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The Blazers reside in Portland, Oregon.

No free agents (nor their wives/significant others) want to move here. Therefore, thoughts/dreams of landing a championship team in this town are slim to none. Period.

Sorry, this is just the reality.

It affects ownership, GM's, Coaches, Players, and the like.
 
ABM said:
The Blazers reside in Portland, Oregon.

No free agents (nor their wives/significant others) want to move here. Therefore, thoughts/dreams of landing a championship team in this town are slim to none. Period.

Sorry, this is just the reality.

It affects ownership, GM's, Coaches, Players, and the like.
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Sounds like an old song sung by someone at the Grand ole Opry.
Certainly not anything you might hear that springs "Reality".
 
Look, I was as optimistic as most when it comes to the Blazers reaching The Finals.....someday.

However, I'm now of the opinion the chances of that are slim to none. Trader Bob attempted the near impossible via ne'er-do-wells, and almost pulled it off, but the implosion came without real surprise.

Face it, this is Portland, OR. Don't blame Neil.
 
We signed Melo, Andre Miller, and Jamal Crawford. But who cares if we draft well and we have drafted very well. Made some good trades too. The Stotts/Dame/CJ/Nurk core can win it all with experience together over the next few years.
 
ABM said:
Look, I was as optimistic as most when it comes to the Blazers reaching The Finals.....someday.

However, I'm now of the opinion the chances of that are slim to none. Trader Bob attempted the near impossible via ne'er-do-wells, and almost pulled it off, but the implosion came without real surprise.

Face it, this is Portland, OR. Don't blame Neil.
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I would not Blame NO for being unable to persuade top tier NBA stars to sign here. I do blame NO for who he does sign and what he does with the players / contracts he signs, and brings in.
 
ABM said:
Look, I was as optimistic as most when it comes to the Blazers reaching The Finals.....someday.

However, I'm now of the opinion the chances of that are slim to none. Trader Bob attempted the near impossible via ne'er-do-wells, and almost pulled it off, but the implosion came without real surprise.

Face it, this is Portland, OR. Don't blame Neil.
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Why are you upset today of all days? We won a big game last night. We’ve won 6 of our 8 last games. Beaten 4 playoff teams in this streak.
 
ABM said:
The Blazers reside in Portland, Oregon.

No free agents (nor their wives/significant others) want to move here. Therefore, thoughts/dreams of landing a championship team in this town are slim to none. Period.

Sorry, this is just the reality.

It affects ownership, GM's, Coaches, Players, and the like.
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this is precisely why Portland must re-sign guys like Whiteside, Ariza and Melo while they are here and all happy. You wait and you lose them. Forget the free agent market. Build this team through the draft and via trades. Having space to pursue a free agent is not going to work! Never has and never will.
 
BoomChakaLaka said:
this is precisely why Portland must re-sign guys like Whiteside, Ariza and Melo while they are here and all happy. You wait and you lose them. Forget the free agent market. Build this team through the draft and via trades. Having space to pursue a free agent is not going to work! Never has and never will.
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I kinda like that response.
 
Natebishop3 said:
You know what's funny.... for a long time people said that UO couldn't sign top flight recruits because it's Eugene..... and then Mario Cristobal came along and now they're taking recruits from Alabama.
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They also do a lot better job paying guys under the table now, Chip used to write checks! :)
 
ABM said:
The Blazers reside in Portland, Oregon.

No free agents (nor their wives/significant others) want to move here. Therefore, thoughts/dreams of landing a championship team in this town are slim to none. Period.

Sorry, this is just the reality.

It affects ownership, GM's, Coaches, Players, and the like.
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Oh boy! ABM providing me more laughs. :bwpopcorn::biglaugh:
 
People love to bitch about their team. That's probably 90% of this forum's content.

The fact is, that NO took some shots on FA's and missed. Were they bad decisions in hindsight? Sure. But he did the best he could with what we've got here.

This entire goddamn forum, including me, couldn't do any better. But I guess we can all continue to bitch about it...
 
Natebishop3 said:
You know what's funny.... for a long time people said that UO couldn't sign top flight recruits because it's Eugene..... and then Mario Cristobal came along and now they're taking recruits from Alabama.
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You have to admit. Getting a certain coach can make a huge difference in FA signings. Not sure Stotts has that kind of reputation? Not sure he will ever get it? But i do believe certain coaches do have a way of influencing people's decisions.
 
C_note said:
People love to bitch about their team. That's probably 90% of this forum's content.

The fact is, that NO took some shots on FA's and missed. Were they bad decisions in hindsight? Sure. But he did the best he could with what we've got here.

This entire goddamn forum, including me, couldn't do any better. But I guess we can all continue to bitch about it...
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ABM said:
The Blazers reside in Portland, Oregon.

No free agents (nor their wives/significant others) want to move here. Therefore, thoughts/dreams of landing a championship team in this town are slim to none. Period.

Sorry, this is just the reality.

It affects ownership, GM's, Coaches, Players, and the like.
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4 words...


Las Vegas Trail Blazers!
 
Hold on, when did this happen!?
 
ABM said:
The Blazers reside in Portland, Oregon.

No free agents (nor their wives/significant others) want to move here. Therefore, thoughts/dreams of landing a championship team in this town are slim to none. Period.

Sorry, this is just the reality.

It affects ownership, GM's, Coaches, Players, and the like.
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Yep. But that's really old news (no offense intended). The only chance we have is to draft well and trade well. It can be done.

Anytime I hear people talking about Portland signing big time free agents I immediately know that person has absolutely no clue.
 
ABM said:
The Blazers reside in Portland, Oregon.

No free agents (nor their wives/significant others) want to move here. Therefore, thoughts/dreams of landing a championship team in this town are slim to none. Period.

Sorry, this is just the reality.

It affects ownership, GM's, Coaches, Players, and the like.
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Lol. OK buddy, tell that to the people in Toronto and Milwaukee.
Do you reside "here"?
 
blazerfan11 said:
Lol. OK buddy, tell that to the people in Toronto and Milwaukee.
Do you reside "here"?
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I was born in Portland and spent over 30 years there.

Toronto is an amazingly diverse and cosmopolitan international city. Not enough to keep Leonard there, though. Just a one n' done for them.

As to the Bucks, yeah, good on 'em. Here's a blurb on how they've manage to get so good. A big part of that is drafting a kid with a name beginning with 'G'.

https://www.quora.com/How-did-the-Milwaukee-Bucks-get-so-good
 
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