Game 26 Portland vs Denver 7:00pm Chargetv

[PDXKnight]

The bidding for Simons starts at...

Id still deal him

What do you think the word "bidding" means?

My bad i assumed you were being sarcastic

[elias808]

Terrible win.

[Shem]

Id still deal him

What do you think the word "bidding" means?

My bad i assumed you were being sarcastic

I'm being both serious and sarcastic to be honest. Mostly making light of something I'm serious about it. This is an up your value game for Simons which is why I made that comment. Though it would be funny if Simons was dealt tomorrow because of it. Especially since the team most rumored to be linked to him (Orlando) lost tonight.

[DusterBuster]

Scoot plays awful, Simons shows out and hits GW, blazers when another meaningless game and Clingan plays awful. Not great.

[m0ng0]

I thought it was a pretty well balanced game, lots of players in double figures, fairly good shot distribution, pulled out a game we have no business winning.

Everybody still sucks and Scoot had another off night, Clingon had a tough match up, Sharpe actually showed up, Avidja was damn good, simons still sucks, DA still sucks and Grant still sucks right? Did I hit the daily talking points?

[Walton1one]

Avdija, only 21min. The guy is one of the best players on the floor all night, put up 19pts. Grant plays 36min, 4-14….Just no excuse

Simons may have hit the game winner, but Sharpe is the reason POR won the game

9-18 from the field, 2-8 from 3pt, horrible again, but 7-10 from 2pt, yeah that is where he should be focusing, driving to the basket and scoring or getting fouled 7-8 FT, or converting from mid range. It has been pointed out several times already, let’s see if he can continue this mindset b/c that is where he will find success

This team is not going anywhere though until Ant\Grant\Ayton and Billups are gone

Joe needs to get off his butt and do his job

[PDXKnight]

Avdija, only 21min. The guy is one of the best players on the floor all night, put up 19pts. Grant plays 36min, 4-14….Just no excuse

Yup, i don't get this one bit. He seems like he takes smart shots and gets people involved. He should be starting above any other forward (Including Toumani) and probably above just about anyone on the team

[zzaj]

A lot to hate about this win...so I'll be choosey.

The Clingan/RWIII lineup was neutral the first time it happened. Fine. Probably caught Denver off-guard a little bit when they were cold shooting. The fact that Billups rolled it out again in the 4th for extended minutes and the Blazer lead evaporated--Get rid of this dude already...
11 minutes for Clingan? SMH.
10 minutes for RWIII? All while on the court with another drop coverage center? SMH.

I'm starting to agree with Wiz that showcasing vets is pointless, and it's not something the Blazers are actually doing. The Blazers want to win, or at least Chauncey and the players want to win. And it's literally the worst thing you can do for this franchise at this moment.

Every team in the league knows what Simons' can do on a basketball court. Same with Grant and Ayton. If they play poorly it doesn't effect their trade value.

[m0ng0]

I was going to mention the Clingan RW lineup... trainwreck!

You all just think it's so easy, geez guys "just lose" these guys have pride, competitive drive, egos, and a desire to continue their careers SOMEWHERE right? Would you intentionally sabotage your OWN career, take a pay cut, sacrifice your medical benefits and make yourself look bad for the betterment of a company you work for that's failing? Or do you put your head down do your job and wait for your contract to expire and move on?


Walton one just mocked Grant or anyone for having a bad shooting night or a bad play, maybe he/ they did it on purpose? Maybe he got the memo and the rest of the team didn't? But how does intentionally missing shots or costly turnovers help his career? What should they do? Well if you dont like it just quit? This isn't like going from Intel to apple. What does Cronin say after he cuts one of these guys or trades them for a bag of balls? When the press asks him why did you trade player X? Well the bastard was trying to win and we can't have that lol. By the way vegas never bet on us or even make odds because we're not even trying to win.

[dckingsfan]

I was going to mention the Clingan RW lineup... trainwreck!

You all just think it's so easy, geez guys "just lose" these guys have pride, competitive drive, egos, and a desire to continue their careers SOMEWHERE right? Would you intentionally sabotage your OWN career, take a pay cut, sacrifice your medical benefits and make yourself look bad for the betterment of a company you work for that's failing? Or do you put your head down do your job and wait for your contract to expire and move on?

Walton one just mocked Grant or anyone for having a bad shooting night or a bad play, maybe he/ they did it on purpose? Maybe he got the memo and the rest of the team didn't? But how does intentionally missing shots or costly turnovers help his career? What should they do? Well if you dont like it just quit? This isn't like going from Intel to apple. What does Cronin say after he cuts one of these guys or trades them for a bag of balls? When the press asks him why did you trade player X? Well the bastard was trying to win and we can't have that lol. By the way vegas never bet on us or even make odds because we're not even trying to win.

Three different things, no?

A GM has the right to trade a player for the long-term benefit of the franchise.

A coach or player should always try to do the best they can to win the game.

If a player is just padding their stats on a losing team, that is yet another thing.

