Blazers Press Conference announcing new coach 6-29-2021

[Natebishop3]

I don't know how anyone could shake during this weather..... much too hot.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

i still can't get over how idiot fans have ruined this for Dame man. You know he woulda been too there if it weren't for the nonsense this weekend

In 2020, he has numerous family and friends die.
In 2021, this bs.

 

[Labinot41]

Already light years better than Stotts and he hasn't even set foot on a practice court yet.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

"But coach, I can shoot WAY, WAY better than Ben Simmons. RoCo, tell him, I'm better than Simmons."

 

[illmatic99]

"But coach, I can shoot WAY, WAY better than Ben Simmons. RoCo, tell him, I'm better than Simmons."

might be wrong here, but i think Roco and Seth Curry are the only ones to have played with both

 

[Wizard Mentor]

might be wrong here, but i think Roco and Seth Curry are the only ones to have played with both

hence, the skeptical look from RoCo.

 

[Idog1976]

https://www.nba.com/blazers/now

It's probably already been said as I'm late to the show, but boy oh boy they dropped a lot of "We're running it back!" kinda talk from Chauncey and Olshey. Jesus christ.

 

[illmatic99]

It's probably already been said as I'm late to the show, but boy oh boy they dropped a lot of "We're running it back!" kinda talk from Chauncey and Olshey. Jesus christ.

i felt the same way initially, but upon further thought, what is he supposed to say here? That the roster needs a massive overhaul and we need a ton of help?

Not sure that's appropriate on numerous levels.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Chip ,Chip, Cheerio Chap

Apparently your model of British people is Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

Don't let the door hit ya.

You should use the British equivalent of this phrase, which is "Fuck off and die, cuntface"

 

[Scalma]

It's probably already been said as I'm late to the show, but boy oh boy they dropped a lot of "We're running it back!" kinda talk from Chauncey and Olshey. Jesus christ.

what else would they say? Yeah we’re looking to trade that guy sitting over there to everyone’s right.

Im not sure there will a shakeup, but I wouldn’t take anything a GM/coach says before the offseason seriously. Every GM in every sport says the same shit. “We’re happy with our guys blah blah blah.” It’s just noise.

 

[illmatic99]

 

[twobullz]

Who is the guy with CJ and RoCo in the bottom left picture?

 

[Scalma]

My gut says the roster won’t change much and they’ll see what Billups can do. If they don’t take the next step they’ll blow it up next summer aka trade CJ.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Who is the guy with CJ and RoCo in the bottom left picture?

I think that's the head of team security.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Couple thoughts.

I felt for Chancey and his family. For 99 % of all press conferences where a person gets a big-time job, it is an exciting and happy event. Sorry, they did not get to enjoy it.

Hmm. I feel sorry for his family because they were being used as human shields. It's the old politician's trick. At least his wife didn't have to stand there and listen to questions about affairs he'd just been caught having (see current scandal in Britain).

 

[illmatic99]

Who is the guy with CJ and RoCo in the bottom left picture?

Rick Riley, the security dude https://www.nba.com/blazers/rick-riley

 

[Rastapopoulos]

i still can't get over how idiot fans have ruined this for Dame man. You know he woulda been too there if it weren't for the nonsense this weekend

He'll live.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

It's like they think anyone with a position of power in the organization is some horrible, lying monster.

...when really it's just Olshey!

 

[Hoopguru]

In 2020, he has numerous family and friends die.
In 2021, this bs.

Yep, blood thirsty twitter fans. Cowards, they wouldnt say their BS to his face.

 

[Scalma]

Yep, blood thirsty twitter fans. Cowards, they wouldnt say their BS to his face.

which is why it should be ignored.

 

[illmatic99]

Hmm. I feel sorry for his family because they were being used as human shields. It's the old politician's trick. At least his wife didn't have to stand there and listen to questions about affairs he'd just been caught having (see current scandal in Britain).

human shield? you think billups brought them as a prop?

this is the kinda shit that makes me scream about racial undertones with this stuff. You're not gonna say that about any other white guy in this position-- i guarantee that.

