If hiring a scout is the 2nd reason you have for an ownership group showing it wants to contend, you don't have good enough reasons.
I would have preferred a change but I don't mind Chauncey as a starter coach to instill certain values of defense and effort into the players. I can see the results with our foundation. Sharpe has come a long way in this department. Chauncey took responsibility for the offense so I'm hoping to see improvement there.
Young players don't improve and he didn't have the right pieces and there's nothing he could do. Young players naturally improve and he should be here for 7 years.
Don't you think the alternative is just as short-sighted? Especially when it comes to Chauncey. Kind of a "damn if you do and damned if you don't situation. I guess he could have been a good little soldier and kept losing, so he could get fired and not land another head coaching job because of the record. I have no idea if he is a good HC or not. I am not at practice, and I am not in the huddle. Sure, who he starts and when he uses his challenges, or timeouts, are all important, but not as important as how hard his players play for him. And from what I see from watching every single game, is that they do. I see him teaching every time a player comes out of a game. (Ok, not every time, but a lot) Young coaches are like young players, they can get better each year as they get more experience.
Now it’s on Cronin to do what’s right this summer. If all the vets are back and Chauncey doesn’t promote Scoot and Sharpe’s growth, then that’s also on the GM. We can’t run everything back with a draft pick and Billups as the only moves of significance.
For all the hate Billups gets, it looks like Denver and Phoenix came knocking but he opted to stay with Portland. Id say he is fairly well respected around the league. Ill trust the league over some here. Complaining he started the vets over the core without context is just ridiculous….
So many people act as thought they know sooo much more than the paid processionals. Gets nauseating at times. Having different opinions? Sure. But the negativity on Billups is out of line snd off base.
We weren’t going to get out of the first round for a couple more years anyway, no need to worry about this move. We don’t get worse, which could have happened.
Dude has 2, soon to be 3 wins over teams with .500 or better records during the Blazers “renaissance” all wins at home with the best players from other team not playing. The only sense this makes is financial. Jody is cheap
yeah the Lakers added fat boy who is a top 5 talent but they also subtracted AD who was in that club as well and complimented LBJ better. Though older & injury prone, Davis has played more games this year and last then Doncic. I think their improvement is more about the complimentary cast settling in and playing well then the stars. STOMP
Marc Stein is who's reporting BR was referencing... https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ly-eyed-suns-nuggets-hc-jobs-blazers-contract STOMP
