Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #23 - BLAZERS VS JAZZ - DEC 6, 2024 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM - CHARGE - BLAZERVISION

[UKRAINEFAN]

Murray was the only player who had a decent night.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Damn, tanking sucks.

It's not the tanking that sucks. It's the vets making 90 million - hogging all the shots and giving crap effort

 

[illmatic99]

how does this happen? what they they practice the past two days?

worst team in the conference missing their only real above avg talent and get destroyed by 40 at home.

 

[MickZagger]

What happened to Camara?

 

[AldoTrapani]

You know what’s funny…. Or maybe not…… I have MULTIPLE examples and stories I could share that blows this opinion out of the water…..just not worth my time. Just know that this kid is as dedicated to getting better than almost any player I’ve been around on this team.

I doubt it big bro. Look at the way he acts. No dog in him. Go demand the ball, go want that shit.

 

[wizenheimer]

for a head coach: a game like this one is a fire-able offense
for a GM: trading the franchise player for a player like Ayton is a fire-able offense

42 point loss, at home, to the team with the 2nd worst record in the league who was missing their best player and their 6th man. Yeah, that's a dumpster fire

 

[e_blazer]

It's not the tanking that sucks. It's the vets making 90 million - hogging all the shots and giving crap effort

All part of the same mess…a team that knows it’s not supposed to win. With or without the vets, this team is going to lose a lot of games. Without Clingan and Camara, there’s not much fight when things aren’t going well.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

how does this happen? what they they practice the past two days?

worst team in the conference missing their only real above avg talent and get destroyed by 40 at home.

Yeah this loss is as perplexing as that Memphis loss where some 5'7" PG was the highlight.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

for a head coach: a game like this one is a fire-able offense
for a GM: trading the franchise player for a player like Ayton is a fire-able offense

42 point loss, at home, to the team with the 2nd worst record in the league who was missing their best player and their 6th man. Yeah, that's a dumpster fire

Wonder what Billups says after this one. He already had his message after the Memphis loss. It's fine if the coach gives a pep talk like that a few times a season. But no, it can't be every other week.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

How the FUCK do you lose to the Jazz a team worse then you and even banged up like the Blazers are have more talent then the Jazz ? I do not care if the Blazers are tanking but I want Billups FIRED and a couple players traded by the AS break or sooner would be better. Cronin please call Jody and tell her it's worth it to fire him NOW and then hand the reins to someone who is on the bench cause they cannot do any worse then Billups. Hell they could run a contest and pick a fan out of the stands at every home game and that person would be just as good.

 

[Chris Craig]

What happened to Camara?

Injured his foot

 

[Chris Craig]

Wonder what Billups says after this one. He already had his message after the Memphis loss. It's fine if the coach gives a pep talk like that a few times a season. But no, it can't be every other week.

Bunch of excuses

 

[Chris Craig]

Chauncey should be fired.

These guys make millions and they aren't even going to show up? A middle finger to fans at the Moda.

 

[Chris Craig]

They trying to sell tickets after that..ha

 

[beast blazer]

At least we only have 1 more year, max, of Simons and Ayton.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I doubt it big bro. Look at the way he acts. No dog in him. Go demand the ball, go want that shit.

I gotta agree with Aldo for once. Show some fight getting through a screen. Be persistent staying with your guy on defense,

 

[beast blazer]

Billups has to be setting...obliterating some kind of record for tenure while having a losing record. Coaches usually don't survive 2 losing seasons in a row, and Billups is working on his 4th

 

[TheGoldRanger]

HTF did the Blazers get absolutely demolished by the Jazz at their home court? Ayton was absolute trash… Also, it looks like Sharpe has been going through a slump lately and needs to figure things out.

 

[wizenheimer]

At least we only have 1 more year, max, of Simons and Ayton.

that's assuming that Cronin doesn't want to re-sign them. He very well might

 

[wizenheimer]

Billups has to be setting...obliterating some kind of record for tenure while having a losing record. Coaches usually don't survive 2 losing seasons in a row, and Billups is working on his 4th

89-180 (.330)

 

[beast blazer]

that's assuming that Cronin doesn't want to re-sign them. He very well might

Blazer fans would take over Blazer headquarters. I bet he ends up trading them next year for expirings and some really low draft capital. Like 2nd round picks or swaps.

 

[wizenheimer]

Blazer fans would take over Blazer headquarters. I bet he ends up trading them next year for expirings and some really low draft capital. Like 2nd round picks or swaps.

I'd trade Simons and Ayton for expirings right now and attach a 2nd round pick to either just to get rid of them.

 

[beast blazer]

89-180 (.330)

I scrolled through a list "the worst coaches in nba history", and the only comparable tenure I found was Tim Floyd. But Chauncy already has him beat, as Floyd only lasted 2 full seasons.

I found a few coaches that had 3 bad seasons in a row...but not 4. (of course they might fire Billups mid-season, but I'd be surprised)

 

[blazerfan11]

wizenheimer said: ↑
that's assuming that Cronin doesn't want to re-sign them. He very well might

Blazer fans would take over Blazer headquarters. I bet he ends up trading them next year for expirings and some really low draft capital. Like 2nd round picks or swaps.

 

[AYTON SUCKS]

Ayton's minutes in the second half: 2. While all the other starters were in, they had Duop Reath over 30+ million dollar Deandre Ayton.

 

[AYTON SUCKS]

Blazers gonna beat some ass tonight!

Hehe

 

[SwissBlazer]

You seem to forget every night…..what the mission is. You just don’t seem to get it. #Showcasing

Other GM should know who they are. The extra 5 or 6 minutes every night won’t change anything in the value. Or worsen it maybe

 

[maxiep]

It's sad to see a team quit. It's not an issue of talent (especially compared to the Jazz), but effort and intensity. The Jazz were missing more pieces than we were.

I hate to say it, but Chauncey appears to have lost the team. You can really see it with Ant and Ayton.

 

[maxiep]

What I also think is killing us is Jody is an interim owner. She's not going to improve the team before she sells it. She can't make any long term moves without risking the value of the team.

 

[MickZagger]

What I also think is killing us is Jody is an interim owner. She's not going to improve the team before she sells it. She can't make any long term moves without risking the value of the team.

Then get rid of the vets!

This is on Cronin more than anybody else. You don’t claim rebuild and then continue to hold onto veterans that are highly paid and trot them out there at the expense of the youth.

This whole two timeline rebuild is a joke. In a draft like this, you suck and you suck hard and let the chips fall where they may.