Washington Post: "Trail Blazers plummet back into irrelevance"

[PtldPlatypus]

Some of you will love this piece, some will hate it, and some just won't care.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...o-irrelevance-after-losing-lamarcus-aldridge/

My only thought: If we're irrelevant, why is someone from the Washington Post writing about us?

 

[Pinwheel1]

Count me in as liking the piece.....or maybe not caring
It did sound like the author had a good grasp on the situation.

 

[Mediocre Man]

If anyone has an issue with that article they are dilussional. Very fair take on the situation

 

[blue32]

Fine w/me. Go Blazers!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Oddly enough, after reading the piece the only thing I really take issue with us the headline. It doesn't really seem to fit the tone of the article.

 

[ripcityboy]

Whatever. That's the nature of the NBA. You're either going up or you're going down. Not much in between.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

nice read. Thank you.

 

[dviss1]

Well written article. It completely sums up our situation. Not sure if it's truthful that Dame and LA had a strained relationship though. It's probably strained now.

 

[magnifier661]

A versatile player who can compete at both forward positions, Vonleh showed an ability to shoot threes and put the ball on the floor during the summer league.

Love the article! Don't get what the writer was trying to say about Vonleh having the ability to play both forward positions. Does he mean SF and PF? Isn't Vonleh a bit too big for that position? Would we see another Sheed at SF scenario? If that's the case, and Vonleh can actually play SF, I would be so fucking ecstatic!

I am only imagining a starting line-up of Dame, Hendo, Vonleh, Leonard or Davis, Plumlee. I think other teams would be bruised by the time the game is over.

 

[BBert]

Oddly enough, after reading the piece the only thing I really take issue with us the headline. It doesn't really seem to fit the tone of the article.

Writers write.

Editors write inflammatory headlines.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Writers write.

Editors write inflammatory headlines.

Exactly. I hate that. Blatant clickbait, and I fell for it.

 

[Strenuus]

Fine by me. Irrelevance is subjective anyway. I don't consider us to be irrelevant because we have a long term plan. I don't think we're going to be good this year or next year, but long term? Thats where I'm excited. And hell, maybe ticket prices will be able to go down in the next couple of years and I can go see more games. lol.

And god damn am I excited to see what Vonleh can become.

 

[KingSpeed]

If anyone has an issue with that article they are dilussional. Very fair take on the situation

Oh dear. It's delusional.

 

[BBert]

Good write up.

Portland also has to be prepared to struggle during a season in which progress will now be measured by tangible improvement in individual players as opposed to wins and losses.

“I look at our roster and they’re going to play hard, they’re going to learn, they’re going to get better,” Stotts said. “That’s what coaching is, teaching and watching players improve. … It’s going to be fun, sorting things out.”

I think we are in a pretty good place going forward. While we aren't contending, this is where I'll derive my interest in following the team.

 

[blue9]

Wait; "plummet back into irrelevance" implies that we were relevant. It probably should have been "Blazers remain irrelevant".

 

[PCmor7]

Very fair article.

 

[riverman]

If you've never seen a preseason that had us predicted to be bad in the West....welcome to the world of Blazer fandom...it's a tradition around here. I like being the underdog

 

[Mediocre Man]

Oh dear. It's delusional.

Grammar police, really?

That's the best you can do? Why post anything at all. You obviously knew what I meant. Shit happens on cell phones, Eric

 

[HailBlazers]

Grammar police, really?

That's the best you can do? Why post anything at all. You obviously knew what I meant. Shit happens on cell phones, Eric

LOL, trolled.

 

[Mediocre Man]

LOL, trolled.

Trolling is against the rules, and since he wont be bothered for it, that can't be it.

 

[Strenuus]

"If you kids don't stop trolling, I'm going to turn this car around!"

 

[oldmangrouch]

Trolling is against the rules, and since he wont be bothered for it, that can't be it.

Here's some cheese and crackers.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Here's some cheese and crackers.

I wonder why you think I am whining?

I didnt say Eric was trolling. I just thought it was an asinine response

 

[Wizard Mentor]

good article, but yes, I agree about the title.

Writers gonna write.
Editors gonna edit.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

Count me in as liking the piece.....or maybe not caring
It did sound like the author had a good grasp on the situation.

