The Portland Trail Blazers 2017 Exit Interview (The Ringer)

[trailblazer18]

https://theringer.com/2017-nba-play...urvey-damian-lillard-cj-mccollum-a9931053520b

Nothing new, but a decent piece on the Blazers.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Very good article. Agree with keeping all of the picks. Also, I pointed this out in another thread:

Only one of the past 20 champions finished with a defensive rating outside the top 10. Over the past 36 years, only one team had a relative defensive rating worse than the league average, according to numberFire. That team was the 2000–01 Lakers, which featured Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. This season’s Cavaliers could become the second team.

 

[BBert]

Didn't the Blazers (small sample size; "easy" schedule) have a top 10 defensive rating during the Nurkic pre-injury run?

 

[Denny Crane]

"There’s also some logic to packaging one of the picks with Meyers Leonard to dump his salary, but that wouldn’t even get them under the cap. "

Cutting the three he mentioned and making this tread would get us under the LT, though we'd need to make more room for the 2 remaining picks.

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[Nikolokolus]

Didn't the Blazers (small sample size; "easy" schedule) have a top 10 defensive rating during the Nurkic pre-injury run?

It was also an incrdibly soft schedule, with just a couple of really good opponents. I'm not sure I'd read too much into it (good or bad).

 

[MickZagger]

Our lack of any kind of interior presence in this series made Javalle McGee look like a future HOF'er.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Our lack of any kind of interior presence in this series made Javalle McGee look like a future HOF'er.

We were missing our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd string centers. We played our 4th string center who is injured and who sucks for a little bit, and then went with a PF and some SFs at C. I wouldn't read too much into JM's play.

 

[illmatic99]

 

[illmatic99]

 

[illmatic99]

Meyers looks like he's gonna break down.

 

[HailBlazers]

Meyers looks like he's gonna break down.

Painful. Sounds like he's been prepped to be traded.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Meyers basically said that the Blazers don't support him enough. He is practically crying.

 

[illmatic99]

"I work well with confidence, and I don't feel like it's been reciprocated."

Is he calling out the coaches/players/management for not believing in him?

 

[illmatic99]

Is this before or after they meet with Terry/Neil?

 

[Scalma]

Holy shit Meyers is just excuse after excuse.

Did he just blame the fans for not playing well?

 

[illmatic99]

 

[tester551]

Painful. Sounds like he's been prepped to be traded.

One can hope.
I think Meyers can be a semi-decent backup player in this league. It just will not happen here. He needs a fresh start.

 

[illmatic99]

 

[Scalma]

Meyers basically said that the Blazers don't support him enough. He is practically crying.

I was about to feel bad for him, and then he goes and blames the team and/or the fans for not believing in him.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Meyers is probably a very nice guy (or something) but fuck, is he fragile mentally. Fucking nut-up dude.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Man, I need to see this Meyers interview.

 

[HailBlazers]

"I work well with confidence, and I don't feel like it's been reciprocated."

Is he calling out the coaches/players/management for not believing in him?

Olshey's ego got the best of him by firing Kim Hughes. Huge blunder.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Are they taking a break? Nothing after Crabbe yet...

 

[illmatic99]

All exit interview audio: https://soundcloud.com/caseyholdahl

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Ok Mo is up now finally.

 

[illmatic99]

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Mo says he didn't play well in the playoffs (no duh) but that he thinks he improved a lot (agree with that) over last season.

 

[illmatic99]

These interviews are such a contrast from last year. Dudes sound so disappointed.