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SharpeScooterShooter said:
Welp. I mentioned this to the wife last night. She said she cant make it. But i should go. I sometimes take things for granted snd forget i married a keeper. :)

But wouldn't you want to be with the same people you were with last time to replicate everything? Would bringing people that weren't with you last time be a jinx?
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For you, think of it as a win win. If we get, say, the 7th pick, Eric will be so mad that it got jinxed he will leave you guys in Hawaii. Then you get to live in Hawaii.

Win win.
 
I remember the draft Portland didn't get first pick and everyone groused about the wasted pick on a low ceiling player .... Damian Lillard.

Still willing to send cookies in exchange for swag
 
crandc said:
I remember the draft Portland didn't get first pick and everyone groused about the wasted pick on a low ceiling player .... Damian Lillard.
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I don't remember this.

We had the 11th best odds that year for #1, so chances were quite low to begin with.

We were actually glad that Brooklyn's pick didn't end up top 3, so it came to us when they landed at 6.

Also, Dame was like this forum's consensus pick at 6 outside of a few loud Harrison Barnes fans. "Groused" is definitely overstating what was happening. Once the team posted his interview from his predraft workout on their site, pretty much everyone was all in on Dame.
 
illmatic99 said:
I don't remember this.

We had the 11th best odds that year for #1, so chances were quite low to begin with.

We were actually glad that Brooklyn's pick didn't end up top 3, so it came to us when they landed at 6.

Also, Dame was like this forum's consensus pick at 6 outside of a few loud Harrison Barnes fans. "Groused" is definitely overstating what was happening.
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Propaganda
 
Marang and Sprague will be doing a live party at Brix for the NBA Draft Lottery on May 16 right after Marang's radio show ends.
 
TBpup said:
Marang and Sprague will be doing a live party at Brix for the NBA Draft Lottery on May 16 right after Marang's radio show ends.
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If it was just Sprague I would go. Marang ruins it all, per usual.
 
TBpup said:
Marang and Sprague will be doing a live party at Brix for the NBA Draft Lottery on May 16 right after Marang's radio show ends.
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Well there’s a place I definitely WON’T be.
 
Brooke Olzendam is trying to organize a Draft Lottery party, but it doesn't seem the Blazers are wanting to kick in to help her out so far.
 
TBpup said:
Marang and Sprague will be doing a live party at Brix for the NBA Draft Lottery on May 16 right after Marang's radio show ends.
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What about the Dirt guy? I haven't listened to the radio in a while.
 
blazerfan11 said:
What about the Dirt guy? I haven't listened to the radio in a while.
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No idea other than hearing him on his show in the morning.

I think the Blazers are hesitant to do it because in all likelihood, they will end up trading the pick. There is a small chance it is high enough that they keep the pick, but it seems they don't want the fans getting all hyped about a potential player that will never hit the court in a Blazer uniform.
 
inconceivable said:
Or Mike Schmitz
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never thought of it this way, but this is the right choice. I would venture that Schmitz has spent more time scouting Wemby than any other scout in the NBA. He apparently knows Wemby's family and is really close to Victor from years ago.

And ESPN would love that storyline.

And Joe doesn't seem like the kinda guy who would care if his assistant got all the attention front and center.

Send Schmitz!
 
THE HCP said:
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She said something like that. She wanted to organize a Draft Lottery party and was seeing if the Blazers where going to either host one or help her host one. Something to that effect.
 
TBpup said:
No idea other than hearing him on his show in the morning.

I think the Blazers are hesitant to do it because in all likelihood, they will end up trading the pick. There is a small chance it is high enough that they keep the pick, but it seems they don't want the fans getting all hyped about a potential player that will never hit the court in a Blazer uniform.
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This really concerns me.

I mean if we trade the pick and other stuff bringing in both Bridges and Siakam resulting in the Blazers being a legit contender I'm all for it.

I just have a hard time seeing Cronin being able to pull off a trade of the pick for a vet that is equal value and that has the Blazers positioned to realistically contend with Dame. Given both Cronin negotiation history, the roster current talent level, and Jody's penny pinching.

Hope I'm proven wrong; super concerning we are working to throw away great long term draft picks for the familiar short term mediocrity.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
This really concerns me.

I mean if we trade the pick and other stuff bringing in both Bridges and Siakam resulting in the Blazers being a legit contender I'm all for it.

I just have a hard time seeing Cronin being able to pull off a trade of the pick for a vet that is equal value and that has the Blazers positioned to realistically contend with Dame. Given both Cronin negotiation history, the roster current talent level, and Jody's penny pinching.

