I can't disagree with anything you said. Except, I don't ever want to see Dame were another team's jersey. The best Blazer ever should retire a Blazer.
That's fair... I can't tell anyone else what to value from the Blazers. We just don't want the same things here.
This is actually a very good point I never considered. A part of the appeal of a long rebuild to me is a young player that we would draft in the next 5+ years, that would have their peak 5-10 years later, and a contending window for the team of possibly 10+ years from now. It's not the sole hope or sole potential benefit of a rebuild, but yes it's a positive piece of it. If I was looking at being in my mid 80s at that time it might steer me to want a shorter horizon.
I'm fine with the Blazers keeping Lillard until he retires. But they shouldn't trade away youth or picks unless the result is an immediate roster that's a contender. I don't believe those moves are possible with where the current roster talent is at; but would love to be proven wrong on this last point. I'm fearful I'll instead be wrong on the first.
Disagree, Stotts had his flaws but he accomplished a lot with many shit rosters. He coached every Blazers playoff series win since Mike Dunleavey 23 years ago. Great guy and happy to have him associated with the franchise.
The Reggie Miller approach with Dame would be fine. Just dont throw a melee in his last season. Or do.
Somewhere along the line Terry Stotts must have pissed long and hard into your Cheerios......or refused your offer of a reach around? I'd suggest counseling, but then Terry has been out of the picture for two years now.......
Same, but to me it certainly seemed like he was laying the groundwork for it. Watch his exit interview and come up with your own conclusion. I pray I’m wrong!
I think it's pretty obvious we need a big upgrade on the wing, and an upgrade at C, as well as an actual bench. Started trying to find realistic targets at C. It's kind of rough. There's a handful of upgrades where, there's just very little shot to no shot in hell their team trades them here. Jokic, Jaren Jackson, Sabonis, Kessler, Bam, Jarret Allen. There's the really really unlikely, but he's gonna get all of the attention, because what if Harden leaves in Embiid. I think the tough part with an Embiid trade is it likely takes every asset you have, with no other real avenue for improvement. I suppose at this point, you start asking what sort of a C fits best with our scheme, or in general? There's the lateral moves, argue in either direction who is better, in Valanciunas, Steven Adams(How is this guy not even 30 yet?!), Vucevic, Wendell Carter Jr., Ayton, maybe a few others in that group. I doubt many are available, but leaves guys like Mitchell Robinson, myles Turner, Nic Claxton, Clint Capela, Nick Richards. I prefer someone in this category, paid less, and having C by committee, but that doesn't really inspire "going for it", and doesn't give a sense of improvement, at least on paper. I suppose if the Lakers flame out of the play in, you can try to make a big play for Davis. Simons, Nurk and the lotto pick. KAT's defense would keep us right where we currently are, needing to score 140 to win games on most nights. I dunno, rambling on I suppose. Was trying to dive in to C upgrades and got depressed looking at the options.
