Trade Deadline: February 6, 2025

So…

Are we angling for the playoffs at this point? Because it’s looking like we’re drafting between 10-14 in the most loaded drafts in a decade.

You win with stars in the NBA. You don’t get stars in Portland unless you draft them.

This isn’t making sense at all. So I suppose I’ll root for the playoffs.

Cronin’s two timeline of middling vets with bad contracts and youth is the biggest reason I think he’s completely unfit for the office he’s in.

I’ve paid close attention to the NBA for many years. Teams go in decades long playoff droughts because of inept management like this.

 

I'd happily put my knowledge of the CBA up against his any day. And be very confident

 

I want a Jeenathon!

 

I bet you thought Brogdon was helping Scoot too and rationalized not moving him last deadline.

 

I like how you give him credit for the vets with large contracts but none of the young bullish core and the fact we have the tallest team, the youngest team and arguably the most depth in the NBA.

You guys love conveniently leaving our important information in your quest for hate.

 

However it played out it was pretty fucked up! If it was unintentional then that's kinda nuts. If it was something that people thought was about to happen but didn't get across the goal line that's one thing but trying to play it off like it was just some every day posting is pretty suss, as the people say. If you didn't get a laugh out of it you should have because we were all freaking out @Mediocre Man and @THE HCP

 

I don't have to give some of you credit. At least no one is blaming Olshey again for Joe's inaction.

 

I'd say it's the next 5 games. But the Kings have been struggling a lot lately losing 5 of 7. They are like a lot of the teams the Blazers have beat in this streak: .500 teams with some injuries and playing poorly over the last 10

I suppose LaVine will be playing and might go off. I think he's better than Fox

but I'm inclined to think Portland won't flip to a tank. It's much too late

 

We have a decent young core. Still not enough. There’s other teams with a way better crop of youth.

In a loaded draft like this year what’s the point in riding the vets so hard who won’t even be a part of future, when the future matters.

 

Cool

 

Well then please bless us with your knowledge and help explain to the guys here the impact of the luxury tax aprons and draft picks.

 

I think what’s being lost in this conversation is that this is year 4 of being completely irrelevant.
Not one seriously significant move, one way or another has swung us to a complete rebuild or to being contenders.

we are officially a team of mediocrity with zero path.

Simon’s and Grant blocking playing time for the young guys we do have

we trade our GOAT abd are basically winning the same amount of games.
We have pieces, yes, but no avenue to getting a star.
We have never traded for one
We’re not tanking when one of the best draft classes in years is coming up

it’s absolutely pathetic

 

What teams did we play that were significantly injured during this streak? Off hand, Suns, Pacers, and Bucks were at full strength.

 

If we lose the next four I think we could lose the remaining 27 after that. That would likely put us at fifth. I think if we go all out we'll likely miss the play-in and end up with like the 12th pick because the two play-in lotto teams from the East will have worse records than us.

 

None of these things are being lost on me. If management has decided that they're sick of losing before we've actually built a core that can compete with OKC and Houston in 5 years then all of these shitty tanking seasons have been nothing but a big fuck you from our trust managing group to us the Blazers fans.