Firmly in the "See what they can get for CJ" group

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  1. kjironman1

    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    I watched last year as the Warriors blew the Blazers out in the first quarter of game four of their first round series. The Blazers had played well to end the season. Went on a real good run after getting Nurk. But with the injury to Nurk and Davis the Blazers were a shell of the team in the playoffs. Lots of excuses were made and of course the Warriors went on to win the championship. The overall feeling was the Blazers were in fact on the rise and they needed another quality piece or two to become contenders.

    However during that first quarter of complete misery i watched CJ McCollum pretty much quit as the deficit reached 25 points at about 8 mins into the game. His entire posture changed. He quit working on defense and simply decided to take long uncontested threes the rest of the way. I though "WOW"? How come CJ has quit? Dame was still working with everything he had. The rest played hard through the third quarter when Stotts finally put in the reserves and called it quits.

    This year again i watched the exact same thing from CJ. This time in the third quarter as the Blazers were making one last possible run. They cut the lead down to 14 and were on the move. CJ committed Back to back turnovers and i watched the lead swell back to 20. Then was the straw that seemed to break CJ. He tried a crossover and jump left drive to the hoop. Got swatted as he has all series. The timeout was called and i saw that look on his face. He was done.... I doubt you will see CJ put forth any more real effort in this series.

    CJ in my book is one of the most crafty scorers in the league. He has an ability to go on great scoring runs. That is until you get into the Playoffs when the defenses tighten up and the calls get fewer and further apart. There is no officials bailing him out in the playoffs. The other thing is Officials are not calling the reaches and they are letting defenders abuse him. This is why he is turning the ball over at crazy times. It's been happening to Dame also. We have all seen it.

    As the title says i am now firmly in the see what this team could get for CJ group. I do really like CJ. Great upstanding guy but i just don't see that killer instinct and i just don't see total determination that it takes to be an all out elite shooting guard on and championship caliber team.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Me too trade CJs ass
     
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    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    You see the difference is i have absolutely no animosity towards CJ.

    You want to make it all about "Trade CJ's Ass". It ain't CJ. It's the fit. He has been nothing but respectable since being drafted by this club. I just don't see him as the answer at this point. Seeing what is on the market would be smart. But not to just get rid of CJ. Only if the trade is right.
     
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    Agreed lets test the waters its about time.
     
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    In perfect hindsight CJ probably should have been dealt last summer, when his value likely peaked.

    But we are getting closer to the point where it's almost an imperative, for we are short on assets and need to capitalize on what ones we have while they still hold some modicum of value. In CJ's case, I fear it's getting a little lower each game. Dude has plateaued and maybe even regressed. I wonder if other GMs have caught on.
     
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    Neil should be fired tomorrow if he refuses to trade CJ
     
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    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    I don't think so? He is still as crafty as ever but he needs to paired with a strong defensive minded point that distributes really well. Think about CJ with Chris Paul.
    On the flipside think about Dame with a guy like Jimmy Butler?
     
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    See what you can get?

    I'd actively shop him.
     
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    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    Got nothing to do with refusing or not. It's about getting quality back. If the deal sucks Neil better keep CJ.
     
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    I’m done hearing “don’t make a deal just to make a deal”... at some point you have to make a deal or you are just shitty at your job
     
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    His shooting has regressed this year. And moreover, his play style is as selfish as ever and his tunnel vision has become more and more evident with time. He's knocking on 27 and I don't know if he really has the potential to get any better, given his limited defensive ceiling, limited finishing ability, and his lousy playmaking. Maybe he can blossom a bit further if he goes somewhere where his coach will actually try to make him an off-ball threat rather than the black hole that he is here.

    Add in his max deal and I really don't know what he will fetch us in the trade market. Other front offices may see past the crafty scoring and look more to things like the fact that the guy actually had a negative RPM this year. But we can't afford to not give it a try. Treadmilling for another half decade is the worst case scenario. A trade must be made.
     
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    No a bad deal is shitty at your job. Continuing to build with quality draft picks is doing it right in the small market. Making good deals is always better than "Just Making a deal"
    I feel you are letting your emotions control your intellect at this point. I understand.It's always tough to lose in the playoffs. But they need to make good decisions and keep making them.
     
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    We'll see i guess.
     
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    My brother and I call him CJ McTurnOver, that nickname still applies in 2018. I am ready to ship him out because I am sick of his iso style of basketball, he's like a shorter less talented version of Broy.
     
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    I got confused. Thought you then started talking about tonight.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I kind of wonder if anybody is going to really beat down Portland's door for CJ this summer? His playoffs performance haven't exactly made him look like a "must have" player. Unfortunately, I think the Blazers are going to be looking a pennies on the dollar situation.

    Edited for clarity, because some people couldn't tell that the i and the n got transposed as a typo.
     
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    Wouldn't surprise me if not, I was a strong advocate of trading him last year, shame we didn't. Not surprisingly I have not been a CJ fan since we first drafted him, oh well.
     
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    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    I am.
     
  19. BrunoSOC

    BrunoSOC Ripcity from Brazil

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    You guys are crazy. CJ inst the problem. Change the coach system first
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    I still think he can work under a coach that made players move the ball and utilized Dame and CJ as off-ball weapons. CJ needs to learn how to play disciplined.

    If Pop coached this team, he'd make it work.
     
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