Will the Blazers, Mediocre Man, and Bobobrewski see any action today

[SheedSoNasty]

Rupert will be moved or waived but not traded for another player....maybe Thybulle as well but for sure Rupert....Love will finish the season in the Remix and try and get a spot next year again. My prediction.

Thybulle had been incredibly frustrating with his injuries the last few years. This year has been bizarre.

 

[inconceivable]

Thybulle had been incredibly frustrating with his injuries the last few years. This year has been bizarre.

both he and time lord are chronically injured but are actually good players when they play. frustrating is appropriate

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Blazers will trade for Antetokounmpo!

 

[RR7]

Blazers will trade for Antetokounmpo!

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[Cugel]

Mm is a let down.

Every gm in the league with a gfii:
“ my offer is this… nothing “

 

[wizenheimer]

Joe Cronin's trade deadline history

2021:



2023:



2024:



2025:



he almost never uses the deadline to build the roster, unless it's the back end of the roster. The first couple of deadlines it was used to tear down the roster and erase mistakes, mostly Olshey mistakes, but one time his own (Payton)

The first deadline I assume he was operating under some instructions from Seattle. And the Josh Hart trade was made out of necessity knowing that Hart was not going to re-sign in Portland. Basically Hart for Thybulle and Murray

Cronin does most of his roster building and makes most of his major transactions in the off-season and around the draft

 

[riverman]

They're not trading Murray for his price and what he brings at the position. We have too many guards. Murray gets you the ball, sets solid screens and rebounds, plays small ball 5 and is a defensive first big. He improved his free throws and his shot this season. For 3 million and change, they're not going to move him I'd guess. Definitely not before Thybulle, Rupert or Love. They like Sidy for the same reason they like Murray. Both can guard 1-5 Murray will hide Vit's defensive woes and allow Vit to shoot all he wants. Murray doesn't need the ball. Great bench combo..Thybulle makes 4X Murray's salary for comparison. Vit has taken Thybulle's spot.

 

[riverman]

Let Rupert go for Cidy is what you're alluding to?

yes

 

[Jelloman]

With Vit's shooting and Scoot coming back, they both will eat up Love's minute. I don't see us making room for Love as he won't be needed down the stretch. I see him finishing the season with the remix. Cidy on the other hand can be very useful for his defense at spot minute where we need to give our forwards a break. Tisse or Rupert should be gone in the next few hour.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

for what Kris Brings -- are we watching the same player ??

Kris has his moments but I think it's time for him to move on.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Gosh, I remember getting beat up a little in the offseason about trying to trade Thybulle while we could for another expiring and 2nd.

Look at what 2nds are fetching these days. We should have tried! He hasn't even played for us this year and I don't think we resign him.

We need to stop falling in love with middle of the road bench players.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Gosh, I remember getting beat up

 

[HailBlazers]

'Will Mediocre Man and Bobobrewski see any action today"​

No. Same as every other day.

 

[Chris Craig]

for what Kris Brings -- are we watching the same player ??

Kris has his moments but I think it's time for him to move on.

Its more like other teams don't want him.

 

[inconceivable]

for what Kris Brings -- are we watching the same player ??

Kris has his moments but I think it's time for him to move on.

murray is not a priority. keeping him or not. that decision can wait.

 

[TBpup]

Giannis sweepstakes:

* Warriors out
* Wolves likely out (for now)
* Knicks don't have the picks
* Heat have some poor picks and not so good of players
* Blazers have the best picks but not good young players available (for now)

The best thing to happen if you are a Blazer fan is for this to go to the summer....after the Blazers have made the Playoffs.

IF...the Blazers are to make the Playoffs, that FINALLY gives them control over their Draft picks. That helps them with putting a package together and they would like to include some of their own picks and possibly keep at least one of the MIL picks.

Also, the Blazes will have more easily tradable contracts. Sharpe and Camara's contracts are difficult to trade right now but that will be made easier come July 1. Also, Scoot will come back shortly and hopefully he shows that he has more value than he currently does now.

