The great thing about this article is you can recycle it next year with a couple of name changes. When does the NHL or MLB in Portland start again?
Whenever Portland gets one I’m sure you’ll be there ready to enlighten everyone with your shards of wisdom.
What I wish is that no one would say a word about ML and all the talking his game would do on the court. I feel like every year someone’s talking him up and then he either doesnt live up to it or doesnt play. I actually thought in his small sample size last year he looked better but if he doesnt play it doesnt really matter.
I dont want to derail the thread on my ML stuff too much as that wasnt the point of his article. I am at the point with ML where its like whatever he has to do to be a positive for the team is fine.
I don't recall anybody talking him up last year. I think most had given up on him. Then, he teases us with some small sample size success, and now we're right back to hoping this will finally be the year! He kind of did the same thing back in 2014-15 when he had his small sample size 50/40/90 season. Such a tease! BNM
Chris did devote a paragraph to Meyers in his article. So I think talking about him here is appropriate. I think Meyer's saving grace is he's never caused problems off the court, nor complained about his role or his playing time. He's been a good, if ineffective, soldier. Last year, he was penciled in as our 3rd string center from the get go and didn't figure to get many minutes. So, most people lost interest. This year, with Ed gone and a shortage of big bodies up front, Meyers has a chance to play more. So, there is increased interest, both from his teammates and the forum members. BNM
They should have Media Day before the playoffs instead of the regular season, because the regular season is useless for the Blazers.
They should have it before the summer league - the one where we have a chance to win it all, BITCHES! BNM
1) I do, every year. 2) No, he never does. 1) Abandoning your statistical approach for wishful thinking? 2) No, there is no increased interest.
Best post in the thread. Let's return to the theme of Chris' article, by summarizing the circular process we see year after year. Trade equivalents Midseason Noah Vonleh for Wade Baldwin IV and Georgios Papagiannis Off-season Big Man Ed Davis and Georgios Papagiannis for nothing Wing Pat Connaughton for Nik Stauskas and Gary Trent Jr. Playmaker Shabazz Napier for Seth Curry and Anfernee Simons We replaced our 4th-best player in Davis with one of our worst in Collins (check the stats if you don't believe me). This makes us much weaker at Big Man, which was already our weak position. We held even at guard, but that was already our strength. Olshey has always wanted a guard-dominated team, mediocre up front. He seemed relieved when Aldridge left. Olshey spins his wheels year after year. His flurry of guard activity was unneeded showboating. If he lacks the talent to trade for Big Men, he shouldn't shove away his Ed Davises.
Perhaps you forgot he traded for all of Robin Lopez, Mason Plumlee and Jusuf Nurkic. Our last three starting centers were all acquired via trade. But, I think there is one thing we can agree on... You should definitely shove away any, and all, PapaGs. They are worthless and cause nothing but trouble. You're better off without them. BNM
Your usual cherry-picking on PapaG; I didn't say he was shoved off anyway. As for the rest, I was reviewing the last 12 months. If you want to review the whole 8 years or centuries or however long Olshey feels like he's been here, you showed how slim the historical pickings are. To return to the thread title, yesterday was monotonous because of the inaction of one man.
Olshey is entering his 7th season as POR GM, and for the 6th season in a row, our starting center will be a player Olshey acquired via trade. How is that historically "slim pickings'? For the record, so far, every season we've had a Olshey acquired starting center, the team has made the playoffs. The last time the team missed the playoffs and has a losing record was also the last tie we had a non-Olshey acquired starting center. Olshey has his faults, but when it comes for trading for big men, he's done well. He easily "won" the Lopez, Plumlee and Nurkic trades. Do you disagree? BNM
Olshey is actually entering his 7th season as GM not 8th. He started in 2012. This was his 7th off season.
