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Torey got that Walter white laugh watching the joe press conference š
I want the Blazers to do whats best for the Blazers. I don't give a rip about Lillard unless he is committed to earning his paycheck.
If Lillard demands a trade, Blazers should suspend him without pay. Leave him on the sidelines until a team makes an offer we can't refuse. Lillard can earn his pay or finish his career suspended.
You guys are too close minded. If you go back and look at the beginning of last year, you had a bad outlook of the team as well until they proved you guys wrong with a great start. No matter what trade was available the team is not going to win a title this upcoming year. A team that always loses in the first round wasn't the move. I have always said the team needs to trade damian. He's been great with this team but his timeline is too short to win a title here. It's nothing against him but it benefits both sides. You will see this team have a better record than last season and stick by your words when it happens.
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Blazers got a top pick caliber player at #3. This is awesome.
There not trading Scoot… They have chosen there direction.
What a mess
I think owner Jody Allen wants full budget Blazers
Amazing stream tonight boys, I hope Portland gets new ownership ASAP. I appreciate you guys keeping me informed and entertained since late 2019.
You guys are GREAT Blazers fans! I know today didn't necessarily go you're way but I appreciate all the great content. Hang in there for better days.
Y'all need to trade simons, nurk and scoot for big time players. Get Ayton and Siakam
Kris Murray was the more logical pick. A plug in play player
I hope we trade ant for an elite defensive forward and resign grant. Ant needs to go if we want to keep dame and scoot and we need a ton of length to cover them up on defense. Then fill the rest of the roster with 3 and d guys.
the shittiest part about this situation is how it unfolded, great we got scoot, he could be amazing, but if dame demands out due to this pick then we will be reminded about it throughout scoots career, he will liekly be in dames shadow
The problem is because we had so little depth last year, because of all the mistakes Cronin made, Cronin is trying to get all the pieces in one full swoop. The Celtics were not going to offer us JB, so Bridges was the logical choice. We could have easily match salary with Bridges, and the Nets can use a highly quality guard and some picks. I would of gladly gave up Simons, our lottery pick, Nas, and one of our 2024 2nd rd picks for Bridges. At least Cronin could have trade down the pick and pick up additional assets. We don't need any more guards, and we don't need anymore 19 and 20 years olds. I love your reaction towards his press conference. Cronin's negotiation skills are just poor, and he clearly lacks foresight.
Reply to me i feel like air here š¢
Even though blazers went young. They had a phenomenal draft. Blazers are a lot more talented. I think we have some tradable contracts now once the rookies are trade able.
Joe Cronin is a crook though.
I don't understand when these guys say we haven't done anything to help Dame. Remember all the trades we did the last many years bringing in guys you wanted: We loved the Nurkic trade when it happened. We love Norman Powell, Covington, McCullough (out), … etc. We made the moves, but the moves that were available, just didn't work out. Some even applauded signing Carmello. We have come a long way since Batum, Al Faruq Aminu days …
Congrats on 16k views!!!! You guys are the best. Thanks for dedicating your time for this. I am a blazers die hard fan. It was nice to share the pain with you guys.
This was so mismanagedā¦you can reset / rebuild at any time. Dame is an all nba player that our organization just wasted the prime on.
At this point it would have been so much better we drafted miller if he fell on our lap. We just wasted our most valuable asset and it sickens me. Another guardā¦this organization will never learn.
This is going to sting for a while. Scoot and Sharpe luckily which is a bright future and nice to have Kris Murray as well as a seasoned rookie. But like you guys said I donāt trust this management.
They clearly donāt want to sell the team and have no urgency too. So we are fucked for a while before we sell. This is literally the worst situation we can be in. Sucks to be a blazers fan. Really hope we see a championship. A chip without dame is not the same.
2:31 start
Just rewatched some parts I didn't watch yesterday. Still think dame will be nice enough to forgive cronin, give him credit for trying, and give them chances to build a competitive team around him.
CJ for Kris Murray
Norm and Cov for Keon Johnson
Holy.. shit.. what great asset management.
The honeymoon for Cronin is officially over, and he made the right choice for the Blazers. Good job by Cronin on this draft day.
Can you guys explain to me why Kris Murray is a bad pick? I think itās a nice blend of talent. Iām trying to understand why people donāt seem to like the Murray brothers.
As a Blazer fan, very happy they kept #3 and drafted Scoot! Excited about Kris Murray too, a tall wing with a 7ft plus wingspan who can defend and shoot the ball š
Dame is under contract until 2027, and the team has the opportunity to make some adjustments this summer. Itās not a funeral ā°ļø for Dame, he is still alive and well folks!
Iam not a fan of guidance councilor Cronin so passive and getting bodied in any trade discussions. The guy is flat out not meant to be a GM imo. He may be the puppet of Jodys strings and intents but i dont like how they are going behind Dames back and seemingly doing it so slow boil the last 18 months…saying one thing but doing another just enough to put us off the scent trail of their true intentions… to make Dame ask out without them kicking him out. PISSES ME OFF THEY DO THIS TO THE BLAZER GOAT.
And if the goal is to move on from Dame and while Portland has ZERO POWER FORWARD/CENTER DEPTH…. then why did they NOT draft Leonard Miller at 23 who has insane rebounding and upside… who IS ALSO SCOOTS G LEAGUE TEAMMATE? Wholly s*** the incompetence.
6:43:45 PREACH! 100% FACTS.
I told yall Blazers were drafting Scoot
Such a good draft for Portland.
So glad we stayed put, drafted BPA, and set ourselves up for a Dame trade.
why would scoot want to stay here in like 5 or so years when we treated dame like this….. dont think we even get good vaule for dame because will try to send him to where he wants to go, which im fine with but is just sad as hell
5:42:50 I think you are overthinking this. Cronin is a nice guy and won't mind you confronting him. Aaron Fentress pretty much called him a lier in the thursday press conference and he's totally fine in the saturday one
Rewatching the highlights (or lowlights) yet again….#SellTheTeamJody
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