Of course it's Deni. Be ready to be very popular in Israel for the close future. We love Deni - and soon, all of you will also love him. His amazing all over. You'll see.
All Deni fans move here from Locked on Wizards. Wizards front office are total idiots. Deni was best player last year. He had better averages than Bridges after the all star break, playing with Jordan Pool as a point guard! Deni might want to leave for a winning team. He is perfect 3/4 option on a contender.
Deni didn't ask for a trade, they backstabbed him. The only player who actually wanted to stay. But we will have our revenge soon enough. If all they wanted was #14 pick they would have gotten it sending kuzma .
Simons is more part of the Olshey era. Different GM and time period. This is the Cronin era and he wants to mold the team his way. Simons hogs the ball and is a giant defensive liability on the defensive end. He simply just doesn't fit. Send Simons to a team he can run and dominate the ball. Both sides will benefit from this much needed trade
I think they’re gonna get rid of Simons too because it’s going to go scoot,Shannon,Denni Grant, Ayton then you got Bannon,Clingan, Duop,camara. that leaves thybulle, Simons,Williams and have a good enough answer becomes available Grant for trade, including what players we back off trade. The youth movement will be in full effect after this summer.
If you don't trade for some reasonable passers and reasonable 3pt shooters, you're wasting Deni Avdija as he's ideal for a pass first offense due to his passing IQ, and he's a great slasher in spacing
If we get into trade talks with Dallas for Jerami Grant, I would like Portland to get Josh Green. Even though he is another guard he is taller at 6’5” and he is an aggressive and physical guard who could help with defense for a team like Portland.
@@johnnash5118Portland needs to let Banton walk at the end of his contract, he is inefficient and only had those high scoring games because of large volume shooting
We need grant n thybulle gone and really Ayton too now. Clingan n duop can play his minutes, now u aquire more assets n cap with him and go into 25 draft better, then 25 26 season as a strong strong rebuild
Welp, they in fact picked up Dalano's option, too. I've said it for years, the track record of the front office screams they'll stubbornly refuse to trade JG & Ant. And again, Rob HAS to be traded now.
If the Blazers had picked players at 34 and 40, could they have those players in summer league or on the team or must they drop two other players? I was thinking it was a wise move to see two more players who may be total wins for the blazers like Brock Purdy for 49ers. Why did we not try to find a second round gem like other teams do?
Personally wish we had taken a swing on Furphy or Kolek in the second round instead of probably guaranteeing Banton, I just don't think he has a long NBA career in front of him.
I like that didn't add more developmental players in a weak draft. We need minutes for the guys we have. Pretty smart Draft considering better Drafts ahaed.
With the CBA, saving money and being under the tax is important when being bad because of repeater tax penalties hindering your ability to build the best team possible .
Anf must stay untouchable this year. he the only shooter we have atm. if we lose him Portland wont recover and will pay a huge price for another worse player in couple of years time. hes just 25yo but elite 3point shooter.
Anthony Black, Wendell Carter and Joe Ingles and two 1st rd picks next year would get it done for the Blazers imo. I don't see the Blazers saying no to that.
To me, the lack of drafting could mean one of three things. 1: They did this because they have some trades in mind. 2:They have no trades ahead and are full 3: They feel that next year will be a good draft, so the next few years after next years draft they have a steady line of rookies coming in.
Side note. There is no problem if it was to save money. There are good reasons. A: Not a great team right now, why pay more? B: No point going over unless it is for a player that can really make a difference.
