Perfect time to blow it up

[Natebishop3]

Yeah they did. They got lucky that Pritchard has a grudge against Portland

At the time I thought Indy was being robbed blind.... but I think the trade ended up working out fine for them. Probably better than our crappy picks would have.

 

[LayneStaley]

If they hit on one of those picks in Noel, MCW, Okafor, or had some injury luck, they would not be where they are now.

Wish we woulda had some “injury luck” over the past 40 years

 

[H.C.]

I dunno - Philly could probably use him. He can play at the PG position as a SG while Simmons handles the ball. Particularly if they're about to lose JJ Redick. If they offered a package including NW native Fultz and that Miami pick they just acquired off Phoenix....

Philly is now in direct competition with Boston, who beat them WITHOUT their two star FA acquisitions. So Philly needs to upgrade. (Of course, if they get Kawhi, then never mind.)

While Lillard is a shooter and can play off the ball at times. Therefore it's not even close to the same as Simmons and LBJ would be...
CJ & Lillard work because CJ is a 40% three point shooter. Guy is a dead eye if he gets his feet set.
Also...
After watching Simmons allow straight line drive after straight line drive in the playoffs... I seriously doubt his ability to be a great defender.
I'd say he's no better than Beasley in this department.

No one is saying it is easy to find someone like Dame. I'd ove to keep him but with where the franchise is and the cap restrictions Neil has brought them to, it's not really fair. If he is up to stay, would love to have him.



Or the logic is, since you're not winning either way, reset and get out of salary cap hell so in a few years, when you have might have a chance to compete again, your players aren't on the wetting side of 30.

Bigger picture.

Bigger picture. Yeah lets talk about that again.
How long will Portland fans sit through a 'trust the process' rebuild? Philly fans get tired of it after 3 years and started showing up(if they made the trip to the arena) with bags on their faces.
Bigger picture is not only winning a championship.
Bigger picture is also how much income the arena can generate for the team, for the food vendors, and frankly for the city.
I wouldn't pay spend 1 penny on a team I know that has no chance of winning games.
I'd also lay you 5-1 there are more people like me, than people who want to watch china-league level basketball at the NBA level.
In fact. history has shown that to be true. Given attendance levels for winning teams vs losing teams.
People think because of 2k it's just a couple years of losing when you do a full rebuild. That nothing else matters.
What they don't understand is that the NBA is a business as well. Tanking your business is not a good model. Personally I want the Blazers in Portland for my entire life. Therefore intentionally tanking year after year is not an option.

 

[HailBlazers]

I see a lot of the same people who stuck by LMA right up until his final decision, the same people who called a few of us crazy for wanting to trade him, are the same people who are willing to go down with this ship. I love Dame. He might be the best Blazer of all time. But this team is in the middle of the lake with its rudder stuck and it's spinning in circles.

We aren't going to sign any big free agents.

 

[tykendo]

All superstars are now in the Western Conference, no reason to continue this basketball purgatory any longer.

Let Nurkic go, trade Lillard and McCollum for as many picks as possible or young prospects, let Turner, Leonard and the other bad contracts expire and set the 2021/22 season as the season to start winning games.

There's literally no other direction better than this for this franchise, we should follow Philly's path, even if it will be rough in the first months/years UTTER ASININE BRO!

 

[tykendo]

UTTER ASININE BRO! Complete meltdown.

 

[riverman]

I would submit that they wouldn't be any worse then they have been in the Playoff the last 2 years.

I wouldn't.....don't even care to project failure going into a new season...not how I roll with the Blazers...I stuck around through some bad Blazer eras and I don't think this one is so bad...we're a couple pieces away from being in the mix....I understand that many here are not supportive of Olshey or Stotts or Paul...in my view we're in year 3 of a rebuild now....couple seasons we could get to the west conf finals....to do it the Philly way doesn't appeal to me at all...Philly could still go years without an eastern finals berth as well...you do this....you lose a lot of fans...I didn't worry about OKC last season and we swept them with role players and an allstar….that was fun..like eating Chinese food it makes you want to do it all over again....I fear the fanbase here will start giving the whole team the Meyers treatment....hopefully not....booing him entering a game was not cool at all...

 

[riverman]

I see a lot of the same people who stuck by LMA right up until his final decision, the same people who called a few of us crazy for wanting to trade him, are the same people who are willing to go down with this ship.

This is simply an exaggeration....I've been a fan since 77 and even with some bad seasons...the ship has yet to go down....I think you underestimate the reason someone like me is a Blazer fan....those that don't want to accept not winning a championship and stay fans are to me, wasting their time trying to enjoy the franchise...I've enjoyed it since and before the lockout Felton season...that one tested me...this one gives me hope. I don't recall that anybody called anybody crazy for wanting to trade LA...I do recall people wanting him to stay...the fanbase is not as polarized as you paint it...if fans were all following championships every season everyone would be a Warriors fan....fickle....you don't have to go down with the ship as you say....3rd seed in the west is not mired in muck....for as bad as the first round sweep was...the second half of the regular season was damned fun

 

[tykendo]

All superstars are now in the Western Conference, no reason to continue this basketball purgatory any longer.

