Don't give examples of busts. There are a ton of busts. But there are some gems too. The GMs and teams that make it big take chances on the upside and it pays off. Having one prospect is fine for a team like this
Fast rebuild? This team has been rebuilding since June 4, 2000. One playoff series victory in 15 years. At this point just be happy we're not the Sonics.
Dude you are scaring the shit out of me. You've become very "optimistic" in here. Did you finally find a woman?!?!
That's because of our GMs and injury luck. If you can't see that then you are an absolute fucking idiot! I don't think you are an idiot. Do you?
That future 6-time NBA Finals MVP wasn't even mentioned in the paragraph about our core in 2016: Does the author of the article know something that we don't? Did he just pull a Kim Hughes? And will he be fired by Olshey?
Well yeah it really does bro. 1.) we still have a very good GM. 2.) we Have a coach that has taken us from lotto to playoffs. Now if Neil leaves, then I'll jump in your "oh fuck we are fucked" bus
I don't see the bad mood, we've let our entire team walk for contracts worth millions and still have a 40-win team with a lot of cap-room and flexibility, we're not contenders and probably took a step back but we can see the team was destined for a change as most players at least somehow chose not to come back. We've got two major pieces in Dame and CJ and then many interesting possibilities and talents, it should be a fun year and an interesting year, we weren't going to win it all anyway.
Olshey sucks and Stotts is no magician either. We will see what he can do with this roster but I am in the fire him for Thibs camp
Watch the first play of this video and tell me that he is amongst the worst passers you have ever seen.
Magician? Who said he's a magician?!?! He's smart and makes good moves. We are still well over cap and more talent spread out. All for cheap manageable contracts. Sorry he didn't trade for T-Mac with Max money. We know it worked great for NY
My belief now is that Olshey will take on a Billy Beane type attitude with the team. Low-risk, high upside upside playera, then trade them for all they are worth. In fact, if I were Olshey, I would advise players to never buy a house in Portland. This team has proven it can't attract high profile free agents, so to quote a horrible local columnist, take prisoners.