Jerami Grant has real value to the young core as a veteran leader. I'd keep him. Simons and Ayton gotta go though! Orlando has cap room and lots of future 1st rnd picks. On paper, Simons and Ayton would fit into that Orlando group perfectly. I purpose Ayton and Simons for combo guard Anthony Black, center Wendell Carter, and three 1st round picks. Rebuild this the right way. Wendell Carter and Robert Williams are insurance behind Clingan, and Anthony Black who was a high lottery pick, slides into that role Simons had. Stockpile 1st round picks and get under the salary cap. Let your core young bucks gel together. You're trying to suck again this year anyway. Problem might be that that combination I suggested might be pretty decent. Not playoffs, but low in the lottery level probably. 😅
Clingan Wendell Carter R. Williams Grant Deni Sharpe Anthony Black Scoot After that it's just a bunch of guys that don't matter really. All interchangeable nobody's on a bad team. Clingan, Deni, Sharpe, Black, and Scoot would be all that matter. Everybody would need to compliment them the best they could.
@@rjejames28 DeAndre Ayton- Paolo Banchero- Frantz Wagner- Anfernee Simons- Jalen Suggs together would be a sweet starting 5. All young guy's. That would be a great team. Ayton's age and upside on a team like that would make sense for Orlando.
No what, grants gotta go. Mr iso ball and no defense n rebounds with a giant contract..Deni can take his minutes. We need grant n thybulle gone and really Ayton too now. Clingan n duop can play his minutes, now u aquire more assets n cap with him and go into 25 draft better then 25 26 season as a strong strong rebuild
I think they should've drafted Adem Bona would've been a solid high-energy backup in a pinch that plays good defense (5-10min or when bigs are injured as they always are with the Blazers). Also, Tyler Kolek or Juan Nunez would've made great backups to Scoot and would be nice to have if Scoot got hurt. If Blazers actually decide to move forward with Scoot and Sharpe who is Scoot's backup if he's not available or needs a break?? Both Kolek and Nunez were PG's that have a real art passing and finding players. Not what most PG's are today, which is basically really talented "scorers" that can handle the ball enough and are "capable" of making "decent" passes. Kolek and Nunez were actually the best passers in the draft and were both available too. And, having a high-energy big that plays defense like Bona is never a bad idea. Those type of players are far and few, in the NBA.
Breaking the prediction that Anfernee Simons will be traded in the next three weeks, immediately following the draft? That's a power move! I am pleased that your reading of the tea leaves mirrors my own, much respect for this quality five days a week, and this summer with the Blazers I feel like I just strapped in for a fun roller coaster!
The comment about the utility of short open ended questions made me think of danny. Most of the time he just confuses the person and gets a token answer
Great show! I'm in line with your thoughts on Simones. But he (Simones) may have quietly wanted out anyway after PDX acquired Scoot. Cronin failed to mention Billups's name (at all) in the press conference. Simones and now Billups. Seems like more ambiguity with each passing day. And thanks for the knowledge on contracts and roster availability, much of which I knew very little. Go Blazers, I think... who knows... 🫤
The "second most favorable" is interesting. Let's say that it was going to end up that that pick was the Milwaukee pick and the Boston pick was going to be the worst. If Portland traded that Milwaukee pick before that draft came, wouldn't it simply be the Boston pick because it still met the criteria as being the second most favorable?
I'm wondering why the Blazers could not work out a Simons trade for any team who thinks Reed Shepherd should have been a top 5 pick. Looking at Shepherd the absolute ceiling I see in him is where Simons is now. They look very much like the same player. So if a team wanted Shepherd, why not just trade for Simons who is the fully realization of what Shepherd could be.
@@irvingzeistman9828 I can see him being RoY from the standpoint that that he is very polished relatively to other rookies. And playing for the Rockets he will get his playing time. It is Sheppard's upside I have a problem with.
The Blazers kind of pioneered buying second round picks for cash. Paul Allen bought several 2nd round picks back in the day. In this way they were indeed 'trailblazers.' Lots of people saying we (Cronin) left money (draft picks) on the table with the 40th pick.
Glad we didn't do anything significant in the second round. I love Kolek but we ended up shipping him to the Knicks. The one player we did get is more likely to end up on the Remix. I still don't know that Clingan will be much more than Roy Hibbert/Kessler Walker, but the argument could be made that teams need to be drafting size and developing that size because Wemby is going to be a problem moving forward for teams with or without it. I also think the Avdija deal was a shrewd move. A welcome conclusion to months of despair and disarray.
