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[3RA1N1AC]

I got lit up quite a few times for daring to suggest we should tank for a high lottery pick.

neil treid to tank, he downgraded wes, lma, lopez, and batum. everyone panned the aminu signing. ed davis was met with a resounding "meh".

they were starting noah vonleh for gods sake.

what would you have suggested to intensify the misery? trade damian for a future #1? sit him out all season with a "sore back"? Tell the players to miss shots on purpose?

i mean shit.

the guys he got turned out "too good to be bad". thems the breaks.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

And Parson still choose Memphis...

Income tax. The Blazers can't offer Parsons the $4.6 million Parsons would give to the state of Oregon over the life of his contract that he will keep in Memphis.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Not with blacks. Maybe with Asians. Seattle and Portland are the two biggest white cities in America

Google it

I probably overstated it, but Portland has less black people than Seattle. It was illegal to live in Oregon if you were Black when Oregon became a state.

 

[Nikolokolus]

neil treid to tank, he downgraded wes, lma, lopez, and batum. everyone panned the aminu signing. ed davis was met with a resounding "meh".

they were starting noah vonleh for gods sake.

what would you have suggested to intensify the misery? trade damian for a future #1? sit him out all season with a "sore back"? Tell the players to miss shots on purpose?

i mean shit.

the guys he got turned out "too good to be bad". thems the breaks.

Neil didn't try to tank at all (or it was a pretty half-hearted attempt) if he had, he would have insisted on Vonleh playing 35 minutes a night.

Anyway, it's neither here nor there. They played over their heads, some other presumptive playoff teams either backslid, dealt with tons of injuries or just never materialized and the team was much better than just about anybody could have predicted -- a pleasant short term surprise with some potentially negative long term consequences. So they deal with it and move on. Hopefully, there's some consolidation trade down the line that can transform this team from "plucky upstart" to a serious title contender and preferably it won't involve squandering first round picks that are the lifeblood of a team like Portland.

 

[0-Our!]

I probably overstated it, but Portland has less black people than Seattle. It was illegal to live in Oregon if you were Black when Oregon became a state.