Are the Blazers Boring?

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I dont mean specifically on the court, but the specific state this franchise finds itself in? A team with dwindling hope on the court and a murky future at best with no signs of any trade due to the state of the roster? Add in that Portland isnt a "destination" franchise so cant even get excited about FA but the team is still just good enough to not be a lottery team.

Havent felt like this since the post jail blazer years.

 

[THE HCP]

You haven't watched any games this season FAMS?

 

[calvin natt]

They are absolutely boring. Unless waiting for a Lillard hot streak is appealing there isn’t anything else exciting about this team. They aren’t fun to watch. It just doesn’t have that feel like previous years, like you are pulling for guys, the team is up and cheering each other on, nobody seems happy. Realize it’s a new staff and new players but it’s like a bunch of strangers out there. Hard to be a fan.

 

[handiman]

I dont mean specifically on the court, but the specific state this franchise finds itself in? A team with dwindling hope on the court and a murky future at best with no signs of any trade due to the state of the roster?

The team reflects the city. I've said for years, the city is the problem as far as the team not being a destination. The two parallel each other in many ways and have gotten significantly worse in conjunction.

 

[riverman]

I nodded out just reading the thread title!

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

They're so boring I'm reading what you knuckleheads type instead of watching the games.

 

[Labinot41]

very boring. I can’t even watch anymore

 

[TBpup]

The only excitement is to see if Little and Simons might grow into a starter. The rest is so predictably played out is sad.

 

[BigGameDamian]

You haven't watched any games this season FAMS?

I know you just like watching basketball but you think the Blazers season is exciting?

 

[mook]

I used to watch, waiting for Dame to click.
Then I'd watch, wondering if Nurk, Roco and Nance were going to put it together.
Then I'd watch wondering if this was finally CJ's last game before The Trade.
Then I'd watch wondering if Little and Simons were going to emerge as young studs with all this opportunity being handed them.
Now I just don't watch.

Maybe I'll glance at the box score and see what the thread titles are here. This was the only one I clicked on, because it was the only one that spoke to me.

I'd probably have to go back to the pre-Brandon Roy era to when I felt more apathetic about this team. There's just nothing going on here.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I dont mean specifically on the court, but the specific state this franchise finds itself in? A team with dwindling hope on the court and a murky future at best with no signs of any trade due to the state of the roster? Add in that Portland isnt a "destination" franchise so cant even get excited about FA but the team is still just good enough to not be a lottery team.

Havent felt like this since the post jail blazer years.

Yes. But not because of trades or anything... trades can happen. We can get better. They're boring because ownership sucks. We fired a guy who lived and breathed Blazer history, and who really worshipped our best ever coach. And replaced him with a first year coach with almost no experience.

NY has Tom Thibodeau and the 22nd best defense in the league. Your coach can't play defense for you.

Dame is great. And our ownership has abused his greatness by using it as an excuse to tread water.

This has been a rudderless ship. That's why it's boring.

 

[wizenheimer]

that's what 9.3 years of Olshey will do....he single-handedly killed blazermania and left it in a ditch

having absentee landlords that don't care about contending doesn't help either

and it's going to get worse....Dame is playing well again....players will come back....and Portland will start hurting their lottery chances by winning some game (they should lose if they were managed well). I said before that it would be so typical Blazer to put together enough wins to get 8th seed, lose their draft pick, then get swept in the 1st round. That seems like a real possibility and that would be the optimum bore

 

[Natebishop3]

They've been boring for years. It's really just been Dame getting hot and carrying the team on his back to keep things interesting over the years.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I'm about to be roasted but I think any team built around Dame is likely to be boring. Now, if it won, we wouldn't care, but I fell in love with the Drexler team that led the league in rebounding and fast-breaking. Drives me berserk whenever Dame walks it up the court. I can forgive a slow-it-down game if the team is a rock-solid defensive team, but no team with Dame on it is likely to be.

I am so ready to rip off the bandaid. Just trade him for Ben Simmons (BPA - and every other contender has no good picks to trade us) and let's get this reboot started.

 

[mook]

They've been boring for years. It's really just been Dame getting hot and carrying the team on his back to keep things interesting over the years.

I think we'll look back on these years like the Timberwolves look back on Kevin Garnett.

It was sweet being around during the era when your frachise's best player ever was drafted and then gave us the best years of his career.

But you'll just as easily taste the bitter flavor of failure. They could have done so much more to put good pieces around him, and it's like they never really even tried that hard. They screwed around a lot with draft picks and switching out role players, but they never went for the big deal to get him a legit co-star. Both teams fucked themselves royally over a power forward--the Joe Smith fiasco was bad, but watching LaMarcus leave uncompensated was maybe even worse.

Bittersweet.

Meanwhile, a well-run team (Golden State/Spurs) with a similar type of talent (Curry/Duncan) as our star just wins and wins and wins. It makes it even more unbearable.

 

[wizenheimer]

Meanwhile, a well-run team (Golden State/Spurs) with a similar type of talent (Curry/Duncan) as our star just wins and wins and wins. It makes it even more unbearable.

well, Curry and Duncan are probably on a tier above Dame. But Duncan had Robinson, Manu, Parker and balanced rosters around him. Curry had Draymond, Klay, and Durant...and balacned rosters around him. And they both had much better coaching staffs and GM's

Dame's career has been sabotaged by fuckhead Olshey. The Blazers have spent 7 years with a major obstruction and that obstruction was Olshey's delusional stupidity that CJ was a worthy partner to Dame, equal to those partners that Duncan and Curry had.