@@jtthomas7349 you forgot bums! over 7ft, white and bums... Clingan won't even last 5 years. He has literally 0 post moves, is EXTREMELY unathletic and can't shoot the basketball. I promise Duop will beat him out of a rotation spot
@tylerking5354 I'm not saying he's a sure thing but cmon dude at least watch him play NBA games before making broad declarations. That's just toxic pessimism.
Straight up giving away a pick (even if it was just the 40th) is not a good look for a team in asset accumulation mode. At least take a swing at a draft and stash international kid. Also, yes on trading Grant but no on Ant. I still want to see what he can do in an actual system under a real NBA head coach.
It’s speaks to how unserious our ownership is that we would rather just get cash than take a chance on a young player. I know it could be seen as silly to feel this way about a 40th overall pick, it’s just a terrible sign
@livingthefight3539 He was a raw highschool project under Stotts. Also By the end Stotts system devolved into stagnant and predictable iso iso iso iso on repeat. Ant has yet to play as a starter for a head coach that has any business in the NBA (Billups is a joke) I know he's not perfect but I don't understand why you hate him so much? Did he insult your mom or something?
He’s not smart enough to do what this team needs. He’s had good scoring games. In those same games he doesn’t get back on defense or when he does he only plays matador defense. He doesn’t play well against teams that defend. Love who you want tho. I don’t see it.
Joe and his team didn’t see players available in the second round that deserve a spot on the roster. Portland has at least 5 players that are set to be traded away for picks or multiple players in a trade. Why in the world would he want to fill a spot with a second round pick in what is already looked at as a weak draft? Reality is he might already have a deal on the table to bring in 2 for 1 player deal. That is why opening up cap room in the Brogdon trade was genius.
Simon’s gotta go. Anybody with sense or non bias knows this. Keeping him is prolong inevitable. Him and scoot playing together won’t work. Trade grant too all they need is picks too no room formore young player
Only people I would trade are rob williams and Thybulle, We have alot of depth right now and need it with all our young injury prone players (including Clingan). Scoot and Ayton started developing really good chemistry late last season, Simons is an ultra athletic flamethrower. Sharpe has alot to improve on still, we need to stop treating him like a franchise player.
While I understand why it makes sense intellectually, I’m not a proponent of going another year of losing on purpose (I just can’t take it emotionally 😢). Losing on purpose is giving up Simons for a future draft pick. He’s still young and an elite scorer…they don’t just grow on trees. Simons/Scoot, Sharpe/Banton, Avdija/Grant, Williams/Reathe and Ayton/Clingan is a team full of legitimate starters with depth. With good coaching that’s a potentially competitive team. Not championship caliber but that’s not going to happen until either Shaedon pops or we get lucky in the draft. The other thing people forget is injuries. We can’t have enough good players because they always get hurt and if that depth isn’t there you’re hosed.
@livingthefight3539 Ayton has 2 years left. His ideal trade time would be next year, after he has a full, solid season here instead of after this kinda messy one. Plus, he's only 25. 100% worth keeping around, dude. There's also never a guarantee a rookie pans out.
10k views for yesterdays show. Is this the Deni effect? Let’s Goooo Blazers!
Draft day makes a difference
No its Deni. Last years Draft episode has 6.2k views. Welcome to Rip city Deni!
Here we come all the Deni stans by the thousands 😊🎉
Let's gooo!!
Of course it's Deni.
Be ready to be very popular in Israel for the close future.
We love Deni - and soon, all of you will also love him.
His amazing all over.
You'll see.
I came here to see if the trailblazers were trading Williams or Ayton and how do the fans feel about CJ McCollum?
Blazers drafted Cash Considerations
All Deni fans move here from Locked on Wizards. Wizards front office are total idiots. Deni was best player last year. He had better averages than Bridges after the all star break, playing with Jordan Pool as a point guard!
Deni might want to leave for a winning team. He is perfect 3/4 option on a contender.
