Recent content by goblazers

This team isn't bad enough to have a realistic shot at Simmons.

Yes, it's too early.

I'm new here, so I won't call you crazy, but you do strike me as an optimist... ;)

Life will definitely be worse in the short term. This isn't a team that's going to be the second seed, or ranked in the top 5/10 in offense and defense, at any time next year. However, it seems as if the prospect of keeping LA was just untenable. Realistically, starting over and rebuilding has...

Everyone will believe that LA is a monster because it's easier to stomach and gives the fan base hope for the future. Yea, we lost an all star and top PF, but now we're better off. Keep buying those season tickets.

Olshey had a contingency for every FA on our roster like LaMarcus wanted to be the best Blazer ever. This whole thing was a farce. They just didn't want to come out and say it. We didn't pursue Wes or Rolo. They knew it was full rebuild time.

He's still totally coming back to Portland guys! We signed all this young talent not to rebuild after losing all our high sought after (and highly paid) FAs, but to build around LA and Lillard. Yeah! /sarcasm

Obviously the Spurs would still think he's going to SA. The Lakers also felt that their presentation went "very well." I think that Pop feels another meeting is necessary to seal the deal means it's definitely a tough choice for him. It'll be interesting to see if Lillard actually gets to meet...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Connaughton

It's still contingent on something, in his case at least.

There's no way LA and his agency would be trolling all these other teams. It would be career suicide for his whole agency.

Wait, free agency started? Has anything big happened?