Game Thread GAME# 30: BLAZERS @ SUNS - FEBRUARY 22, 2021 - MONDAY, 6:00, NBCSNW

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Do you think Dame will ever get voted in as an All-Star Game Starter?

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illmatic99 said:


Some really cringeworthy comments on the Woj pod with Melo this week about what the Blazers promised him. Apparently he had multiple offers this past offseason for more money and decided to come back because he was blown away by Neil's comments about how he'd protect Melo's legacy. We all know that translates to shots and minutes, apparently even at the detriment of the team. Also, Neil thinks of Melo's impact similar to Billups' during his tenure with the Clips -- made me nearly crash my car into a mile marker on the highway while hearing this on my drive yesterday.

So we're stuck essentially. Melo will get 25-30 mpg and free reign to do what he wants on offense because he's a future HOF'er and came to Portland for cheap, while we have a better player itching to get more PT behind him. I don't get it.
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Olshey doesn't manage this team like it matters if we compete for a title, he manages it like some charity dedicated to making players feel better about themselves. It's fucking bullshit! It's inexcusable that we don't have another big on the team and Melo is getting minutes at the 5 and the amount of minutes Melo is getting overall is humiliating as a fan of a team that is supposedly trying to contend.

What does Melo's legacy have to do with anything? Why the fuck would anyone's legacy that didn't spend the majority of their career or deliver a championship mean anything to any team? It's some celebrity bullshit, like we're just happy to have the hall of famer around us and we'll give him anything to stay. I'd be surprised if Olshey doesn't ask Melo for his autograph on a basketball card every time he sees him. I get why the players are into it, they grew up worshiping the guy but management and coaching has to be so beyond that. This is the definition of bush league.
 
blazerkor said:
Olshey doesn't manage this team like it matters if we compete for a title, he manages it like some charity dedicated to making players feel better about themselves. It's fucking bullshit! It's inexcusable that we don't have another big on the team and Melo is getting minutes at the 5 and the amount of minutes Melo is getting overall is humiliating as a fan of a team that is supposedly trying to contend.

What does Melo's legacy have to do with anything? Why the fuck would anyone's legacy that didn't spend the majority of their career or deliver a championship mean anything to any team? It's some celebrity bullshit, like we're just happy to have the hall of famer around us and we'll give him anything to stay. I'd be surprised if Olshey doesn't ask Melo for his autograph on a basketball card every time he sees him. I get why the players are into it, they grew up worshiping the guy but management and coaching has to be so beyond that. This is the definition of bush league.
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Shouldn't you be at work?
 
it's early, but the Suns may very well be this year's version of last year's Miami team. CP3 doing for Phoenix what Butler did for Miami
 
illmatic99 said:


Some really cringeworthy comments on the Woj pod with Melo this week about what the Blazers promised him. Apparently he had multiple offers this past offseason for more money and decided to come back because he was blown away by Neil's comments about how he'd protect Melo's legacy. We all know that translates to shots and minutes, apparently even at the detriment of the team. Also, Neil thinks of Melo's impact similar to Billups' during his tenure with the Clips -- made me nearly crash my car into a mile marker on the highway while hearing this on my drive yesterday.

So we're stuck essentially. Melo will get 25-30 mpg and free reign to do what he wants on offense because he's a future HOF'er and came to Portland for cheap, while we have a better player itching to get more PT behind him. I don't get it.
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I have a feeling I'm going to have to unplug my emotions from this team until Neil and Stotts are gone.
 
Sounds like Neil. So stotts plays a guy to sell jerseys. If that is true about melo then that is the last straw. Only an asshat gm would do that.
 
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