Neil speaks

[Denny Crane]

Did those teams you mention have the 5th highest payroll in the league in year 3 with zero cap flexibility for the foreseeable future?

Why should we care about payroll? Paying a payroll right up to the LT is ideal. That we are is a point in NO's favor.

 

[LayneStaley]

The front office screwed this orginization in 2016 when it made drastic emotional responses to Chandler Parsons and Dwight Howard denying us by signing scrubs to outrageous contracts. That can’t be argued.

 

[LayneStaley]

Why should we care about payroll? Paying a payroll right up to the LT is ideal. That we are is a point in NO's favor.

Does it matter who we are using that payroll on?

 

[Denny Crane]

The front office screwed this orginization in 2016 when it made drastic emotional responses to Chandler Parsons and Dwight Howard denying us by signing scrubs to outrageous contracts. That can’t be argued.

BPA

 

[Denny Crane]

Does it matter who we are using that payroll on?

BPA, as well.

About half the payroll goes to two players: Dame and CJ. Should it be any different?

 

[Pinwheel1]

I would rather spend 3 years in the top 5 of the lottery than 10 years at 14-18 in the lottery.

Yeah that's what the Lakers did. And the only thing that will bail them out are top FA's....which we all know we don't get.

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

And yet we signed one of their lottery busts to a 17 mil per deal we can go round and round, wake me up in 2020 when we can start over again.

Not a bust, one who turned into a role player rather than a star but neither is he a bust. Overpaid? Yes. Your seeming preference for us to have many chances to generate busts for the rare opportunity to gain a true game-changer is not a road I wish to travel.

The Sixers have some up-and-coming players but I don’t consider any of them game-changers (such as LeBron would be).

That’s ok, some people always want to go for the big score, others prefer alternative approaches.

I would love a big score, but not at the cost of the Philly model you seem to prefer.

 

[tester551]

I'm beginning to think that Denny is really Neil Olshey.....
Or at least has a vested interest in his performance

 

[Denny Crane]

I met Larry Bowa once and we got to talking. He was manager at the time. I asked him why teams didn't just throw pickoff after pickoff when they were losing and it looked like it might rain. Doing so would delay the game until it rained and would force the game to be restarted the next day (or whenever).

His answer: "it's bush league."

Tanking is bush league.

 

[Denny Crane]

I'm beginning to think that Denny is really Neil Olshey.....
Or at least has a vested interest in his performance

We all have vested interest in his performance.

I root for my team to succeed.

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

I'm beginning to think that Denny is really Neil Olshey.....
Or at least has a vested interest in his performance

We all know he significantly overpaid for some of the posters on this board.

 

[H.C.]

I would rather spend 3 years in the top 5 of the lottery than 10 years at 14-18 in the lottery.

You are not allowed to say this unless you are willing to watch a shitty product in person, be at every game. As well as increase your general spending on Blazer merch/food.
Philly couldn't get their fans to continually support the team, which is why NBA owners in 2015 pushed Adam Silver to stop the tanking put forth by Philly.

I certainly am not willing to watch let alone put money into an organization which suits up 17 g-league players who struggle to put up 20 points in a game against the Lakers.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Neil reminds me of the guy that sold me my first car, it was at a used car lot on hwy 99 (you Seattle guys will know)

We have alot of used car lots on our 99 as well though. But I still know what you are talking about.

 

[riverman]

Lots of top 5 busts in the draft...TRob was picked at 5...it's a crap shoot...I'll take Evan Turner over Nic Batum or Wes Mathews....who got similar money to ET

 

[Pinwheel1]

I would rather spend 3 years in the top 5 of the lottery than 10 years at 14-18 in the lottery.

How about we compromise on 1 year at #13?
Booker, Giannis, Mitchell....

 

[Scalma]

We all know he significantly overpaid for some of the posters on this board.

Blocked and reported

 

[Denny Crane]

Vonleh was drafted #9.

