I haven't heard anything substantial to indicate he is. But if he isn't, he's a dolt. Is Olshey a dolt? Dang, I should have made that question its own thread.
so now carmelo n rudy gay linked to LA? wtf are we actually even doing? dame n cj still huge twitter bffs - i cant see how we can move anyone at this point. the one we need to move, dame loves, the ones we want to move, nobody wants.
I'm really struggling with some of these reactions of fans freaking the fuck out right now... We went into last night with no picks and came out of it with a high upside defender and a second interesting prospect on a 2-way contract. Meanwhile, our most likely target is still, probably, our most likely target, but the longer we wait, the more reasonable his price gets and one of our biggest competitors for said target is probably out of those discussions. Had we fired Olshey and hired literally ANY other GM, everyone would be singing his praises for turning chicken crap into, well, something at least edible. I understand that we all wanted to see a massive franchise-swinging trade last night, believe me, I do. But it's not like all of our options are all of a sudden gone, if anything they've improved. Maybe Neil tried his ass off to trade CJ, maybe he didn't. Maybe his top priority is resigning Norman, maybe it's not. But at least wait until there's something to actually get upset about...
Folks this is exhibit A of a reasonable take. Olshey did grab a couple low risk potential guys. We had no picks to start the night. It is reasonable for us to see this through throughout the summer and see what Olshey does this one last time after Dame is applying public pressure(even though none of us have confidence in him). The problem with this is, once Olshey doesn't do shit, we will see these same comments at the beginning of the season. That's when this comment becomes delirious/next level homer. And you all know it is coming.
On the other hand just about every team in the league had 1-4 picks last night and the fans could make a good argument for the merits of any of those picks. I don't think there is any draft analyst who says we got a steal with our pick or even fair value at that point in the draft. And most other teams have also already signed two way players with upside. I'm happy that Olshey is thinking about the future but I don't think he did anything special at all last night.
Ha thanks. Yeah, I'm around. Read the board everyday, mostly lurk. Don't post more due to young kids, busy job, a crappy house with too many projects and just generally got soured by some of the cultural stuff on this board. I will say some of that has gotten better though.
Don't get me wrong, the draft is one of my favorite nights of the year, I watched every pick hoping something major would happen. But the offseason isn't a race. No one gets awarded wins because random analysts decide moments later that they "won" the draft. There is no reward for "first"... the reward comes in quality decision making. Our picks for last night were used a season ago, and you could argue that, without Roco, Dame could've forced his way out last year. Complaining about having a terrible offseason before FA even starts feels like questioning a Van Gogh after the first brush strokes. By all means, Olshey should be run out of town if he can't make some big improvements this offseason, but complaining about only doing a few smaller things on a draft night were we had no picks is asinine to me. Save your anger, you might need it in a few months.
Fuck 1st rounders, CJ/2 1s for Simmons sounds good to me. If no move is made it tells me Neil has already decided he’s trading Dame.
I assume that when you refer to "anger', that you are referring to what you think you see in some other posters? Myself, I am just saying that so far Olshey has done nothing more than any run of the mill, average GM would have done. I'm hoping for better.
I find it fascinating that after all this time people are still willing to give Olshey the benefit of the doubt.
Serious question folks: if other "small market" teams like the Bucks, Suns, and Hawks can build contenders - why can't Portland? The simple and obvious answer is that those teams are better run than the Blazers. Whose fault is that, if not Olshey's?
