Several times a year, my mind returns to the 2005-06 roster. We won 32 games that season. All we needed to do was to keep that team together - we had THREE future all-stars on that team: Roy, Aldridge, ZBo (and this is ignoring the Oden what-ifs). Of course, ZBo was an immature jerk, and Aldridge was a little bitch that didn't want to play C, and Roy would be limited by injuries. With the right coaching, Scoot, Sharpe, and Ayton will all be stars (not necessarily all-stars since it's tough to have more than 1 on a team, and that's not counting Ant!). We don't need to tank. Normally, "letting the cake bake" is dumb. For this team, it's not.
Revisiting this thread.... I don't understand why people are so frustrated and angry about so many things with a team that's rebuilding/assessing.
I only care about 2 to maybe 3 things. How Scoot and Shaedon do How Tou does What they get for Grant and Brogdon (I've noticed he doesn't seem like the same player once he came back from injury). Don't care much about wins as I do coaching (not sure how I feel about his coaching this year...they were doing a lot better when Simons was out imho). It's another lost year, but at least they're not wasting another year of someone's prime. Scoot has been exciting and a disappointment at the same time. Shaedon too (tho I suspect his recent struggles were more injury related than anything else). Grant, Simons and Malcolm just don't seem to fit long term (Grant and Malcolm more than Simons). DeAndre is what he is. A massively overpaid 15-10 guy who becomes invisible at times. Sometimes his own doing, sometimes the (non existent) "flow" of the offense. Honestly, Tou, Shaedon and Scoot are the only things keeping my interest this year, and its waning.
because fans have emotions, we're not robots. If fans want to read & hear 500 word memos about the wonderful amazing Blazers, there's PLENTY of that material being produced by this Front Office. We live in a society called freedom of speech. If Blazer fans want to show the negative side of losing basketball, there's going to be feelings that don't match the happy PR narratives.
There was a lot to unpack in your comment but this one stood out. We do not. Legally our government can’t throw you in jail for thinking or saying things, but there are consequences for saying things in our society. Cancel culture is a thing. Our society loves to hold people accountable for what they say publicly.
We're Blazer fans, that's all, nothing more. Most all of us follow this team as a hobby, it's not how we put bread on the table. After an ugly loss to a terrible team, our comments shouldn't be compared to a government coup trying to overthrow a dictator.
