Exclusive Around The NBA: Memorable March edition (1 Viewer)

[TBpup]

Sigh..... Sorry, but I miss winning 47 games or so and sneaking into the playoffs and losing in the first round. This ain't RipCity basketball.

Is getting swept out of the Playoff year after year Rip City Basketball? Is losing to a team without their entire starting back court Blazers basketball? This needed a re-set. It has to get worse before it gets better. Neil screwed this roster for years. At least there is now a chance of legitimate change. Some times I have to dig up the lawn and plant new seed to get good grass for you to mow. It will get better.

 

[Shaboid]

yes.

Well shit, they got me too. Very lame considering it came up as a notification on my phone. Sad that that's where we're at as a society if I get push notifications that's fake news.

 

[Idog1976]

you guys still don't know what ballsack sports is?

they make up fake quotes to deliberately poke fun at other outlets who post clickbait posts.

So wait they are like a sports version of the Babylon Bee? (RIP The Onion you were great once).

 

[blazerfan11]

Yet all I heard was Dame can’t get recognition because he plays in a small market lmao

how does this guy do it?

Dame does get recognition. Who said he doesn't?

 

[THE HCP]

Is getting swept out of the Playoff year after year Rip City Basketball? Is losing to a team without their entire starting back court Blazers basketball? This needed a re-set. It has to get worse before it gets better. Neil screwed this roster for years. At least there is now a chance of legitimate change. Some times I have to dig up the lawn and plant new seed to get good grass for you to mow. It will get better.

Save it bro. I miss playing in the playoffs every season. Don't get me wrong, I want to lose every game the rest of the season and get the best picks we can, but I miss winning games.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Save it bro. I miss playing in the playoffs every season. Don't get me wrong, I want to lose every game the rest of the season and get the best picks we can, but I miss winning games.

Yeah but most here would rather the Blazers get the best pick. Not the Lakers.

 

[illmatic99]

Dallas looks scary good. Kidd has turned their defense around completely

 

[Strenuus]

Dallas looks scary good. Kidd has turned their defense around completely

Better than spilled water I say!

 

[DDolla]

Damn lakers are trash

 

[DDolla]

TNT talking about our Clippers trade and laughing at us

 

[Fairly-Hard]

As the Lakers continue to lose.

 

[HailBlazers]

TNT laughing at us

What's new

 

[ehizzy3]

Reggie Jackson is unbelievable

 

[Cugel]

Stauskas gets a 2y deal with Boston.

 

[DDolla]

Dumb question… I just can’t understand how the Clippers can sign and afford all this players, Leonard, PG, Norm, Reggie, Covington compared to our team

 

[MickZagger]

Closest since Larry Bird I’ve ever seen. Not just because they’re both white. But style of play. Basketball smarts through the roof.

 

[OneSport3]

Dumb question… I just can’t understand how the Clippers can sign and afford all this players, Leonard, PG, Norm, Reggie, Covington compared to our team

Because their owner is the wealthiest owner in professional sports and doesn’t give a shit about the luxury tax. He’s building a new arena on his own dime.

 

[blazerkor]

Dumb question… I just can’t understand how the Clippers can sign and afford all this players, Leonard, PG, Norm, Reggie, Covington compared to our team

There's not a hard cap in the NBA. So they have been dedicated in using trades and mostly re-signing players with bird rights to push their total salaries as high as anyone besides the Warriors and Nets. The Nets and Warriors are not owned by richer ownership than we have but they do have much bigger local TV deals and endorsements than we do. The fact is that these teams will pay the luxury tax bill in order to have the best rosters.

 

[DDolla]

Because their owner is the wealthiest owner in professional sports and doesn’t give a shit about the luxury tax. He’s building a new arena on his own dime.

In other words we have a cheap owner. Is that right? Now I know why tweeter land call us Poverty team

 

[DDolla]

My prediction 9th seed Pels and 10th seed Blazers. Lakers out. Playin at New Orleans

 

[KSF-ERIC]

http://www.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=192234

LOL!!!

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Preseason poll at Lakersground:

 

[SheedSoNasty]

I didn’t realize this until today but Kevin Pritchard and Rasheed Wallace played together for a year in Washington. Go figure…

 

[illmatic99]

steph - draymond = dame

anyone disagree?

 

[blazerkor]

steph - draymond = dame

anyone disagree?

I don't know and I'm extremely biased. So while I want to say that I agree, I don't know how great Dame would do with that supporting cast (Dray obviously being a key element) and that system. Dame might not be as good as Steph but it would be close or Dame could have blown away everything Steph has ever done. We just don't know because Dame's early years were spent with a good team in which LaMarcus was so seemingly insecure that he didn't work with Dame and then for the majority of his career for some reason everyone in this organization thought him and CJ were some kind of dynamic duo despite everything pointing to the fact that they were definitely not complementary pieces. Also he had Terry Stotts not really coaching him and never addressing any of the things impeding Dame's greatness.

So my heart says that Dame would be better than Steph with those players in that system because he's a better leader and I like his skill set and killer instinct more. My head says they'd be about the same. I know that neither my head or my heart can be trusted when it comes to Dame because I have a lot invested into him.

 

[B-Roy]

The Pelicans are knocking the socks off teams. Beating the Jazz right now pretty handily.

 

[LayneStaley]

The Pelicans are knocking the socks off teams. Beating the Jazz right now pretty handily.

Snell is playing very well for them. I’m pissed they got Nance in that trade. I don’t think we will get their pick this season. 0/3 on trades.

 

[blazerkor]

I think the Pelicans will end up with the 9th spot in the West. They'll first have to beat whatever team is 10th (Lakers, Kings or Spurs) and then they'll have to beat the Clippers or possibly the Wolves. I don't think they will beat the Clippers or Wolves but it's possible.

I think it's really obvious what has to happen between now and then. The team has to be doing what they said they were at the last big presser and be actively finding and interviewing external candidates for the GM position or at least be putting feelers out there and vetting people. Our season will end before the play ins obviously. If the Pelicans make the playoffs the Vulcans should have their candidates lined up and Joe shouldn't be one of them. They should make a hire within a week or two so that new GM can start to put the wheels in motion to put their vision for our team into place.

I think if the Pelicans pick conveys then Joe probably gets to keep the position even though I think the first trade was a complete fuck up and the second trade is too contingent on getting lucky. That being said, we'll have two lottery picks, a 20M TPE and Hart. No that's not enough for CJ, Norm, RoCo and Larry but it's something we can build with.

 

[DDolla]

Pels are making the playin in games