Exclusive Joe Cronin presser

Attack the post, not the poster.

Your post is fucking stupid.

 

Don’t forget, the biggest trade chip we had during Dames prime was his best friend CJ…and you can’t tell me he played no roll in the team not trading him til it was too late

 

This may relate to Cronin’s job as GM, but what does it have to do with Dame’s qualifications as the greatest Blazer player?

 

The Blazers did try to get a star next to Dame and would've traded the pick for Brown, Bridges, Zion, maybe even Siakam. When none of them were available what should Joe have done?

I understand the frustration with Olshey and the prior cost cutting stupid Cronin moves such as the Clippers trade. That's a large part of where the Blazers are today. But the decision to draft the BPA in Scoot was a great decision. It along with Sharpe might be the best decisions the Blazers have made the last decade.

Yeah it sucks we can't contend now with Lillard but that's just the reality we are at. We didn't get in this position in one move, we can't dig out of it in one move either.

Enjoy watching your coverage and streams. I hope y'all come around to look at the bright sides too, and yes still acknowledge the bad moves or faults at the same time.

 

Possibly true.

But that history is done, Dame is 33. The Blazers need to build for the next 5-10 years, not hold on to the decade that's already passed.

 

I'm fine keeping Dame, but I'd want him to commit to all of next year.

If he will consider asking out between now and the deadline the Blazers should explore his worth now. It's the basic requirement, the due diligence, of Joes job regardless of his or other personal love for Dame.

Also we have Grants contract offers and MLE targets that could change depending on Dame. So we really need him to commit or not before deciding the best way to proceed.

If Dame is in I'm in for keeping him.

 

The decision on whether Dame gets traded has not been made. The off-season doesn’t end with the draft and I’m sure Cronin has discussed moves to add more veteran talent. Fans don’t make the call on whether Dame’s time in Portland is done. Dame and Cronin do.

 

I'd be fine with it because there's no way for the Blazers to immediately win a trophy with or without Dame.

If the Blazers currently had an All NBA two way forward and another good vet Id say no way keep Dame 100% and try to contend next season. The Blazers aren't at that position and have no moves to get to that place either.

 

And the reason he wins a trophy will be because he's not the best player on the team.

 

I don't totally disagree with what you are saying here, but signing Grant and then having to trade him if Dame left is not that bad of an option.

 

Agreed.

I'd say the decision to win with vets around Dame next season has been made, and that was a no.

Dame might be traded in a few weeks or he might retire playing his whole career in Portland, such as 5 years from now.

 

Yeah we can sign Grant to a reasonable contract with either path. But we should not overpay Grant as we did with Nurk as then Grant would have negative trade value.

If Grant walks, fine that's better then being stuck with a bad contract the next 5 years.

Maybe actually they don't need Dames input for Grant.... if the Blazers had traded for Brown/Bridges/etc they probably would have needed to overpay Grant if the alternative was him walking. Now there is no need for that overpayment as the loss of Grant isn't horrific.

Just resign Grant if it's a tradeable deal, if not let him walk.