Zombie Damian Lillard to request trade in coming days (nope, he's not.)

If the Nets and Lakers stay healthy I don't see any other teams in the league contending for the finals...they are just too stacked...who you going to leave open? To beat either of those teams in the playoffs would be a major upset..be great to see but I would be happy with the new coach and roster getting deeper in the playoffs...if those two teams have injuries....different story altogether...see how we are 20 games in before I'll see us as a threat to win it all. I'm not going into the season with unreasonable expectations but if they surprise me...awesome

 

If he was including himself or not he said a coaching change would not be enough to make this a championship roster. Him including himself shouldn't give anyone any solace... it might be why he in his own words isn't sure where his future will be. Seriously stop cherry picking snippets of sentences to try and make your point. Use the context of the entirety of this off season and realize that the Dame situation is not resolved and nothing has been done to resolve it in regards to the roster, which hopefully continues to include him.

 

seriously, find some logic in the fear fueled speculation you're posting about the guy...he's not supporting your fears...nothing to do with my formed opinion...I've heard and read the same interviews you have...y'all are trippin'..you're welcome to it but my opinion is valid about Dame's mindset and process ...he's been clear..fans and media have not been clear about this at all...you can hold your breath as long as you like...I'm exhaling...Dame's not upset with the Blazers...some folks here have never NOT been upset with the Blazers...simple

 

fair enough. But then in the last nine years how many gms made moves thst were good enough? Gsw, miami, cleveland, phoenix and milwaukee?

Im not an NO supporter per say but i do not think he has been the disaster some claim.
He couldn't control injuries or player that didnt recover from injuries.
Some people make statements insinuating he has done nothing and thats simply not true.

Whether he has done enough or not is totally debatable but to say he hasnt tried to me is a load of crap.

i will say this though. The lack of current options is on him and only him.

 

Westbrook. The Blazers did that against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs a couple years ago and Westbrook obligingly bricked perimeter shot after perimeter shot.

 

He isn't terrible. He has made decent moves. A lot of bad moves though.

He would be serviceable for a big market team. He is not the choice for a small market team. Small market teams generally will need a top 5 gm to compete.

 

not sure lbj will allow that. Westbrick isnt the alpha on this team like he was in okc.
Plus he never had an ad.

i hope im wrong but i think brick comes out with a different style that fits better and they could be a really unstoppable force… for a out 49 games.

 

I think they'll be very good in the regular season and fall short in the playoffs. We'll see.

 

i can agree with that. Soooo little margin for error in our market. I also think that's why he may be hesitant to pull the trigger on cj. If it goes wrong he is completely screwed. Currently at least he is a winning team percentage wise. So he is playing that safe.
Not saying that i agree with it. Just that i think its part of his decision making.

 

exactly. Hence my “about 49 games”.

 

No he's likely the third guy in the pecking order behind LeBron and AD. When he was second to KD he was a lot better and played much smarter basketball. It will be interesting to see how that team shakes out. Westbrook, Bazemore, Ariza, LeBron and AD would be a killer lineup. Westbrook, Bazemore, LeBron, AD and Gasol is a scary big lineup. They also only have 12 players under contract with two more training camp players and two 2way guys. They could dump both training camp guys and pick up Wes and a guy like Patrick Patterson.

 

is that a fact?

 

This will make me happy if he becomes mr endgame over Lebron and AD.....somehow I think Lebron has different ideas about how that plays out

 

Nobody has ever defended Olshey really around here...but there is a group that have hated the Blazers and everything they've done for 9 years ..I don't give a shit about the guy really...he's a suit and if he blows it he's gone...I won't grieve for the guy....in the meantime...there's really nothing to be pissed off over at this point..we're in transition again.

 

the facts are he's done things I like and things I don't...just like every GM would ...I'm pro Blazers...don't believe in negative projections period..not why I'm a fan. Jody Allen is why he has his job...she's the one you hate apparently..he's already said his own feet are held to the fire now...he either does a decent job and got the right coach or not...we'll see..these are the facts of a balanced life. I like Greg Brown...like Zeller off the bench..love the Norm contract...Snell and McLemore are meh....work in progress...I don't think we're done at all until the trade deadline passes

 

No one in here that's regularly posting hates the Blazers. The Blazers are the favorite team of almost everyone who posts on this forum. If you're saying that for the last 9 years people in here have hated the moves that have been made I think that's even a stretch. I think since the summer of 2015 the front office has made mistake after mistake and it's drawn the ire of a lot of people that love this team. I don't see how anyone could be happy with what this team has done over the last 6 years. I don't know how anyone can listen to Olshey take zero responsibility and completely throw Stotts under the bus and be cool with Neil still being the GM.

Like I've said, I'm still holding out hope that the reason why Neil hasn't talked to the media about the off season yet is because he's got a blockbuster in the works but that hope isn't the most logical thing given his history but unlikely things happen all of the time.

 

oh. I was referring to the comical part.

i think we all know the facts on paper.