Blazers offseason worse than the Rockets and Heat

[Draco]

If you're grading absolutely (i.e. point blank, how much did a team improve or regress), then Portland's off-season wasn't very good, as they didn't add much. If you're grading relatively (i.e. what did they do relative to what they had available to work with), then Portland's off-season was probably fine...they didn't have much cap/exception space but they utilized a small amount of space reasonably well.

Skimming Aldridge's article, it seems he was going the absolute route.

Ok thats fine to grade absolutely. But how can the Miami Heat while losing the best basketball player on the planet have absolutely gotten better than the Blazers who made basically no changes? Ridiculous!

 

[NewsSource]

Ok thats fine to grade absolutely. But how can the Miami Heat while losing the best basketball player on the planet have absolutely gotten better than the Blazers who made basically no changes? Ridiculous!

It's luck, not an algorithm.

 

[blue32]

Repped

Gee, there's a shocker.

 

[blue32]

It's luck, not an algorithm.

That or no income tax, awesome beaches, night life, and a more famous franchise.

 

[HailBlazers]

THE SKINNY: I'm not being critical here; Portland didn't do anything really wrong. But the Blazers just didn't do much at all..

If the Blazers didn't do anything wrong then why the heck are they behind two teams with the biggest wrongs in the league this offseason. Makes zero sense to me.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

He's Paul Allen's version of the cicada. Except instead of appearing every 17 years, he shows up every 4 years to annoy everyone and make a mess of things, gets a coach or GM fired, then goes back into hibernation until things are looking up for the Blazers again.

Haha... I can imagine Paul Allen holding old Bert in a cage until he sees something wrong and then he unleashes him "release the kraken" style.

 

[MadeFromDust]

I'm happy when I read things like this. This team thrives on being slighted and underestimated and there's been a ton of that this offseason already. People are saying our season was a fluke and discrediting our win over Houston.

 

[santeesioux]

Signing Kaman and Blankey didn't do much for me either, but it has to be better than losing your only decent bench players and only getting d league players and guys that have been out of the league for years and losing the best player in the league.