Dame and Scoot can work together. It works well in Cleveland with Mitchell & Garland. If you say, "but they Have Jarrett & Mobley behind them". Then Joe needs to do his job and go get Ayton, or another big to facilitate the process. If the CBA is this big an issue, in no way will Phoenix be able to add any sort of decent depth around that starting unit without trading Ayton for another 2 starters and depth. No Way in hell. If they can do it, the Blazers can sign everyone. No excuses Joe. And this "stunt" Scoot's growth thing is trash. If Scoot is all that, then his talent will rise. If it doesn't, then he's just another Ant type. I don't see that. Scoot has moxy. He will do great next to Dame.
I get why he chose to draft instead of trade. He's hoping Dame will buy in, he will be able to re-sign Grant, trade Ant/Nurk, and sign some good FA's for a "quick rebuild". The reality is drafting probably cost us Dame and if so Grant, and a dash to any quick rebuild. It's going to be a long rebuild.
One of the reasons Joe seemed a bit uneasy is that early this morning he been fielding crazy offers and maybe a bit of buyers remorse? Anyone here ever have legit buyers remorse?
Yeah, given his track record of telling Dame he'd do one thing and going the completely different way, Joe could be kind of sad that Dame hasn't spoken with him since the draft and with whatever he has been talking to Goodwin about. Maybe Joe thought Dame would just lie down and take whatever Joe gave him. Or maybe Joe is just an uneasy guy and everything is cool with Dame.
That he is in Europe and enjoying a vacation. Joe said they talked Tuesday. These guys do have lives also outside of Basketball.
Dudes a troll signed up 10 days ago and has done nothing but trashed dame and given weak trade proposals. All with Dame going to Miami.
You actually think if Dame was cool right now that his life would get in the way of him letting Joe know what he thinks? You think Dame doesn't have ten fucking minutes to address his future? Do you think that Aaron Goodwin is in constant contact with Joe but not with Dame? Dame is letting his agent be the go between right now with the team that used to be Dame's team... that's not paranoia and I think it's barely speculative. Dame having not touched base and his agent being in constant contact is about all the writing on the wall that any of us should need but hey maybe I'm way off and Dame actually is too busy on vacation to take a minute and let Joe know that things are still cool.
I mean.... that's basically what he said would happen. He said that there would be a separate conversation if we went ahead and picked a 19 year old rookie.
If we truly are rebuilding I'm glad we have someone on board who knows how to draft. I wouldn't be surprised if Schmitz someday replaced Cronin.
I'm sure the conversation will be had. Not sure what the outcome of that conversation will be. To be clear, I think the conversation that Dame was referring to was the possibility of leaving Portland. I don't think that conversation has been up to this point. I think Dame was saying that he would finally start to explore that topic. That doesn't mean that he will ultimately go through with it though.
MY guess is Tuesday when Dame and Joe sat down Joe explained the offers he was getting and that they were not good. My guess is they discussed the fact that this could be the way they were going to go and then would be trading some of the youth that they have acquire over the last couples years for some veteran help. So yeah I think Dame knew what was going to happen and they discussion has been had and he knows what the plan is.
Sorry man, sick of hearing this guy complain when we hit jackpot last couple seasons with Sharpe and Scoot… the future is bright. This is a team, not one player.
The second we drafted Oden. I wanted us to pick him the whole time leading up to the draft. As soon as we made the pick, I had a sinking feeling in my stomach. Not my money or job on the line, but my hopes were.
I don't mean to be argumentative, but us fans and media do not know if Cronin has been dishonest. And honestly, if he has been, that is Dame's issue to deal with. Believe me, the truth eventually always comes to light. With that said, Cronin is probably waiting for Dame to get back in country to "have the discussion." Cronin is not going to publicly announce a shift in direction publicly until he and Dame have "the conversation" face to face. I'm not trying to carry water for Cronin, it just seems as common sense to me in this situation. But I have no idea which way the Blazers will be going. I too am waiting.
