https://sircharlesincharge.com/2019/08/02/portland-trail-blazers-invest-long-term-mccollum/ Portland Trail Blazers: Why invest long-term in an underachieving backcourt? The Portland Trail Blazers have invested long-term in both Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum, but is it a smart move? Investing is great from a financial standpoint. You see something small that has potential and you take a risk putting some money in it. Investing in growing assets that long-term from now will make you look like a genius. Moves made by front offices in the NBA encapsulate the sports side of investing. The front office sees a young player, watches the progress, and then at the end of the contract, they have the decision whether if they want to move forward with that young player................ ...........Don’t get it twisted, this is not one of the “how did he get that much money” or “what has he done” type contracts. More of the Portland Trail Blazers investing basically the next 5-6 years in a good but not championship worthy duo of Damian Lillard and McCollum......(continued)
Well, the writer has some pretty lofty credentials: Former Chief-in-Editor of Bishop McNamara High school
How many grammatical errors can you spot here? Wowzers: Towson 2022 Aspiring sports journalist I want to be the sports journalist ever. I am apart of National Broadcast Society. I love to write sports articles and put my own spin to it. Former Chief-in-Editor of Bishop McNamara High school
whether if they want to? I don't care about his opinion, but the writing is just really bad. Or hear me out...Pascal Siakam. Usually when you say hear me out, it's because you're stating something that, I dunno, might be controversial, and it needs some explaining. You're asking the listener or reader to wait before jumping on you. But then he didn't follow it up with anything! Hear me out. Ok, go ahead. crickets
The only year I thought they really under achieved was last year, that pelican series, Im still... ugh. Anyways they often win BECAUSE of Dame / CJ, its much more rare they lose because of one or both of those guys. Ive been ok with trading CJ, but I don't think he’s the real culprit of their problems, just the most valuable trade chip to go after someone closer to Dames level. They’re a lot of things, but underachievers is really not one of them. Especially since they went to Weber state and Lehigh, and really werent on the NBA’s radar for much longer than most NBA stars.
He's a kid (apparently). I'm going to cut him some slack on his writing. OTOH Every writer needs an editor. He really needs one.
