Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #23 - BLAZERS VS JAZZ - DEC 6, 2024 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM - CHARGE - BLAZERVISION

Blazer fans would take over Blazer headquarters. I bet he ends up trading them next year for expirings and some really low draft capital. Like 2nd round picks or swaps.

 

I'd trade Simons and Ayton for expirings right now and attach a 2nd round pick to either just to get rid of them.

 

I scrolled through a list "the worst coaches in nba history", and the only comparable tenure I found was Tim Floyd. But Chauncy already has him beat, as Floyd only lasted 2 full seasons.

I found a few coaches that had 3 bad seasons in a row...but not 4. (of course they might fire Billups mid-season, but I'd be surprised)

 

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that's assuming that Cronin doesn't want to re-sign them. He very well might

 

Ayton's minutes in the second half: 2. While all the other starters were in, they had Duop Reath over 30+ million dollar Deandre Ayton.

 

Hehe

 

Other GM should know who they are. The extra 5 or 6 minutes every night won’t change anything in the value. Or worsen it maybe

 

It's sad to see a team quit. It's not an issue of talent (especially compared to the Jazz), but effort and intensity. The Jazz were missing more pieces than we were.

I hate to say it, but Chauncey appears to have lost the team. You can really see it with Ant and Ayton.

 

What I also think is killing us is Jody is an interim owner. She's not going to improve the team before she sells it. She can't make any long term moves without risking the value of the team.

 

Then get rid of the vets!

This is on Cronin more than anybody else. You don’t claim rebuild and then continue to hold onto veterans that are highly paid and trot them out there at the expense of the youth.

This whole two timeline rebuild is a joke. In a draft like this, you suck and you suck hard and let the chips fall where they may.

 

This is great to hear. Any insight on his tendency to float through the majority parts of some games? Is it personnel?

 

Sharpe is a waste of talent. This is the kind of game you expect your young superstar to take over, but he apparently doesn’t have the motor or the desire to be a great player or to put a team on his shoulders.

 

It's fine having one or two vets. Maybe the team could've kept Timelord and one of Grant Ayton Ant or such. That would give the youth some leadership in Timelord and someone else to run the offense through if they had a deer in the headlights moment.

But keeping ALL FIVE vets of Ayton Ant Grant Timelord Thybulle was a horrible decision at the time and looks horrible if not worse today.

I can't believe how many fans here have defended Cronin decision to hold onto these vets.

 

The reservation I have for firing Billups is I think he has done well developing guys like Sharpe, Camara, Clingan, Banton, Rupert, etc. When our vets were sitting out the youth all played with hustle and movement. It's like watching two different rosters.

Is it Billups fault that Ant and Ayton don't do what he wants and are on this roster? Will a different coach change any of that if Cronin still tells the coach to play these clowns?

Somehow Billups got this roster to 8-12 which was super impressive. I'm concerned a coaching change might completely lose the team and we end up having one of the worst records from here out in NBA history which also might harm our youth development.

It was a great sign to see Billups bench Ayton so if he continues to do that I might want to see what happens for some more games.

But Billups should certainly be on the hot seat. Honestly I'm not sure Billups even cares if he's fired, he's had less talent to work with as a coach than any team in the league so he'd probably welcome being able to get away from this trainwreck of a franchise.

 

Agree with bolded part

The main problem with Jody is she won't pay the tax and she has a management team not executing a single long term vision. Having Kolde/Vulcan micromanaging crap for years even worse than Paul did could be a big part of that as well.

 

Is she really an interim owner though? I think she’s keeping the team. It’s been damn near 10 years since she’s owned it

 

Haha.. I don’t know what @THE HCP is talking about either. The kid literally doesn’t give a shit with the way he plays and he says that

 

Which kid? (Which post is this referring to?)

 

Sharpe

 

The BlazerSurprise youtube guys were saying Utah hadn't led by more than 20 points at any time in a game this WHOLE SEASON.... Super impressive tank job that we were able to spot them 42.