There was a lot of truth in that article and that is what hurts being a die hard fan cause like they say ... the truth hurts. Now maybe it was a tad off maybe they used the whole Ayton thing as a reason to make a scathing piece on the Blazers but again a good portion of it was true. If your a fan that thinks it is not then you have let your fandom rule your common sense and that is a you problem and I hope you can remove your head from Cronin's ass cause it has to be up there to think there is not some truth to the article. I will continue to be a fan even if Cronin and maybe Jody do jack shit and let a coach who know nothing run this team into a losing record and not get the proper growth from the young players and that is crap.
Tough to argue with a lot of it. Though I don't think there was a better offer out there for Dame. We honestly got more than I thought we would. Otherwise it's really tough to disagree with much of it. Ayton likely couldn't make it to practice. It's not worth dying over. And Sharpe has missed some time, but he's not 100%. It's not wrong, it's just got a rough tone to it. But nobody is getting better with this coaching staff than they'd be getting on their own.
ha! I might be right... the Deadspin company works out of Chicago (who Portland refuses to give them an owed 1st rounder for Larry Nance), and Deadspin's original affiliation is based out of New York City.
Exactly. Especially when in the previous game against Phoenix, we saw: 19-year-old (youngest player on the roster), 6'7", 7'2" wingspan Rayan Rupert shoot 4-5, 3-3 on 3-pointers score 11 points with 5 rebounds in 14 minutes. Kris Murray play 37 minutes and finally hit some 3-pointers, scoring 13 points on 5-9 shooting. Jabari Walker score 11 points on 4-6 shooting. Scoot Henderson play 40 minutes. After watching this game ... This game was a downer.
The OKC method of trading their all-star for arguably the best PG in the league right now? You’ve got quite high hopes for Camara or Ayton for that to be the case.
OKC is the gold-standard for how to do a rebuild and since traded their all-star(s) they have no playoff series wins, and haven't even played in the playoffs in 3 seasons. We're months out from trading our all-star, we didn't get near as much in return, so people expecting us to sniff the playoffs any time in the near future are likely to be let down.
I agree. It’s too late for Billups to tinker with “winning lineups.” Play Scoot 36+ minutes as the lead guard every game. That’s what I’m interested in watching. That and the same for Sharpe. I also want to see who Walker can be with more responsibility.
Scoot will be the best PG in the league one day. Remember his 22-7-11 game? In a few seasons, he’ll average that. His work ethic is great. Look at how he turned his shooting around MIDSEASON. Imagine the improvement he’ll make with a full offseason to work on his game.
Setting yourself up for a fall. Lets just hope he becomes serviceable at this point and actually stays with the team.
Scoot has nothing to do with it. OKC traded their star for a likely first team all NBA guard AND drafted really well. Not to mention the guys they drafted aren’t small guards.
1) Scoot isn’t 6’4 2) Even if he were 6’4, drafting a 6’4 guard to play along with your 6’3 guard and 6’5 SF means at least 2 of those players are undersized. Point being, OKC isn’t pairing a bunch of shorties to play together.