Let Nurkic go, trade Lillard and McCollum for as many picks as possible or young prospects, let Turner, Leonard and the other bad contracts expire and set the 2021/22 season as the season to start winning games.

There's literally no other direction better than this for this franchise, we should follow Philly's path, even if it will be rough in the first months/years.

Every team needs to blow it up now. Why bother, Seasons over for every Team not named Warriors.

 

[LeeRC]

Every team needs to blow it up now. Why bother, Seasons over for every Team not named Warriors.

Honestly, the notion of teams blowing up isn't bad for some teams that are in the playoffs. This means that teams like the Sixers, Celtics, and Lakers likely get more talent. And Wolves, Raptors, Blazers, Thunder, Pelicans would in the mix as well to acquire one more All-star.

And actually, as I write this, Wilson Chandler has just been traded to the Sixers. I'd expect more of that to occur.

 

[BBert]

Every team needs to blow it up now. Why bother, Seasons over for every Team not named Warriors.

25 teams all trying to blow it up at the same time. Sounds hopeless. I hope attendance is down all over the league.

#boycottwarriors #boycottlakers

 

[BBert]

Honestly, the notion of teams blowing up isn't bad for some teams that are in the playoffs. This means that teams like the Sixers, Celtics, and Lakers likely get more talent. And Wolves, Raptors, Blazers, Thunder, Pelicans would in the mix as well to acquire one more All-star.

And actually, as I write this, Wilson Chandler has just been traded to the Sixers. I'd expect more of that to occur.

I agree with this. If more than half the league is trying to blow it up, I want the Blazers to do whatever they can to capitalize on all those clearance sales. Not that we have much to work with.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Who the fuck is this dope?

 

[H.C.]

Who the fuck is this dope?

A nobody.
His first tweet was the 1st.

But lets play out his scenario.

This guy says Kuzma + Ball + a late first rounder.
For Lillard.
But the hold up is the Deng contract.
Lakers want Portland to take the Deng contract. Portland says no.


Seems like a legit media guy with a legit source.

Gimme a break.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Who the fuck is this dope?

If he is not on Google he does not exist.

 

[Drttimmy]

[/QUOTE]

That's exactly who I would offer if I was a Lakers fan and wanted to acquire Lillard.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Not sure there is ever the perfect time to blow it up, but if there was, it would not be two weeks after the draft....it would be a few weeks before the draft. So essentially this is the absolute worst time to blow it up.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Who the fuck is this dope?

Good news for all of you is if that happens you wouldn't see me around here anymore because I would officially be calling it quits...

 

[jlprk]

If he is not on Google he does not exist.

His Twitter site says he's with ESPN. If he's not lying about being a real reporter, then he's being fed rumors from the Laker PR machine.

As for the Lillard rumor, the Lakers are making up other Hollywood-like rumors. They employ big PR firms in a psychological war on stars' minds to wear down their loyalty. Magic is a dirty player compared to Kupchak.

Anyway, Lillard knows he'd be an unhappy camper splitting time with Rondo and Ball.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Wouldn’t it be awesome if all the players were LEGO pieces and we could just reconstruct the team over year after year to see how they fit???

 

[stampedehero]

All superstars are now in the Western Conference, no reason to continue this basketball purgatory any longer.

Let Nurkic go, trade Lillard and McCollum for as many picks as possible or young prospects, let Turner, Leonard and the other bad contracts expire and set the 2021/22 season as the season to start winning games.

There's literally no other direction better than this for this franchise, we should follow Philly's path, even if it will be rough in the first months/years.

Bro, If there was a dislike option I would use it on this statement. Respect your thought but disagree

 

[tykendo]

That's exactly who I would offer if I was a Lakers fan and wanted to acquire Lillard.[/QUOTE]
This is garbage. I wouldn't do a trade with the Lakers or any other franchise involving Dame. As a fan, you have to have something to hold onto. This kind of vile crap is hard to take. I'm obviously a monster Lillard fan. If Dame got traded, it would be right there with when I found out my wife, and soulmate of 25 years at the time, had an affair. It was devastating. It was soon over after. Many of you may laugh, saying it's only sports. That's fine. But that's what Dame on this team means to me, and my Daughter.

 

[tykendo]

And I sure as hell wouldn't do it for Gonzo Ball, and Deng. Ingram, Kuzma, 5 future 1st rounders, The Buss' children, Magic's soul. Even then , I don't want to do it. Those 1st with Lebron are worthless.

 

[tykendo]

Neil better get his ass on the F-ing news and poo poo this shit ASAP!

 

[stampedehero]

We just acquired Seth Curry from the Mavs for two years with a player option in the second year. Another scoring guard. He did average 12 ppg but was a below average rebounding guard which won't help his 85% FT shooting. Looks like Neil is improving Napiers departure and position.