When have you been less excited for the start of a Blazers season?

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the dark days of rebuilding

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if fans have run away & hide in swamps, deserts, or an isolated island until the team gets better...
... then so be it.

 
SharpesTriumph said:
I can't think of a season I had less excitement for than this upcoming one.

I first became a fan in 1990 when I was in the 3rd grade.

Maybe some of the John Nash years were pretty bleak, or when ZBo/Miles were our core duo - but thats about 20 years ago? Still not certain if those were worse as I might have been a tad more optimistic then at least with faith in the ownership. This season I'll follow the trade deadline with a lot of interest and then the 2025 draft - but I'm just not seeing much of interest as a Blazer fan for NBA games in the meantime.

Probably need to spend more time on other hobbies the next few years I suppose.
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I havent cared about the team in more than a calendar year.

There's no reason to.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I'm looking forward to the Blazers playing Capture the Flagg this year.
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^What this lady said^ Last year’s losses piling up meant nothing….THIS season….franchise changing!
 
riverman said:
Not sure if it's the start of the season but my least favorite was the Andre Miller trade for Raymond Felton season when Oden and Roy retired, Nate was fired and we tried to make Jamal Crawford a pt guard....worst season ever for me as a fan. The last three seasons sucked but not on the Felton meter for me. I don't hate the players on the roster over the last stretch
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Ok this is a very good answer, yeah that was a gut punch to start the season. Kind of expected Roy and Oden to have some injury concerns for a while, but still had hope they could return to a very high level and then in an instance that was all definitely gone.
 
HailBlazers said:
I love watching young players with promise come up.
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Wouldn't it be much better if there were more opportunities for those young players...... instead of us watching the Grant/Ayton/Simons mediocre veteran trio.
 
e_blazer said:
That's the 14% odds of success (at best) rebuilding plan. Geez, I love rebuilds.
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Lots of great franchise options in this draft even without #1.

But thats why we don't want to have the Grant/Ayton/Ant trio putting up surprising early season wins that ultimately bumps us down a few spots. There will be many more teams tanking this year so we won't be able to back into a top3 lottery record as we did at the end of last season.
 
I get excited before the start of every season. We're tied for the best record. Then the first game happens and I spiral into depression.
 
riverman said:
Not sure if it's the start of the season but my least favorite was the Andre Miller trade for Raymond Felton season when Oden and Roy retired, Nate was fired and we tried to make Jamal Crawford a pt guard....worst season ever for me as a fan. The last three seasons sucked but not on the Felton meter for me. I don't hate the players on the roster over the last stretch
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This is the answer for me. That SUCKED
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Wouldn't it be much better if there were more opportunities for those young players...... instead of us watching the Grant/Ayton/Simons mediocre veteran trio.
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By trading Grant, I can see more minutes for Camara. But he will still get enough time IMO

By trading Ayton, Clingan might pick up a few more minutes, but how many do you think he can handle without getting hurt?

By trading Simons, more minutes for Rupert. Yay?
 
I'm definitely more excited than I was going into the season last year. Last year that Dame shit gutted me as a fan. It started when Cronin couldn't move our first rounders and younger players for a guy or two that would have made us more competitive with Dame, it escalated when Dame demanded his trade, it got more depressing when that Miami or bust shit came out, we re-signed Jerami and didn't trade Ant or Malcolm or Rob. Yeah going into last season my spirits were lower than they've been in my life as a Blazers fan.

This season I'm pretty pissed that we've still got Jerami and Ant but there's time for that to change. I don't want them taking away 40 shots a game from our young guys who seem to fit better together without those two more established players. That being said, I'm really excited to see what Shaedon can do and what Scoot can do. I'm excited to see how Donovan progresses and how Deni fits in. Hopefully either between now and training camp or near the deadline we get some exciting trades that either bring in more young players with potential or draft picks but definitely free up usage for the guys who I just said I'm most excited about.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Maybe for some it is - I've fully accepted that I'm damaged goods in terms of rooting for the Blazers.
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Nobody should be though. Just have realistic expectations and all is good. We’ll win 20 games next year plain and simple. No need to freak out on losses against teams we should lose to.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
I can't think of a season I had less excitement for than this upcoming one.

I first became a fan in 1990 when I was in the 3rd grade.

Maybe some of the John Nash years were pretty bleak, or when ZBo/Miles were our core duo - but thats about 20 years ago? Still not certain if those were worse as I might have been a tad more optimistic then at least with faith in the ownership. This season I'll follow the trade deadline with a lot of interest and then the 2025 draft - but I'm just not seeing much of interest as a Blazer fan for NBA games in the meantime.

Probably need to spend more time on other hobbies the next few years I suppose.
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Portland has been a mediocre franchise for a long time. Only now they play to lose on purpose, which is a whole different level of bad.
 
Bingo Bango said:
Portland has been a mediocre franchise for a long time. Only now they play to lose on purpose, which is a whole different level of bad.
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I disagree. I think trying to win but losing is the worst. Losing on purpose is a legit strategy to land a star player.
 
The Nash and Cheeks years.
 
julius said:
I'd say the Sebastian Telfair era was far less "exciting", but I think maybe I'm not "less excited" as much as "more realistic".
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The Telfair years is the very first thing that popped into my head, but then I thought about laying on Nash.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Then why are Grant, Ayton, and Simons here?
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You think they’re trying to be good? I think pretty much everyone has them behind the spurs this year. and that’s with Grant, Ayton, and Simons on the team.

I don’t think Cronin is rushing to trade those guys. I view the fence straddling conversation for teams flirting with the playoffs. that doesn’t seem like a conversation this team is in, at all.
 
Samuel said:
You think they’re trying to be good? I think pretty much everyone has them behind the spurs this year. and that’s with Grant, Ayton, and Simons on the team.

I don’t think Cronin is rushing to trade those guys. I view the fence straddling conversation for teams flirting with the playoffs. that doesn’t seem like a conversation this team is in, at all.
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IMO Simons isn’t going anywhere. They might keep Ayton also depending on what he wants and what he thinks his next contract should be? Grant might be gone at the deadline. Seems a perfect plug and play guy for a team dealing with injuries.
 
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