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Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 11:55 pm
by StevensTechU
Watching Grant deep fry Zion on that crossover in the second half was glorious.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:19 am
by Boom
StevensTechU wrote:Watching Grant deep fry Zion on that crossover in the second half was glorious.
It's so nice having someone with size create his own shot.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:39 am
by greenyellow
Boom wrote:
StevensTechU wrote:Watching Grant deep fry Zion on that crossover in the second half was glorious.
It's so nice having someone with size create his own shot.
And someone who can knock down a three when Lillard and Simons are forced to pass it off.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:16 am
by nogerO
What's with the teal color on the uniforms last night?

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 6:37 am
by gogreen55
nogerO wrote:What's with the teal color on the uniforms last night?
Each team has an alternate "NBA City Edition" jersey, so that is what the Blazers were wearing. The jersey pays homage to the original Portland airport carpet pattern.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:03 am
by nogerO
gogreen55 wrote:
nogerO wrote:What's with the teal color on the uniforms last night?
Each team has an alternate "NBA City Edition" jersey, so that is what the Blazers were wearing. The jersey pays homage to the original Portland airport carpet pattern.
LMAO

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 9:02 am
by Duck07
Portland has dropped 4 of the last 5 and Lillard is out with a re-aggravated calf injury.

I know some are talking about moving Ant out but he's not the aging player on a massive contract. I'd be interested to see the kind of Player and Picks they could get for him though matching that salary would make it tough.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 11:37 am
by StevensTechU
At this point, I think you have to at least let it ride for this year. Allow people to get healthy, try to get a 4-seed and home series to start the playoffs. That's a win against expectations.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:02 pm
by Phalanx
*BUMP*

It's been awhile since we had an update. The Blazers just dropped a game at home to the lowly Magic, their 4th loss in a row, and we didn't even have the consolation of seeing Bol Bol play. Portland is now 19-21 at close to the halfway mark, and 11th in the conference standings. Stuck with Lillard's contract for four more years after this one, so the team purgatory continues.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 11:23 pm
by pezsez1
Dame's contract isn't the biggest problem. The bigger problem is they gave Ant big money and he isn't Dame's ideal wingman. This really is Dame/CJ 2.0, and I don't know why Cronin thought this was going to work.

Go all-in on Ant or Dame. I hate this "threading the needle" trying to have it both ways.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 12:13 am
by Phalanx
Lillard's contract IS the biggest problem, and that problem will continue to grow over the next four years. Ant is also being overpaid, and Cronin really messed that up, because he could have had him a lot cheaper if he had signed him earlier. Sinking all your money into two guards who don't play defense seems like all these Blazer managers know how to do.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:32 pm
by Everythingsducky
The Blazers are awful. Had a franchise record for a quarter, up 25 at the half at home, and blow another to another crappy team, the Fakers. Since the O took out their comment section (freaking awful also), there really isn’t another place to rail on how pissed I am about this team. Freaking awful showing yet again. Billups isn’t the right coach. Too many 3rd quarter no-shows, zero adjustments at half. Big contract for Ant was a huge mistake. He is CJ part 2. GP2 is overrated, and is a nice complement on a championship team, but is a huge liability on offense. This team needs serious reworking, yet again. Gotta dump Nurk, can’t get any consistency from him at all. This was supposed to be a nice home streak, and they can’t even win at home. Freaking pissed. They lost my viewership for the remainder of the year. 21-25. Terrible. Sick of this BS from the Blazers. Jody needs to sell, now.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:32 pm
by pezsez1
Ant is also being overpaid, and Cronin really messed that up, because he could have had him a lot cheaper if he had signed him earlier. Sinking all your money into two guards who don't play defense seems like all these Blazer managers know how to do.
This is what's wrong. This, and Nurk.

What really infuriates me about the Blazers is this insistence by management to simultaneously try to "win now" with Dame while also rebuilding for the future around Ant/Sharpe.

Two massive problems with that:

1) You can't honestly attempt to win now while refusing to trade your best asset (Ant) who isn't a good fit alongside Dame. It's basically Dame/CJ 2.0, and the more we see of this, the more we can't deny it. Olshey's biggest flaw as GM was getting high on his own supply. I don't think Cronin has the same flaw, but he's also under the limitations of a disinterested owner with no real will to go all-in on a title. We really need an ownership/management structure that isn't afraid to swing for the fences.

2) Ant is good, but he's not THAT GUY. He'll be a great wingman and have a long career, but he's streaky, he's not a floor general, he struggles to facilitate, and he can't play defense. Players like Lillard are special almost from Day #1... Ant is, what, a third-year pro and he's still not better than he is? Like I said, he's really good, but he's not franchise cornerstone material.

The Nurk situation is just unfortuante. That's maybe the worst lasting impact of Olshey's failed tenure. Moving him would require getting rid of some promising assets on more team-friendly deals. Hopefully, the stars somehow align and Nurk gets his head back in the game, but it's just painful watching him repeatedly be outplayed by... Drew Eubanks. I mean, seriously, Nurk makes Eubanks look like Patrick Ewing down there.

What I really wish is that Jodi would sell the team to Uncle Phil. He wants to win. We need a high roller going big, not Jodi playing with scared money.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 4:25 pm
by buckmarkduck
The Blazers are basically in the same boat as the Seahawks. They refuse to rebuild, but will never go far the way they are. And it’s due to an owner who is supposed to have sold both teams. Really if she was a man, she wouldn’t be allowed to own either team with her sexual harassment history. She is Snyder bad.

Re: Blazers 2022-2023 Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 9:38 am
by Phalanx
Josh Hart gets traded for Cam Reddish in an exchange of players who won't be playing for Portland next year. Blazers pick up a protected first-round pick though, so that is something. Maybe Sharpe will get more minutes now. Developing him seems like the only realistic way to improve the team, given the salary situation.