This man just got one of 30 high profile jobs in the world, something he admitted has been his DREAM. He wanted to share it with his family.

Fuck off with this shield bullshit.

 

[Buffalo Custard]

To this Dylan Dude, Chauncey did address how it shaped him, and that he never forgets. These dudes want TMZ juicy details.

I had a mentally ill grandparent. One of their favorite techniques for driving everybody around them crazy, was to repeat a question over and over until you gave them the answer they wanted. Many of the media people at that presser reminded me of that.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

My gut says the roster won’t change much and they’ll see what Billups can do. If they don’t take the next step they’ll blow it up next summer aka trade CJ.

I hope you're wrong. There are windows of opportunity in life, and the window is at least somewhat open to trading for Simmons. Hope it doesn't close while Blazers are "seeing what they can do with a new coach."

 

[Idog1976]

Dude come on..... the one major chip we have to trade this year is CJ and they trot him out as the face of the team in this critical press conference? Calm the fuck down.

How do you know CJ isn't there to make sure he isn't traded? RoCo is there too which is awesome because, unlike CJ, he's a core part of a Championship level team.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

i hate to do this, but there is no way the media would have treated a white coach this way.

Let's have a racism vs. sexism showdown! A woke-off where everyone loses!

Not a coach, but... Bret Kavanaugh? Kudos to Chauncey for not using the Kavanaugh "shitfit" defense.

 

[Scalma]

I hope you're wrong. There are windows of opportunity in life, and the window is at least somewhat open to trading for Simmons. Hope it doesn't close while Blazers are "seeing what they can do with a new coach."

Simmons has his own flaws. I think he would upgrade our team but I don’t think he’s the only guy that would. If the opportunity is there, I would make the trade, but I still have doubts that Olshey would.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Re: CJ and RoCo being there. Judging by the way they were dressed, they happened to be working out at the practice facility? If Olshey really wanted CJ out front to send a message, so that he came in just to be in a press conference, wouldn't he have dressed up a bit?

 

[riverman]

human shield? you think billups brought them as a prop?

this is the kinda shit that makes me scream about racial undertones with this stuff. You're not gonna say that about any other white guy in this position-- i guarantee that.

This man just got one of 30 high profile jobs in the world, something he admitted has been his DREAM. He wanted to share it with his family.

Fuck off with this shield bullshit.

Saying that 4 black females are attending this because the team directed them to is something out of Tarantino's Django. It hints that these girls and their mom aren't capable of exercising free will or sharing in what was supposed to be a celebration and welcoming party for them and their dad/father......NOT A GOOD LOOK PEOPLE! I'm embarrassed for those ladies and Chauncey that they had to go through this gauntlet of doubt and suspicion to get a media green light as members of the community...fuck those reporters...I mean really...fuck them

 

[illmatic99]

Saying that 4 black females are attending this because the team directed them to is something out of Tarantino's Django. It hints that these girls and their mom aren't capable of exercising free will or sharing in what was supposed to be a celebration and welcoming party for them and their dad/father......NOT A GOOD LOOK PEOPLE!

it's inexcusable. more of the same from some people here who are woefully unaware of how they come off when they say dumbass shit like that.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

human shield? you think billups brought them as a prop?

this is the kinda shit that makes me scream about racial undertones with this stuff. You're not gonna say that about any other white guy in this position-- i guarantee that.

This man just got one of 30 high profile jobs in the world, something he admitted has been his DREAM. He wanted to share it with his family.

Fuck off with this shield bullshit.

Did you not read the rest? This is common practice. I'm not saying it's Chauncey, I'm saying any PR people would insist on it.

And the reason they would insist is because it instantly makes the accused look sympathetic and the press look like assholes. Your reaction is a PR-company's wet dream.