Keeping our pick? This might be a Lottery year

as long as they keep getting destroyed on the boards they won’t have much of a shot against anyone. No chance they’re gonna lose 20 straight, the schedule is too weak, but they’re not gonna win many either.

 

it’s either dame or Chauncey. Wildcard would be a young player under a multi year deal like watford or Greg brown

 

considering dame's thoughts on draft picks, i highly doubt he'd go. plus you know ESPN would milk the "dame needs to leave" angle ad nauseum especially if he's on stage. Definitely Chauncey.

 

I disagree, hitting big in the lottery gives us a lot more options than just drafting a young guy... regardless, the better we do that night, the better team Dame will have around him. I think it's very likely that Dame is our representative at the draft but yeah Chauncey makes a ton of sense too.

 

Should be Blevins.

 

Hate to disappoint people but if we aren’t top 3 my guess is we’ll trade one or both picks. They’ve made a promise to Dame to build around him so unless we get top 3 player they don’t fit Dames time frame.

 

That certainly doesn't help, but outside Simons and Hart, there's not really any proven NBA talent out there right now, and many thought Simons wasn't even going to be worthy of a second contract some 3 months ago.

That's terrifying, and not to opponents.

That still doesn't address who among that year's players were active during that 37 game stretch where they managed to win 4 games. We probably aren't getting Dame, Nurk, or any other vet with a mysterious ailment back.

That's not exactly how it began. "Hard to see Portland losing all their remaining games. That would be a 23 game losing streak. That's 10 more than the longest losing streak in Blazer history." The last portion is key to what I'm saying. This year's available roster is easily capable of beating the longest losing streak in team history. That's the half of your statement that's applicable to how bad this group is.

 

At this point I think that has to be the idea. Put the group out there that Chauncey can coach the hardest and the players can give it there all and we improve our chances of getting the best player possible in the draft.

 

Trade for who is the question. Tell me who we'd be giving up the picks for. Another Robert Covington or Norman Powell?

 

here's what I'm saying: the NBA record for a losing streak in a season is 26 games. The longest losing streak in Blazer history, IIRC, is 13 games. Portland plays a lot of crappy teams the rest of the way. In fact, 14 of 20 games are against teams with losing records, and 10 of 20 games are against teams with records worse than Portland

there are just too many opportunities there for Portland to have a good game against a bad team having a bad game for the Blazers to go on that 23 game losing streak

I can see them going 4-16, or 3-17, or even 2-18 the rest of the way; but 0-20 is a bridge too far across the law of averages in the schedule they have

 

I hope so. Tonight Detroit is playing Indiana. One of those two teams will move closer to Portland in the win column. The Blazers need to keep their wins at 25.

 

There's only one really bad team. That's Houston.
I think you're looking at their win-loss records and not looking at the rosters.
None of the "bad" teams has yet faced a team as bad as the Blazers.
The law of averages didn't work for the 76ers in their 26 losses in a row.
Edit: they might win some games if something unusual is happening, but I doubt they will be favored in any game for the rest of the season.

 

The Blazers might win some games at the very end of the season if their lottery position has already been decided.

 

Houston without Dennis Schröder is a mess. It'll probably be them if he's not back.

 

Well the Blazers haven’t ended there pursuits of Jerami Grant yet. Detroit probably knows we’re hot for him!

 

not saying there is someone right now that I’d give up 2 picks for but with disappointment in playoff loses comes rebuilds/restructures so you never know who might come available. Team like Boston, or Atlanta might struggle in post season decide they need change. Just makes little sense if we can’t get difference makers in draft then projects don’t fit with this Dame restructure timeline. Then decision comes trade for whatever you can get or trade Dame

 

Pacers lost to the Pistons. That is a game we needed them to win. They don't have many other 'schedule wins' left.

 

The Pistons are playing very well right now and it's possible they could also reach the Trail Blazers in the standings. Detroit needs to win 8 of their last 18 to pass the Blazers (and the Blazers need to lose all remaining games).