Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #11- BLAZERS VS GRIZZLIES - NOVEMBER 10, 2024 - SUNDAY - 6 PM - KATU 2.2, BLAZERVISION

i think the deni trade was fine. he fits a positional need and is way better than he has shown so far.

the roster build problem is stemming from ant/grant/ayton hogging the majority of the minutes and/or usage when it's becoming increasingly clear that they don't want to be here.

 

Ah, OK. I was just the opposite. I forgot we gave up the 2029 pick when I was looking up the terms of the deal last week.

 

Who does Anthony Edwards say helped him dial in his three point shot??? No matter how much it costs we need to pick that guy up as our shooting coach ASAP!

 

Probably just a lot of proper reps. It's not rocket science.

 

The Blazers could have done that, but then they would be in the luxury tax and that’s a big no no. Plus Joe wants some team to over pay for Grant. He should have been the one to get dumped, now Joe is fighting to get 1st round picks back.

 

His shot was not that clean coming into the league and now it's one of the prettiest in the game. I think someone helped him straiten it out but who knows. I also don't think it's just a coincidence that our team has so many guys who have nice looking shots that won't fall.

 

How am I the FUCKING VOICE OF REASON!!!

Do any of you realize the clusterfuck Joe has to clean up? Yes, has…as in present tense. Joe tried to keep Dame. He signed Grant, tried desperately to trade the 3rd pick, and had Ayton landed with another package. Then he had to pivot when no one wanted the third pick for any value. So he drafted Scoot, who was a consensus top 3 pick. Then Clingan, who was a consensus top 5ish pick. I wouldn’t have drafted either, but both good picks. Murray will play in this league a long time, Rupert is on a good trajectory. He then traded for a young player who has improved every year and has one of the best contracts in the league.

 

Chauncey telling truths right now. "That was fucking embarrassing." I agree.

This team needs Jerami, Ant and Deandre gone tomorrow. It can't wait until the deadline. Just ship them off because when your vets can't bring any level of professionalism they're not only getting in the way of your prospects getting PT but also they're setting terrible precedence.

 

At this point it's his fucking mess that he's made that he needs to clean up. He can't continue to let these role players who only have the heart and minds of role players lead this team. None of Ant, Jerami or Deandre is a leader and so they're bad for our young guys... while simultaneously taking reps away from the same young guys.

 

Yeah, I keep thinking he needs to change his warm-up routine, because he's ice cold to start the games.

Of course, he always has that stoned look like Brandon Ingram, so maybe he just needs to burn off his warm-up routine...

 

I think we had three and isn't in the middle of the three?

A lot can happen between now and then, but I just think from what I've seen of Deni lately, it looks like that was a 1st that didn't need to be dealt, and, yeah, that will hurt us because it's an asset we could have used in a trade even if we'd built a good roster by then.

You look at what the Grizzlies have put together. Several of those guys we played tonight were young guys that were undrafted. Aldami was the 30th pick in the first round. I think Desmond Bane who didn't even play tonight was the 30th pick.

That team is a great example of being able to maximize assets. Jay Huff looked like he was every bit as good as Edey and Clingan.

 

Every player on the Blazers was acquired by Joe or signed a contract when Joe was the GM, as of the 2023-24 season!

Long past time to try and blame Joe's mess on Olshey. This Blazers mess of a roster is 100% Cronin.

I don't fault Joe for any of those picks you list that he selected.

I do fault him for having 5 worthless vets eating 100+ million in Grant Ayton Ant Timelord Thybulle. It never made any sense to build around these guys after Lillard was traded.

 

Not at all true

 

What is one Blazer contract on this team LAST SEASON that was left from Olshey?

 

I'm sure somebody did. There are probably dozens of people in every NBA city who could give him good drills and the right feedback. He just has to want to do it and actually put in the work.