Olshey press confernce

[Natebishop3]

HAHAHAA

So I'm not on yet?

No not yet

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[HailBlazers]

11am but I'm hearing it's not going to be streamed to the public.

#fakenews

 

[Natebishop3]

Neil is such a combative prick.

This is why we can't sign good players. He comes off as smug and unlikable.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

#fakenews

I asked someone who works for the Blazers.

 

[illmatic99]

Neil is such a combative prick.

This is why we can't sign good players. He comes off as smug and unlikable.

i don't think anything he has said so far is combative.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Neil is such a combative prick.

This is why we can't sign good players. He comes off as smug and unlikable.

He doesn't come off like he thinks he does.

 

[Natebishop3]

i don't think anything he has said so far is combative.

I thought the way he reacted to the Dame coach rumors was very combative. Maybe that's just me.

 

[illmatic99]

I thought the way he reacted to the Dame coach rumors was very combative. Maybe that's just me.

not sure how else he could react, but i didn't perceive it as combative.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

"I take no responsibility for anything!"

- Olshey

 

[B-Roy]

Olshey just threw Stotts under the bus.

"I will say that collective thought on the 29th defensive rating was not a product of the roster."

 

[illmatic99]

Olshey just threw Stotts under the bus.

"I will say that collective thought on the 29th defensive rating was not a product of the roster."

and i 100% agree with that.

 

[illmatic99]

maybe i'm thinking too much into this. Neil kept using the pronoun "he" for the new coach at first.

But quickly switched to "they" the more he started talking.

I find myself doing the same when i recall Hammon as a potential candidate.

 

[B-Roy]

Also, it certainly sounds like Powell is not re-signing, or it's not a priority. Keeps mentioning having 80% of the starting lineup under contract. Still seems attached as all hell to CJ.

 

[Titan]

did he just say "we don't play our draft picks"?

 

[B-Roy]

Covington was only 7th in on/off because the rest of the roster was so shit defensively.

 

[illmatic99]

Also, it certainly sounds like Powell is not re-signing, or it's not a priority. Keeps mentioning having 80% of the starting lineup under contract. Still seems attached as all hell to CJ.

immediately after the 80% comment he specifically mentioned Norman as a priority. think there's some tampering issues with commenting about a FA, even with him on the roster prior.

 

[HailBlazers]

I asked someone who works for the Blazers.

Blaze?

 

[B-Roy]

Keeps mentioning accountability on defense. Clearly matches what a lot of people have felt here about Terry's chops on that end.

 

[illmatic99]

"it's a mindset more than it is coverage"

"defensive culture"

"players were not judged for defensive impact"


EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. Having a coach only prioritize offense leads to this complacency on defense.

 

[B-Roy]

immediately after the 80% comment he specifically mentioned Norman as a priority. think there's some tampering issues with commenting about a FA, even with him on the roster prior.

It's unclear what he thinks the problem was. He says we spent the MLE on a defensive specialist like Derrick and when that didn't work we got Powell who was second in +/- after he was traded.

But that seems to conflict with him saying the 29th defensive rating was not a product of the roster. What is it then?

 

[HailBlazers]

LOL fentress shut down

 

[B-Roy]

So fucking condescending today. Even more so than usual. It's like Dame pissed in his cereal.

 

[B-Roy]

LOL fentress shut down

Most people will give a politically correct answer, knowing you can't give a real one. But Neil was just a dick.

 

[illmatic99]

lol stupid question by this fentress character. and a warranted response.

 

[Haakzilla]

...he's definitely open to trading CJ!

 

[B-Roy]

"Our trades have been for high impact players: Robert Covington, Jusuf Nurkic, Norman Powell"

He forgot to mention Anderson Varejao, Andrew Nicholson, and Kent Bazemore.

 

[MickZagger]

Why is Olshey basically exempt from doing media interviews?

 

[HailBlazers]

Most people will give a politically correct answer, knowing you can't give a real one. But Neil was just a dick.

Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

 

[BBert]

It's kind of like my writing career.... very obscure.... no proof still exists that I was ever a real person.

If a writer writes in the forest, does it make a sound?

 

[B-Roy]

It's fucking annoying when Olshey KNOWS what the question is asking about (He's not fucking stupid), but because the idiot asking the question words it poorly Neil just turns on dick mode and acts like a fucking asshat. I'd HATE working with people like this because I HAVE worked with people like this in the workplace.