 

[Stevenson]

Realize it’s a new staff and new players but it’s like a bunch of strangers out there. Hard to be a fan.

This.

To me, sadly, Norm epitomizes this. He feels like an expensive rental, even though he is not. Nice guy, nice player, blah, blah, blah. Zach never played much, but he always felt like a Blazer though and through. Norm seems like a guy getting a paycheck. Th whole team is going through the motions actually (except you know who.)

 

[THE HCP]

very boring. I can’t even watch anymore

I thought since the team is on ROOT now, NOBODY can watch anyway. So at least the rating won't change.

 

[THE HCP]

I know you just like watching basketball but you think the Blazers season is exciting?

My reply was that if he has watched ANY of our games this season, he shouldn't have to start a thread asking this question. Hell yes they're boring.

 

[julius]

Yes, the team is boring. The roster is so bad that even the two players that are potentially exciting (Simons and Little) are so inconsistent that they're boring.

I'm not sure there's even a possible trade that could fix this (besides just outright trading Dame, but that wouldn't fix it, it would just re-arrange the deck chairs on the titanic).

The covid issues aren't helping, but honestly, I don't think even a healthy Blazers team (with this roster) is more than 2 games better than the team is currently.

I'm getting to the point where it's hard to justify keeping anyone. They're all either boring as hell, too small for their position, or just playing like ass. Or in some cases, all 3.

 

[Blazinaway]

YES they are boring and have been for years with their ISO ball and shitty ass D

 

[Phatguysrule]

that's what 9.3 years of Olshey will do....he single-handedly killed blazermania and left it in a ditch

having absentee landlords that don't care about contending doesn't help either

and it's going to get worse....Dame is playing well again....players will come back....and Portland will start hurting their lottery chances by winning some game (they should lose if they were managed well). I said before that it would be so typical Blazer to put together enough wins to get 8th seed, lose their draft pick, then get swept in the 1st round. That seems like a real possibility and that would be the optimum bore

Yes. Time to shut Dame down. For the season. Should have done it last season.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I thought since the team is on ROOT now, NOBODY can watch anyway. So at least the rating won't change.

Haven't watched a game on root yet... And I won't until they offer a reasonable streaming option.

 

[blazedanugz]

Skipped my first game last night.
Glad I did…seems like a good move

 

[riverman]

This team can't shoot...and the shooters we have are streaky. Norm is the most stable player we have unless Dame is healthy.....Ant disappoints me like Batum used to....he looks good then for 4 games he disappears.....right now I'd keep Norm, Dame, Nas and Nance Jr.........everyone else can go.

 

[Minstrel]

The Blazers are just a generic NBA franchise. They're never the worst, never the best, they have a star but not a top-tier one, their role-players are anonymous, they don't do anything interesting offensively or defensively. They don't have any "characters" on the team.

The only time anyone who isn't a Blazers fan would switch to a Blazers game on League Pass is if Lillard is on one of his 50-60 point heaters, which might happen a few times a year.

 

[Hoopguru]

I recall Billups saying during the PC that they wouldn't shoot as many threes. Well, to me thats what this team has been about mostly, live and die by the 3 ball. But thats been Dames trade mark, right?
Last night there were several occasions when they would push the ball either on inbound or d rebound and play fast more guys got to the hoop. With Dame over the years slowly bringing the ball up across mid court it can stifle the athletic talents of the other players. I'm surprise w/Billups being a pg he doesnt want to create through pushing the ball more. Nance is a great example as he good on the break in a half court he's not so, same with Naz.

 

[barfo]

For me, a big part of the problem is that Dame, while fun to watch play, is pretty sour personality-wise.

I'd so much rather cheer for someone like Steph Curry, who actually seems to enjoy basketball and life, than Dame, who despite his talents and successes seems borderline depressed and/or angry.

barfo

 

[Hoopguru]

Id try and move CJ, Nurk, Ant, RoCo & Nance for two front line players that can defend and score consistently.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I think we'll look back on these years like the Timberwolves look back on Kevin Garnett.

It was sweet being around during the era when your frachise's best player ever was drafted and then gave us the best years of his career.

But you'll just as easily taste the bitter flavor of failure. They could have done so much more to put good pieces around him, and it's like they never really even tried that hard. They screwed around a lot with draft picks and switching out role players, but they never went for the big deal to get him a legit co-star. Both teams fucked themselves royally over a power forward--the Joe Smith fiasco was bad, but watching LaMarcus leave uncompensated was maybe even worse.

Bittersweet.

Meanwhile, a well-run team (Golden State/Spurs) with a similar type of talent (Curry/Duncan) as our star just wins and wins and wins. It makes it even more unbearable.

Dame was never Garnett-level. Garnett was a unicorn. The nearest thing to him since is either Anthony Davis or perhaps Evan Mobley. And the thing about him is: he changed the game on defense even more than offense. Dame is a great scorer. That's it. (On the court, that is. He's definitely unique as a franchise representative off the court.) Like I said, the best comp for Dame is Reggie Miller.