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Predator said:
It was a bit hyperbolic with “epic disaster” but so far it’s a complete fail. Cronin self proclaimed goals were:

Better roster balance: Nope.
Size/Length/Athletcisim: Nope.
Flexibility: Maybe(?) but I don’t see it.
Talent: Better, but that’s pretty much only because of Sharpe. Grant too.
More assets: Slight improvement possibly(?).
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Powell, Roco, CJ, Nance vs. Hart, Grant, Sharpe, Payton

We have high hopes (myself as well) for Sharpe. But, I don’t think we upgraded the roster much. At least in terms of Lillard’s “championship window” (which is a pipe dream the way this organization is ran)
 
RR7 said:
Cronin 400 times: "It's not going to happen overnight"

This forum on day 1 of free agency: "Why aren't we immediate title contenders?!?! Whaaaaaaa"
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Hmmm.... you must be watching a different show than me.

All I'm seeing is, "Why do we have a bunch of short guards again?!?!?! Whaaaaa"
 
RR7 said:
Cronin 400 times: "It's not going to happen overnight"

This forum on day 1 of free agency: "Why aren't we immediate title contenders?!?! Whaaaaaaa"
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You gotta be aggressive, man. Players aren’t just going to fall in our lap.
 
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SlyPokerCat said:
To be honest it seems like the folks that can't take criticism about the team and their decisions are the ones melting down.
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I just don't understand the strawman arguments.

It would be like me saying:

All the homers on this forum: "I love losing! Pay Dame his money! We should be happy just making the playoffs! *vigorous jerking noises*"
 
SlyPokerCat said:
To be honest it seems like the folks that can't take criticism about the team and their decisions are the ones melting down.
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That's a take. Yes. It's all the Cronin fan boys melting down on here. lol
 
ive been saying it all along. you should never get your hopes up for anything special being a Blazer fan. we are always going to be mediocre.
 
andalusian said:
Agree on the short, but with Hart + GP2, the no defense has certainly been addressed, so that part is wrong.



Correct on both accounts, but replacing CJ's 33m contract for Hart + Ant means there is a lot more flexibility to make moves going forward. The team is still unbalanced, but now has much easier contracts to move if the opportunity presents itself.
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Hart is arguably the starting SF right now, especially when Nas inevitably gets injured.

So the starting backcourt is still short and plays no defense, although Ant could theoretically improve.

I’m not so sure about Hart + Ant may or may not be more valuable. Ant still needs to prove for more than 30 games he is worth 25 mill. Hart is expiring so, unless I’m missing something, he has diminished trade value as teams will be scared he won’t re-sign.
 
I'm sure it's been explained already but I'm not caught up. Can someone explain to me why even though none of the contracts have yet been signed, why we can no longer make substantial trades? I know nothing about the hard cap and apron and all that shit. Not that I think we would have anyways, just curious why these agreements make it near impossible.
 
Am I missing something? Does the hard cap prevent us from making trades?
 
RR7 said:
That's a take. Yes. It's all the Cronin fan boys melting down on here. lol
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The team deserves criticism sometimes. They make bad trades. They make bad signings. They also make good trades and good signings.

Saying the team had a bad offseason doesn't warrant crying emojis. It will be OK.
 
Idog1976 said:
Am I missing something? Does the hard cap prevent us from making trades?
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In a way, yes. If you're at the hard cap, you can't go over for any reason. Not even to sign vet minimum guys. So if we were to send out 4-5 guys to get someone like Durant, we wouldn't be able to sign players to fill those 3-4 holes in our roster.
 
Predator said:
Hart is arguably the starting SF right now, especially when Nas inevitably gets injured.
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Well, time will tell, for sure, and even if Dame and Ant are the starting back-court, you also have to see if they are staggered more than Dame + CJ were. But, for now, I assume Nas is the starting 3, Hart and or GP2 play a lot next to either Dame / Ant.

Predator said:
I’m not so sure about Hart + Ant may or may not be more valuable. Ant still needs to prove for more than 30 games he is worth 25 mill. Hart is expiring so, unless I’m missing something, he has diminished trade value as teams will be scared he won’t re-sign.
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Not arguing more valuable although they certainly can be, simply because Ant is so young, but my point was that it is a lot easier to move either one of them in a deal to balance the roster than it was to move just CJ with his huge salary.
 
