I may be the only one on this board who isn't supersticious. That said, before doing such a deal I'd want Blazer Docs to sign off on his medicals and not repeat the sure impending doom that plagued Blazer Bigs of past. Too bad Bol wasn't pursued this past offseason when Orlando signed him for 2 years at 2M per. STOMP
How is @THE HCP trying to mow the court during practice going to help? Props to the quatloos reference.
Totally respect that. The league right now is all about creating a broadcast that makes the viewers feel like they are at the game sitting courtside. Man I hope nobody on here watched our Olympic coverage, they would have lost their minds. When I work for the NBA in Vegas in the summers, we have done “ref cams” shot we even did an all cell phone 5G broadcast. League is really getting away from the single up “GAME CAM” angle. Like I said, it’s only about to get more aggressive.
I think you have to look at the teams that are "sellers". TOR and CHI seem to be in the mix to sell. But who knows? Maybe PHX to get rid of Crowder??
This team needs most to be what they claim to have but don’t have at all: toughness. Chauncey’s is sold as this hard-nosed this and that, but this is simply an untruth. We are prone to getting rattled when teams switch things up, or apply pressure, or make a run, or get multiple offensive rebounds in succession , or drive to the hoop, or dribble, or shoot, or pass… Part of it is probably our pathetic defense, or maybe because the team is all roses whether we win or lose. Regardless we have no edge.
For me, i would be good with trading Ant/Little or (GP2PlayPlease?)and picks, or Ant/Little(or Gp2NoPlay) and one of Winslow/Watford. I think Derozan would be the perfect player next to Dame.
May i ask where thier love for this comes from? Have they polled the audience? I know i too cant stand the odd angles not allowing me to also see off the ball movement, etc. The only view that garners a full take on what is happening is the half court cam that shows both halves. Im willing to bet dollars to dognuts that if they polled the viewing audience, 75%+ would say get rid of those odd angle shots, during live ball, fast breaks, etc. Free throws? Okay. Replays? Fantastic!! Live action? Get that shit outa here Nd let us watch all the players so we can see the game movement develop.
I watch other team broadcast regularely and I never see any other broadcast cut baseline during a fastbreak like the blazers do. Blazers do it every fucking time and you can't see shit. I don't get it Now showing replay during live action causing you to miss a play, every team does that shit.
You dont think Derozan is as good as Ant and likely a much better fit overall? ahh i seen how it sounds like id trade a bunch of players. I just updated. I meant Ant plus one of the others listed along with little. Or just Ant/little and picks.
I rarely if ever watch other broadcasts anymore so i don't know. I just know its maddening to watch live action and have some baseline camera view not allowing quality depth perception to know where players actually are. Id put money on whoever is making these calls never checked in on the audience opinion.
Derozan is shooting under 30% for 3 both this year and for his whole carreer. So I really don't think he'd be a better fit. I'm not sure how good Derozan is on the defensive end but I think Ant perceived flaw on that end are overstated. Their Drtg is pretty similar but I'm not sure how much I can read into that. Add to that the fact tha Derozan is TEN years older and I'm never making that trade. Also I think our starting lineup is pretty good the way it is. What we need to improve is our bench.
If Portland was a legit contender and wanted to make a run then I would consider a Derozan type guy. But Portland can't do anything this year to become a contender; build for the future, young guys only. #no_old_farts
Derozan is better than Ant, just like he has been better than CJ for years. The time to have traded for him was years ago, and the player moved should have been CJ. Now, it's pretty much too late to make a move like that. The difference in ages between Ant and Derozan disqualifies the trade by reason of lacking common sense
