Portland TrailBlazers Championship Thread.
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Hawt fire talk has Playoff P headed to Pdx for McCollum.RaceBannon said:
They can have ADKaepsknee said:
The Lakers already tried to get Dame 2 years ago before He signed the Super Max extension. The Lakers don’t have anyone that Portland wants.RaceBannon said:
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Kidd stopped his wife cold on a couple occassions, if I recall correctly. That should count for something.Kaepsknee said:
They need a coach that at least pretends to care about stopping someone.greenblood said:I’d like to see Chauncey billups
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My Gawd the Blazers introduction of Chauncey as their new coach was cringe.
Nothing but Softball questions, deferral and black Jen Psaki taking over the mic and not allowing Chauncey to answer a straight forward question. More or less some Nazi Germany shit.
What a horrible organization. I hope Dame leaves.
This is the whole thing. No particular sound bites.
https://youtu.be/_mcI5neMdl8
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It's embarrassing, but the real issue is the GM and the players and ultimately what the players want.Kaepsknee said:My Gawd the Blazers introduction of Chauncey as their new coach was cringe.
Nothing but Softball questions, deferral and black Jen Psaki taking over the mic and not allowing Chauncey to answer a straight forward question. More or less some Nazi Germany shit.
What a horrible organization. I hope Dame leaves.
This is the whole thing. No particular sound bites.https://youtu.be/_mcI5neMdl8
Dame is selling shoes so he can't just come out and say, 'I dgaf about that. We're going to respect and play for this dude because he's won rings and I want a ring'
Sounds like as of now they're going to take a another shot.
I don't really blame them. Just get better role players and sacrifice what you can to get that.
See what happens. There's a lot more chaos now that the Dub frabchise is over.
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https://si.com/nba/2021/06/30/trail-blazers-arrogance-billups
The Trail Blazers had two options for handling Chauncey Billups’s candidacy for their head-coaching position. One was to hire somebody else. The second was to hire Billups, then explain that while they feel secure in their vetting of the 1997 sexual assault allegation against Billups, they understand that some fans have questions and concerns and might not want Billups, and they respect that. The Blazers created and then chose a third option: hire Billups and tell everybody to shut up.
The Blazers did not say those exact words, of course. But they came shamefully close. Billups said the incident shaped his life, but when somebody asked him how, the Blazers’ PR staff shut down the question. Longtime general manager Neil Olshey, who should know better, said the team’s investigation was “proprietary. … You're just going to have to take our word that we hired an experienced firm that led us to the results we already discussed."
What a disgraceful reply. It’s 2021. “Take our word” is not a remotely satisfactory answer. It’s insulting to fans who have legitimate questions, and it makes the whole investigation look like a sham, whether it is or not. Billups looked ready to answer that perfectly legitimate follow-up question, too. The Blazers should have let him speak.
This is a broad outline of what we know about the allegation: A woman said Billups, then Celtics teammate Ron Mercer and a third man forced her into sex acts. She went to a hospital and showed signs of being assaulted. The players said the acts involving them were consensual. No charges were filed. They settled a civil suit.
Quite honestly Softy I have no recall of this event
I don't see why Billups doesn't get the same pass any other democrat would get
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Asking Billups about whatever happened in 1997 is stupid. That’s 25 years ago. He played a full career and has been an exec and assistant before any of this came up at all.Kaepsknee said:My Gawd the Blazers introduction of Chauncey as their new coach was cringe.
Nothing but Softball questions, deferral and black Jen Psaki taking over the mic and not allowing Chauncey to answer a straight forward question. More or less some Nazi Germany shit.
What a horrible organization. I hope Dame leaves.
This is the whole thing. No particular sound bites.https://youtu.be/_mcI5neMdl8 -
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@BrettKavanaughDawg, true?RoadDawg55 said:
Asking Billups about whatever happened in 1997 is stupid. That’s 25 years ago. He played a full career and has been an exec and assistant before any of this came up at all.Kaepsknee said:My Gawd the Blazers introduction of Chauncey as their new coach was cringe.
Nothing but Softball questions, deferral and black Jen Psaki taking over the mic and not allowing Chauncey to answer a straight forward question. More or less some Nazi Germany shit.
What a horrible organization. I hope Dame leaves.
This is the whole thing. No particular sound bites.https://youtu.be/_mcI5neMdl8
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I think Billups was the best hire available.haie said:
It's embarrassing, but the real issue is the GM and the players and ultimately what the players want.Kaepsknee said:My Gawd the Blazers introduction of Chauncey as their new coach was cringe.
Nothing but Softball questions, deferral and black Jen Psaki taking over the mic and not allowing Chauncey to answer a straight forward question. More or less some Nazi Germany shit.
What a horrible organization. I hope Dame leaves.
This is the whole thing. No particular sound bites.https://youtu.be/_mcI5neMdl8
Dame is selling shoes so he can't just come out and say, 'I dgaf about that. We're going to respect and play for this dude because he's won rings and I want a ring'
Sounds like as of now they're going to take a another shot.
I don't really blame them. Just get better role players and sacrifice what you can to get that.
See what happens. There's a lot more chaos now that the Dub frabchise is over.
Maybe there's still a significant trade in the works to upgrade at PF and sacrifice a bit elsewhere.
But Portland doesn’t deserve Dame Lillard.
Portland deserves to be the Timberwolves. -
