Notice Clyde Drexler’s stern message to Damian Lillard after CJ McCollum trade & more

[Tweak]

His statement about trading CJ IMO was mind boggling considering that even casual fans know that the Dame/CJ experiment had long since been played out and no matter how much of a producer CJ had been for the team it just wasn't going to work.
Giving up on him? After only 9 yrs and little to show for it? Seems kind of clueless to me.

“When teams give up great players like that you kind of wonder what they are thinking,” Drexler said. “He (McCollum) is in his prime. Here is a guy who has been a great producer for your franchise and you give up on him. As a casual fan and as a guy who knows a little about the game I don’t understand those moves because the more good players you get the better your chances are of winning.”

 

[LayneStaley]

His statement about trading CJ IMO was mind boggling considering that even casual fans know that the Dame/CJ experiment had long since been played out and no matter how much of a producer CJ had been for the team it just wasn't going to work.
Giving up on him? After only 9 yrs and little to show for it? Seems kind of clueless to me.

“When teams give up great players like that you kind of wonder what they are thinking,” Drexler said. “He (McCollum) is in his prime. Here is a guy who has been a great producer for your franchise and you give up on him. As a casual fan and as a guy who knows a little about the game I don’t understand those moves because the more good players you get the better your chances are of winning.”

Clyde is a fucking Dbag, used to have a lot of respect for him, still do as a player, but he turned his back on this franchise a long time ago. Super fucked too considering we sent him where he wanted to go for a ring. Clyde doesn’t know shit about building a winning team, considering he is the one who was rumored to have issue with acquiring Barkley back in the day I find his “wanting all the best players you can get” comments hilarious.

 

[SIeepwalker]

His statement about trading CJ IMO was mind boggling considering that even casual fans know that the Dame/CJ experiment had long since been played out and no matter how much of a producer CJ had been for the team it just wasn't going to work.
Giving up on him? After only 9 yrs and little to show for it? Seems kind of clueless to me.

“When teams give up great players like that you kind of wonder what they are thinking,” Drexler said. “He (McCollum) is in his prime. Here is a guy who has been a great producer for your franchise and you give up on him. As a casual fan and as a guy who knows a little about the game I don’t understand those moves because the more good players you get the better your chances are of winning.”

Absolutely clueless

 

[Idog1976]

Again with the attempted mind reading, this time by someone who is paid to be a complete Blazer homer. I'm not a fan of what Drexler said, but am glad he was able to go home and win a ring. Not sure what is wrong with trying to get to the highest level. He gave it everything he had here. That was an amazing group and had the longest run at being a contender of any team in Blazer history. But they just came up short.

Who knows if the scoring thing means anything to him. If Dame stays here long enough, he will have most of them due to longevity. It's amazing Clyde still leads in assists being that he was a SG/SF, and Clyde will likely have the Blazer Playoff wins for quite some time.

Clyde should have kept his thoughts to himself, but the vitriol that comes out towards someone's opinion seems, well, that is a whole other discussion.

I completely disagree with defending Clyde here. I had no problem with him going to Houston. I had a HUGE problem with him wearing a Houston jersey when he was barely there at all during the 50 greatest players. Him encouraging Dame to leave Portland is shitty. If Clyde can say this shit, he can live with the consequences. Why are you defending him here? His decision to go to Houston is NOT what he is proposing here, also he should be kissing our ass for not trading him for the best package available, and instead we traded him to Houston for almost nothing as a favor to him. Clyde has been an asshat about Portland for decades now despite us never to my knowledge doing anything but help him from his rookie season to the trade to Houston. Drexler is being an asshole here, plain and simple and your defense of him is eyebrow-raising.

Drexler is just continuing to harm his reputation in Portland with this and he clearly doesn't care. His not only not caring about Portland, but actively going after us for decades at seemingly every opportunity is one of the weirdest things I can think of. I am starting to actively dislike Drexler. Clyde was my favorite Blazer until Brandon Roy and then it was close. Drexler couldn't hold Dame's jockstrap at this point in my eyes. If he wants to shit on his Portland legacy with this? Fine, then we are going to shit on your legacy too.

 

[Idog1976]

If marriage is in the same category as a career, where the goal is to reach the ultimate level, then sure. Ask your wife if marriage and a job are in the same category. Will be interested in what she says.

