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Make the pick for the Future.....or trade it for 'now'?

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UKRAINEFAN said:
Despite losing two, we are still in the 9th spot, no closer to the 8th. But we have opened some distance between us and 10 and 11; we are now three games ahead of them. Throwing the dice, 4 times in 9th and once in 4th.
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wut?

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I think it's a good thing they are closer to 12th than they are to 9th
 
wizenheimer said:
wut?

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I think it's a good thing they are closer to 12th than they are to 9th
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All of this shit means nothing to me for 9 1/2 more days. Then I'll be able to figure out if I want the team to be higher in the lotto odds or higher in the standings. It's not too long to wait but the wait is killing me.

I will say again that I hope the Vulcans told Cronin that the rest of this season meaning up until the 10th of February is his interview to get the interim off of his title before they start interviewing external candidates. I hope he feels like he has to make transformative moves to this roster whether that means dumping players for expiring contracts and picks that can either be used in the off season to start a youth rebuild or trade for guys who can help Dame while he's still in his prime... or he takes big swings at big time players to get the ball rolling right now and have some momentum by the time Dame gets back and get some competitive ball in before gearing up for next season and knowing a little of what we have. I hope inaction would be as unacceptable to ownership as it would be to me and many other fans and would result in Cronin being told they're interviewing other people so they can hire someone when the off season starts.

Having someone that still has an interim tag handle our draft especially if we have a lottery pick would be absolutely nuts.
 
blazerkor said:
All of this shit means nothing to me for 9 1/2 more days. Then I'll be able to figure out if I want the team to be higher in the lotto odds or higher in the standings. It's not too long to wait but the wait is killing me.

I will say again that I hope the Vulcans told Cronin that the rest of this season meaning up until the 10th of February is his interview to get the interim off of his title before they start interviewing external candidates. I hope he feels like he has to make transformative moves to this roster whether that means dumping players for expiring contracts and picks that can either be used in the off season to start a youth rebuild or trade for guys who can help Dame while he's still in his prime... or he takes big swings at big time players to get the ball rolling right now and have some momentum by the time Dame gets back and get some competitive ball in before gearing up for next season and knowing a little of what we have. I hope inaction would be as unacceptable to ownership as it would be to me and many other fans and would result in Cronin being told they're interviewing other people so they can hire someone when the off season starts.

Having someone that still has an interim tag handle our draft especially if we have a lottery pick would be absolutely nuts.
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I might be wrong, but I'm suspecting you'll be cussing out Cronin on the evening of Feb. 10 for sitting on his hands
 
Freshtown said:
After last nights loss we moved to the #9 pick, and we’re only 3 games back from the #6 pick!

https://www.tankathon.com/
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currently have a 20% chance of landing top 4. Only 2.5 games ahead of the #6 spot where we would have a 37% chance of landing top 4.

I love these new lottery odds. Makes it much more tenable to be bad but not unbelievably terrible.
 
wizenheimer said:
I might be wrong, but I'm suspecting you'll be cussing out Cronin on the evening of Feb. 10 for sitting on his hands
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There's definitely a high probability that will be the outcome. Hopefully he takes this opportunity to lock down this job and make a real name for himself as a guy who puts getting his team into a winning situation above winning individual trades. Hopefully he shows us that he understands that the way a roster fits together and the way players complement each other matters. Hopefully him and Chauncey have been discussing just how poorly our personnel fit his defensive philosophies and not to the same extent but also his offensive philosophies for that matter. Hopefully this guy can make this roster make sense. That being said I'm not expecting it, just hoping for it.

So I don't blow a gasket I'm just keeping my expectations low. We trade RoCo, get a worse piece back (probably a 6'3" guard that the team claims can give us a lot of quality minutes at center) without a draft pick and it gets us under the luxury tax. Everything else stays the same.
 
wizenheimer said:
sorry man...I misread your post. First mistake I've made in 27 years

then I guess a chart of lottery odds goes here:

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this chart was more fun when the Blazers were 6th
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So it's set up so if we were 9th we would have no chance at 5-8. I guess that is why I only got 9's and a couple 4's on the lottery simulator.
 
The teams below us are such master tankers the Blazers will be forced into the play in
 
Dolphins ex coach Flores says he lost trust in that organization because he was offered 100K for every loss in an effort to tank.
I just don't see Billups going along with any scheme to purposely tank.
 
Hoopguru said:
Dolphins ex coach Flores says he lost trust in that organization because he was offered 100K for every loss in an effort to tank.
I just don't see Billups going along with any scheme to purposely tank.
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Nobody is asking him to purposely tank.

Dame got his surgery and is sitting out.

Nassir is out.

Nance is out.

Management can trade players like Roco for picks or injured players too to help the tank.
 
MickZagger said:
Kings, Rockets, Thunder and Magic all win today which is nice.
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It's going to take some obvious tanking trades to get under any of these teams but it would take those trades and a miracle to get under the Magic specifically.
 
blazerkor said:
It's going to take some obvious tanking trades to get under any of these teams but it would take those trades and a miracle to get under the Magic specifically.
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With the lotto rules we just need to be one of the 4 worst.
 
This looks like such a weak draft to me, though. There's one guy I think has a decent chance to be a star. Then there are some pretty good shooting guards, which doesn't really help the Blazers.
 
PCmor7 said:
This looks like such a weak draft to me, though. There's one guy I think has a decent chance to be a star. Then there are some pretty good shooting guards, which doesn't really help the Blazers.
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That's fine. A high pick would be a great asset regardless of the talent pool. If we can use CJ, Powell and Roco/Nance to get Simmons or Siakam, we can use the pick to get another high impact player.
 
blazerkor said:
It's going to take some obvious tanking trades to get under any of these teams but it would take those trades and a miracle to get under the Magic specifically.
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Yeah, they are not 'catching' Orlando. But they are only 2.5 games out of the #5 Lottery slot. We had that run where we won 6 of 8, or we'd be right in contention for a very high pick.
 
I really doubt if we can do any better than where we are now; in the 9th spot.
 
AmirIcon said:
That's fine. A high pick would be a great asset regardless of the talent pool. If we can use CJ, Powell and Roco/Nance to get Simmons or Siakam, we can use the pick to get another high impact player.
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I could have been on board with that thinking, but we got Eric Bledsoe instead ....
 
Lottery climb suddenly gaining momentum....
 
Could you imagine a young core if we luck into a top 3 pick? Then trade Lillard and get a young guy like Jalen Brown or someone of that ilk? Maybe trade Nurk for a 1st?

We could build something really promising
 
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