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Oh good... our new mascot is Pedo bear.

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That face is creepy. He has crazy eyes. I'm sure it's supposed to be "for the kids", but sasquatch shouldn't be all smiley...especially not like that.
 
All misdirection. Get us talking about something other than Blazer ineptitude.

Now we can talk about mascot ineptitude.

Yay.
 
Here we go.
Embrace the culture of losing on purpose and being a loser.
Tanking is never winning and it rarely leads to a wining culture.
This team needs to be sold and the entire front office and management needs to be changed.

Losers are okay with losing.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Losers are okay with losing.
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No competitor is okay with losing and I don't think too many of the guys that even get a sniff of NBA court time get there on just talent. Some guys are just better at basketball then others and when you're in the lotto you've a better shot at adding those types. The winning-est franchise of the last 10 years is the Warriors and they were perpetual losers until they drafted better players.

I know it's not the insta-fix that many here seek, but the Blazers best shot at turning things around is to draft better.

STOMP
 
STOMP said:
No competitor is okay with losing and I don't think too many of the guys that even get a sniff of NBA court time get there on just talent. Some guys are just better at basketball then others and when you're in the lotto you've a better shot at adding those types. The winning-est franchise of the last 10 years is the Warriors and they were perpetual losers until they drafted better players.

I know it's not the insta-fix that many here seek, but the Blazers best shot at turning things around is to draft better.

STOMP
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I will never be okay with losing. Unfortunately this organization and even the fan base seems to be okay with it. This might be a very long haul of bad seasons.
Maybe the Blazers can get that record.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
I will never be okay with losing. Unfortunately this organization and even the fan base seems to be okay with it. This might be a very long haul of bad seasons.
Maybe the Blazers can get that record.
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Do you really think whether you or I are okay with the team losing factors at all?

Draft better players, get better results.

STOMP
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Here we go.
Embrace the culture of losing on purpose and being a loser.
Tanking is never winning and it rarely leads to a wining culture.
This team needs to be sold and the entire front office and management needs to be changed.

Losers are okay with losing.
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After Robinson was hurt, SA tanked to get Duncan and they have one of the winningest (is that a word?) cultures in all of sports

Houston certainly had a winning culture after they got Hakeem, or Akeem at the time

Cleveland, with Lebron had a winning culture
 
We were short-sighted when we let Collins walk. Dumb move.
 
tlongII said:
We were short-sighted when we let Collins walk. Dumb move.
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Zach has been lighting it up the last few games. Pretty solid season overall. But his issue was health. Can he stay healthy? Not sure.
 
...the top comment on that Reddit thread pretty much sums it up, they got Blaze help before Dame :sigh:
 
KeepOnRollin said:
Zach has been lighting it up the last few games. Pretty solid season overall. But his issue was health. Can he stay healthy? Not sure.
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I think he can stay healthy. None of his injuries appeared to be chronic in my opinion. We went from being one of the biggest teams in the league to one of the smallest in just a couple of years and letting him go was one of the reasons.
 
STOMP said:
Do you really think whether you or I are okay with the team losing factors at all?

Draft better players, get better results.

STOMP
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If you honestly think it doesn't then you are sorely mistaken.
Portland ranks 20th in market size but has pulled as high as 3rd in TV rankings just 3 years ago. This year the market share is ranked 24th and dropping like a rock.
Last night I opted to play with Dinosaurs with my kid rather than actually pay attention to the game. How many others simply didn't pay attention. Lets take this site for example. How many clicks do you think this site generates on a winning season as opposed to a losing season that never even gets to the playoffs.
Should i talk about ticket sales? If there are no viewers commercials don't sell.

I actually cannot believe i had to post all of that. You know better. I know you know better. One of the most intelligent posters on this board.
 
Mediocre Man said:
After Robinson was hurt, SA tanked to get Duncan and they have one of the winningest (is that a word?) cultures in all of sports

Houston certainly had a winning culture after they got Hakeem, or Akeem at the time

Cleveland, with Lebron had a winning culture
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Wow. The three same references to winning culture.
I can give you 5 times as many teams that missed. Over and Over again.

Not a personal attack on you as I can appreciate the concept and idea. I just will absolutely never back it. This team very likely is in for a very long drought.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Wow. The three same references to winning culture.
I can give you 5 times as many teams that missed. Over and Over again.

Not a personal attack on you as I can appreciate the concept and idea. I just will absolutely never back it. This team very likely is in for a very long drought.
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I guess my argument for it is this. It’s the player, not the culture. People bring up a losing culture, but I would argue that tanking is the ultimate do what it takes to win attitude. Having the opportunity to draft someone special can turn a franchise and even a city around. Look at our own Damian Lillard
 
Mediocre Man said:
I guess my argument for it is this. It’s the player, not the culture. People bring up a losing culture, but I would argue that tanking is the ultimate do what it takes to win attitude. Having the opportunity to draft someone special can turn a franchise and even a city around. Look at our own Damian Lillard
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I can appreciate that for sure. If it happens I’ll be ecstatic.
 
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