So who just played their last game as a Blazer?

Yeah, but that -$122M salary contract is nice.

 

What we need is some changes to the CBA that benefit small markets and help to level the playing field.

 

Whatever.
If you don't even think the only ways that are out there will work then you might as well go be a Golden State fan until they start falling off. Then there will always be another good team you can root for. Might be the Blazers by then. We will welcome you back i'm sure.

 

Don't lash out. You're saying you're okay with what isn't okay with me right here:

We just have differing opinions.

 

This is true. We won't trade the guys who are bargains and nobody wants the overpaid guys.

 

I could do without Dwight Jaynes. Can we add him to a trade?

 

The eternal optimist need not look. It's always there...

Just depends on which pair of glasses you prefer to look through....

 

"We'll give you Dwight Jaynes, Kevin Calabro and a 1st round pick..."

 

I missed how we get two lottery picks? How do we get a second one aside from the Nets pick?

 

Because if we traded CJ in a deal for Love and the BKN pick we would miss the playoffs this year, especially with Love out 2 months. So it would be ours and the BKN picks.

 

You would think Paul Allen, with as long as he’s been an owner and as rich as he is, would have more influence on the CBA than he’s shown so far.

 

Okay, got it. I'm not sure I buy it, but I can understand it. With the other injuries in the lower half of the western conference, and Dame healthy, I'm not sure we wouldn't sneak into the back end of the playoffs.

 

Like i said. Seems like you need to go bandwagon for a while. This rebuild will be another two years to come around. Go enjoy a winner. Keep the Blazers on the back burner or something. And yes we do indeed have differing opinions. No sweat with that for me. You want a championship this year or next? Go look to teams that have been working the process for 4-6 years.

 

This....my mom was a lifelong Cubs fan...she got to see them win it a couple weeks before she passed away...patience is a virtue

 

He probably is more difficult to trade than Evan Turner.

 

Lol. That's so unfair. You're saying I can't love my team and despise the management at the same time?

 

KJ, I want promise. And I don't see that with this roster. Who is going to surprise us other than maybe Collins? That's worrisome. It's not like we're sitting on Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. Now that Stotts has given up on Vonleh and Moe, what you see is what you get, no? Just join me in my indignation.

 

It's hilarious that you think the CBA is un-fair in any way.
Every team plays by the same rules.

The ONLY thing that would be remotely uneven the additional revenue larger markets get - so they can afford to pay the tax more easily. But even then, most owners want to avoid the tax regardless of what size of market they are located in.

People need to stop complaining and wanting a hand-out. Start figuring out how to be smarter and make better decisions.

GSW didn't become what they are due to the market size. The became what they are because they make incredibly smart decisions. Same with Boston, their management and coaching staff is top notch.

If market size was as big of a factor, then why has NY, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Dallas, and LAL been so bad?

I don't have any hope for NO to figure that out. When he says that you have to 'overpay' for players in FA and hope they make it up later in their contract - that is exactly the wrong thinking. Just because you have money under the cap, doesn't mean you HAVE to spend it. Paying players 2x (or more) what they are worth when NO ONE ELSE is even offering them a contract (Ezeli, Meyers, Harkless) is beyond idiotic.

Just like letting all your FA walk one year, and then the next year saying that you can't afford to loose "assets" so you end up over-paying them significantly.

IF Portland had shown that they were making prudent, smart choices and still couldn't become a contender - I might put a tiny bit of credence in things being un-fair... but right now, we need to own up to all the poor decisions that were made.