Nurk: “I was told that no one would be traded and that only the coach would change”

This was from the nurk thread but thought it deserved its own discussion.

I want to dismiss it. But if you’re planning to make big trades, why would you tell everyone on the team they’re safe? Why not just say “we’re evaluating all ways to make the team better” and leave it at that?

Neil can’t be delusional enough to think swapping Billups for Stotts results in a championship, right? Or that swapping one role player for another is the key to unlocking it all?

 

Where did you find that quote?

 

Well, if that's what Olshey told the team I could see why Dame might be pissed and questioning our ability to compete...

 

But he is that delusional...
It was evident in the presser after Stotts was fired.

 

https://www.blazersedge.com/2021/6/...rail-blazers-trades-2021-rumors-news-contract

 

Neil’s M.O.

Do nothing or dumpster dive.

He and Burt are the reason for this mess.

Neil should be nervous, the NBA black lists GMs who operate this poorly — just ask John Nash.

 

Neil also promised Eric Gordon he wasn't going to trade him 3 days before he traded him.

That's life in the big leagues Nurk my boy.

 

New ownership needed for sure, imo.

 

Did Nurk indicate whether he thought that's a good thing, or a bad thing?

 

Yeah, Neil being a shark and trading despite a promise is a far, FAR better scenario.

Again, I offer my solution if this is Olshey's "vision". Jody calls up Elon Musk on billionaire speed dial, and asks what it would cost to launch a 200lb human directly into the Sun and live stream it. Olshey, we need you to take a meeting on board this rocket, yes down there in the cargo hold. **lock clicks behind him** "Hey guys, wait wait, I was gonna try and move the needle by signing Austin Rivers. Remember when he torched our 2nd best player? This guy is a competitor and a great bargain value.......

*rest is lost in the sound of a three-stage Space-X falcon rocket lifting off.

 

Thank goodness we've confirmed Stotts was the main problem. Everything has gone so well since he was let go!

 

“I should first say, from what I’ve been told, CJ McCollum has been told he’s not getting traded this offseason, so it may be a moot point, but I think CJ is the kind of player that would complement Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown well,” Mannix said.

 

first of all, i see no reason why nurk would made that up

olshey probably said it not to cause any harm within the team, cause if you say: "there will be movements", players will get uncomfortable cause they might want to stay etc

so you say no-one will get traded and then stab them in the back

 

Well I greatly prefer stabs in the back to millionaire athletes, over say the Fanbase....

 

would anybody really be surprised is Stotts --> Billups was the only change?...except for quite possibly Powell signing somewhere else?

 

yes.

 

If true, this is a crime against the fan base a thousand time worse than the Billups controversy.

 

If there are no trades it sure seems like keeping Powell would be a long-shot, and if we can't that will make us worse, not better.

 

sure, but on the plus side, maybe, in Olshey's mind, is that would give him the chance to do what he may have wanted to do since 2013, and that's trade Dame and then build a team around CJ