Why Portland won't win a title again

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SlyPokerDog said:
So lets see if I got this right, you're upset because Olshey won't trade Lillard and CJ for draft picks?
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what, no funny animated gifs? ;)
 
I understand the OP's frustration. It has been a frustrating season. The lack of defense has been frustrating all season; but it's even more frustrating that the coach and the worse offenders have never seemed to take responsibility for it and never seemed to make a real commitment to change it.

The periods of stagnant offense which seems to rely on the two guards is frustrating. Again, neither the coaches or the players seems willing to acknowledge there is a problem or try to fix it.

It was frustrating a couple games ago when Nurkic was playing with great passion and intensity and the rest of the team seemed to react by toning down their intensity. I did not understand that at all.

It was frustrating after the loss two nights ago to hear the leader of the team focusing on the refs, instead of taking responsibility for blowing a 21 point lead. That's OK for fans to do that, but I don't think it's ok for the players.

I don't agree with the OP if he is advocating tanking for years and getting draft picks; I think we have a lot of talent on the team and one more really good player could make us a contender. I have no problem, considering our present situation, with tanking this season, and hopefully using that lottery pick to get someone like that.

But the bigger problem for me is the leadership of the team and the coaches. As I have said above, acknowledging some of the problems is the first step.
 
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Portland2014 said:
It's simply because of the fans.
We just won against the two worst team in the league (Philadelphia, Phoenix) and fans are already overreacting calling out people on Dame like he brought us to the finals, calling him "the best Blazer ever" like Bill Walton or Clyde Drexler never existed. And that's only because sorry fans are sensitive to players who don't wanna come to Portland, so if one of them decide to sign with us (with a MASSIVE extension in terms of $$$$$) you people overreact as always trying to overhype that player only because he loves the city or the community.
Let's get this straight: as much as Lillard loves Portland that won't affect our chances to win a title.
And let's be more clear: Lillard take advantage of the love Portland fans give him. He is treated like LeBron James in Cleveland without isn't nearly as talented as he is.
Here in Portland he can do all he wants rapping and promoting shoes because he knows that with the help of Jason Quick and others writers payed by Olshey he can be exposed on defense by every other PG in the league and people will only remember the times he score 30 or 40 or he gives a speech with Quick ready with the smartphone to record it.
Olshey is so smart that knows all this BS and he takes advantage by selling smoke to fans who decide to believe him only because they have no chance: THE BLAZERS ARE THE ONLY SHOW IN TOWN AND SO THE FANS CONVINCE THEMSELVES THAT IS ALL GOOD, THEY CAN'T ACCEPT THE FACT THAT WE AREN'T NEARLY AS GOOD AS THE OTHER CONTENDERS.

It makes me crazy that fans are so naive that they buy all the BS that writers like Casey Holdhal sells them.
I mean, let's take by example the "Nurkic fever", only because of 5 games the fans are already calling him the next Sabonis and they are absolving Olshey after having one of the WORST OFFSEASONS EVER.

How fans can be so naive!?!? how!!?!? Don't you people realize that the management is trying to sell you the "big three" of Dame/CJ/Nurkic only because we are in the period of renewal tickets for next season?

Let's be more clear: the trade was a good move, but that trade won't change our future, rather it makes basketball purgatory a more likely reality. Nurkic is like Dame and CJ, they're good, but non THAT good that puts you in title contention.

I could go on and on but it's now clear to me that this franchise as much as i love her won't win again.
We will make the playoffs with the 8th seed, maybe we'll win 1/2 games against GS/SA and Olshey in the exit interviews will use this games to trying defend his job and say that our future is bright with 3 draft picks (none of them will be in the lottery).

People will believe him and the mediocrity will continue for at least 4 more years, as long as Lillard will stay. That's what Portland fans want: playoffs with Dame Dolla super hero without having a 1% chance of winning a title.

I'll be the only trying to imagine how good the Moda Center and how happy the fans would be with a real contending team with real superstars.
For players like Anthony Davis Portland could build a statue outside of the Moda Center.
Too bad we won't see any of them here because tanking would destroy the only attraction in town and fans are too hasty to wait 2 or 3 seasons of transition.
In the meantime we will see teams with potential superstars like Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Davis, Devin Booker, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic succeed in the near future.
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I'm sorry, I'll try to do better. Don't give up on me.
 
Could it be that this thread was started by someone who is dying....if that's the case...they're right...we won't win a championship this year..I can admit that.
 
Portland2014 said:
It's simply because of the fans.
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You had me at the first line.

The reason that the Blazers will NEVER win a title again is not because of the players who, you know, actually play the games; not because of the GM, who is responsible for making trades and drafting players; not because of the coach, who orchestrates how the players play; not because Portland is an unattractive free agent destination; not because of anything else we could think of that actually influences the makeup of the team or the outcome on the court. Nope. The Blazers will never win a title again because of what fans think and, of course, the fact that they're too stupid to think what this poster thinks.

Yup. You had me at the first line. Dumbest post of the season and right up there in the running for dumbest post of all time. Nice job.
 
Strenuus said:
So don't be a fan... literally no one is telling you to be a fan.

If you're not wanting to buy it, then don't. You saying it isn't going to change it. So either leave or don't.

I don't understand your gripe, and I am also one of those that don't ascribe to media/PR, etc... and you even lost me there.
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Aaaaaannnd don't let the fucking door hit ya, where the good lord split ya.
 
tlongII said:
I'm not sure how you can be negative about the team right now. I am one of the Blazers harshest critics, but I'm on board now that we have Nurkic. We're just a couple of pieces away from being an elite team in my opinion. They aren't pieces that are overly difficult to get either.
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