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SlyPokerDog said:
Are you happy with the direction the team is going in? Do you think the team is closer to a title? Even if LMA stays?
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I want to see the Blazers put together the most competitive team possible. Any team with 2 all-stars has a shot at success. I'm excited about the young talent Olshey has put together, but I think it needs to be balanced with quality vets. I'm not interested in visiting the lottery any time soon. I'm more interested in 'reloading' than 'rebuilding'.
 
Either way, whatever the decision, I hope we hear what happened behind closed doors during all this. I hope Lamarcus explains to us why he chose what he chose. This has been up and down on "maybe he will stay", "okay he is for sure gone". Make the decision tomorrow, lets move forward with it. It took pop two meetings and I wonder why. You could look so far into all of this but honestly only Lamarcus knows what he will do. His circle is very very small. I don't even know if I should be believing any credible sources besides Woj. Fuck maybe even woj isn't getting it right 100 percent. Just end this
 
I just hope LaMarcus chooses at this point. I'm starting to feel like the guy at the end of the Last Crusade

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He chose...........poorly
 
KingSpeed said:
I love that an article that claims it's down to TWO- SA and PHX- then says:

the Portland Trail Blazers are still in the race, too.
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Writing about how he could return to Portland doesn't make for interesting articles to anyone outside of our demographic. But you know what does? Reporting about how he's looking at going anywhere but here, and then surprise he re signs here.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
Writing about how he could return to Portland doesn't make for interesting articles to anyone outside of our demographic. But you know what does? Reporting about how he's looking at going anywhere but here, and then surprise he re signs here.
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I think it's more cya. They reported that PDX was out. Instead of admitting their mistake, they mention us parenthetically.
 
Woj might be full of sh** as well. This has just been a soap opera since day 1. Only LaMarcus knows what he's good to do. I can only hope the extra money sways him.
 
Blazer509 said:
Woj might be full of sh** as well. This has just been a soap opera since day 1. Only LaMarcus knows what he's good to do. I can only hope the extra money sways him.
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Woaaaahhhh woah woah buddy, Woj is law.

Otherwise it's just fucking anarchy.

And he's been the one keeping Portland alive during this whole shitbacle.
 
Blazer509 said:
Woj might be full of sh** as well. This has just been a soap opera since day 1. Only LaMarcus knows what he's good to do. I can only hope the extra money sways him.
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That and hopefully he sees that maybe Portland has upgraded the talent around him. Wes was a big loss but I truly believe Plumlee is a better player than Lopez. Aminu will be an upgrade over Batum, watch. He knows who he is. I also trust that Olshey would find a way to add another solid wing.
 
Chrionex said:
Woaaaahhhh woah woah buddy, Woj is law.

Otherwise it's just fucking anarchy.

And he's been the one keeping Portland alive during this whole shitbacle.
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I'm just saying no one really knows what's going on in his head.
 
Scalma said:
Oh what a gamechanger
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I would hate to be LaMarcus and having to have the duty to reject one of these two teams. He's got their hopes up and each think they have a real chance.

Somehow I don't think Neil has worked as hard for his services as these two teams...
 
OneLifeToLive said:
I would hate to be LaMarcus and having to have the duty to reject one of these two teams. He's got their hopes up and each think they have a real chance.

Somehow I don't think Neil has worked as hard for his services as these two teams...
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What else could Neil possibly say? They have been talking even before free agency. He knows a 5 year deal is here. He knows what we are about. He has been here 9 years. From what Dame told quick about their phone conversation, doesn't sound like Lamarcus is coming back.
 
Cippy91 said:
What else could Neil possibly say? They have been talking even before free agency. He knows a 5 year deal is here. He knows what we are about. He has been here 9 years. From what Dame told quick about their phone conversation, doesn't sound like Lamarcus is coming back.
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If you want him, really, REALLY want him the job isn't done until he is resigned.
 
"John Conzano of twitter posted about the Pop meeting way before anyone else, so his sources are legit."

That was amusing.

barfo
 
As much as I don't like canzano, he might be right on all this. Looking through his tweets, on draft night, he claimed Neil's press conference was an act. That's something I can believe. Canzano later tweeted in response to somebody. "We have moved on. Lma has moved on". Beginning to think that they knew he would be gone for some time. To avoid panic from blazer fans and keep it somewhat under control to not say anything. That batum
Trade told us all but we were in denial. The fact that Neil didn't even go after wes or rolo. Just let them walk. Then
the other day when Hughes said that. It makes sense. Then for more damage control quick tweets out that hughes has nothing to do with free agency.I feel like these local guys are being told to just give us some hope here and there even if there is no hope in getting him back at all. Woj was the only one tweeting that we were still in it. Then eventually stopped with his last tweet about Spurs and suns. No mention of portland.

Was Monroe and lma an actual plan? Who knows. Maybe we just wanted a guy to replace him and give us something down low on the offensive end. Then we heard we would try to lure him back with rolo but this came out right before rolo committed to the knicks. There was some symbolism this morning in dames post and from what he said to quick, it confirmed to me as well that Lamarcus is gone.

I think all of us have some tiny bit of hope he comes back, masking it with bitterness and getting mad about it. Even im in denial. I'm bitter. It sucks. Time for us to move on and stop thinking there is some other plan. Front office has been very very quiet. Too quiet.
 
Olshey is selling false hope. What was the plan? What do we have to show for? Save cap space? For what? Next year when a bunch of other teams can offer a max deal? By the way we can't even land bigger free agents. Should of just brought the band back together but no, we must believe in Neil's plan. It's a joke.
 
Cippy91 said:
Olshey is selling false hope. What was the plan? What do we have to show for? Save cap space? For what? Next year when a bunch of other teams can offer a max deal? By the way we can't even land bigger free agents. Should of just brought the band back together but no, we must believe in Neil's plan. It's a joke.
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No, I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away
Oh, little darling of mine

I can’t for the life of me
Remember a sadder day
I know they say let it be
But it just don’t work out that way
And the course of a lifetime runs
Over and over again

No, I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away
Oh, little darling of mine

I just can’t believe it’s so
Though it seems strange to say
I never been laid so low
In such a mysterious way
And the course of a lifetime runs
Over and over again

But I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away

Oh, the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away
Oh, the mother and child reunion
Is only a moment away
 
If Lamarcus had informed the team he wasn't coming back, as reported, Olshey wouldn't be sitting there holding the cap space for him. I think that applies to the proceedings to date as well. We struck out on Monroe so Neil went to his contingency by signing Ed Davis.

I remain hopeful he returns, but my contingency is hopeful that he chooses Phoenix if he leaves. I would at least like to get assets
 
Schilly said:
If Lamarcus had informed the team he wasn't coming back, as reported, Olshey wouldn't be sitting there holding the cap space for him. I think that applies to the proceedings to date as well. We struck out on Monroe so Neil went to his contingency by signing Ed Davis.

I remain hopeful he returns, but my contingency is hopeful that he chooses Phoenix if he leaves. I would at least like to get assets
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How do we know that Neil even plans on using more cap space for free agents? Who knows I guess. If I was Neil I would just continue on without LA, he's already costed us some free agents
 
Schilly said:
We still have a roster to fill out.
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True. Who knows, maybe they know something we don't for holding out this long on LA. Dames subliminal tweet though sure seemed like that phone call didn't go as planned
 
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