I really liked Clingan’s defense before his injury last season; he was forcing teams to respect him. I think Yang is definitely the better prospect, for sure, but why not have both of them compete against each other in practice and get better, then trade off the asset you don’t want keep later?
I feel like we've had an iteration of this type of thread the for the past few years where "Cronin's not done" when he actually is.
Yeah, I don't put it past Joe to bring 5 centers into camp... hell and at the end of the season, keep Jerami, burry our young talent on the bench and come up short of the play-in. I also don't think it's impossible that Joe moves Ayton, Rob and Jerami for meh player but less money in future salaries which would free up time to see if the guys Joe has drafted and others he's kept can win games with Jrue as their on floor general.
I think all out ideas about Portland somehow getting 1st round picks for their vets were just fantasies. People here were dreaming about Orlando sending two 1st's for Ant. But the Blazers had to add two 2nd's to Simons to trade him for a 35 year old guard with a bad contract Ayton-Grant? I think the best Portland could do is expiring contracts, and maybe a 2nd
I think at this point having been reality checked into oblivion. I would love to see those guys on other teams with expiring contracts returning that just don't get in the way of our young guys being able to show if they're capable of making it to the play-in and ultimately to the playoffs or not. Hell ideally I'd like to see Joe move Jerami, Deandre, Rob and Jrue just for flexibility and maybe a prospect or two that haven't really been able to get PT on their teams that we might think could be what Jermaine O'Neal was to the Pacers.
We can forget about him all we want but before the draft there were two different reports that claimed to have sources that we were shopping Ayton and Rob more than any other player. Joe has to clear those two guys because he has to show that the two headed monster at C that he spent our last two drafts on were a good investment. If he can show that him and his front office are smarter than everyone else then maybe the new ownership group will keep them. I don't think there's a great chance of that but at the very least he needs to prove that this week wasn't the clown show that it looked like, if he ever wants another job as a GM again.
You guys bashing on Cronin for his “years” of doing nothing are hilarious. He was made gm in May of 22’. Thats three years. Three years of which most believe his first and possibly second year were management directive moves. In that time he has wiped out everyone on the roster from the Olshey era. but you know… he hasn't done shit…. Such biased tunnel vision some have, its amazing. Were all his moves good? No. All bad? No. But to say he doesn't do much or whatever semantics you guys want to plY is just flat out wrong. It’s like you guys think changing the team is as easy as changing clothes in a dressing room or something. Sooo many know it alls here…
I don't think it's the number of moves that's the issue. It's having rosters that don't make sense position wise or the mix of youth/vets.
The roster is fine. Do we have 6 guards and one center? 6 centers and one wing? No, we are fairly loaded now in all positions but maybe pf. Of course not all of them are all stars. show me one playoff team that has only vets or only youth? All good teams are a mix of vets and youth. Not sure where your point of contention lies. Care to go into detail why what you said is such an issue? Also sometimes when overhauling a roster you go for best players available. That can tend to overlap talent until evaluated, to then move on from the lesser, to even out the roster. Again, it’s like some think you can wave a magic wand and poof! Roster is perfect!!!
