Well said, there will always be those who think its easier to just scrap it/give up and start from scratch, even in the midst of growth and improvement.
I had season tickets for about 5 years in the 100 level, starting when we drafted Oden... why does it matter?
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Just wondered how you would react as a season ticket holder if the team went in the tank. Would you stop buying tickets? For the first time I am a season ticket holder and if the team made a choice and traded for a player like Kawai or Paul George, and they left a year later and the team bottomed out, I don’t think I would continue as a season ticket holder. Still be a fan but not putting my $ into that. Give me 5 years of entertainment with maybe being a move away from contention if something comes up, over a super high risk for 1 year. Speaking with my wallet here a bit but it looks like you did the same after Oden/Roy/Aldridge fizzled.
You're talking about players in the present day and using career number how is 2010 or 2014 relevant to now? There's ways to isolate a players defensive production using on/off numbers and comparing that to overall defensive production. But again, our defense was better than theirs.
I gave other stats as to why I think hes at least an equal prospect, and I never said he was better because he was drafted 9th, I was using it to show how he was drafted in the same range as Collins and is a similar type of project, yet more proven.
The only thing I want as a die hard fan is hope... whether it’s a 20 win team or 50 win team I want to know there is hope to greatness in the future... right now, with the same team as last season, I don’t have any hope... Neil needs to make a move to shake things up, give this team a different look... because doing the same thing over again and expecting different results is insane
I appreciate this thread. For me expectations play a part in this sure. My expectations 3 years ago have been met, my expectations in March were much higher to end the year though. I was never delusional enough to think the Blazers would beat GS or Houston and I even thought the NO series would be tough, but to be the only team to not win a game, to flame out the way they did was a tough pill for me to swallow. Someone on here brought up last night that a healthy Blazer team would’ve put up a good series against Cleveland and after thinking about it some more there’s probably some truth to that. While other teams had injury riddled seasons, most were healthy in the playoffs and the Blazers weren’t. Now, I just don’t like NO, it’s almost like every time he talks it gives me a headache. However in a lot of ways you’re right that the team has progressed and he’s made some good moves in the process. It’s good to have some perspective once in a while. By the way the guy who brought up the Blazers and Cleveland was @julius and I should apologize for not reading what he said very well and trying to argue with him about it.
