It’s Time to Start Over...

[BigGameDamian]

 

[SportsAndWhine]

Imo if we traded CJ for an equivalent 2way SF, we then slide ET to SG.

This could be fun in a "JR Rider takes a bunch of fools down low in the paint" 1998 sort of way. We'd need a really good 3&D guy at SF, and CJ could provide that to us.

 

[SportsAndWhine]

Stop promoting your podcast, Ben.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Imo if we traded CJ for an equivalent 2way SF, we then slide ET to SG.

But the bigger issue IMO is the refusals to play Aminu at SF and start a real PF at the 4.

Who is this mysterious 2-way SF you propose, and can we slide ET to other team instead to SG?

 

[Nikolokolus]

Who is this mysterious 2-way SF you propose, and can we slide ET to other team instead to SG?

It also begs the question: How could it be an "equivalent 2-way SF" when CJ is strictly a 1-way SG? The other question that comes to mind is who in the hell would give up a high quality 2-way SF for a 2guard who doesn't defend?

 

[rumbletumble]

Imo if we traded CJ for an equivalent 2way SF, we then slide ET to SG.

But the bigger issue IMO is the refusals to play Aminu at SF and start a real PF at the 4.

Stotts is a dumbass. Anyone who watches the game knows that Aminu guards the 4 and plays the 3 on offense. The floor spacing doesn't increase because Aminu is at the 4, rather, it shrinks because Evan Turner is out there standing next to him.

 

[Cippy91]

So we are posting threads now that are titles to Taylor Swift songs. Dear god

 

[Wizard Mentor]

So we are posting threads now that are titles to Taylor Swift songs. Dear god

Never say Never...

 

[Pinwheel1]

It also begs the question: How could it be an "equivalent 2-way SF" when CJ is strictly a 1-way SG? The other question that comes to mind is who in the hell would give up a high quality 2-way SF for a 2guard who doesn't defend?

No one. There is not a surplus of them out there. So keep CJ and hope we get lucky in the draft. I would rather have a very good one way player then an average 2 way SG. And I am not sure a 3 & D type player is enough at SF. We need three guys on the floor who can create their own shot.

 

[andalusian]

So we are posting threads now that are titles to Taylor Swift songs. Dear god

I will take your word about it being a Taylor Swift song, and suggest that we go for Adam and the Ants instead. This thread should be renamed "Stand and Deliver", every game thread should be renamed "Baby let me scream at you" and for the Around the NBA threads I suggest "Place in the country".

This is a fun game. Maybe a little later I will try to do it with U2 songs. This thread tho will certainly be "I still haven't found what I'm looking for"

 

[Wizard Mentor]

I will take your word about it being a Taylor Swift song, and suggest that we go for Adam and the Ants instead. This thread should be renamed "Stand and Deliver", every game thread should be renamed "Baby let me scream at you" and for the Around the NBA threads I suggest "Place in the country".

This is a fun game. Maybe a little later I will try to do it with U2 songs. This thread tho will certainly be "I still haven't found what I'm looking for"

Gotta go Talking Heads for the OPs intent:

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

So we are posting threads now that are titles to Taylor Swift songs. Dear god

You know the title of a Taylor Swift song?
Dear dog...

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Didn't you start a thread exactly like this a couple weeks ago?

It was time to start over.

 

[RickyJoe]

This is the dumbest thread I've seen since coming here. We need to work to get better, not start from scratch. The blazers are not that bad.

 

[BonesJones]

If our GM is creative and cunning enough, we can improve without trading Dame or CJ. Trading Dame is a retarded idea. Not many teams need PGs so we wouldn't be able to get enough, let alone the hit the basketball community and culture in Portland would take a hit.

 

[ripcityboy]

If our GM is creative and cunning enough, we can improve without trading Dame or CJ. Trading Dame is a retarded idea. Not many teams need PGs so we wouldn't be able to get enough, let alone the hit the basketball community and culture in Portland would take a hit.

I still think trading CJ is a viable option if we get a good return back. But yeah, the odds of that happening aren't great. Neither are "getting creative." We'll see how the next few weeks pans out.

 

[Nikolokolus]

This is the dumbest thread I've seen since coming here. We need to work to get better, not start from scratch. The blazers are not that bad.

It's not about how bad they are, it's their payroll combined with too many guys not playing up to their deals that is the problem. Also, I don't know who this we is, but they (Olshey and Allen) need to work to get better players for sure, but how they get there from here is going to be very tricky. Nobody is going to be beating down the door to get guys outside of Lillard or McCollum. In some cases, it's going to require sweetening the pot with picks to get rid of guys like Turner, MyLe, and Harkless and a ton of guys like Vonleh, Swanigan, Conaughton, Layman, just don't have much value. Right now the only guy who would be easy to trade because of his small salary and production is Napier, but because he's an expiring contract, the Blazers wouldn't have a ton of leverage in a deal.

