Notice Neil Olshey: Portland Trail Blazers still 'looking to make trades'

[BigGameDamian]

https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/...olshey_trail_blazers_offseason_interview.html

The Portland Trail Blazers summer league team improved to 3-0 in Las Vegas with a 95-89 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. During the game, Blazers President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey conducted a brief two-minute interview about Portland's summer league team, offseason and more.

 

[Natebishop3]

We are thin at guard. I hope we trade for another guard.

 

[SwissBlazer]

Same old. I am mostly defending him but he said those things the last 3 years for absolutely no result.

 

[HailBlazers]

We are thin at guard. I hope we trade for another guard.

Will you be here all night?

 

[hoopsjock]

https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/...olshey_trail_blazers_offseason_interview.html

The Portland Trail Blazers summer league team improved to 3-0 in Las Vegas with a 95-89 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. During the game, Blazers President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey conducted a brief two-minute interview about Portland's summer league team, offseason and more.

I was just thinking that we needed a new thread about Olshey that discussed the same interview that has been discussed in numerous other threads.

 

[Natebishop3]

Will you be here all night?

All night? No. I'll be here all week! Try the veal!

 

[riverman]

Same old. I am mostly defending him but he said those things the last 3 years for absolutely no result.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

He clearly knows how to dumpster-dive with the best of them. Beyond that, he’s weak.

 

[BonesJones]

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I think he was referencing the off-season. In 3 years, were talking about trading a pick for a C than swapping that center for another center. That's it? That's not active at all.

 

[Scalma]

He needs to stop giving interviews and not show his face until he actually does something outside of participating in the draft and filling out the back of the roster.

 

[SwissBlazer]

I think he was referencing the off-season. In 3 years, were talking about trading a pick for a C than swapping that center for another center. That's it? That's not active at all.

Exactly.

 

[jlprk]

What does he do that a Chief Scout doesn't? He should refund his multi-million salary, climb under a rock, and let his scouting staff make no trades instead of him. The staff which advises him on whom to draft.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What does he do that a Chief Scout doesn't?

 

[Blazers Roy]

He clearly knows how to dumpster-dive with the best of them. Beyond that, he’s weak.

He's lazy though, if that's his key attribute then he should get rid of placeholder players on the team and leave 2 spots for auditioning undrafted\Euro\G-League players.

 

[Blazer4ever]

I want inside scoring, someone like Jabari Parker if he's available

 

[jlprk]

I want inside scoring, someone like Jabari Parker if he's available

We had a good inside scorer, but $4 million/year was too much. Olshey and Stotts want only long shooters.

 

[BonesJones]

I want inside scoring, someone like Jabari Parker if he's available

And how exactly would we be able to get him...?

 

[Blazer4ever]

We had a good inside scorer, but $4 million/year was too much. Olshey and Stotts want only long shooters.

You mean Ed Davis? I like Ed but he wasn't much of an offensive threat and wasn't that great a defender either

 

[Blazer4ever]

And how exactly would we be able to get him...?

I don't even like him that much. Just know that he's strong and scores at the rim and could be available because of the log jam they have with Giannis

 

[Blazer4ever]

Our only inside scorer other than Nurkic is Caleb

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Our only inside scorer other than Nurkic is Caleb

Caleb is less of an inside threat than Davis was. At least ED could get up high enough to throw down.

However, the indication from Olshey is that Collins is supposed to play more inside this year.

We'll see...

 

[Blazer4ever]

Caleb is less of an inside threat than Davis was. At least ED could get up high enough to throw down.

However, the indication from Olshey is that Collins is supposed to play more inside this year.

We'll see...

Yes, Davis could dunk and put-back it's not true that he was completely worthless on offense. Collins is an excellent rim protector but needs to play alongside someone who plays in the post on offense. Maybe he and Caleb will continue to cooperate in the 2nd unit, but then who's the starting PF? Aminu?

 

[BigGameDamian]

https://syndication.bleacherreport....-dealing-kevin-love-kyle-korver-more.amp.html

Cavaliers Trade Rumors: Cleveland Open to Dealing Kevin Love, Kyle Korver, More

 

[jlprk]

You mean Ed Davis? I like Ed but he wasn't much of an offensive threat and wasn't that great a defender either

Yes, Davis could dunk and put-back it's not true that he was completely worthless on offense.

Like Olshey, you value the wrong players, only those who shoot long, instead of inside players who think about defense.

Davis was an excellent shooter in heavy traffic from within 8 feet. This season, watch what happens to our glorious volume-shooting guards when their missed shots aren't cleaned up anymore with putbacks. Their shot selection will have to become economical. Stotts' offensive system won't know what to do.

Halfway into next season, Boob will contemptuously show stats that Davis is just average in Brooklyn. But that will be in a normal system. In the weird Stotts system, Davis was exactly what we needed to offset the emphasis on wrong players and unbalanced talents.

 

[tykendo]

https://syndication.bleacherreport....-dealing-kevin-love-kyle-korver-more.amp.html

Cavaliers Trade Rumors: Cleveland Open to Dealing Kevin Love, Kyle Korver, More

I'm in the mood for Love. HeeHeeHee

 

[KingSpeed]

Same old. I am mostly defending him but he said those things the last 3 years for absolutely no result.

He didn't trade for Nurkic? He didn't trade up in draft for Collins?

 

[KingSpeed]

Our only inside scorer other than Nurkic is Caleb

A) Collins
B) Evan Turner
C) Neil's not done yet

 

[SwissBlazer]

He didn't trade for Nurkic? He didn't trade up in draft for Collins?

I am talking about all the summer talks. Every summer he speaks for months about potential improvement. About Salary Cap. About TPE. About lopsided (spelling?) trades. And for what results? Again, I am in the pro-Olshey camp if I have to choose. But I am getting a bit bored lately. And seeing the TPE about to be unused makes me angry. Of course he will talk about opportunities that weren't here. About being two to make a deal. The same stuffs he keeps saying summer after summer.

To answer your point, Nurk is a home-run. No question. So far I am sold on Collins' potential but the value of this trade up is still a big question mark. In the last three years it's what ? Two significant trades with one being highly questionnable. I can't say I am impressed.

 

[BonesJones]

A) Collins
B) Evan Turner
C) Neil's not done yet

Evan Turner? Lol.

Zach??? Not yet.

 

[BonesJones]

I am talking about all the summer talks. Every summer he speaks for months about potential improvement. About Salary Cap. About TPE. About lopsided (spelling?) trades. And for what results? Again, I am in the pro-Olshey camp if I have to choose. But I am getting a bit bored lately. And seeing the TPE about to be unused makes me angry. Of course he will talk about opportunities that weren't here. About being two to make a deal. The same stuffs he keeps saying summer after summer.

To answer your point, Nurk is a home-run. No question. So far I am sold on Collins' potential but the value of this trade up is still a big question mark. In the last three years it's what ? Two significant trades with one being highly questionnable. I can't say I am impressed.

Consolidating the 15th and 20th picks into the 10th I don't count ad a trade in terms of legitimate team building (towards contention)... that's a draft move.