❤️
Deni didn't ask for a trade, they backstabbed him. The only player who actually wanted to stay.
But we will have our revenge soon enough.
If all they wanted was #14 pick they would have gotten it sending kuzma .
Simons is more part of the Olshey era. Different GM and time period. This is the Cronin era and he wants to mold the team his way. Simons hogs the ball and is a giant defensive liability on the defensive end. He simply just doesn't fit. Send Simons to a team he can run and dominate the ball. Both sides will benefit from this much needed trade
Absolutely
Simons to the Magic?
I think they’re gonna get rid of Simons too because it’s going to go scoot,Shannon,Denni Grant, Ayton then you got Bannon,Clingan, Duop,camara. that leaves thybulle, Simons,Williams and have a good enough answer becomes available Grant for trade, including what players we back off trade. The youth movement will be in full effect after this summer.
lol thinking you know Cronin smdh
@@IceCreamCornDawgwatch the press conference lol
I agree
They’re playing one of their food cart employees?
Shannon and Bannon! 😂🤣😆
Jody loves Joe today and it ain’t for the Clingan pick lol. We drafted cash considerations and then we drafted him again!!!!!
All that is needed for Deni to succeed in Portland is to give him the number 8 on the shirt
If you don't trade for some reasonable passers and reasonable 3pt shooters, you're wasting Deni Avdija as he's ideal for a pass first offense due to his passing IQ, and he's a great slasher in spacing
If we get into trade talks with Dallas for Jerami Grant, I would like Portland to get Josh Green. Even though he is another guard he is taller at 6’5” and he is an aggressive and physical guard who could help with defense for a team like Portland.
Sounds like Banton
❤️ Banton
Dallas got not enough (quality and quantity) picks that Portland wants to trade Grant to them
Trade Grant to us we have Green, Grimes, Kleber, Hardy, Omax, Exum, DJJ, and Melvin Ajinca available idk if we have any picks
@@johnnash5118Portland needs to let Banton walk at the end of his contract, he is inefficient and only had those high scoring games because of large volume shooting
You should be happy with the new trade of Deni.
You'll get more subs and views (me included) cheers, we did love Brandon, but time for a new guy.
I won't miss all those Poole fan girls.
Go Deni!
We need grant n thybulle gone and really Ayton too now. Clingan n duop can play his minutes, now u aquire more assets n cap with him and go into 25 draft better, then 25 26 season as a strong strong rebuild
What will you ask from Dallas for Grant?
Welp, they in fact picked up Dalano's option, too. I've said it for years, the track record of the front office screams they'll stubbornly refuse to trade JG & Ant. And again, Rob HAS to be traded now.
as a mavs fan alll i want is matisse
If the Blazers had picked players at 34 and 40, could they have those players in summer league or on the team or must they drop two other players? I was thinking it was a wise move to see two more players who may be total wins for the blazers like Brock Purdy for 49ers. Why did we not try to find a second round gem like other teams do?
Question from Orlando: Does the Murray trade yesterday change the value of Simmons in a trade to Orlando?
Personally wish we had taken a swing on Furphy or Kolek in the second round instead of probably guaranteeing Banton, I just don't think he has a long NBA career in front of him.
I like that didn't add more developmental players in a weak draft. We need minutes for the guys we have. Pretty smart Draft considering better Drafts ahaed.
With the CBA, saving money and being under the tax is important when being bad because of repeater tax penalties hindering your ability to build the best team possible .
Anf must stay untouchable this year. he the only shooter we have atm.
if we lose him Portland wont recover and will pay a huge price for another worse player in couple of years time.
hes just 25yo but elite 3point shooter.
What’s it gonna take to send Simons home to Orlando? Cole, Wendell, Houston and our 2 first round picks next year are available
Anthony Black, Wendell Carter and Joe Ingles and two 1st rd picks next year would get it done for the Blazers imo. I don't see the Blazers saying no to that.
@@gamechanger114 throw in Robert Williams and you got a deal.
