OLSHEY FIRED

I just don't see it. Maybe before we shop Dame we should for the first time actively shop CJ. If we can get someone back for CJ and/or cap relief then that's where we go. Don't get me wrong if it's time to blow it up then it's time to do that but CJ is the first piece to the puzzle in my opinion. Really find out what you can get for him because if you can get value back for him which Marks actually says CJ's name once in this video and he says he certainly has value but then pivots quickly to Dame because he has the most value. Once you've cashed in CJ for what you can then assess if winning big with Dame and what you'll have going forward is possible, that's when if you think it's not you tear the whole thing down.

Last season Dame was one of the top 7 guys in the league... he has an injury but he hasn't dropped off a cliff. I say in this market where we never get a superstar that loves it here like Dame does, that we ride with Dame until he wants to retire. CP3 is still going strong, Dirk won a chip in his 13th season, Kidd was the starting PG on that team and he was 38. So I do not think we trade Dame, we actually for the first time in his career attempt to surround him with players that complement his game and see what he can do with that.

I do think Marks is right that we should move RoCo and Nurk immediately for the best value we can get... maybe see if any team is interested in one of them in combination with CJ. Like Marks says those two guys still have value but this roster is a clusterfuck. So I do think we need a major rebuild it's just is it a completely new core or is it rebuilding around the best player in franchise history who has had to carry the weight of an ill conceived partnership with CJ for the majority of his career.

 

This right here. Agreed.

 

Who’s this guy Marks? I’ve been saying to trade RoCo, Nurkic and CJ…yes! And even packaging CJ with one of them to go get talent…. Geez! That’s copyright infringement right there!

 

Bobby Marks is the guy in this ESPN video that I was replying to. I'm pretty sure it's Bobby Marks.

 

Did you go back through the posts and count how many times I’ve said we need to trade Nurk?

 

Are you kidding? Dame’s uncle is in line for the next GM job! [Dame, Blevins and Uncle Joe]

 

I don't agree. Tobias Harris' deal is as bad as CJs. Trading Dame for Harris, Thybulle and Maxey is a horrible idea. Sure Maxey and Thybulle show promise but I don't see them being all stars, maybe ever. Same for Harris.

 

Any conversation about trading Dame has to recognize 2 harsh realities. The first is that no trade will produce equal value. The second is that if Dame wants to leave we need to wish him well and let him go. The first is a good reason to keep him as long as he wants to be here.

 

Like some other prominent ex-Blazers GMs, Olshey leaves us with an enduring quote for his employment tombstone.

Bob Whitsitt: "I'm not a chemistry major."
Kevin Pritchard: "Let the cake bake."

Neil Olshey: "It's not the roster."

 

I'd call that an extremely successful loss.

 

Dame doesn't want your charity.

 

Fuck Ainge

 

Because of his style of play.

 

IMO Nash did what he was hired to do. Tear down the team. It was a thankless job.

God that was depressing.

 

After Olshey's shitty off season, I kind of hope Dame made them do it.

 

He knew Ainge's name would surface, because he just surfaced it. The guy is clairvoyant.

 

I prefer "that's proprietary."

 

I consider CJ a miss because even though he may have been the right player, it was at the wrong time. Sure, take him if you think he's BPA, but once he flashed some potential, trade him for a better fit. Olshey 'missed' on CJ every year for at least the last five. And now look at his value.

 

This is the NBA. They need no investigation to fire a GM. That position is a revolving door