RR7 said:
Cronin 400 times: "It's not going to happen overnight"

This forum on day 1 of free agency: "Why aren't we immediate title contenders?!?! Whaaaaaaa"
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Once again, no one expects it to happen overnight.

But Joe Cronin’s self pro-claimed goals TOWARDS making it happen - he got further away from.

Flexibility - Gone
Better roster balance - No
Better size - No
Increased overall talent - Probably slightly.
More assets - Really debatable.

So it’s not about it happening overnight or even quickly. It’s about making the right steps towards making it happen. According to his self-proclaimed goals … we are arguably further, not closer, to making it happen.
 
MickZagger said:
There was a time where I was a huge homer. Any minuscule signing of a scrub player I’d pump up to people like it’s gonna make us amazing.

Thank god I grew out of that stage.
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Same. Then I realized I wasn't gonna be alive forever and I wanted to witness a championship. Being content with first round and outs is frustrating.
 
Natebishop3 said:
In a way, yes. If you're at the hard cap, you can't go over for any reason. Not even to sign vet minimum guys. So if we were to send out 4-5 guys to get someone like Durant, we wouldn't be able to sign players to fill those 3-4 holes in our roster.
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Maybe that's why we signed so many guards because we won't be able to once we trade said guards plus picks for someone like Durant.
 
Hoopguru said:
Gees Louise - you dont know what else is in the works... give him till at least end of summer. We have assets.
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True. I don’t see the assets you speak of, but the post should’ve said “so far”.
 
Idog1976 said:
Maybe that's why we signed so many guards because we won't be able to once we trade said guards plus picks for someone like Durant.
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You have to have a minimum of 13 players on your roster. You can't dip below that.

So if we sent out 4-5 guys to get Durant, and we didn't have the cap space to go sign literally anyone else, that would put us below that threshold.
 
Predator said:
The Sharpe pick was a good move. It’s a potential ceiling raiser.

Blowing the MLE on an undersized guard is flat out stupid.

Sticking with the 3G lineup - stupid.

Not getting a SF - stupid.
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have faith in nassir little, he was breaking out until injury took him out
 
SlyPokerCat said:
The team deserves criticism sometimes. They make bad trades. They make bad signings. They also make good trades and good signings.

Saying the team had a bad offseason doesn't warrant crying emojis. It will be OK.
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Bad is a matter of opinion. So is good.

but because saying something is bad doesn't make it true.
I think the complaints about the complaints are largely in as much haste as the original complaints are.
Some things take steps.
An overhaul doesn't happen over night.
The cap is going to go up.
My opinion is the complaints are living in yesterdays cap and not really looking at the longer, bigger picture here.
Instant world so people want instant improvement. Fixing a decade of mistakes will take time and dismantling can get ugly at times. It doesn’t mean the ugliness isn’t required or permanent.
But some takes on here are viewing it as just that, and thats where the complaining about the complaints come in I think.
 
BlazerBender said:
Bad is a matter of opinion. So is good.

but because saying something is bad doesn't make it true.
I think the complaints about the complaints are largely in as much haste as the original complaints are.
Some things take steps.
An overhaul doesn't happen over night.
The cap is going to go up.
My opinion is the complaints are living in yesterdays cap and not really looking at the longer, bigger picture here.
Instant world so people want instant improvement. Fixing a decade of mistakes will take time and dismantling can get ugly at times. It doesn’t mean the ugliness isn’t required or permanent.
But some takes on here are viewing it as just that, and thats where the complaining about the complaints come in I think.
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The team isn't bad.

The team isn't good.

The team is right back in the mediocre middle.
 
Predator said:
The Sharpe pick was a good move. It’s a potential ceiling raiser.

Blowing the MLE on an undersized guard is flat out stupid.

Sticking with the 3G lineup - stupid.

Not getting a SF - stupid.
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And yet many fans are OK with all of it. Given that Payton is pushing 30, you can't sell this as anything but but another low impact, win-now move.

Under different circumstances, Payton isn't even a bad acquisition. There are teams he could help. Signing him to sit behind Dame/Simons/Hart is absurd. His signing is also a clear message that not even Cronin thinks Sharpe can contribute.
 
I mean even a guy like Jalen Smith with size and upside would have moved my needle a little bit.
 
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