even though we have no chance to win that game and knew that all the way back here in October 1st! They’ll find something to complain about on my favorite team.
Going young isn't trying to lose. It's committing to greater growth. Keeping the vets and shutting them down once we know we're going to miss the playoffs is "trying to lose". That's tanking and I hate it. I understand it once, or maybe even twice if you have bad luck with injuries. Anything else is just classless tanking that I can't support.
@HailBlazers Idk what hoopsjock changed his name to and if he’s still around Bones seems to post very seldomly, ever since he became an overnight YouTube celebrity Dviss has been seen like once in the last year