JERAMI TO DALLAS
I think management will try to get rid of every player the previous GM drafted or traded for
Getting cash for picks.
To me, the lack of drafting could mean one of three things. 1: They did this because they have some trades in mind. 2:They have no trades ahead and are full 3: They feel that next year will be a good draft, so the next few years after next years draft they have a steady line of rookies coming in.
Side note. There is no problem if it was to save money. There are good reasons. A: Not a great team right now, why pay more? B: No point going over unless it is for a player that can really make a difference.
Jerami Grant has real value to the young core as a veteran leader. I'd keep him.
Simons and Ayton gotta go though!
Orlando has cap room and lots of future 1st rnd picks.
On paper, Simons and Ayton would fit into that Orlando group perfectly.
I purpose Ayton and Simons for combo guard Anthony Black, center Wendell Carter, and three 1st round picks.
Rebuild this the right way. Wendell Carter and Robert Williams are insurance behind Clingan, and Anthony Black who was a high lottery pick, slides into that role Simons had.
Stockpile 1st round picks and get under the salary cap. Let your core young bucks gel together.
You're trying to suck again this year anyway. Problem might be that that combination I suggested might be pretty decent. Not playoffs, but low in the lottery level probably. 😅
Clingan Wendell Carter R. Williams
Grant
Deni
Sharpe Anthony Black
Scoot
After that it's just a bunch of guys that don't matter really. All interchangeable nobody's on a bad team.
Clingan, Deni, Sharpe, Black, and Scoot would be all that matter. Everybody would need to compliment them the best they could.
They probably want no part ayton
@@rjejames28 DeAndre Ayton- Paolo Banchero- Frantz Wagner- Anfernee Simons- Jalen Suggs together would be a sweet starting 5.
All young guy's. That would be a great team. Ayton's age and upside on a team like that would make sense for Orlando.
No what, grants gotta go. Mr iso ball and no defense n rebounds with a giant contract..Deni can take his minutes. We need grant n thybulle gone and really Ayton too now. Clingan n duop can play his minutes, now u aquire more assets n cap with him and go into 25 draft better then 25 26 season as a strong strong rebuild
Absolutely
IDGAF!!!! DENI!!! DENI!!!! DENI!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally under the tax for a bad team.
Isn't Simons our top scorer??
They like Reath and Walker over untested 2nd rounders. I agree.
I think they should've drafted Adem Bona would've been a solid high-energy backup in a pinch that plays good defense (5-10min or when bigs are injured as they always are with the Blazers). Also, Tyler Kolek or Juan Nunez would've made great backups to Scoot and would be nice to have if Scoot got hurt. If Blazers actually decide to move forward with Scoot and Sharpe who is Scoot's backup if he's not available or needs a break?? Both Kolek and Nunez were PG's that have a real art passing and finding players. Not what most PG's are today, which is basically really talented "scorers" that can handle the ball enough and are "capable" of making "decent" passes. Kolek and Nunez were actually the best passers in the draft and were both available too. And, having a high-energy big that plays defense like Bona is never a bad idea. Those type of players are far and few, in the NBA.
Lakers should try to get Ant
It’s got to be Jerami
More expert Buzz kill from Trail Blazer management. Just building on yesterday’s momentum.
West’s your asking price for Grant? Asking for Dallas
Breaking the prediction that Anfernee Simons will be traded in the next three weeks, immediately following the draft? That's a power move! I am pleased that your reading of the tea leaves mirrors my own, much respect for this quality five days a week, and this summer with the Blazers I feel like I just strapped in for a fun roller coaster!
They have no reason to get rid of Simon’s he basically fits in with the rebuild but yall just dgaf
Except for he as had 6 years to be a better basketball player and can’t do it.
@@livingthefight3539 that don’t make sense at all 😂😂🤡
Cronin is a boss
I’m glad you brought up not mentioning Simon’s because I noticed the same thing.
