My biggest issue with CJ is his contract, but really cant hate the man for getting paid. Just seems like a lot, but not gonna derail this. I agree with your points.
They were pretty hot in the parts of the milwaukee game I saw too.
Because he doesn’t play against the Suns every night?
The players don’t really care getting sweep by the Lakers. They just want that bonus money on making the playoffs
What the fuck man? I've actually been pro-CJ this year a lot more than in the past.
There are parts of his game I definitely dont like, but my issue is mostly that he just recieved a contract that should be reserved for guys who are capable of producing more, more efficiently.
The team played a better game. They played with more intensity and they looked better on defense. I watched people working harder at defending the 3 point shot. Didn't matter who was closest they were trying to get a hand in the face of the shooter. I watched a more team oriented effort at rebounding. Melo was back to trying to get some rebounds. He was passing the ball at times though he still looks to score a bit more than i like. There was some good effort by Biggie. That kid works hard if nothing else. Mario seems to be getting a little faith in his shot?
I thought compared to recent game threads it was fine too. Realistically though we've seen this multiple times this year where Portland beats a bad team and hopes get raised only to see them lay an egg in their next important game. It's difficult to get super positive even after wins.
That's just because you're biased against positive game threads.
We most certainly have seen worse yes. But the team played well. Pretty much controlled the game from the beginning. I guess we have grown accustomed?
Right. I don't know why some are focusing on Memphis.
I realize they all make a lot of money. I just think his extension hurts the team, any trades will more than likely they'll get the short end of them, and they have almost no flexibility or money to spend in FA. I really don't hate CJ, I think he's a 'good' nba player, but he's being paid IMO like he's a star/superstar and I don't believe he is.
I'm not crying, I can have an opinion without crying. I think he's worth about 15-20, I know in the NBA everything is inflated so I think on the open market he would get 22-23. Most of the guys getting paid more are wings, Porter, Wiggins, Barnes, etc all have the added bonus even if they aren't great defenders that they can switch and defend 3 (at least positions) if they need too. The Blazers are paying 2 guys who cannot really switch much a huge amount of money and Dame is a superstar so he should get that money, and it makes sense to pay one... Heck if the Blazers didn't have Dame then the contract for CJ would make a lot more sense IMO. It's a wing's league and because of how much were paying our guards we can't really afford the type of players to go around them that we need. I realize they made the WCF's last year, and injuries this year and all that, but look at almost all the teams competing for championships the last few years they have at least one "upper tier" forward, the Blazers can't really afford that anymore. They have to hope they get one in the draft.
He's getting paid like he's DeRozan or Wiggins. There are hardly any names on the list of players that make CJ-money that were ever available for us to spend his salary on...unless you realy want Kevin Love. Having CJ's salary to spend on free agents would just get us several average players, much worse than CJ.