+1 The writer was accurate of the situation and quite "nice" in the tone by which he wrote! I'd much rather see a team starting over than one that is mediocre. The game is played to WIN the Finals, not to win 50 games in a season only to exit early in the playoffs. The Championship Blazers were a team assembled over a summer and the ABA dispersal draft - with only Bill Walton a familiar name. With teamwork and a great coach in Jack Ramsay, we pulled off the unthinkable...beating the dream-team 76'ers. I'm not counting on the same results this season, however I will cheer if I see teamwork, hustle, and a desire to WIN with this assembly of players. The microscope will be on Stotts at the end of the day. Can he keep these guys learning, growing and hungry? And it will take Lillard to emerge as the team leader. Is he mature enough to handle this role? Will he keep his teammates (and himself) positive after a stretch of consecutive losses? Time will tell. I'll happily cheer so long as they come to play! GO BLAZERS!!

 

[Strenuus]

+1 The writer was accurate of the situation and quite "nice" in the tone by which he wrote! I'd much rather see a team starting over than one that is mediocre. The game is played to WIN the Finals, not to win 50 games in a season only to exit early in the playoffs. The Championship Blazers were a team assembled over a summer and the ABA dispersal draft - with only Bill Walton a familiar name. With teamwork and a great coach in Jack Ramsay, we pulled off the unthinkable...beating the dream-team 76'ers. I'm not counting on the same results this season, however I will cheer if I see teamwork, hustle, and a desire to WIN with this assembly of players. The microscope will be on Stotts at the end of the day. Can he keep these guys learning, growing and hungry? And it will take Lillard to emerge as the team leader. Is he mature enough to handle this role? Will he keep his teammates (and himself) positive after a stretch of consecutive losses? Time will tell. I'll happily cheer so long as they come to play! GO BLAZERS!!

Hell of a post.

 

[dviss1]

+1 The writer was accurate of the situation and quite "nice" in the tone by which he wrote! I'd much rather see a team starting over than one that is mediocre. The game is played to WIN the Finals, not to win 50 games in a season only to exit early in the playoffs. The Championship Blazers were a team assembled over a summer and the ABA dispersal draft - with only Bill Walton a familiar name. With teamwork and a great coach in Jack Ramsay, we pulled off the unthinkable...beating the dream-team 76'ers. I'm not counting on the same results this season, however I will cheer if I see teamwork, hustle, and a desire to WIN with this assembly of players. The microscope will be on Stotts at the end of the day. Can he keep these guys learning, growing and hungry? And it will take Lillard to emerge as the team leader. Is he mature enough to handle this role? Will he keep his teammates (and himself) positive after a stretch of consecutive losses? Time will tell. I'll happily cheer so long as they come to play! GO BLAZERS!!

Best post in sometime. Very Pragmatic.

 

[riverman]

Best post in sometime. Very Pragmatic.

I really appreciate posts like this

 

[magnifier661]

+1 The writer was accurate of the situation and quite "nice" in the tone by which he wrote! I'd much rather see a team starting over than one that is mediocre. The game is played to WIN the Finals, not to win 50 games in a season only to exit early in the playoffs. The Championship Blazers were a team assembled over a summer and the ABA dispersal draft - with only Bill Walton a familiar name. With teamwork and a great coach in Jack Ramsay, we pulled off the unthinkable...beating the dream-team 76'ers. I'm not counting on the same results this season, however I will cheer if I see teamwork, hustle, and a desire to WIN with this assembly of players. The microscope will be on Stotts at the end of the day. Can he keep these guys learning, growing and hungry? And it will take Lillard to emerge as the team leader. Is he mature enough to handle this role? Will he keep his teammates (and himself) positive after a stretch of consecutive losses? Time will tell. I'll happily cheer so long as they come to play! GO BLAZERS!!

I wish I could like a thousand times

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I just looked up "relevance" in the dictionary. Says it's something that has "no probative value". As I write this, I'm sitting in a dive bar on the Oregon coast. The young bartender here has the Blazer pinwheel tattooed on his right calf. Something tells me the Washington Post has a different definition of "relevance" than we do....