Cronin extended

He’s right, it was 10 out of 11

 

If our boy Eric isn’t worth a million, what chance do the rest of us have?

 

Fuck ownership and Cronin -- all i got to say

this is a cost saving move -- a new GM would prolly want more money

 

Let me rephrase that for you:

"Especially during the dreaded 8-game win streak....... with Ayton in the line-up"

 

There's no chance in hell we could hire a better GM than Joe Cronin right now.

 

Uh okay, I don't agree but part of the problem is we don't know how much decision making power he has or how limited he might be upper mgmt.

 

That's why I don't think we can do better. I think there is too much medling and nobody that has any prospects would be interested in the job.

 

Good deal. Now lets get Chauncey extended.

Pick up a few offensive pieces to go along with that top five defense he's built.

 

Whilst not all that surprising, still irritating. But is what it is I suppose.

 

Deserves his team option picked up.

My question is are their other suiters?

 

Took me like 70 tries but it did happen By the way. SA hit 6 times in that span.

 

How does the 8th spot have so much more success than the 9th? It’s ridiculous.

 

He’s built? Cronin has added Camara, Avdija, Clingan. Before them where were the Blazers under the Conductor?

 

Give Stotts those guys and the D would be every bit as good. And the offense would be much better.

 

As much as I do not like Cronin the Deni trade bought him a little time in my eyes but if the next season starts and he has not trimmed this roster from the worthless vet's ( 1 or 2 ) then this offseason will be a utter failure.

As much as I do not like this - the move that I fear is coming is giving Billups an extension now that would be a complete mistake but that is another topic all together.

 

Highly disagree. Stotts never had them playimg full court pressure D..

 

It may not be the same style, but he had the 8th best defense in the league for a full season with less capable defenders.

 

You’re treading on dangerous ground.

 

why do people keep saying that? Portland ranks 17th in defense, not 3rd or 4th. There wasn't a different HC in the first week of the season and then Chauncey joined the team at the all-star break

Chauncey's defenses have ranked 30th-->27th-->23rd-->17th....that's decent improvement, but you'd have to somehow account for this being the first season when the Blazers didn't tank in the last 2-3 months of the year. Maybe if they had played to win all of last season, they would have had quite a bit better record and better defensive rating

I'd also be really curious if Portland's upward trend in defensive rankings coincided with Ayton going out and Clingan starting; and to a lesser extent with Grant going out and Avdija starting. I'd be nearly certain that's true with Ayton-->Clingan. Not so certain about Grant-->Avdija. Ayton's defense is poor

 

Wash your mouth out with soap, young man!