How to get their attention?

That's not correct at all. Stauskas effectively replaced Pat Connaughton. Ed's replacement is still to come.

 

Good thing we now have career 38.6% shooter Nik "the Brik" Stauskas to help us with that.

 

Nah, Layman effectively replaced Connaughton, since both of their roster spots were up for grabs yesterday and we elected to keep Layman.

And FWIW the pecking order here basically goes Davis>>Napier>Connaughton>Stauskas>Layman. We somehow have the worst two of the bunch.

 

I don’t think a hundred pissed off fans not buying T-shirt’s or season tickets makes a difference. I think an organized, Pioneer Square rally with hundreds of people would be more productive because it would be public. Cancel tickets or don’t buy a hat and nobody knows.

 

40.0% from 3, which is where we'll have him shoot.

 

Stopping traffic downtown won't do shit.....money talks...empty attendance is way more effective if that's what folks want to do....that's how front office guys lose their jobs...not from a rally in Portland..my point...if you protest the franchise...do it with your pocketbook ...and your time.

 

Good luck with that. He pretty clearly makes his teams worse when he's actually playing.

 

If he was a proven commodity, he'd be much more expensive than a league minimum salary.

 

He might fall for that if you told him it was a valet service.

 

Drive a truck into his swimming pool.... They tried it with ET, but he's still here....

 

True. I imagine the same could be said for any baller down at the local YMCA, also.

 

He's also had 6 years to work on that 'plan'.

 

It's a gamble, and not one I would have made, either. Personally, I like Trent better than Stauskas, and we already have Trent. Shrug. Regardless, a vet min guy can't, by definition, be THAT BAD.

 

Without Ed, the Blazers most likely aren't even in the playoffs to begin with.

It could easily be argued that he was our 3 or 4th most important player last season

 

Ideally yes, an empty Moda center. Or half full. This is Portland and that isn’t going to happen. But if people want to shine a light on their frustration you need a way to bring attention to it immediately. I of course would not do this but it sure seems like a lot of people are inconsolable right now with the loss of Ed Davis.

 

It's also pretty bad optics when it's your very first move of the summer and you just lost an objectively better player in Davis.

I seriously can't imagine Stauskas having any suitors right now and the fact that he's even getting a minimum guaranteed contract for next year is a surprise. If we were so intrigued by Stauskas then we likely could have just waited until the end of summer after the smoke has cleared and given him a training camp deal to let him battle it out with the guys who we literally just drafted to do the same thing.

 

Maybe the trade itself wasn't very good, but getting rid of Batum was the right move then, and it's STILL the right move.

The guy is getting paid $24 million this season to average 11.6 ppg, 5.5 assists, and 4.8 rebounds. He had a 14.4 PER last season for pete's sake.

Hell, the guy is making max money and he has never had a PER above 17.3 in his career.

 

You and i see the batum trade very differently. I see it as a huge whiff, basically traded him for nothing seeing as Henderson is out of the league and vonleh is on his way there.

Neil has yet to make a meaningful move since we lost la. It’s been so internal growth this and young team that. This team has a low ceiling and keeping status quoe is no longer a vialable strategy.

 

I think there is a slight chance Henderson gets a few more years in the league if he can prove his hip is good, but I agree with you.

 

It was a rushed decision to try and apease LMA before he hit FA.