It's an analogy bro and a pretty good one. You're just wrong to be defending Clyde here. I respect you a ton, but you've got this one wrong. Big time.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Nothing against Drexler he was great while playing but he also had pretty good supporting cast around him while he played here too. He had 2 chances to win it all in Portland and that team fail both times. There a lot great players that didn't win championships but that doesn't make them less of a great player. Will Dame ever win a championship probably not just because how a few teams load there roster ups. Plus winning championship everything has fall in place as healthy team and some luck on the way.

Wasn't he playing with 4 other all star players?
Drexler, Porter, Buck, Duck, Cliffy...
Drexler has nothing to complain about.

 

[noknobs]

Whatever else he is, Clyde is not the sharpest tool on the shelf.

https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/classic-clyde-drexler-quotes.124441/

 

[Idog1976]

How often does Clyde mention that his Houston team was lucky not to have faced Michael Jordan's Bulls in the finals? Probably never. He was in the right place at the right time.
His Blazer team, Charles Barkley, Gary Payton, Stockton and Malone, weren't as lucky.

BINGO! They still almost lost before the finals and he wasn't producing at a high level at that point

speaking of the impact of longevity:

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looks like Clyde ranks where he does due to longevity, rather than Dame

Game-Set-Match

 

[Hoopguru]

I completely disagree with defending Clyde here. I had no problem with him going to Houston. I had a HUGE problem with him wearing a Houston jersey when he was barely there at all during the 50 greatest players. Him encouraging Dame to leave Portland is shitty. If Clyde can say this shit, he can live with the consequences. Why are you defending him here? His decision to go to Houston is NOT what he is proposing here, also he should be kissing our ass for not trading him for the best package available, and instead we traded him to Houston for almost nothing as a favor to him. Clyde has been an asshat about Portland for decades now despite us never to my knowledge doing anything but help him from his rookie season to the trade to Houston. Drexler is being an asshole here, plain and simple and your defense of him is eyebrow-raising.

Drexler is just continuing to harm his reputation in Portland with this and he clearly doesn't care. His not only not caring about Portland, but actively going after us for decades at seemingly every opportunity is one of the weirdest things I can think of. I am starting to actively dislike Drexler. Clyde was my favorite Blazer until Brandon Roy and then it was close. Drexler couldn't hold Dame's jockstrap at this point in my eyes. If he wants to shit on his Portland legacy with this? Fine, then we are going to shit on your legacy too.

Even The Big Red Head has been good to PDX and fans and he left pissed at Organization. I always wondered if Paul had owned the Blazers during Bills years here if Paul could kept him here.
Clyde comments were not necessary, you’d think he was smarter than that.

 

[James lamphear]

Wasn't he playing with 4 other all star players?
Drexler, Porter, Buck, Duck, Cliffy...
Drexler has nothing to complain about.

Yes

 

[James lamphear]

Wasn't he playing with 4 other all star players?
Drexler, Porter, Buck, Duck, Cliffy...
Drexler has nothing to complain about.

Yes

 

[handiman]

His statement about trading CJ IMO was mind boggling considering that even casual fans know that the Dame/CJ experiment had long since been played out and no matter how much of a producer CJ had been for the team it just wasn't going to work.
Giving up on him? After only 9 yrs and little to show for it? Seems kind of clueless to me.

“When teams give up great players like that you kind of wonder what they are thinking,” Drexler said. “He (McCollum) is in his prime. Here is a guy who has been a great producer for your franchise and you give up on him. As a casual fan and as a guy who knows a little about the game I don’t understand those moves because the more good players you get the better your chances are of winning.”

To be fair, he didn't say he "knows a lot about the game."

 

[illmatic99]

clyde would never



reppin ripcity. that's right.

 

[BBert]

That man is a class act.

 

[RonBrewer]

My whole middle school/HS years i had a life size Pop up of Clyde in my room. High fived him every day. He is an all time great Blazer but he can suck a big fat rock.

 

[Scalma]

Don’t need to hear a casuals opinion on the blazers

 

[illmatic99]

2 Blazers and a Rocket

 

[Eastoff]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Drexler kind of lazy as far as work ethic during practices etc?

 

[Blazinaway]

Like I could give a crap what Clyde said, wouldn't waste my time

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Drexler kind of lazy as far as work ethic during practices etc?

