He would have. But blazer fans had to get excited about winning 10 games in an 11 game span, failing to understand how that fucked us for at least the next 4 years. People are too myopic.
Getting Avdija and his contract for assets — but not an overpay at all … IMHO — as a result of months of setting it up to get it done last summer. Strong move. Something no one saw coming, apparently. [Same thing originally for Grant and then a too friggin’ long contract.] Getting the Dame trade done that defied media done-deal-expectations-with-Miami. This is a long way of saying I wouldn’t put it past Cronin and Schmitz to make a long play that few expect. Trading this year’s lottery pick would be a shock. I’d love to hear that conversation.
The 2025 will convey to CHI if it’s 14and up. Certainly possible it goes to CHI the way this team is beating teams that decided to tank. I guess that is why I favored a hard tank in this good draft year. Only a few games separate POR from being out of the lotto all together.
The only way Chicago gets the pick is if we make the playoffs and if this team makes the playoffs I'll be happy about it. There are only two good outcomes now: make the playoffs (this ain't happening) or get obscenely lucky in the lotto not as long of a shot as the playoffs since the team with the 9th worst record has a better than 20% chance to move into the top 4.
They pretty much shit the bed this year. Too good to be bad, and too bad to be good. It’s basically the story of this franchise since before the Olshey era. Not taking the opportunity to play our young guys because our GM didn’t construct the roster so the Conductor had no choice
Pretty cool how we’re going to be the 10th pick this year because Joe or Bert or whoever the fuck decided we needed Simons and Grant and Ayton to stay all season and play big minutes
I could see Portland going in the direction of Edgecomb if they aren't sure about Shae. He might have the highest ceiling.
Yes--the post to which you were replying was in response to one showing the Blazers taking Bailey at 3 if they jumped to that position. So it was more, "If the Blazers got the 3 pick, I could see them valuing Edgecombe over Bailey due to the uncertainty around Sharpe's will to improve."
I'd rather Portland have focused on Flagg, too, while developing Sharpe and Scoot. On the flip side, Portland could trade down to OKC or the Spurs, depending on what pick they get. Could be a way to acquire either Demin or Essengue next to Rasheer Fleming, so as to test out future Grant replacements. Then, trade for more picks using vets. Let Scoot, Sharpe, & Clingan develop during an actual rebuild and try to get Dybantsa next year. Deni and Toumani have obviously proven themselves that Portland isn't as far away as we might think. Must acquire draft capital that would be spent trying to acquire depth and another forward, heading into the future.
I love the idea of us getting Flemming to be our small ball 5. He would be a great complement to Clingan.
I've decided that I'm going to throw my weight behind Ben Saraf (if we don't move up in the draft). I will not be taking questions at this time.
Tre Johnson dropping to 10 would be surprising, and (IMO) fortuitous. Edgecombe being listed at 6'3" seems about as believable as Bailey being listed at 6'10". I thought those two were closer to 4 inches apart than 7.
