Game Thread GAME# 54: BLAZERS @ PISTONS - FEBRUARY 5, 2018 - MONDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), NBATV & NBCSNW

You know what? I like your enthusiasm about this middle of the road team. It’s like you say some truthful and hurtful shit about them and cap it off with an exclamation mark and it’s exciting. It’s fresh. It’s new.

 

Still making excuses for why Neil can’t make a trade after 5+ years?! At some point he has to be held accountable... this guy should not have a job if he is afraid to pull the trigger.

 

Cool response if you ask me

 

Chief was good on the boards, but that was it. Collins has been awful lately. His inability to make an open shot has killed the team.

 

Good. That's what I was going for!

 

Huh!? What excuse?!

 

I'm guessing because one is a rookie and one is an 8-year vet.

 

,Sorry, I was referring mostly to his 3 point shooting.

 

Not a good road trip at all.
Let’s see how they respond!

 

If we used that trade exception then it would at least be worth it as we just didn't send him away for nothing other than cap relief but I have this gut feeling Neil is not going to use it at all. I hope I am wrong.

And rational or not, if we don't make the playoffs, I am going to blame that on the guy who is not here as the reason we didn't get in this season on what is pretty much the same team as last season. (Not including the rookies.)

 

Extremely disappointing we lost the Celtics game.

 

Making a trade to just make a trade is pretty stupid especially if it will possibly have horrible long term consequences. Neil has made trades, hell he made a great one last year but if your looking for a "allstar/super star" type trade how many of those have happened that we might have been able to get the last few years? Its not like Neil isn't working the phones and trying to get trades together but just making a move to make a move is idiotic.

 

While I for the most part agree with you we could get very close in getting that 'allstar/superstar' if Neil was just willing to listen to offers and trade CJ. Now I don't know who that player/s is but they are out there.

 

At least Zach Collins is ready.


For what, I have no idea

 

Sure. Like Blake Griffin, or Kevin Love. Pinnacles of health and durability.

 

I was thinking more of a wing.

 

Unfortunately a premium these days.

 

I think maybe he meant where was he last night?

 

Agreed. A McCollum premium.

 

So Olshey drafts 2 PF/C types. If you trade up for Collins, then you better believe he is going to have an impact at that position so why duplicate the position on Swanigan no matter how inspirational his story is?