How Long is the Portland Trail Blazers “Development” Path?
The Portland Trail Blazers held exit interviews on Monday, marking the true end of the 2023-24 season with the last formal media availability. Joe Cronin shared his vision, Chauncey Billups offered his hopes for next year, and they didn’t perfectly align. Can the Blazers be competitive and competent while still achieving their developmental and ultimately tank-heavy goals?
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What up world
Tinfoil hat! Tinfoil hat!
This video is pure entertainment. ✨
There's a report that Jerami Grant skipped out the backdoor without an exit interview. It seems like his level of frustration might be among the highest on the team. He came to Rip City for a very nice contract. However, a huge part of his motivation was Dame's prodding and behind the scenes maneuvers, with the big idea that he was joining a winning team that just needed him, a little luck, and another decent player for a trip into the playoffs. He surely had no vision and no wish for the scenario in which he now finds himself. So, are the Blazers determining he is injured at the end of seasons in order to in some way make amends with him, to 'compensate' him for being on a perennial losing team?
There is no way the team loses 55 games unless the vets, especially Brogdon, Simons and Grant are traded or they’re “injured,” which would not be fair to their careers. Keep Billups to lose into the lottery.
Where is the Cronin interview? I want to see!
Neil Olshey had a good 7 years to bring in a star next to Dame. CJ, Nurk, young players, and picks were tradeable assets.
Now it's all about getting lucky with draft picks. And that's what it is: luck. Luck with ping pong balls. Luck with the picks. The NBA has made deep-pocketed ownership less and less of an advantage. So Jodie Allen selling isn't a panacea. New owner will have the same handcuffs around over-spending. And may not even be all that interested. A key reason that Owners buy teams is because their accountants help them realize how the depreciation rule guarantees them a massive annual revenue stream all while the value of their franchise keeps going up and up and up. It's not all about passion for the game! Passion for the team! Get real.
Ownership isn't to blame. Olshey wasted our opportunity. No guts.
Olshey's big swing was hoping Zack Collins was gonna be All Star quality.
He even brought in Carmelo a full year too late. Dude was sitting at home when we needed reliable frontcourt help.
Here's to hoping we get lucky! Cause that's what it's gonna take.
Disgruntled stars aren't just gonna be available in exchange for Grant, Brogdon, Thybulle or whatever. But, hey, maybe we'll get lucky.
Chauncey Billups is still an unknown commodity.
He need to also just stay healthy. All the injuries sapped any chance we had of competing for a 41 win, .500 season.
But in the end: GO BLAZERS!!
Blazer players frustrated about getting smoked on the court? Naaaah, the high salary players get paid to lolly-gag on defense, with a bonus month of paid vacation.
Jodi Cronin and Billups are a bunch of clowns