What Joe Cronin is saying to justify this trade: http://starcasm.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Cocaine-Hell-Of-A-Drug.gif
Sirius NBA is just laughing at the deal LA got. "Portland is giving players away!" Well now Jody is under the tax. She doesnt give a fuck about having a contender.
This is what he said yesterday: It’s delicate. I think we all take a big-picture approach knowing that one season is a small vacuum of a larger picture. It’s hard. We’re all so competitive that we want to win consistently. Sometimes to do that, you have to take a step back at times. Sometimes you just have to be patient. So, you’re trying to balance deal by deal what accomplishes the overall big-picture goals. The idea is nice in theory, but when this is the best you can do in a trade, you don't fucking do it and change your plan, moron.
Didn’t we just have a debate about this idiot talking about getting under the cap? I told you this was a concerning development.
In negotiation theory, every transaction is judged off of BATNA--best alternative to a negotiated agreement. In this case, it is to do nothing. Nothing would have been better than this deal.
To me it signaled the wrong priorities going into the deadline but I never thought it could be this bad.
Some people here are apparently confused about what tearing it down means. It does not mean giving away players for nothing. It means giving up current value (players in their prime or, in RoCo’s case, slightly past their prime but still valuable) for future value. Future value can be either picks or young prospects that have a chance to be really good. In Joe’s trade, he got neither. Therefore, this trade is a failure. Hope that helps.
No it isn't. At least when you tank you gather assets. The only MAYBE asset in 4 years is Keon. Other than that, this isn't tanking. It's downright idiocy.
"I formally submit my candidacy for General Manager of the Portland Trail Blazers. For reference, not one person who knows me believes I could f&ck up a trade as badly as what we just witnessed. Therefore, I would be better." Sincerely, almost any Blazer Fan with a pulse.
I'm gonna be patient till the deadline to see if Joe turns this into a more favorable result for our Blazers.
This won't be the last deal we hate in the near future. Getting out of this Olshey mess properly is going to be a bumpy road. Good reminder for everyone thinking Norm/Cov were great role players for a championship contending roster. Apparently the rest of the league didn't think so.
