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SharpesTriumph

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After 23 games the Blazers will be under .500

Not the start to the season many fans hoped for.

Is it time to blow up this team and rebuild?
 
Yes, some of us have been saying that for a while, perhaps its Rerun and mediocrity tolerance that determines when one is ready to blow it up
 
HailBlazers said:
Only if Aldo says so, let us know if he does
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Told you. Ya don’t listen tho. Been telling ya for a few years now. But noooo let’s keep running it back. Let me continue to sip my tea and read this thread
 
Time to fire Olshey for sure but if I had my choice it would be time to put everything we can into getting Dame a second star to play with while keeping around enough role players to start winning more games. If that's not realistic then yeah I guess I'd blow it up.

I would trade Dame to NOLA for Ingram, Hayes and the three Lakers first rounders they have. I would then send two of those Lakers first rounders, CJ and RoCo to Philly for Simmons, Reed and Joe. Then I'd just put Nurk on the block and get whatever young player or picks and expiring contracts I could for him.

I honestly think we could get most of that done by the trade deadline and have Ant, Norm, Ingram, Simmons and Hayes starting for us for the rest of the season with Nas, Larry and DSJ getting the bulk of our bench minutes. That team would probably make the playoffs and it's young enough to get better in years to come.
 
The entire Blazer organization, top to bottom, is a dumpster fire.

You've got an owner who never wanted to be an NBA Owner, she inherited the team as part of a billionaire's vast array of holdings. She has no passion for the team. She just lets the people who her brother trusted run the team while she sorts out what she wants to keep and what she wants to sell. The Vulcans have never cared about basketball, only the bottom line.

You've got a GM who has made otherwise fire-able decisions attempting to build a team around a superstar, all while trying to peer through the vast smoke (but no fire yet) of impropriety during his tenure.

You've got a CEO who suddenly left his job with no prior indication that he was unhappy or tired of his job. The timing seems suspicious.

You've got a brand new coach with zero NBA coaching experience, taking command of a completely broken roster with players who don't compliment each other or duplicate skills, and expected to compete in a stacked conference.

You've got a superstar playing through injury in a vain attempt to keep his team relevant, although the team dysfunction is partially his own fault due to misplaced loyalty to players and coaches he's liked and felt comfortable with over the years, sticking up for them despite on-court failures and deficiencies that even a non-basketball mind could spot a mile away.

And us fans are caught in purgatory until either Jody Allen sells the team, the team's non-competitiveness tanks ticket sales, or Lillard and/or other prominent players demand trades. Nothing short of an entire organizational reboot is needed, and you can bet your ass that the Vulcans would rather sell the team than risk another mid-2000s cash hemorrhage.

Dark days ahead.
 
I thought Oprah was buying the team.

We are actually less fun to watch than last year. I love Dame but he might be out of the new timeline, I think if The Godfather package is out there you take it. Fuck CJ.
 
wizenheimer said:
I'm close to not caring about this team as is. If Dame is traded by Olshey I'm done
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If Olshit and CJ stay, I'm done. I have reached the point that getting rid of those 2 is a higher priority than keeping Dame. Jody may be disconnected, even clueless, but if Dame wanted Olshit gone, he would be gone.
 
I don't trust Olshey to strip this team for parts and rebuild. So long he is GM, I'd rather see retooling. There should also be a "major shake-up of starters" trade ought to happen before moving on from the Dame era. (We know that isn't going to happen). So we'll get to "blow it up" sooner than later, and the steps up to that point are going to be painful, and obvious, but hopefully canning the GM is one of them.
 
Being a Blazers fan and wanting success requires thinking in terms of, shall we say, "geological" time scales. Rest Dame. Period. Get him to 110% and ready for 2022-23 (painful to even type that). This season is OVER. It's over Johnny. Let Nurk and Roco walk, trade CJ for a dependable piece and a pick/expirings at the deadline.
 
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Cugel said:
Being a Blazers fan and wanting success requires thinking in terms of, shall we say, "geological" time scales. Rest Dame. Period. Get him to 110% and ready for 2022-23 (painful to even type that). This season is OVER. It's over Johnny. Let Nurk and Roco walk, trade CJ for a dependable piece and a pick/expirings at the deadline.
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why let Nurk and Roco walk? probably could get some value for them for teams contending this year, especially Nurk.
 
How about doing what they should’ve done years ago and trading McCollum first? And then see how they play with an actual balanced roster. I don’t even care about what we get back, I just want him gone now. And if Olshey won’t do it, find someone that will.

Seriously, imagine a lineup of Dame, Powell, Nas, Nance, and Nurk. Idk about any of you, but I would want to watch that team and I think they would win a lot more consistently.
 
Scalma said:
How about doing what they should’ve done years ago and trading McCollum first? And then see how they play with an actual balanced roster. I don’t even care about what we get back, I just want him gone now. And if Olshey won’t do it, find someone that will.

Seriously, imagine a lineup of Dame, Powell, Nas, Nance, and Nurk. Idk about any of you, but I would want to watch that team and I think they would win a lot more consistently.
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Maybe? If Nurk decided to buy in and play every game.
 
Scalma said:
Nurk leads Portland in every advanced stat. #1 in win shares/48. #1 in PER. #1 in BPM. #1 in DPM. #1 in VORP. He’s the only one that rebounds. He’s an elite screen setter. He’s underpaid. He’s the least of this teams problems.
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Sure. I don’t agree at all but I can respect your stats and opinion.
 
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