Hope I'm proven wrong; super concerning we are working to throw away great long term draft picks for the familiar short term mediocrity.
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You can be concerned but I would be very surprised if we kept any pick that isn't the first pick. That is unless Joe decides to go for the ultimate punt and trade Dame for picks, youth and possibly bad contracts.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
This really concerns me.

I mean if we trade the pick and other stuff bringing in both Bridges and Siakam resulting in the Blazers being a legit contender I'm all for it.

I just have a hard time seeing Cronin being able to pull off a trade of the pick for a vet that is equal value and that has the Blazers positioned to realistically contend with Dame. Given both Cronin negotiation history, the roster current talent level, and Jody's penny pinching.

Hope I'm proven wrong; super concerning we are working to throw away great long term draft picks for the familiar short term mediocrity.
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Bridges and Siakam would be great! But IMO, we don't have near the capital to pull that off. Even trying would gut the team for years on the hopes of the players re-signing and Dame having more than a 2-3 year window left.
 
blazerkor said:
You can be concerned but I would be very surprised if we kept any pick that isn't the first pick. That is unless Joe decides to go for the ultimate punt and trade Dame for picks, youth and possibly bad contracts.
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Well OK.... but just trading away lottery picks shouldn't be a goal. I get if we are afterwards a legit contender or have a path to be a legit contender. Just seems beyond shortsigned to commit to giving away lottery picks regardless of the result.
 
TBpup said:
Bridges and Siakam would be great! But IMO, we don't have near the capital to pull that off. Even trying would gut the team for years on the hopes of the players re-signing and Dame having more than a 2-3 year window left.
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Thats why I've commented the team needs to do any move all at once that directly results in being a contender.

They shouldn't ship out a bunch of draft picks with it being step1 of multiple steps to eventually become a contender. Because then if those other steps don't happen, we are screwed long term as you note.

Better to just do nothing and draft BPA and move on. If Dame asks out then so be it.

I'm all for trying to build a contender around Dame, but if the opportunity isn't there; well then it just isn't there.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Well OK.... but just trading away lottery picks shouldn't be a goal. I get if we are afterwards a legit contender or have a path to be a legit contender. Just seems beyond shortsigned to commit to giving away lottery picks regardless of the result.
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I very sincerely doubt that our front office is operating with a commitment to give away lottery picks regardless of the result. I think the first choice and the choice they are really trying for is to maximize the value of our pick and future picks to put a contender around Dame but I don't think they would ever take trading Dame off of the table because doing that would give opponents too much leverage.

That being said, I think they'll be able to justify to themselves a move or moves that at least placate Dame and at most make us a contender.
 
HailBlazers said:
Path is the key. Overnight fix is not possible.
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People thought trading picks for Collins, Roco, Afflalo and Nance would get us on the path. Well guess what, lots of times that path isn't what is expected or doesn't work out as planned.

Sending out lottery picks is just different than all of those moves though. They are so valuable to a franchise like Portland. They have a realistic chance of being a starting level player if not allstar. Its one thing to give up a late pick for Afflalo, but if we win a top4 pick and ship that out for more years of mediocrity.... thats just a failure on a whole different level.

I guess to me it means is it a realistic path to contend. Roco wasn't a realistic path to contend, and just such a tiny insignificant step even if the trade had worked out well. LeBron and Anthony Davis is a realistic path to contend. Kawhi and Paul George is a realistic path to contend even if its never worked out any of these years for them. Embiid and Harden is a realistic path to contend; etc.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
People thought trading picks for Collins, Roco, Afflalo and Nance would get us on the path. Well guess what, lots of times that path isn't what is expected or doesn't work out as planned.

Sending out lottery picks is just different than all of those moves though. They are so valuable to a franchise like Portland. They have a realistic chance of being a starting level player if not allstar. Its one thing to give up a late pick for Afflalo, but if we win a top4 pick and ship that out for more years of mediocrity.... thats just a failure on a whole different level.

I guess to me it means is it a realistic path to contend. Roco wasn't a realistic path to contend, and just such a tiny insignificant step even if the trade had worked out well. LeBron and Anthony Davis is a realistic path to contend. Kawhi and Paul George is a realistic path to contend even if its never worked out any of these years for them. Embiid and Harden is a realistic path to contend; etc.
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I will always defend the afflalo trade cause no one expected Wes to go down and that changed everything. Afflalo was a role player at best.
 
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