Not that disappointed really

[e_blazer]

I'm with you on this. I loved the way he progressed over the season last year. He still had a lot of room to grow.

He and Turner at the SF spot would be a really nice rotation. A few minutes for Crabbe there in small ball lineups.

 

[Strenuus]

For me, I'm withholding judgement only until we sign Mo Harkless. If we don't re-sign him, I'll be pissed.

Same. Harkless is needed on this team.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Lebron hasn't re-signed with the Cavs yet, so there's still hope.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Decent player. Dame is a great player

Ill take decent, usually decent players come in, do their job/role, and assimilate to the locker room well.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Lebron hasn't re-signed with the Cavs yet, so there's still hope.

BelieveLAND part II: Winter is coming

 

[Mediocre Man]

Ill take decent, usually decent players come in, do their job/role, and assimilate to the locker room well.

You know how Michigan State says "we are, Sparta?" Portland should say "we are role players"

 

[LuckyShot]

If I was a free agent without bias I would be swayed towards Portland just because of the beauty. I love trees and nature and greenery.. well guess what, to have that you have to have some steady periods of rain so I don't care that it may rain during the winter. The night life? I'm not a partier and the I'd view the lack of distractions as a good thing.. I could stay focused on basketball. I guess there's not many NBA athletes that value the same things as me...

With regards to the weather, NBA players shouldn't really give a damn about the rain here. During the parts of the year when it rains the most, they should be in a gym hooping most of the time anyway. The only time the weather is really nice happens to be during the offseason.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

We just better hope one day there is a top tier free agent who does have a close knit family, who LOVES the outdoors, and is okay with going to a farmers market then fishing on a Saturday instead of sleeping all day then going to the club to get drunk and hook up with women.

We already have that guy; Chris Kaman!

 

[Blazers Roy]

I'm not that disappointed we didn't get anyone of the big names, but i'm very disappointed we are taking part in the bidding war for mediocre players.
We lost our dignity when we signed Turner.

We should have focused on keeping the guys together, maybe bring in someone like Jordan Clarkson if we can (he only got 12M\yr from the Lakers) and if that's not possible then sign unproven\undrafted\unknown 20 yr olds from the bottom of other teams' rosters,D-league and Europe.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I'm not disappointed because of who we missed out on, I'm disappointed by what Olshey has actually done. You can't control the choices that other people make, but you can control the choices you make - overpaying for a guy who doesn't really address any of our main weaknesses is...disappointing.

Neil's moves have been a mixed bag, but unfortunately that mix is trending in the wrong direction. He generally drafts well, but as far as trades and free agent targets go I think there's probably more bad/neutral than good.

Agree completely with the first paragraph.

Beyond that, Neil's done a great job and continues to improve end results though his options for improvement continue to dwindle. This season will be telling. But I can't blast a GM for making more of out of what he's physically been given. Roster keeps getting younger, yet end results continue to improve. The jump we had this year was unreal and unrealistic, as much as I thought it was possible. We keeping playing the bridesmaid in free agency, which sucks, but the front office continues to battle. We've had a few swift plays that didn't work out (RFA's). I can't fault the GM. And shit is skewed with this crazy free agency period and cap raise. I'm anxious, and the pace we're on seems to be that we'll maybe ( too early to judge the upcoming roster) finish next season similar to this season.

But damn. We're in a decent space to be in, grow from, and then jump into a short-term run. Let the average talent squad develop that chemistry - things are shaping like the late80's. Lotta mediocre takent around one prime star that bonded over a few years of continuity. That created a fun early-90's.

In Neil, I trust.