Example: Trading Grant for Middleton straight up would make Portland worse this year. But cutting two years off the contract gives the Trail Blazers more flexibility in the future. Once the GM decides that the team can't make the play-in or can't materially compete it is time to sell. Portland is already 5.5 games out of the play-in and it is obvious (to most anyway) that they have no chance this year. If the GM could also move players that aren't in the long-term future for draft assets you do that as well even if you are sacrificing wins now.

My 1/2 cent.

[Pattycakes]

I was going to mention the Clingan RW lineup... trainwreck!

You all just think it's so easy, geez guys "just lose" these guys have pride, competitive drive, egos, and a desire to continue their careers SOMEWHERE right? Would you intentionally sabotage your OWN career, take a pay cut, sacrifice your medical benefits and make yourself look bad for the betterment of a company you work for that's failing? Or do you put your head down do your job and wait for your contract to expire and move on?

Walton one just mocked Grant or anyone for having a bad shooting night or a bad play, maybe he/ they did it on purpose? Maybe he got the memo and the rest of the team didn't? But how does intentionally missing shots or costly turnovers help his career? What should they do? Well if you dont like it just quit? This isn't like going from Intel to apple. What does Cronin say after he cuts one of these guys or trades them for a bag of balls? When the press asks him why did you trade player X? Well the bastard was trying to win and we can't have that lol. By the way vegas never bet on us or even make odds because we're not even trying to win.

Three different things, no?

A GM has the right to trade a player for the long-term benefit of the franchise.

A coach or player should always try to do the best they can to win the game.

If a player is just padding their stats on a losing team, that is yet another thing.

Example: Trading Grant for Middleton straight up would make Portland worse this year. But cutting two years off the contract gives the Trail Blazers more flexibility in the future. Once the GM decides that the team can't make the play-in or can't materially compete it is time to sell. Portland is already 5.5 games out of the play-in and it is obvious (to most anyway) that they have no chance this year. If the GM could also move players that aren't in the long-term future for draft assets you do that as well even if you are sacrificing wins now.

My 1/2 cent.

I don’t agree. Trading Grant alone is bullish

[m0ng0]

I was going to mention the Clingan RW lineup... trainwreck!

You all just think it's so easy, geez guys "just lose" these guys have pride, competitive drive, egos, and a desire to continue their careers SOMEWHERE right? Would you intentionally sabotage your OWN career, take a pay cut, sacrifice your medical benefits and make yourself look bad for the betterment of a company you work for that's failing? Or do you put your head down do your job and wait for your contract to expire and move on?

Walton one just mocked Grant or anyone for having a bad shooting night or a bad play, maybe he/ they did it on purpose? Maybe he got the memo and the rest of the team didn't? But how does intentionally missing shots or costly turnovers help his career? What should they do? Well if you dont like it just quit? This isn't like going from Intel to apple. What does Cronin say after he cuts one of these guys or trades them for a bag of balls? When the press asks him why did you trade player X? Well the bastard was trying to win and we can't have that lol. By the way vegas never bet on us or even make odds because we're not even trying to win.

Three different things, no?

A GM has the right to trade a player for the long-term benefit of the franchise.

A coach or player should always try to do the best they can to win the game.

If a player is just padding their stats on a losing team, that is yet another thing.

Example: Trading Grant for Middleton straight up would make Portland worse this year. But cutting two years off the contract gives the Trail Blazers more flexibility in the future. Once the GM decides that the team can't make the play-in or can't materially compete it is time to sell. Portland is already 5.5 games out of the play-in and it is obvious (to most anyway) that they have no chance this year. If the GM could also move players that aren't in the long-term future for draft assets you do that as well even if you are sacrificing wins now.

My 1/2 cent.

I agree 100% if the player is still on the team they should try and win EVERY game

[DaVoiceMaster]

I'm all for the tank this season. Having said that, I did a fist pump when Simons hit the game winner. I'll take a win against Denver. I fully expected Denver to come back in the 4th quarter. They're a good, very experienced team and the Blazers are a very young team. I was actually surprised the Blazers won.

I was really hoping Simons would take that 30' side step shot over Westbrook to win the game. My God that would have been spectacular.

[Wizenheimer]

winning a game like this is like a sugar rush. Feels good momentarily but then it's back to reality; and the reality is the win was pointless and possibly damaging

for what? Simons-Ayton-Grant took half of Portland's shots and scored 56 points. Congratulations. Those guys will not lead the Blazers to the play-in. All they will do is add just enough wins to crater Portland's odds in a very important lottery. Blazers don't have a 'big-3'; they have Cronin's 'bogus-3' and none of them should have been on the roster when the season started

[m0ng0]

winning a game like this is like a sugar rush. Feels good momentarily but then it's back to reality; and the reality is the win was pointless and possibly damaging

for what? Simons-Ayton-Grant took half of Portland's shots and scored 56 points. Congratulations. Those guys will not lead the Blazers to the play-in. All they will do is add just enough wins to crater Portland's odds in a very important lottery. Blazers don't have a 'big-3'; they have Cronin's 'bogus-3' and none of them should have been on the roster when the season started

That's the spirit buddy 0-82 your a super fan