Absolutely not. You are welcome to do whatever you wish Prop. I went through years of having problems with Nate and Obviously i didn't really like Pritchard. I thought the whole GM carousel was a joke. I hated the fake sellout streak. I just feel like this is way too early to give up on a GM that pretty much got blindsided by Aldridge after he specifically said he was re-signing. Olshey could have traded him and come out better. I also think the 2016 summer contracts were due to a 44 win season that everyone thought was gonna be 25 wins. People wanted to keep Crabbe. Meyers was uninjured and playing well. Turner had been a 6th man candidate. Like i said above too early to give up on a process that takes 4-6 years when you are 2 1/2 years in.
I look at it his tenure differently than you do. I see attributable failures where you see bad breaks--or rather, I think Olshey has deservedly lost the benefit of the doubt at this point, so where I once saw bad breaks, I now see attributable failures. Either way, we are pretty much seeing the same things, just coming to different conclusions. So, let's take this up again in a year and a 1/2 (hopefully you're digging this quote out of the archives to shame me when that time comes).
I would never shame you for wanting better for the team. Your perspective is fair. I just cannot really fault most of his decisions. Teams take years to build. Olshey came here and was handed an entirely different team.
In order of likelihood: 1. No one 2. Harkless, because he's the best combination of not performing enough that Olshey might move him but has shown enough flashes in his career and is young enough that another team might believe they can still fashion a consistent 3&D wing out him
Which NEIL decided to blow up and rebuild. It’s not like he is completely blameless in this whole debacle we’re in. Fuck he paid Meyers 10m a year. Traded Barton for a bag of peanuts. Not to mention Evan turner and his contract. Or the fact that we’re looking at 5 mil in dead money which we could really use about now with all the expiring contracts we have. To act like you can’t fault the guy for the decisions he made on his watch is ludicrous. Building a team takes time but I don’t see Danny ainge make these types of obvious mistakes or rc Buford or Sam hinkie for that matter. Quality executives can spot a bad bet you give Neil any flexibility whatsoever and he spends it like it’s burning a hole in his pocket.
Aldridge left. Neil didn't trade him. He left. Barton is still quite possibly the lowest BBiQ i have ever seen. Trading him for a quality backup when Mathews was healthy which Afflalo would have been was a good move. Turned out bad due to injury and later when the team went a different direction. Barton still is a bonehead on the court. Meyers had his best season and was just coming off huge games against Marc Gasol. His shot was improving as it still is. Sure i could see 8 mil for 4 years instead but his numbers were pretty good going into that summer. Injury held him up last year and this year he is not in the rotation. Way too much emphasis on trading Meyers as he is a 7 foot backup that this team needs if Nurk gets any lengthy injury time. Turner was just a 6th man candidate and yes i agree should probably got 14-15 instead of 17 but they also didn't get the cap bump that was projected. 108 million is quite a bit more than 99 mil. Easy to pick apart decisions other people make when you are not in the position to make them. Not so easy to see the whole picture. Hind sight surely is 20/20.
Is this the same KJ that used to post on Oregon Live? Just playing but I couldn't imagine this comment from you last season.
Some of that has to do with discussions with you about cap and rules. It's not always so easy to see. You have to study. Fans just want a great team. You can't fault them for that. I fall victim to the "Trade em all" Blow it up mentality also. Just got to look at the process and big picture. Right now is middle of the season. I like to support during the season. Now Summer you might find me more willing to cut loose of some people.
Harmless to OKC for Roberson, I’m sure our medical staff will have Roberson back to 100% by next season. I don’t do green font.
Are you dissing our current medical staff? It seems like they have been pretty good the last few years since they switched.
A guard who shoots 31.6% on free throws and 22.2% from 3pt land should not be a trade target of the Blazers. I don't care how good his defense is.