Watch em start ant thybulle Deni grant ayton
We are contenders! Lmao
Wohooo
The comment about the utility of short open ended questions made me think of danny. Most of the time he just confuses the person and gets a token answer
Thanks for all the great content!!
Great show! I'm in line with your thoughts on Simones. But he (Simones) may have quietly wanted out anyway after PDX acquired Scoot. Cronin failed to mention Billups's name (at all) in the press conference. Simones and now Billups. Seems like more ambiguity with each passing day.
And thanks for the knowledge on contracts and roster availability, much of which I knew very little. Go Blazers, I think... who knows... 🫤
I love Ant, I'm going to miss him.
The "second most favorable" is interesting. Let's say that it was going to end up that that pick was the Milwaukee pick and the Boston pick was going to be the worst. If Portland traded that Milwaukee pick before that draft came, wouldn't it simply be the Boston pick because it still met the criteria as being the second most favorable?
Hopefully that language doesn't limit the Blazers ability to trade all 3x of those picks....
Yes I think that’s correct. If we trade 1/3 then we get the best pick and give up the last one
Thank you Mike! 🙏👊
I'm wondering why the Blazers could not work out a Simons trade for any team who thinks Reed Shepherd should have been a top 5 pick. Looking at Shepherd the absolute ceiling I see in him is where Simons is now. They look very much like the same player. So if a team wanted Shepherd, why not just trade for Simons who is the fully realization of what Shepherd could be.
You smoking. Reed closer to reaves. Simon’s an elite athlete. 😊
Reed is a monster, he’s gonna be rookie of the year
@@irvingzeistman9828 I can see him being RoY from the standpoint that that he is very polished relatively to other rookies. And playing for the Rockets he will get his playing time. It is Sheppard's upside I have a problem with.
I know it’s early but do you think scoot is gonna be starting next year?
Or will Ant and Sharpe remain as the backcourt
100% scoot. Simons will be gone. He wants to play for a winner
@@julianhess2920 thanks bro
Depends. If Simons is still here (and I think he will be) then he will start, IF traded then Scoot.
Ant will be traded once Klay is signed or traded. We can bring back 2-3 FRPs and a player.
The door is open to bring back 2 for 1 and picks now.
I like Ant but yeah, he’s not gonna be around much longer, I realized that after seeing his first full season without Dame.
The Blazers kind of pioneered buying second round picks for cash. Paul Allen bought several 2nd round picks back in the day. In this way they were indeed 'trailblazers.' Lots of people saying we (Cronin) left money (draft picks) on the table with the 40th pick.
They used to straight up buy FIRST round picks lol
They used to straight up buy FIRST round picks lol
It’s got to be Simons; he can’t play with Sharpe or Scoot and provides no leadership.
Simons has to go.
Only shooter Portland has atm..hell no.. Thybulle Grant Timelord ayton
Among League worst defensive players every year.
Send him packing.
Ayton and Grant ought to go too but they aren’t blocking anyone.
Hey sucks at BASKETBALL!
Glad we didn't do anything significant in the second round. I love Kolek but we ended up shipping him to the Knicks. The one player we did get is more likely to end up on the Remix.
I still don't know that Clingan will be much more than Roy Hibbert/Kessler Walker, but the argument could be made that teams need to be drafting size and developing that size because Wemby is going to be a problem moving forward for teams with or without it. I also think the Avdija deal was a shrewd move. A welcome conclusion to months of despair and disarray.
If Clingan can be another Kessler I'd count that as an absolute win.
Clingan is another Meyers Leonard, Omer Asik, Jeff Withey
@@IceCreamCornDawg The only thing he has in common with those 3 is he is over 7 ft and white but ok lol
@@jtthomas7349 you forgot bums! over 7ft, white and bums... Clingan won't even last 5 years. He has literally 0 post moves, is EXTREMELY unathletic and can't shoot the basketball. I promise Duop will beat him out of a rotation spot
@tylerking5354 I'm not saying he's a sure thing but cmon dude at least watch him play NBA games before making broad declarations. That's just toxic pessimism.
