IIRC, it wasn't Siakam vetoing a trade, it was him saying he wasn't going to sign an extension or commit to re-signing....with an team. Blazers weren't going to pay a steep price for a 1 year rental ************************************************** as for "Jaylen Brown for Dame" rumors heating up...didn't he just sign a super-max extension? meaning he can't be traded for a year?
the "Pascal doesn't want to play for Portland" makes more sense. Did you see what the Raptors did to the Blazers last year? BEATDOWNS, unreal trashings. Every star player can see Portland is a lost cause and needs a full rebuild. But that doesn't change PR rumors that Cronin was trying his very best to make the Blazers better around Lillard. Jerami Grant, Cronin's super duper move. Did anyone talk to Pistons fans after the trade? Ask someone in Detroit if Jerami has been getting benched by the GM in the final weeks of tank ball. There's starting players in the league that are in it for the bag and don't care about competing for playoff spots. Easy money. The Blazers have 3 tanking starters, Grant, Simons, Nurkic. I figured Lillard was in on the ruse too, but obviously things have changed.
Maybe there is something I don't understand here. This looks like a conversation with yourself. It appears that you completely made up a rumor that Cronin tried to trade Lillard to Detroit and then used that as a basis to start criticizing Cronin?
Correct... though when the tweet was made, he could have been. The bigger point is this guy threw a bunch of crap at the wall, and when some of it stuck, people thought he was an insider.
Did you even read the date on the J. Brown post says JULY --- I say people on this forum need to learn to read perfect example on how I am right. -- Also the Blazers prolly could have had Brown for 3 and Ant but the Blazers chose Scoot over Brown. I am not saying they made the right or wrong choice but it should noted this was the rumor.
hey, if everyone else gets to make stuff up, why can't I throw some junk out there? And if Blazer fans keep giving Cronin free passes for making dumb decisions, then the Blazers will always be bad.
I don't think we have any control over the situation. It is annoying that just because Joe isn't an unapologetic pompous asshole a lot of fans give him pass after pass but it doesn't have an effect on if he continues to be GM or how he manages the team.
Sharpe and Scoot were good decisions. CJ was a good decision. Even the Clippers trade seems fine. None of the guys we sent out were worth anything of value, nor have they brought starting level production for their teams. Joe has been doing a solid job. Only negative is Josh Hart, but he wasn't going to stay, so getting a first out of him was solid.
Norman Powell averaged: 17pts 48% FG, 40% 3pt yes off the Clippers bench... but that's straight cheating to say it's not "starter level production". Let's check the player Cronin got for Norman Powell: Keon Johnson stats off the bench 4 pts, 37% FG, 34% 3pt hmmm 17 seems like a bigger number then 4
reportedly, the Clippers have been shopping him for months but can't find any takers. Maybe they aren't trying very hard. Or maybe there isn't much of a market for a 30 year old 6'3 SG with no PG skills who plays crappy defense
if i went on Twitter and sprayed this garbage, that's a fake Rumor. I'm in a Blazer chat room on a Dame trade thread, responding to the common question of what may have happened in the meeting between Lillard, his Agent & Cronin. Something caused Lillard to go public with "Miami Only". I think there's more to it then Dame being the proposed dirty rotten scoundrel. Getting shipped from one tanker to another may have set Dame off. Or... Lillard is just getting his player/GM on, and knew Miami was one of the few playoff teams with enough assets to make a halfway decent offer?
What position was Powell playing for LAC? I seriously do not know. In Portland he was a ridiculous 6'3 sf.
Why's he coming off the bench? Let me know when he's starting or he's traded for a starter straight up. He was dealt because he wasn't good enough to be here at that salary taking minutes that could be going to younger players with starting potential. Like Simons and Sharpe. I'm glad we don't have a GM who falls for the sunk cost fallacy.
Are we just gonna stay there? Is it all over? This sounds like a conclusion based on a not-yet-done tenure. Odd.
