Bogus! We are quietly doing Philly's lame "process"

I disagree with this. It will not take us more than 10 years to get back to the .500 team we were with Dame..

 

no, that's wrong. They were bought with Nurkic and Little

 

We will likely not be as good in 10 years as we could have been with Dame.

 

How do we get Siakam and keep Scoot? And how would we have gone from garbage last year to 6 seed this year?

 

True. My point was directed at those who were eager to make a Dame trade to get where we are now.

 

Portland won 54 and 53 games with Dame. It might take longer than 10 years to hit those marks

 

Certainly not by trading Dame.

 

Two 3 seeds a WCF is not mediocre. Top 3 seed is contender status and we were 3 seed twice. Losing doesn’t mean we weren’t a contender. Every contender but one has a disappointing finish each year. I thought the WCF team was a deep well assembled team that gave Dame his best shot. Unfortunately he had a separated rib during the WCF and played like shit.

 

But those two seasons were 10 and 5 years ago.

 

Current Pistons have a bright future. Cade and Ivey are for real.

 

Don’t come back when Scoot and Sharpe are stars.

 

lol...they were "with Dame"

 

That's not the case most seasons. And it's beside the point. A .500 team this season is one spot from the play in.

A team with Dame, a good coach, and legitimate starters at every position would be a play in team or better.

 

Not exactly. We won 30+ their rookie year, 41-41, the next year, and 54-28 the third. That’s not sucking for awhile.

 

Wait it is 2024. The picks we got were 28 & 29 yes? That’s 4 and 5 years away, not 6 and 7. What am I missing?

 

and Grayson Allen who we needed from Bucks.

 

So wrong.

 

A .500 teams is FIVE games out of the playoffs this year. Who cares if it’s one spot out? If we were .500 this year, we wouldn’t have been close. We tried for half the season last year and were .500 in games Dame played.

 

The fact that you think getting Henderson and Sharpe justifies intentionally throwing games makes my point. I rest my case.

 

we were both wrong. Both picks are in 2029. I said drafts, not years. So the picks are both 6 drafts from now. But do the math: the first season for the rookies will start in 2029

2024-25
2025-26
2026-27
2027-28
2028-29
2029-30

5 seasons between now and when those rookies play their first minute. That's 410 games before they suit up. It will be 5.5 years from now before they score their first points as Blazers. And just how impactful can we realistically expect those rookies to be? Will they be good by their third seasons in 2031-32? That's 9 seasons away. How good will Sharpe be in his 3rd season? He provided 0.5 winshares this year, his 2nd season.