My confidence in the team started spiraling down the toilet in 2016 when Neil signed Turner and matched Crabbe for exorbitant sums. While they have some talent, it is so poorly matched it makes Trader Bob seem like a chemistry genius. Yes I want to see major moves as Lillard is starting to wind down and they're nowhere close to contending, but I absolutely don't want Neil to be the one to make them. He's shown to be a horrible judge of talent/chemistry & more then willing to overspend/waste assets. STOMP
work in progress....we're now better defensively but much worse offensively...30 games in....we'll see where we stand in the league...as of now it's training camp even though games count...we're not a contender at this point by a long stretch but it looks like the Warriors are steamrolling anyway...beating the Lakers will be something to cheer for all season though
Golden State is REALLY not helping my mood about the team. Not only are they blowing away the league, they'll be getting Klay back and they hardly play their THREE LOTTERY PICKS that are just waiting for them when they decide to rebuild. They could basically trade for Simmons right now without affecting their rotation AT ALL, but they'd be dumb to, because it would just upset their chemistry. I also feel that Dame might have a couple of 50 point games left in him but what we are seeing now is much closer to what he'll be like going forward than the Dame of Ye Old Times. His trade value is going to slide rapidly as his his contract rockets upwards. This is also not helping my mood: However, the Lakers are there to make be feel better.
Ugh. On the one hand, I believe we need to make some fairly big changes if we want to actually contend. OTOH, I have no faith in the FO to make those changes.
Schroeder only started 2 games all year. In the playoffs it was Dort and the other 2. He's built like a LB and SGA is 6'6
Neil will hopefully be gone before then and we will be talking about a different direction the Blazers will be going in.