That has been said. It has also been said that he made it look so easy that people thought he wasn't working hard.
Two ways to look at it.

 

[Natebishop3]

That has been said. It has also been said that he made it look so easy that people thought he wasn't working hard.
Two ways to look at it.

If Clyde had Dame's work ethic and leadership we would have had at least one, maybe more championships.

Unfortunately he was soft. Jordan exposed him.

 

[Pinwheel1]

If Clyde had Dame's work ethic and leadership we would have had at least one, maybe more championships.

Unfortunately he was soft. Jordan exposed him.

No, I don't think this is true at all. Matter of fact it pissed me off at the time when fans wanted to trade him because of this theory. (Before the first trip to the finals)

True Clyde did not like to practice during the season. He played a lot of minutes and did not think it was wise to run a lot during practice. He came out of college with no skill set but dunking. But he worked hard on his game during the offseason and improved every year...until he got old. From year one to year two, he improved drastically. No one could believe it.

What he lacked was a consistent outside jump shot. It was so flat. But he definitely was not soft. He was relentless at attacking the basket. And he was a great rebounder for a guard and he always came to play. He just was not as talented as Michael, but who was?

 

[blazerkor]

Man, all of this Clyde hate is a bit over the top. The way he has been towards our franchise in retirement sucks and what he said regarding the CJ trade and basically that Dame needs to get out was absolute bullshit. That being said, Clyde is undeniably the superstar that we've had the most sustained success with in the history of the franchise. Yeah, he had the teams around him that made that possible but he was a gigantic part of all of that success. That three season run from the fall of 89' to the summer of 92' is the best stretch this franchise has ever seen.

I get it that Walton and the guys delivered one unforgettable run that gave us our only championship but there was something to really feeling like we were one of the favorites for a few seasons during the peak of the Clyde Drexler era.

Dame is in the process of passing Clyde as the greatest Blazer of all time but along with all of the individual records he's about to overtake, I don't think that argument will be put to bed without a couple of runs to the finals for Dame. The only reason I think there is even a conversation being had right now that Dame is already the best is because Clyde turned his back on us for his hometown but that really doesn't mean anything when it comes to who the best Blazer to ever do it is.

Oh and because of Clyde's lack of involvement with the team since he left, Dame is already my favorite athlete of all time and that has so much to do with who he is combined with how he plays and the level he plays at but just because I like him more doesn't mean he's better.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Man, all of this Clyde hate is a bit over the top. The way he has been towards our franchise in retirement sucks and what he said regarding the CJ trade and basically that Dame needs to get out was absolute bullshit. That being said, Clyde is undeniably the superstar that we've had the most sustained success with in the history of the franchise. Yeah, he had the teams around him that made that possible but he was a gigantic part of all of that success. That three season run from the fall of 89' to the summer of 92' is the best stretch this franchise has ever seen.

I get it that Walton and the guys delivered one unforgettable run that gave us our only championship but there was something to really feeling like we were one of the favorites for a few seasons during the peak of the Clyde Drexler era.

Dame is in the process of passing Clyde as the greatest Blazer of all time but along with all of the individual records he's about to overtake, I don't think that argument will be put to bed without a couple of runs to the finals for Dame. The only reason I think there is even a conversation being had right now that Dame is already the best is because Clyde turned his back on us for his hometown but that really doesn't mean anything when it comes to who the best Blazer to ever do it is.

Oh and because of Clyde's lack of involvement with the team since he left, Dame is already my favorite athlete of all time and that has so much to do with who he is combined with how he plays and the level he plays at but just because I like him more doesn't mean he's better.

Yeah, I don't hate or dislike Clyde at all. He's a nice guy. But this team did everything possible to get him a title. He has nothing to complain about.

 

[Idog1976]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Drexler kind of lazy as far as work ethic during practices etc?

Famously so. If he worked as hard as Jordan did we might have beaten the Pistons.

 

[Idog1976]

Man, all of this Clyde hate is a bit over the top. The way he has been towards our franchise in retirement sucks and what he said regarding the CJ trade and basically that Dame needs to get out was absolute bullshit. That being said, Clyde is undeniably the superstar that we've had the most sustained success with in the history of the franchise. Yeah, he had the teams around him that made that possible but he was a gigantic part of all of that success. That three season run from the fall of 89' to the summer of 92' is the best stretch this franchise has ever seen.

