When have you been less excited for the start of a Blazers season?

I can't think of a season I had less excitement for than this upcoming one.

I first became a fan in 1990 when I was in the 3rd grade.

Maybe some of the John Nash years were pretty bleak, or when ZBo/Miles were our core duo - but thats about 20 years ago? Still not certain if those were worse as I might have been a tad more optimistic then at least with faith in the ownership. This season I'll follow the trade deadline with a lot of interest and then the 2025 draft - but I'm just not seeing much of interest as a Blazer fan for NBA games in the meantime.

Probably need to spend more time on other hobbies the next few years I suppose.

 

It's also not just the upcoming losing I'm not excited about - I can handle losing if there is a good long term plan. If we had traded away two or three of Grant/Ant/Ayton for some picks+youth we'd have way more losses but a much better long term outlook, as well as more youth getting minutes to give us some hope.

So the poor level of excitement is a combo from the lack of young talent on this roster, the mediocre overpaid veterans, the teams weak ownership, the lack of commitment to a top 2025 draft pick. That all translating into a bleak long term outlook beyond the immediate short term losing we will have starting in the next few months.

It's just hard for me to think of a worse time to be a Blazers fan.

 

Agreed. It's starting to feel like we may take the dumbest possible path that will get us play-in to first round and out perpetually then back to deciding if we should tank in 6 or 7 years.

 

I'm excited for year 2 of Scoot and year 3 of Sharpe. If we lost the same amount, but those guys actually played instead of getting injured last year, I'm sure people would feel differently about last year and this one. Injuries really took the fun out of rebuilding which is watching the young guys

 

looking forward to progress from the young'ns

 

More excited for this year than last

 

2023-24

And this season we can actually look forward to the draft UNLIKE THIS PAST SEASON!

 

I kind of feel what your saying but want to give Cronin and co. a chance to trade at least one of our vets for a solid to good return. The losing I can handle but watching Grant jack up shots aka taking away shots from Scoot , Sharpe and others maybe hindering the growth they could be having just slows the process down of rebuilding.

One more thing is this year is kind of a make or break year for this front office cause if this team has not made any reasonable steps into getting better then trading Dame looks even worse. The whole reasoning for trading Dame was for a new direction and if this team is in about the same spot as the day Dame was dealt then this front office failed -- EPIC fail at that.

 

I’m always excited for a new season. Can’t wait to see Scoot, Sharpe, Deni, and Clingan. If 2 or 3 of them got injured, I would have no interest.

 

Yeah I was gonna say—last year was clearly a more lackluster sell given how late in the offseason the dame trade happened.

this season you have two (semi) shiny new toys and the prospect of some deadline deals.

 

I am more excited than last year. Just please go a season injury free!!!

 

I must say I am less excited about the commentary on message boards this season than I ever have been. The team? Can't wait.
The youth movement is exciting as f***.

 

Sharpe and Scoot are the only possible bright spots - but they were both much brighter last year. Thats why I have clearly less excitement this year. Was hoping they had allstar upside last year but that doesn't look possible any longer. Now I'm just hoping they can become average starters. Without them we're be a lock as the #30th ranked team of interest in this league. With them we probably jumped all the way up to 28th or maybe 27th.

Deni and Clingan are fine but they are limited upside role players. That's not really something to be excited for when its unclear if we have a long term #1, #2, or even #3 option on this roster.

 

I am excited about the season, assuming they are not in tank mode to start the season. If they were to trade 2-3 of our top players then I would be excited about the draft, but certainly not the season. But as they stand right now they have young players I am looking forward to watching grow. And I will include Deni in that group as well since he is only 23.

 

I get very excited about the start of every season. For all the teams I root for & sports I follow.

 

The year we signed Carmelo Anthony.

 

Not sure if it's the start of the season but my least favorite was the Andre Miller trade for Raymond Felton season when Oden and Roy retired, Nate was fired and we tried to make Jamal Crawford a pt guard....worst season ever for me as a fan. The last three seasons sucked but not on the Felton meter for me. I don't hate the players on the roster over the last stretch