Recent content by SharpesTriumph

I read that Billups salary was in escrow but can't find it. Yeah now I see espn article saying it's only Rozier salary in escrow. "Billups' salary is $7 million this season and won't be held in escrow -- he'll just lose it until the outcome of the FBI case, per sources."...

We travel a ton, I also ski about 20 days a year. Cruise is great in that you don't have to schedule anything, that's one of the main features! Food whenever you want it, tons to do, no organizing or booking or reservations of anything needed. Can relax if you want and just watch the sea go by...

Bahamas. Honestly I just love relaxing on the ship more than the ports. But I'll have to get off 3 days with wife/kids. Daycare on the cruise is huge for those of us with young kids.

I'm not buying this. There's a thousand NBA players/coaches that were not indicted. I don't buy they just singled out Billups for some ulterior motive. Remember the bulk of this case was built up during the Biden administration. Billups isn't even indicted in the sports betting case, only in...

Billups hired Trump's lawyers.... What if he gets a pardon?

Why do people think Spo could even be a longahot option at any price? Miami would first have to give the Blazers permission to have any discussion. With the Dame situation and Cronin still as GM I see that as likely as somewhere between a snowstorm in hell and pigs jumping over the moon.

Billups salary is in escrow, that's not a tactical mistake, it's standard practice for this type of situation. The Blazers don't have it but neither does Billups if it turns out the Blazers are eligible to get it all refunded.

The Blazers certainly can legally fire Billups today, it's not like any coach has protections or guarantee of retaining his duties. The issue is how much the Blazers have to pay him. My guess is they don't fire him until his contract is voided for morality clause violations, or Billups and the...

If you could get Markanen, AD or Sabonis without giving up picks sure I'd give them Jrue and Thybulle or whatever. Problem is those teams want picks or something. Doesn't make sense from the Blazers end unless we're contending with Dame. One of those guys with Dame isn't anywhere close to...

On a carnival cruise again, this time ripcitytwo works great, must have been that 200/month premium membership I started paying. Thanks!

NBA 82 game schedule is ridiculous. With the speed the game is played at today we're going to be finishing seasons with half the NBA injured. Should be 50-60 games a year only. Maybe even consider 40 minute games and 3 minute overtime.

Huge win. Next big game is Wednesday at home with the Spurs, Blazers win and we make the cup quarterfinals. Yeah we're missing a lot of guys with Jrue Scoot Sharpe and even Wesley all out. Spurs are missing Wemby so overall that gives us an advantage.

Starts getting ready to play games in late February, gets his conditioning ramped up in early March, gets all his rusty play out of the way in late March. So he will finally be ready for consistent big meaningful minutes in April. When does the season end?

Funny how much fans have changed from saying the Blazers were 100% committed to winning this year, either the playins or maybe even a playoff run, to now theres all this tanking talk. As one of the few west teams that controls their pick this season and a loaded 2026 draft with a weak 2027...

Disagree - he lost a lot of trust with the way he exited. Its not that he left, it was skipping practices and not working to win games while he was still the coach. Time to go in a different direction for both sides. Maybe eventually he could come back but right now is way too soon. Has nothing...