So do i. And those ones want to turn around and leave about 2-3 years later. Especially now with the cost of housing. At least the ones from the midwest.
I agree with that. We just dont have the infrastructure or jobs for all these people. And unless we tear everything down and rebuild the highways and planning, its just gonna be a shit ton of bandaids everywhere.
Make owning a Nickelback, Coldplay, or Arcade Fire album a federal offense.... should knock.about 90 per cent of the transplants, give or take.
I really hate to say it, but if I was Paul Allen and really wanted a winning Blazer team, I might really consider moving them to Seattle. I hate Seattle, but it doesn't have the same issues Portland does with reputation. I hope he doesn't, but I would understand if he did.
I could see if he was younger and less wealthy. But not at his age. The legal and financial loopholes he'd have to go through are quite immense. No. The Blazera are here for the time being. But the next owner who comes around the block..... that's what you gotta worry about.
Then you'll just get a bunch of participating in the palyoff awards. The way to win in this league is with multiple superstars. Clearly free agency isn't going to help us with that. But the lottery will..
The Draft or deft trades. That means not trading out Draft picks to go along with a top 6th man of the following year for a guy on an ending contract when you should have a good idea your main superstar wants to leave.
That's scary considering he turned down $16m/per last summer! Im guessing we're going to overpay to keep him.
I can live with an overpay of Turner but an overpay of Leonard is just too much. Turner can improve on his three point percentage and maybe start Meyers doesant have a stich of natural instinct in his body. Let's take a flyer on somebody cheap and weight till next year.
No matter how rich our owner is, and how nice our facilities are, most players apparently just don't want to be here. So we'll have nice teams, and a promising young player every once in awhile, but we'll never attract the kind of big name free agent that gets you a title.
Amen. Tunchi kind of reminds me of younger brother in law that doesn't understand hard work and climbing to the top. Just wants to sit on the couch and do nothing until some company tosses a 6 figure salary at his feet. Sorry. Work hard, earn your keep and sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. But you will always stay in shape and pay your bills, unlike becoming potentially homeless with nothing to show for your life but sitting around waiting for the slim chance to strike it rich. Sorry. I'm more prideful than that and would much rather work hard and earn my keep, than lay down and have it handed to me.
I'm going to call Bologna to this not being a destination. Granted, this is not South Beach, LA, or anything hip if you will. But if you look at it closely, what has teams like the Lakers and Clippers have done the last few years in FA? What has the Heat done other than keep their own FA's? They are not places that are cleaning up the free agent market. I don't think Destination is the right term for it. I think it's competence and execution. If you have someone competent enough to do the job. Even Portland can bring in marquee players. Trader Bob was the last person in that position that had the complete competence to do what was needed to build a winner. We haven't had that since him. He was a lot of things but he could do everything the job description requested of him. Include recruit free agents come play here. I just think it's a lil less about destination and more about execution. And Neil, like I said there are some positives there. But he has wasted a lot of opportunities from a player personal stamdpoint. You bring the right guy in here and I don't mean Bob but the right guy. He can get it done.