In short, it's easy to say "We need to work to get better," but aside from maybe Collins, who do you see having the potential on this roster to make a huge, or even modest leap in production in the next few years? Nurkic? Most of these guys are at their peak, or will never have a peak.

 

[dviss1]

You’re losing cred with this one brother.

When did he have cred?

I'd wager to say 290 of his 301 rookie posts are complete garbage.

 

[Gronk Brady]

When did he have cred?

I'd wager to say 290 of his 301 rookie posts are complete garbage.

I don’t need cred from a nobody like you... I have realist big picture view of the team... sorry if you get butt hurt by the truth that McLillard will always be mediocre

 

[Gronk Brady]

I don’t need cred from a nobody like you... I have realist big picture view of the team... sorry if you get butt hurt by the truth that McLillard will always be mediocre

Also, the point of a forum is for fans to freely post their thoughts. I respect opposing opinions even if I strongly disagree with them. If you want to turn this into a place to insult each other I’ll leave this forum. The rest of you can all hold hands and agree on everything.

 

[dviss1]

I don’t need cred from a nobody like you... I have realist big picture view of the team... sorry if you get butt hurt by the truth that McLillard will always be mediocre

So not only do his posts show his basketball cred, but now he says he can tell the future too.

Bruh... Wassup with those lotto numbers?

 

[dviss1]

Also, the point of a forum is for fans to freely post their thoughts. I respect opposing opinions even if I strongly disagree with them. If you want to turn this into a place to insult each other I’ll leave this forum. The rest of you can all hold hands and agree on everything.

 

[e_blazer]

I don’t need cred from a nobody like you... I have realist big picture view of the team... sorry if you get butt hurt by the truth that McLillard will always be mediocre

Here's the problem, GB, you seem to have inordinate belief that your opinions are always facts, and that those who disagree with you are closed-minded homers. Time after time when people start posting here with that kind of attitude it ends badly.

 

[julius]

Also, the point of a forum is for fans to freely post their thoughts. I respect opposing opinions even if I strongly disagree with them. If you want to turn this into a place to insult each other I’ll leave this forum. The rest of you can all hold hands and agree on everything.

Funny that the person who claims people will be "butt hurt" is the one who is the most "butt hurt" of anyone.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Also, the point of a forum is for fans to freely post their thoughts. I respect opposing opinions even if I strongly disagree with them. If you want to turn this into a place to insult each other I’ll leave this forum. The rest of you can all hold hands and agree on everything.

I think what @dviss1 is trying to say is that your "opinions" are often obviously wrong, and demonstrate you don't really know what's happening.

How about trying to better explain WHY you think the way you do?

In this thread, for example, you could have said something like:
We have great YOUNG pieces in Nurk, Collins, and Bazz. If we could get something (e.g. Josh Jackson + a Phoenix pick) for Dame and
something (e.g. Jalen Brown) for CJ, then we'd have a nucleus of a potentially great team down the road when GSW gets old with a lineup of
Bazz (26), Brown (21), Jackson (20), Collins (20), and Nurk (23).

Some won't like your ideas (like me), but some will, and it's a lot better than "Just Dump McLillard." (and please don't bring up Pat as a foundational piece).

 

[Gronk Brady]

Funny that the person who claims people will be "butt hurt" is the one who is the most "butt hurt" of anyone.

Not butt hurt at all... just don’t want to waste my time posting here with low level people who can’t handle opposing views. Don’t understandstand this guys need to insult, must make him feel good about himself

 

[julius]

Not butt hurt at all... just don’t want to waste my time posting here with low level people who can’t handle opposing views. Don’t understandstand this guys need to insult, must make him feel good about himself

I'm not sure if everyone else caught the irony in this post, so I'll show it.

"Don't understand this guys need to insult"

Which was preceded by:

"just don’t want to waste my time posting here with low level people who can’t handle opposing views."

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Not butt hurt at all... just don’t want to waste my time posting here with low level people who can’t handle opposing views. Don’t understandstand this guys need to insult, must make him feel good about himself

In fairness, he only insulted your posts (calling them garbage); you actually insulted him (calling him a nobody). It's a subtle difference, but it's pretty much the only rule this forum has. Attack the post, not the poster.

 

[Gronk Brady]

I'm not sure if everyone else caught the irony in this post, so I'll show it.

"Don't understand this guys need to insult"

Which was preceded by:

"just don’t want to waste my time posting here with low level people who can’t handle opposing views."

He didn’t insult just one post, he said everything I post is garbage... I’m pretty sure that is a personal insult. Either way, I never insult anyone’s post or character unless they come at me first... I’m not gonna sit quiet. Disagree with me and debate... don’t call all my posts garbage.

 

[julius]

He didn’t insult just one post, he said everything I post is garbage... I’m pretty sure that is a personal insult. Either way, I never insult anyone’s post or character unless they come at me first... I’m not gonna sit quiet. Disagree with me and debate... don’t call all my posts garbage.

I guess I just don't care if people call my posts garbage. Hell, my posts ARE garbage.