If tonight wasn't telling...

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Did you mean to write "c) we ALWAYS let the other team dictate the style we play"? Serious question, because to me, that's what it seems like you meant.

Oops yes typo I will fix that

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Dame has his best game of the year (40 and 10)

And we still lost by 20.


We need LOTS of help. Through the draft. Trade. SOMETHING. Dame did right tonight, the rest of the team just... no.

Luckily we have tradeable assets, tons of cap space and will probably have a good draft pick in a good draft. It's always been known that this team was essentially Damian Lillard with a bunch of adequate role players.

I think help will come fairly quickly (in terms of this upcoming summer and probably by next year's trade deadline and we'll be right in the thick of things before too long.

 

[blue9]

I think help will come fairly quickly...

Yeah, I think next season we make the POs without major changes. Which makes it all the more important that we keep this year's pick and give DEN a crappy pick in the low 20s next year.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Yeah, I think next season we make the POs without major changes. Which makes it all the more important that we keep this year's pick and give DEN a crappy pick in the low 20s next year.

The ideal scenario is a top 3 pick and we are able to finally get a marquee player either through an outright signing or a trade, both are doable. Like I've been saying, Lillard's influence with Adidas and his comraderie with other guys like Barnes or DeRozan may help out convincing them to come and build something special here in Rip City.

 

[Blazers Roy]

Green has more assists last year and this year than Morris does in his career. Green also is a very good defender. Morris not so much.

I don't know, i don't watch Morris outside of his meetings with Portland.
I listened to Zach Lowe's pod today and they were talking about the 2 as if they match-up pretty good and have similar skill set.

I tend to think Morris is worth the "gamble" of acquiring him for free. Stats are not something i rely on anymore to pass judgement.

 

[blue9]

Can DeRozan play SF? If so I MIGHT get on board with trying to sign him IF we luck into Ben Simmons and play him at PF.

Dame
CJ
DeRozan
Simmons
Plumlee

I wouldn't get DeRozan to replace CJ, but anything to get Aminu out of the starting line up would be a good thing.

 

[BBert]

This place cracks me up. Everyone says we need to tank for another good player to pair with dame. CJ has a break out year and shows massive potential to be a star and everyone wants to trade him cause we already have dame.

Not "everyone". But, yeah.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

..and the Warriors are working on a Dynasty.

Yeah I'd just throw in the towel if I was in charge; no point in trying to beat those assholes. But I'm very glad smarter and more driven people are in charge, because I'd be the worst GM ever.

 

[Strenuus]

Luckily we have tradeable assets, tons of cap space and will probably have a good draft pick in a good draft. It's always been known that this team was essentially Damian Lillard with a bunch of adequate role players.

I think help will come fairly quickly (in terms of this upcoming summer and probably by next year's trade deadline and we'll be right in the thick of things before too long.

The playoffs would be the ABSOLUTE WORST scenario we could hope for, IMO.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

The playoffs would be the ABSOLUTE WORST scenario we could hope for, IMO.

I think it would be the ABSOLUTE BEST scenario.

 

[dviss1]

Oh, okay. So if Stephen Curry dropped dead tomorrow, Golden State would still be the best team because they have the best record? And if they'd played all their games at home against patsies and another team had played all its games on the road against much better competition and lost just one more game, Golden State would still be better? I never knew it could be so simple!

If ________ dropped dead.

Insert the name of the best player on any team here.

Very nonsensical argument.

 

[dviss1]

I disagree.
If we know that Brian Scalabrine is the greatest player of all times and we also know that Meyers Leonard is a better shooter then him then how can Meyers be garbage?

Huh?

 

[Blazers Roy]

Huh?

Yea ok, i'm not sure he's a better shooter then him.

 

[oldmangrouch]

The playoffs would be the ABSOLUTE WORST scenario we could hope for, IMO.

I would say ending up in the ass-end of the lotto would be worse.

 

[Strenuus]

I think it would be the ABSOLUTE BEST scenario.

For our opponent, yes.

 

[HailBlazers]

I think it would be the ABSOLUTE BEST scenario.

I highly disagree, the ABSOLUTE BEST scenario would be if we
did __________ and ___________ and won a Championship in 20___!!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

If ________ dropped dead.

Insert the name of the best player on any team here.

Very nonsensical argument.

The point was that win/loss record is not an infallible indicator of quality. There, is that simpler?

 

[blue9]

The point was that win/loss record is not an infallible indicator of quality. There, is that simpler?

I'll agree with that. The past couple years we definitely weren't as good as our W/L record said we were.