I get it that Walton and the guys delivered one unforgettable run that gave us our only championship but there was something to really feeling like we were one of the favorites for a few seasons during the peak of the Clyde Drexler era.

Dame is in the process of passing Clyde as the greatest Blazer of all time but along with all of the individual records he's about to overtake, I don't think that argument will be put to bed without a couple of runs to the finals for Dame. The only reason I think there is even a conversation being had right now that Dame is already the best is because Clyde turned his back on us for his hometown but that really doesn't mean anything when it comes to who the best Blazer to ever do it is.

Oh and because of Clyde's lack of involvement with the team since he left, Dame is already my favorite athlete of all time and that has so much to do with who he is combined with how he plays and the level he plays at but just because I like him more doesn't mean he's better.

Actually the Blazers were BETTER in 1978 until injuries to Bobby Gross, Maurice Lucas and Walton caused that team to implode. Clyde had 4 All-Stars around him and our 2nd best ever coach (I hope Chauncey takes over as #1 some day). Terry Porter was the brains of that team and Kersey and Williams the heart and soul. Clyde was fantastically talented and a joy to watch, but he had far, FAR more support than Walton. My current All-Time list is #1 Walton due to the Championship and then just a hair lower Lillard. Drexler is now ranked #3 and dropping. If he keeps flapping his gums I'm gonna move Porter above him where he probably belongs.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Actually the Blazers were BETTER in 1978 until injuries to Bobby Gross, Maurice Lucas and Walton caused that team to implode. Clyde had 4 All-Stars around him and our 2nd best ever coach (I hope Chauncey takes over as #1 some day). Terry Porter was the brains of that team and Kersey and Williams the heart and soul. Clyde was fantastically talented and a joy to watch, but he had far, FAR more support than Walton. My current All-Time list is #1 Walton due to the Championship and then just a hair lower Lillard. Drexler is now ranked #3 and dropping. If he keeps flapping his gums I'm gonna move Porter above him where he probably belongs.

I agree here as well.

 

[blazerkor]

Actually the Blazers were BETTER in 1978 until injuries to Bobby Gross, Maurice Lucas and Walton caused that team to implode. Clyde had 4 All-Stars around him and our 2nd best ever coach (I hope Chauncey takes over as #1 some day). Terry Porter was the brains of that team and Kersey and Williams the heart and soul. Clyde was fantastically talented and a joy to watch, but he had far, FAR more support than Walton. My current All-Time list is #1 Walton due to the Championship and then just a hair lower Lillard. Drexler is now ranked #3 and dropping. If he keeps flapping his gums I'm gonna move Porter above him where he probably belongs.

Excellent job of showing just how biased the Clyde haters in here are about what he brought on the floor. Porter wasn't even close to being close to as good as Clyde. Clyde is one of the greatest ever at his position. Terry wasn't even one of the best at his position while he was playing. Yeah, the Clyde hate is totally clouding a lot of people's memories about his greatness.

 

[RR7]

Excellent job of showing just how biased the Clyde haters in here are about what he brought on the floor. Porter wasn't even close to being close to as good as Clyde. Clyde is one of the greatest ever at his position. Terry wasn't even one of the best at his position while he was playing. Yeah, the Clyde hate is totally clouding a lot of people's memories about his greatness.

Except he didn't say Porter was as good?

 

[wizenheimer]

Excellent job of showing just how biased the Clyde haters in here are about what he brought on the floor. Porter wasn't even close to being close to as good as Clyde. Clyde is one of the greatest ever at his position. Terry wasn't even one of the best at his position while he was playing. Yeah, the Clyde hate is totally clouding a lot of people's memories about his greatness.

Kevin Durant and Karl Malone are/were better players than Clyde but that doesn't mean they aren't jerks. John Stockton was one of the greatest players of all time but he's an ass about vaccines and holds some idiot opinions.

Drexler was one of the best players ever, and his Blazer legacy was huge when he was traded. But, in subsequent years, in later actions, in post Blazer statements, he has tarnished that Blazer legacy in the minds of a lot of Blazer fans. Saying that Dame should demand to be traded is horseshit coming from him