I also want Dame to retire a Blazer with at least one ring but if I was Dame's friend or family member or agent I would tell him to demand a trade now. Why waste anymore time with these games. Cronin is playing games. He's saying one thing and then doing another over and over again and it's wasting Dame's time.
I have actually said it before.... having Joe handle Dame's exit is terrifying. But it doesn't seem like there's much out there anyway, so how much could a good GM really extract from GM at this point?
it's up to Chauncey to figure it out? dafuq? he has 3 point guards and 1 shooting guard who all need minutes. make a move, genius.
I think career averages of 14-5-4, given the boner some people have for Scoot, is maybe not a bust… but certainly underwhelming
It is and that's a little scary I guess but he's made good tear down moves already... I think he could pull off the biggest one without completely fucking us for the next decade. Maybe he's got something up his sleeve that he can tell Dame about that's going to happen in the next two weeks but if not I think Dame would be foolish not to ask out.
I'm not sure why this matters so much to you, but, since you asked. First, I care. Second, Olshey's early teams succeeded to large degree because of players already on the roster. When those players moved on, Olshey couldn't adequately replace them, and his awful deals left Cronin to try to clean up his mess. Finally, neither of us knows whether or not we're going to lose the best player in franchise history, although you're obviously going off the deep end over something about which you have no control. I'm concerned with this team winning, though. That means more to me than what Damian Lillard wants. I'd love to win with Dame. If the Blazers can't do that, though, win under Dame's parameters, I'm much more invested in the Blazers winning without him.
I never considered Bledsoe anywhere close to an all-star. He was a couple of zip codes away from that border I get that you want to be all positive about the Blazers sans Dame, but I think you guys are getting way out over your skis SGA is a top-15 player and he hasn't led OKC to a playoff game in 4 seasons. I just don't see how you can say it would take Sharpe 3 or 4 years. He may never be as good as SGA
Yeah, Joe kinda put a clock on it he said there is a two week window right now. I think that's the time he'll have to salvage this but I don't think he'll be able to and if I were Dame I wouldn't let him think he had that option. I would listen to this press conference and demand a trade.
winning? winning what? i wholeheartedly wanted Scoot. but i also wanted to pair that selection with an Ant trade and/or Nurk trade for upgrades at positions of need. We got nothing. This guy has not made a draft day trade in two years. It looks like he's deathly afraid of doing anything. he literally said Chauncey has to figure out how to navigate the roster imbalance.
Yeah, right now I think you're thinking with your heart and not your head. All the hyperbole isn't worth my time. I'm not interested in who you wanted. I don't see not trading as a bad thing ... trading just to trade so illmatic is happy is a great way to make a bad situation worse. Trading from desperation like you seem to favor will sink you faster than everything. I'd rather have a guy that's prudent and doesn't waste resources. Nothing I or anyone else says is going to make you feel better because you're on a rager. Do me a favor and don't respond to me just because you want to find someone to argue with. I don't have time for nonsense.
I think if Joe could bring in DeMar DeRozan at SF, that would be an excellent addition that works. Ant is the odd man out because of his size at 2G (not a PG). Trading Ant to Chicago for DeRozan works. Give them next years pick out right, and free up future capital for beyond next year.
that was GB, sorry...but, how long would it take...you said my 6-8 years was bombastic. If you don't stand behind 3-4 years, well geeeezuzzz, let's see now...not 3-4, that's too short...and not 6-8 that's too long. 5 years! That's just right even though I'm drunk I recognize this is pointless
Do you think Dame, Shaedon, DDR, Jerami, Nurk, Scoot, Murray, TPMLE and hoping someone from the rest of the squad pops, being coached by Chauncey gets us into the playoffs and past the first round?
