I didn't hear that. Did I miss it?
i mean, it's understandable, no? he unequivocally improved the roster last summer and our defense got worse. And he's very clearly also on the hot seat in the seasons upcoming so he's fighting for his job. Perhaps he threw Terry under the bus too much, but hell, I agreed with nearly everything he said about how terrible Stotts was.
I hope that's true. I notice he never mentioned the re-signing of Melo as one of his accomplishments.
he never said anything like that.
hardly inevitable. we had possibly the 3rd or 4th best roster in the conference.
I actually think this is one of his better pressers.
One thing that was interesting to me is he talked up his move for Norm so much. If he doesn't trade CJ and is able to retain Norm... it's not like I'll be happy because that undersized lineup is fucking stupid but I will be impressed that he was able to sell Norm. Most likely if he doesn't move CJ, Norm will go elsewhere and that will be a disaster for Neil. That along with him talking up Norm and showing for the first time ever a hesitance to commit to CJ gives me hope that we'll move him... especially after every defensive minded head coach candidate comes in and tells the front office that they can make the defense way better than the worst but there is no way of having an elite defense with Dame and CJ playing the most minutes.
I took it as what you meant is that you miss a GM who will actually communicate with the fans, not that you missed Nash. I know I really liked getting a response.
that draft picks comment was a throwaway but very clearly indicative of his thoughts on the treatment of our young guys. he similarly forced stotts' hand a few years back with Collins when he let Ed Davis walk and suggested we should have learned from keeping CJ chained up when Afflalo/Matthews were ahead of him. Terry clearly didn't get the memo (that clearly didn't work out because of Zach's injuries, but the point remains). Nas was as impactful as Melo this year on many fronts, and it would have been great to get him game reps, but that was clearly not a priority for Stotts.
who said anything about title? i said 3rd or 4th best roster in the conference-- we underachieved even those expectations because our coach was clueless.
It was the first time that when asked about trading CJ he didn't say that he wouldn't. He lumped CJ in with the rest of the roster, saying everyone is on the table but out of respect for the players and not tipping his hand he's never going to discuss names.
Thanks, I guess I did miss it; trying to listen while on a job.
I still think he will try to trade CJ; it's just so obvious that it needs to be done.
Yep... ten fucking years of this shit but when he talked about firing Terry and the roster in general and being willing to make big moves, it's the first time ever that Neil didn't give us a run of excuses and said things had to change. That is the closest we'll ever get to hearing Olshey say that he was wrong and it was an admission that he didn't do a good enough job. That could lead to good moves.
*Watching Neil’s smugness*
Maybe Houston wanted CJ and nurkic and Trent? At the time CJ was balling but nevertheless i don’t know if Dame personally wanted a dominant ball handle and scorer of hardens level on his team. I sense that Lillard wants a great player on different positions not someone that might be his equal or better than him, and I would not blame him. Kyrie took huge hit with harden arrival no matter how much he scores he will be 2nd fiddle to Harden and best defenders guard harden not irving.(Dame obviously better than kyre But you get the point.) Dame wants to be the main alpha at his position and he always knows no mater how great CJ plays he will never be on his level. A player like Jru hollyday would be perfect fit next to him not a elite playmaker and scorer like harden.