By the Hornets.

Now there's a team that keeps plenty of salary room under the LT threshold and had lots of lottery picks.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Vonleh was drafted #9.

By the Hornets.

Now there's a team that keeps plenty of salary room under the LT threshold

Not anymore they don't.

 

[LayneStaley]

Lots of top 5 busts in the draft...TRob was picked at 5...it's a crap shoot...I'll take Evan Turner over Nic Batum or Wes Mathews....who got similar money to ET

Are we talking those 3 in their prime or as Blazers? Cause if we are Turner is a distant 3rd to me.

 

[Denny Crane]

Not anymore they don't.

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This year and maybe last.

They were notorious for not paying much over the minimum, due to small market and all that.

 

[riverman]

Are we talking those 3 in their prime or as Blazers? Cause if we are Turner is a distant 3rd to me.

Wes wasn't even drafted....Adam Morrison, Kwame Brown, Lonzo Ball....all top picks...even Fultz can't shoot....it's a crapshoot...Wes got ET money after his surgery....Charlotte is stuck with Nico's deal ...nobody will pay him that scratch again....they are not that old....Wes had terrible handles and couldn't finish a fast break ....Nico was invisible except for about 10 percent of his games...ET is not here to score in bunches but he can get you double digits and defend out of position

 

[Denny Crane]

Are we talking those 3 in their prime or as Blazers? Cause if we are Turner is a distant 3rd to me.

Turner was BPA where he was picked. It was considered a weak draft at the time.

Aminu went #8 in that draft, and Ed Davis went #13. Former Blazer Luke Babbitt went #16.

 

[LayneStaley]

I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess anyone that spends 6 months around here gets a pair of these in the mail with some sort of threat about ever taking them off.

 

[Denny Crane]

Wes wasn't even drafted....Adam Morrison, Kwame Brown, Lonzo Ball....all top picks...even Fultz can't shoot....it's a crapshoot...Wes got ET money after his surgery....Charlotte is stuck with Nico's deal ...nobody will pay him that scratch again....they are not that old....Wes had terrible handles and couldn't finish a fast break ....Nico was invisible except for about 10 percent of his games...ET is not here to score in bunches but he can get you double digits and defend out of position

I happen to like ET. He was Iggy lite when drafted, and something like BRoy lite, too.

His lack of 3pt shooting hurts, but he's been solid at everything else throughout his career.

 

[riverman]

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I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess anyone that spends 6 months around here gets a pair of these in the mail with some sort of threat about ever taking them off.

I'll save you the trouble....I was 23 years old when we won a championship....I'm still around...good and the bad...this is not a bad time to cheer for the roster...Rueben Patterson, JR Rider and Raymond Felton were all Blazers....Felton and the lockout season was probably the biggest test to fandom I've had...however....I'm waiting for those glasses....when do I get them?

 

[Wizard Mentor]

I'll save you the trouble....I was 23 years old when we won a championship....I'm still around...good and the bad...this is not a bad time to cheer for the roster...Rueben Patterson, JR Rider and Raymond Felton were all Blazers....Felton and the lockout season was probably the biggest test to fandom I've had...however....I'm waiting for those glasses....when do I get them?

Wait, are you Riverman or Old Man River?

 

[riverman]

Wait, are you Riverman or Old Man River?

well...gramps was already taken when I joined here

 

[Denny Crane]

I am a cubs fan all my life. Since the mid 1960s. The team has one of the most loyal fan bases of any team, in spite of all that losing.

 

[Denny Crane]

The first NBA game I went to was the Knicks at the Baltimore Bullets in Baltimore. The Knicks' star was Clyde Frazier. The Bullets' star was Earl Monroe. Monroe was later traded to the Knicks and paired with Frazer as one of the best guard tandems in the NBA for years.

I think it was the '68-'69 season.

 

[Denny Crane]

Wait, are you Riverman or Old Man River?

Old Man Riverman.