yeah, and those current players’ roles are gonna change too, at least if Billups is to be believed. For example, CJ off the ball more could actually make the offense significantly better, and less predictable, just by itself. Then you’ve got Nurk, who Chauncey thinks has been underutilized. Time will tell, but I think it’s a little wild to be using last season to predict what’s gonna happen next season, even if the core has remained untouched.
Damian, the star of our team said it himself that this team can't be fixed by just a coaching change to become a contender.
I'm curious how many people actually stay here from the east coast. For instance Martell Webster doesn't fully count in making a point.
I think he's lost some credibility for sticking with Stotts for 9 seasons. A lot of that was on him. Perhaps as much as Olshey, if not more. And while I don't think we should completely rely on Chauncey to make changes, I do think we had the talent to do MUCH better than we did last season.
as in former players? Terry Porter, Jerome Kersey, Kevin Duckworth, Terry Dischinger, Brian Grant, Steve Blake, Cliff Robinson, Shalor Halimon and Michael Harper just to name a few. Granted some of them are dead.
Josh Hart resigned with the Pelicans for 3 years/38million Who are the remaining free agents? Does anyone has a list?
based upon what? seeing what Olshey has done this summer with Dame demanding urgency, anybody who believes Olshey spent the last 5 years deferring to Dame about Stotts is loopy
Obviously Olshey does what he wants. He's traded guys that Dame loves and not batted an eye. So when I hear that narrative that Dame is responsible for CJ being here or Stotts having been here for too long I find it ridiculously naive. Dame leads his team and plays basketball. Olshey makes business decisions and puts the best team on the court that he can. Neil has been making the moves Neil wants to not that Dame wants him to. Anybody that thinks that condescending prick Olshey values Dame's opinion over his own is kidding themselves.
It's not an either or situation. Obviously Olshey bears the brunt of the responsibility. But to suggest Dame, the franchise player, didn't influence any of his decisions is downright loopy themselves.
So it comes down to CJ to Philly, Simmons to GS, Green to Portland. Philly is the one running out of options. They've backed themselves into a corner. I still think Markkanen is an option as well at PF. A lineup of Nurk, Lauri, RoCo, Norman, and Dame, with CJ as the Blazers new John Havlicek. look him up Young Fams. He was a super sub with Boston.
I actually wonder if olshey/billups are actually interested in Simmons. Seems like billups wants shooters.
We have tons of offensive weapons on this team. We really don’t have much defense outside RoCo, Nurk and Norm. Billups I’m sure would love an elite defender. And it’s not like Simmons can’t score. He just doesn’t hit jumpers.
