All superstars are now in the Western Conference, no reason to continue this basketball purgatory any longer. Let Nurkic go, trade Lillard and McCollum for as many picks as possible or young prospects, let Turner, Leonard and the other bad contracts expire and set the 2021/22 season as the season to start winning games. There's literally no other direction better than this for this franchise, we should follow Philly's path, even if it will be rough in the first months/years.
Honestly, I'm starting to come around to this. Build around Collins/Simons/Nurk (maybe?). Get some young players or picks. I'd go to Phoenix and Philly. Build for 3-4 years from now.
I'd rather have Dame here his whole career and not won it than to win one without him. We can rebuild later.
Root for the franchise we trade Lillard to then, you are clearly not a Blazers fan if you prepend Lillard's career to Blazers success.
Do you really think Dame is gonna stay here when his contract is up if we are exactly the same team in 3 years that we are today?
You have a shitty way of showing it. I've never seen you in here supporting the team. You're only here to whine and complain. You're not fooling anyone. Is 2014 when you were born?
Do you support your wife jumping off a bridge? That's the same, supporting this losing project is not a good thing if you are a Blazers fan, you should want the best for your wife/team. How much more evidence do you guys need, we're the worst team in the NBA project wise along with the Hornets.
Yes because supporting your favorite team is the same as supporting suicide. That shows what kind of "fan" you are. If you love something/someone, you support them through thick and thin. Actually, I think 2014 is a little early... a 4-year old could come up with a better anology than that.
Dame gives everything he has to this franchise and I’d like to think Portland would show him a level of loyalty other franchises don’t show. Until the day he decides he’s just like Durant and the rest, I’m sticking with him. He has already said he’s loyal to us over ring hunting which is enough for me. I’m not giving up on him for 5+ years of failure and sabotage for success that isn’t guaranteed whatsoever. We could end up in the same position with a franchise player who is worse, and a supporting cast who is hopeless. No thanks.
The Blazers brass is frustrating, in that they wont commit to a direction. The words from their mouths say they want to commit to, and support CJ & Dame with veterans to make a push for winning it all. Yet their draft picks project of a group who is committed to a rebuild - yet they refuse to trade one or both of their guards to facilitate a rebuild done properly. They also commit to a coach that has proven incapable in the playoffs. They could have brought in some fully finished, developed vets to make the best run possible at future post-seasons (not that it would help). Now that you have used your assets (draft picks) on young prospects - it's time to do the rebuild properly. This half-half(assed) / retool approach is what got us here in the first place after LMA left. BLOW IT UP & DO THE REBUILD PROPERLY!!
Dame is in a difficult position now. He's an All-NBA player but at the same time he's not so far ahead of other point guards to be considered by another contender like Houston or Golden State and I doubt he'd go to Lakers. He really doesn't have that many opportunities to move and get himself in a better situation. Maybe go to one of the younger teams and grow with them but even then, Boston and Philadelphia don't need him, Phoenix don't have the assets to get him... CJ would actually find it easier to get on a contender right now.
First of all, it appears some fans learned nothing from the whole LMA situation. In this era, you have to choose between loyalty to the team and the individual players. I don't like it, but there is nothing we can do about it. Second, the Blazers have no realistic chance to compete for the duration of Dame's and CJ's current contracts. When they leave, the team will have no choice other than to rebuild, so why not start now? I have heard every argument against tanking. The pro-tanking argument is very simple: a small market team has no other realistic option. One final observation: the salary cap/FA system is a sick joke. The Blazers can't afford $4million a year for Ed Davis - but the Warriors can sign KD with no problem? When the system has the integrity of pro-wrasslin', you have to choose between being a victim or getting down-and-dirty with everybody else.
Yes, because when they signed KD they did not have their cap loaded by average talent like we have. We could have paid Ed $4million a year, we just chose not to.
