Exclusive 23 years of Blazers - 20 years of losses or lottery

[SharpesTriumph]

3 years we won playoff series led by our best player and against;
2019 (Dame) Beat Thunder 4-1 & Beat Nuggets 4-3 (lost to Warriors 0-4)
2016 (Dame) Beat Clippers 4-2 (lost to Warriors 1-4)
2014 (Dame) Beat Rockets 4-2 (lost to Spurs 1-4)

11 years out in the first round
2021 (Dame) Nuggets 2-4
2020 (Dame) Lakers 1-4
2018 (Dame) Pelicans 0-4
2017 (Dame) Warriors 0-4
2015 (Dame) Grizzlies 1-4
2011 (Roy) Mavs 2-4
2010 (Roy) Suns 2-4
2009 (Roy) Rockets 2-4
2003 (Sheed) Mavs 3-4
2002 (Sheed) Lakers 0-3
2001 (Sheed) Lakers 0-3

9 years we were in the lottery and picked;
2023 (Dame) Scoot
2022 (Dame) Sharp
2013 (Dame) CJ
2012 (LaMarcus) Meyers
2008 (Roy) Bayless
2007 (Roy) Oden
2006 (ZBo) LaMarcus
2005 (ZBo) Webster
2004 (ZBo) Telfair

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Dame 22 playoff wins and 40 losses
Roy 6 wins and 12 losses
Sheed 3 wins and 10 losses

Total of 31 wins and 62 losses.

 

[Whyachi]

During the draft they briefly showed the Hornets have made the playoffs only 2 times in the last 19 years.

The NBA's advanced G-league team

 

[SharpesTriumph]

During the draft they briefly showed the Hornets have made the playoffs only 2 times in the last 19 years.

The NBA's advanced G-league team

Yeah the Hornets made a lot of stupid decisions for decades now.

It seems like more of the well run franchises that have gone to the lottery are able to build talent and get out in 3-6 years. Sometimes with only a middling team, but sometimes eventually with a contender.

If you could have a few years of being as bad as the Hornets but then get a coin flip of ending up with a contender - vs being stuck making the playoffs but losing the whole time - what would you want?

There are many fans that strongly want one or the other - its more of a personal choice and doesn't have a right or wrong answer.

I guess if I was set to go to games every year I might prefer something different.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

3 years we won playoff series led by our best player and against;
2019 (Dame) Beat Thunder 4-1 & Beat Nuggets 4-3 (lost to Warriors 0-4)
2016 (Dame) Beat Clippers 4-2 (lost to Warriors 1-4)
2014 (Dame) Beat Rockets 4-2 (lost to Spurs 1-4)

11 years out in the first round
2021 (Dame) Nuggets 2-4
2020 (Dame) Lakers 1-4
2018 (Dame) Pelicans 0-4
2017 (Dame) Warriors 0-4
2015 (Dame) Grizzlies 1-4
2011 (Roy) Mavs 2-4
2010 (Roy) Suns 2-4
2009 (Roy) Rockets 2-4
2003 (Sheed) Mavs 3-4
2002 (Sheed) Lakers 0-3
2001 (Sheed) Lakers 0-3

9 years we were in the lottery and picked;
2023 (Dame) Scoot
2022 (Dame) Sharp
2013 (Dame) CJ
2012 (LaMarcus) Meyers
2008 (Roy) Bayless
2007 (Roy) Oden
2006 (ZBo) LaMarcus
2005 (ZBo) Webster
2004 (ZBo) Telfair

With the exception of 2014 look at the rosters that Lillard drug on his back to the playoffs. Some of those teams were a fucking joke and I honestly believe Olshey constructed them to tank.

 

[bemac]

It sounds like it's time to allow Joe Cronin to build a contender and enjoy the ride

 

[Natebishop3]

With the exception of 2014 look at the rosters that Lillard drug on his back to the playoffs. Some of those teams were a fucking joke and I honestly believe Olshey constructed them to tank.

He 100% constructed that 2016 team to tank. He was planning on getting another lottery pick that year and Dame had other ideas.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

He 100% constructed that 2016 team to tank. He was planning on getting another lottery pick that year and Dame had other ideas.

But it's Lillard's fault we lost to the Warriors 1-4.

 

[Natebishop3]

But it's Lillard's fault we lost to the Warriors 1-4.

He's a generational talent. We should never lose.