I'm So SICK & TIRED of Neil Olshey

[BigGameDamian]

Agreed, and I honestly wouldn't be surprised.

The Blazers are doing nothing to get Dame and CJ help. Zack Collins has potential but he's going to complete the big 4? I wouldn't be surprised if Dame requests a trade next year.

 

[Natebishop3]

Agreed, and I honestly wouldn't be surprised.

Just getting into the top 8 for the right to be monkey stomped by the Warriors is going to be hard as hell.

Warriors
Rockets
Utah
OKC
New Orleans
Minnesota
Lakers
Nuggets

Those teams are all legit and could make a run. The Spurs are on the bubble depending on what happens with Kawhi. Phoenix has a ton of young talent, so they could click and take off. It's hard to say. The Clips lost Jordan for nothing. Not sure what's going to happen with them.

I think the west is going to be a dogfight.

 

[HailBlazers]

So why is everyone so concern about contending RIGHT NOW

 

[Propagandist]

So why is everyone so concern about contending RIGHT NOW

The proverbial window for Mr. Lillard, for one. Olshey has been here for-fucking-ever and we have plateaued and are now dipping when compared with our contemporaries, for another...

 

[e_blazer]

So why is everyone so concern about contending RIGHT NOW

I think this is the biggest question about Olshey’s plan for the off-season. Is he really trying to get more competitive for next season, or is he trying to position the team to make the jump next year. His moves to get a bunch of young guards with low cost and high potential upside would seem to me to be more consistent with a longer term view. If some of these guys pan out they may make CJ truly expendable next year, after he’s had another season to, hopefully, increase his trade value.

 

[BBert]

I just heard Dwight say: "There's a lot of things that Evan Turner can do that Wade Baldwin can't. That's just a fact."

I would love for him to elaborate on that.

Yeah, no kidding. Like what?

They both play defense.

I believe Wade to be the better facilitator (Turner had so many STUPID turnovers last year, usually in bunches, giving the other team easy baskets and letting them go on a run, that I almost gave myself a concussion on more than one occasion).

Wade can improve his outside stroke, but I still have exponentially more confidence in his shot than Turner's.

Turner has that post up turnaround. Which I don't even like. I have no reason to think Wade couldn't make that shot too. If he wanted to. Which he probably doesn't, since he has other, better, ways of scoring, or actually passing to a teammate instead of being a black hole.

I guess Turner is probably a better rebounder, and can play Small Forward.

Anything else?

 

[BBert]

Tell the world he has a fat-ass contract and admit he’s amongst the NBA’s most overpaid?

No man. He's earned every dime of that cheddar. ET said so himself.

 

[BBert]

The Blazers are doing nothing to get Dame and CJ help. Zack Collins has potential but he's going to complete the big 4? I HOPE Dame requests a trade next year.

I don't usually "fix" other people's post, but isn't this what you meant to say, Mr. Nattering Naboob of Negativity?

 

[Gronk Brady]

Ya, he ain't using that TPE. Too much chatter about tax implications etc. Building those excuses already.

ugh

Like I have been saying... Neil is a used car salesman/con artist... yet another lie. Does this guy ever stop moving the goal post??? And then he gets mad at fans for having expectations!

 

[BigGameDamian]

Neil doesn't have the balls.
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y7dalodr

 

[BBert]

Neil doesn't have the balls.
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y7dalodr

Milwaukee doesn't have the balls.

Since we showed Ed the door, I don't think we have enough big men to do that, without another trade.

 

[CupWizier]

Neil doesn't have the balls.
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y7dalodr

well everyone knows that if it works on the trade machine then it doesn't make any difference what the other team wants to do.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Olshey on 620am with Dwight Jaynes in about 20 minutes. Anyone got any guesses as to what he'll say during his interview?

I just heard Dwight say: "There's a lot of things that Evan Turner can do that Wade Baldwin can't. That's just a fact."

I would love for him to elaborate on that.

Rent a car without a surcharge? Beyond that...

The only things I can think of is scoring in the low post and maybe defending bigger/stronger players.

Come on guys, Im dissapointed.

Evan has Skills. Baldwin is brand new. With no history. There is NO way Baldwin can match a dump truck in his pool!!!!!!

 

[Lanny]

The only things I can think of is scoring in the low post and maybe defending bigger/stronger players.

You forgot working his way into the low post by his bigger, stronger body.

 

[Lanny]

Somebody gave Jaynes a radio show? What the fuck!

Yeah, what the hell.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I said I wouldn’t really beat this dead horse until the trade exception for Crabbe goes by. So I guess I won’t, I just hope that he uses it.