Called the not name dropping ant yesterday
Straight up giving away a pick (even if it was just the 40th) is not a good look for a team in asset accumulation mode. At least take a swing at a draft and stash international kid.
Also, yes on trading Grant but no on Ant. I still want to see what he can do in an actual system under a real NBA head coach.
He had a real coach in Stotts. Now what?
It’s speaks to how unserious our ownership is that we would rather just get cash than take a chance on a young player. I know it could be seen as silly to feel this way about a 40th overall pick, it’s just a terrible sign
@livingthefight3539 He was a raw highschool project under Stotts. Also By the end Stotts system devolved into stagnant and predictable iso iso iso iso on repeat. Ant has yet to play as a starter for a head coach that has any business in the NBA (Billups is a joke) I know he's not perfect but I don't understand why you hate him so much? Did he insult your mom or something?
He’s not smart enough to do what this team needs. He’s had good scoring games. In those same games he doesn’t get back on defense or when he does he only plays matador defense. He doesn’t play well against teams that defend. Love who you want tho. I don’t see it.
Joe and his team didn’t see players available in the second round that deserve a spot on the roster. Portland has at least 5 players that are set to be traded away for picks or multiple players in a trade. Why in the world would he want to fill a spot with a second round pick in what is already looked at as a weak draft? Reality is he might already have a deal on the table to bring in 2 for 1 player deal. That is why opening up cap room in the Brogdon trade was genius.
Simon’s gotta go. Anybody with sense or non bias knows this. Keeping him is prolong inevitable. Him and scoot playing together won’t work. Trade grant too all they need is picks too no room formore young player
Doubt it. What trades ? Brog for Deni that’s it.
Selling that 40 pick for cash seems like a very Chicago Bulls move. Bad omen
Only people I would trade are rob williams and Thybulle, We have alot of depth right now and need it with all our young injury prone players (including Clingan). Scoot and Ayton started developing really good chemistry late last season, Simons is an ultra athletic flamethrower. Sharpe has alot to improve on still, we need to stop treating him like a franchise player.
While I understand why it makes sense intellectually, I’m not a proponent of going another year of losing on purpose (I just can’t take it emotionally 😢). Losing on purpose is giving up Simons for a future draft pick. He’s still young and an elite scorer…they don’t just grow on trees. Simons/Scoot, Sharpe/Banton, Avdija/Grant, Williams/Reathe and Ayton/Clingan is a team full of legitimate starters with depth. With good coaching that’s a potentially competitive team. Not championship caliber but that’s not going to happen until either Shaedon pops or we get lucky in the draft. The other thing people forget is injuries. We can’t have enough good players because they always get hurt and if that depth isn’t there you’re hosed.
Deni never injured, he played all of his games expect for when broken his finger or had the flu 76/82 this year
Ayton to Memphis, Grant to Lakers and fernee to Orlando Murray and Walker to Sacramento.
No need to trade Ayton.
Blazers are in the position that is the price is right every vet is available.
@livingthefight3539 Ayton has 2 years left. His ideal trade time would be next year, after he has a full, solid season here instead of after this kinda messy one. Plus, he's only 25. 100% worth keeping around, dude. There's also never a guarantee a rookie pans out.
Trading Simons & counting on scoot and sharp is idiotic. Ant fits in with a rebuild beautifully
He doesn’t have the basketball IQ to keep moving forward.
Worst take ever.
Very Blazers fan of you.
@@richardwang1739 what has scoot or sharpe SHOWN on the court better than Ant?
@@darronj7918 an ability to defend
Basketball IQ.
Single handedly worst GM in NBA history, there is nobody worse than Cronin
You don’t understand basketball. That’s why he’s the GM.
That’s why you are here and not where he is. You don’t know $🈂️!🚹.
@@PRHandle777 what's the Blazers record under Cronin?
@@livingthefight3539 I'm here and he's there losing hundreds of games
“Hundreds of games” says the GM from the recliner.