Trade Deadline: February 6, 2025

I think Joe and Chauncey like this team, they are not going to give players away, they will wait till off season.

 

You think Chauncey will get re-signed?

 

Doubters about what? He has built a really good team that the young guys are catching up to, and it's beginning to take form. I absolutely appreciate Joe Cronin, and the basketball operations team built around him. They have 3 solid guards, 3 solid wings and 3 solid centers with a few interesting prospects in development. A nice mix of youth and vets.

 

Jerami Grant is officially shooting better from 3 this season than overall 38.2 to 38.1. Does anyone really want this?

 

Doesn't he have another year after this? I guess so much depends on what happens from this point to next year. I do think Joe is a Chauncey guy for sure.

 

I believe this is his last year

 

Could be, he may say Ive had enough and resign.

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...ement-5-year-deal-hire-chauncey-billups-coach

So this article and every article I've read says that Chauncey signed a 5 year deal in the summer of 2021. Now a few sites indicate that next year is a team option year. That means the team doesn't need to re-sign Chauncey and can do what Joe's specialty is and just kick the can for another year.

 

Do you mean does any other team want this? He played 16 minutes last night compared to 40 for Camara and 38 for Deni.
Clearly, he is the odd man out.

 

Thanks, I missed that. That will keep him out for the year unless traded. Similar to Thybulle

 

you may be on to something. I think they believe they have enough to compete without a full tank. Not sure I agree but Chauncey has them playing respectably these last several games. The problem is how to win 7 game series.

 

Blazers are 9 games under .500 and 10th seed is 2 games over. So if we go on an 11 game winning streak we'll be somewhere close to tied.

So first is improving to actually competing for the playin, then actually make it out of the playin and into the playoffs. We're a long way from having any concern of a 7 game series.

 

I want to hear more from you, optimist. I like you

 

One could hope and pray JG is done putting on a blazers jersey. That would be almost on point with winning the number one pick this yr

 

a "really good team"....probably just me but I think a really good team would be winning at least 60% of their games on the season instead of 38%

3 weeks ago the Blazers were 5 games out of 10th seed & the play-in. They have just won 5 of their last 6 games, but they are now 6.5 games out of 10th seed and the play-in. Sure, it does look like Portland has jelled a bit and leveled-up. But they are still losing ground to the better teams in the West and in the league

somehow, some way, the Blazers have magically landed in the spot where they are 6.5 games out of the play-in and 6.5 games from the best lottery odds. Celebration time!!

 

Yeah I just don't see superstar potential in any of these players except maybe Shaedon and Shaedon is the only one of our young players that his obviously holding himself back which doesn't bode well for him taking over the league. That doesn't mean none of the rest of the guys will make an all star game or two, it means none of them have what is needed to win an MVP and be a perennial all nba player. We need to strike gold in this draft, that means we need to start losing and not winning at all.

Anyone happy with this roster as constructed either doesn't understand what a good roster looks like or is kidding themselves. Yeah a team who after 47 games only has 18 wins and is on a heater (5-1 over their last 6) isn't a future contender as is. We will either come back to our mean and play .333 ball or we will do the smart thing, dump the vets for whatever combo of draft capitol, prospects and salary filler we can and lose almost every game the rest of the season to increase our likelihood of drafting the player we want and need from this year's draft.

 

So they are playing much better and are still going to be in the lottery? That was my goal at the beginning of the year. "...............come on"

 

wut?