Lastly, the Blazers are a more attractive team to Big G if they make the Playoffs and show that their core is on the way up. That may make the Blazers a more appealing choice to the Blazers and willing to sign an extension versus the Blazers trading a LOT of capital for what at the time of this summer, would be a singular season.

So hope that the Blazers get things turned around and either outright make the Playoffs (#6 or higher....unlikely) or that they get in the Play-In at 7 or 8 and only need to win 1 game. Then the Olshey dumpster fire conditions on the pick will finally be over and Cronin (and Dundon) can not be so hamstrung.

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[Cugel]

Trying to wrap my head around how this team gets significantly better. MEM is full on tank so POR can make the playin and could end up with no pick this year. What is the point of any of this? Such a weird roster.

 

[Everything Beagle]

Bitcoin investors over the last six months

 

[wizenheimer]

Bitcoin investors over the last six months

I worked occasionally with another contractor. I think it was around 2015-16 he had somewhere around $8000 cash he needed to invest in his Roth IRA. His 17 year old son talked him into buying Bitcoins. He bought 17...I remember him telling me about it and I thought he was nuts. He sold those 17 bitcoins at $60,000 five years later. More than a million and it's all tax free. Yeah....he was nuts. By the way, he retired that year

 

[Everything Beagle]

Trying to wrap my head around how this team gets significantly better. MEM is full on tank so POR can make the playin and could end up with no pick this year. What is the point of any of this? Such a weird roster.

Thinking cruelly and without any sentiment:

We've been a lot worse since Jrue came back and Deni got injured. Jrue is either sandbagging it or aged out of usefulness during his injury, or is more injured than he lets on. Move him while you can unless he's teaching the kids good skills.

Will Deni ever be as good as he was before he got injured? If he won't, you gotta be honest about how much worse he will be, and whether the contract extension you'll need to work out to keep him will be worth it. If it isn't going to be in the team's favor, you should move him before other teams cotton on to that fact.

You need to assume Dame will be worse than Caleb Love when he comes back, to be prepared for the worst. Sign Caleb Love, and then assume you now need to get point guards in front of him so he doesn't have to play hero ball off the bench.

Our center situation is kind of a mess. Donovan is plenty young and still learning, but mobile centers with extended range make him nearly useless. He has a year to figure that out, and in the meantime we need to evaluate RWIII's ability to play a full season minus back-to-backs. So far so good, and knee recovery techniques are coming, but is he worth the investment? Maybe! Yang is a huge project and might need to ride the pine behind another team's centers if you think you can get a pick for him.

Grant needs to go, for a ham sandwich and a couple of future second round picks if necessary. Murray is better than him right now.

I think you get better by being exceedingly honest about Deni and Jrue. You need to figure out if Scoot can bring anything to this offense. You need to be honest about our front line needs versus playoff teams. And you need to be willing to move anyone who isn't part of the 2026-27 playoff run. It's also essential you don't trust Damian Lillard's opinions on ANYTHING, because he has the worst eye for talent I've ever seen in an NBA player.

Cronin needs to be cold and calculating in order to meaningfully improve a roster that is running mostly on hopes and dreams right now.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

That was hilarious!!!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Cugel]

You’re not even trying

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Seems as if Jrue and Jeremy are untradeable considering their contracts, production and injury history.
MN just got a really good combo guard, don't see anyway to trade any of our PGs to them and get meaningful return. Why would anyone want to take Rupert or Murray in return for cap space without asking for a second round pick? Of course they didn't know Lillard would become available or that Love and Wesley would look so good, but in retrospect getting Jrue seems a really bad move. Please surprise me Joe!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

You’re not even trying

We want to clear roster spots.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

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[wizenheimer]

That was hilarious!!!

I wonder how many fractures

 

[inconceivable]

Will there be a Joe Cronin press conference?

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

What are the financial and other cap implications if we waived Rupert and Thybulle to sign Love and Cissoko?