 

[rumbletumble2]

I said I wouldn’t really beat this dead horse until the trade exception for Crabbe goes by. So I guess I won’t, I just hope that he uses it.

Horse carcasses leave a vile stench, an odor so disgusting one might describe it resembling that of Neil Olshey or as I call it, Mr. Nauseating Odor. It only stinks cause someone is stinking up the damn place.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

One day left until the TPE expires. We're still sick and tired of Olshey, right?

 

[Propagandist]

One day left until the TPE expires. We're still sick and tired of Olshey, right?

Truth is I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of Olshey.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

One day left until the TPE expires. We're still sick and tired of Olshey, right?

This reminds me of the Raef LaFrentz expiring contract.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Anyone remember the Seinfeld episode where Kathy Griffin did the one woman play on why she hates Jerry Seinfeld?

I want to see @Gronk Brady do something similar about Olshey. I would totally go.

 

[e_blazer]

Ole!

Ole' Oshey strikes again.

 

[Hoopguru]

Im thinking the Blazers are going to be right in the thick of 3-8 again. No way they trend down, the continuity along with some good young shooters, rooks that can play, and the continued evolving of Dame, CJ & Nurk spells success to me. GTJr. will be surprise player of the year!

GS - will coast the year and still win it all
Hou - will take a step back
3-8 or even 2-8 will be a battle for respect! Shoot that freaken ball!

 

[Scalma]

Im thinking the Blazers are going to be right in the thick of 3-8 again. No way they trend down, the continuity along with some good young shooters, rooks that can play, and the continued evolving of Dame, CJ & Nurk spells success to me. GTJr. will be surprise player of the year!

GS - will coast the year and still win it all
Hou - will take a step back
3-8 or even 2-8 will be a battle for respect! Shoot that freaken ball!

I know Olshey acquired all these guys but it still feels like all the “success” the team has had has had more to do with the coaches and Dames leadership rather than Neils grand vision.

Olshey never gets any of his objectives done in the offseason.

 

[blue9]

I just heard Dwight say: "There's a lot of things that Evan Turner can do that Wade Baldwin can't. That's just a fact."

I would love for him to elaborate on that.

Run out of gas in a lame Ferrari?
Tweet awful things that can't be blamed on youthful ignorance?

 

[blue9]

Keep people from driving their cars into his pool?

Nope, Turner can't do that!

 

[Scalma]

Run out of gas in a lame Ferrari?
Tweet awful things that can't be blamed on youthful ignorance?

Show up out of shape?

Spend literally the whole summer partying?

 

[blue9]

On paper, the roster as it stands is worse than the one that was swept out of the playoffs in April. And it's more expensive as a results of some extensions.

lost: Ed, Shabazz, Pat
got: Curry, Stauskas, Simons, Trent

Internal improvement be damned, but this notion that we got worse is fairly irrefutable.



He's either a terrible negotiator or the league has gotten smarter in general. Probably a bit of both.

That's two summers in a row, plus the regular season, that we've made moves to get worse. Last summer we deleted a rotation player (Crabbe). Then mid-season we deleted another player (Vonleh). And this summer we've replaced 2.5 rotation players (Ed=1, Bazz=1, Pat=.5) with 0.5 rotation players (Curry =.5). (Draft picks don't count, because every teams gets two picks every season.)

 

[hoopsjock]

That's two summers in a row, plus the regular season, that we've made moves to get worse. Last summer we deleted a rotation player (Crabbe). Then mid-season we deleted another player (Vonleh). And this summer we've replaced 2.5 rotation players (Ed=1, Bazz=1, Pat=.5) with 0.5 rotation players (Curry =.5). (Draft picks don't count, because every teams gets two picks every season.)

I don't think it's fair to put Curry as a 0.5 if he's healthy. At the very least he's as good as Bazz if you have him worth 1. I can see why you wouldn't count draft picks but Olshey did make trades to get extra draft picks and then used one of those picks to move up into the lottery so it's kind of unfair to just ignore the draft completely. Your overall point is valid though.

 

[Propagandist]

That's two summers in a row, plus the regular season, that we've made moves to get worse. Last summer we deleted a rotation player (Crabbe). Then mid-season we deleted another player (Vonleh). And this summer we've replaced 2.5 rotation players (Ed=1, Bazz=1, Pat=.5) with 0.5 rotation players (Curry =.5). (Draft picks don't count, because every teams gets two picks every season.)

True. But I think the Curry signing has the potential to be sneaky great.