The Portland Trail Blazers 2017 Exit Interview (The Ringer)

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  1. trailblazer18

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    trailblazer18, Apr 25, 2017
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    Very good article. Agree with keeping all of the picks. Also, I pointed this out in another thread:
     
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    Didn't the Blazers (small sample size; "easy" schedule) have a top 10 defensive rating during the Nurkic pre-injury run?
     
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    "There’s also some logic to packaging one of the picks with Meyers Leonard to dump his salary, but that wouldn’t even get them under the cap. "

    Cutting the three he mentioned and making this tread would get us under the LT, though we'd need to make more room for the 2 remaining picks.
     
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    It was also an incrdibly soft schedule, with just a couple of really good opponents. I'm not sure I'd read too much into it (good or bad).
     
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    Our lack of any kind of interior presence in this series made Javalle McGee look like a future HOF'er.
     
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    We were missing our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd string centers. We played our 4th string center who is injured and who sucks for a little bit, and then went with a PF and some SFs at C. I wouldn't read too much into JM's play.
     
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    Meyers looks like he's gonna break down.
     
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    Painful. Sounds like he's been prepped to be traded.
     
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    Meyers basically said that the Blazers don't support him enough. He is practically crying.
     
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    "I work well with confidence, and I don't feel like it's been reciprocated."

    Is he calling out the coaches/players/management for not believing in him?
     
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    Is this before or after they meet with Terry/Neil?
     
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    Holy shit Meyers is just excuse after excuse.

    Did he just blame the fans for not playing well?
     
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    One can hope.
    I think Meyers can be a semi-decent backup player in this league. It just will not happen here. He needs a fresh start.
     
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