If there isn’t a lot of moves with players at similar salaries this deadline do you give him a little leeway cause maybe the market wasn’t there?

1:37:45 L take.

Dez smh

That's the funny part. All the national guys ALSO look at Portland and wonder what they are doing. That should tell you how bad this franchise is looking right now.

“I don’t care about the difference between one and two second round picks” I agree in theory, but in reality I think we’re talking about the binary difference between “getting enough value for Cronin to think it’s worth trading him” and “low enough value that Cronin decides to hold onto him”. If that one second round pick is what it takes to get Cronin to finally pull the trigger, then it’ll have been 100% worth it

I share a lot of the same frustrations. Ultimately I agree with Eric’s sentiment that I won’t be officially concerned until the vets are still on the team after the deadline. I understand why people are upset right now… I have said similar things in the past and Cronin has almost always done the wrong thing. I fully expect and am prepared for him to do the wrong thing again. But theoretically, if he does do the right thing and trade guys this time, this could all work out fine. The vets will have more value, the team will have at least had stretches of the season to build on, and it’s still very possible they finish the season with fewer than 25 wins given how they’ve played post-deadline. And while guys like Jerami and Ant have been getting lots of minutes, some of the biggest contributors to this streak have been Deni and Toumani, and Scoot/Shae have also played well in previous solid stretches. All that said, if they don’t trade the vets, this is all for nothing and they will have officially have committed to being the Bulls. That much is indisputable

I wouldn't be surprised if this management trades sharp and scoot

Solid show fellas! Skipped the game but watched your show late. I agree with all of your frustrations. Many of us saw this coming. It’s agonizing to be Blazers fan right now. Painful. All my homies hate Joe Cronin.

Really losing interest in this channel. Pretty masochistic/nihilistic and cynical broadcasts. Not really a post game show anymore when you don’t break down the game or talk ball at all… Just whine and moan about management and then move on to young hopeful prospects.

I don’t think holding onto Ayton is as bad as you think. Clingan doesn’t even have an nba body yet and can’t play 30+ a game anyways. Holding onto him for another year and he can become a UFA, and hopefully Clingan by then has an nba body and endurance. Grant needs to go by the deadline no matter what, because he’s taking time away from our younger forwards. Simon’s can go but shouldn’t force it unless we get value for him. He’s still young and I think he plays into more value anyways. The main problem I have with the scoot situation is that they’re not utilizing his playmaking ability and I often see him sitting in the corners.

I understand Grant doesnt fit the timeline. Thybulle became the odd man after Camara showed hes our wing and Portland need to develop Rupert. Timelord need to go because we have too many C and Ayton is almost impossible to be traded, rather keep him for now. But i cant understand why Anf doesn't fit the timeline. Hes still young, by far the best shooter, market is quite limited for him and return is going to be so bad..

You guys act like it’s a guarantee that we’re.a contender if we get the 5th pick next year. Whatever 19 year old you get will take 3 years to be as good as Jerami Grant is now. Which means you’ll want to tank next year as well to replace Simons and then another year to replace AD and then maybe you’re a competitor or maybe not. I like the guys we have unless we can trade for a superstar which seems very unlikely.

Love the show - You can't blame the team for starting the vets untill the trade deadline for trade value / showcase. After the deadline it's a different story, if they are still here they should be benched

There is no guarantee that even if we got the number 1 pick, they would pan out…can you say Greg oden? And even if we tanked, we may not end up with a top 3 pick

Can we not just enjoy a 4 game win streak?

3-0 road trip.... I'm calling it early... Blazers announce Coach Billups contract extension during All-Star weekend.

4:27 Start

Hopefully this run increases our vets trade value

I have tried, tried, tried to find good in CB these last few years, but had it, yesterday broke the the back. I do not think he it was CB who won this game, it was the players. I just can't understand his thoughts, people said so other teams can have a look at the vets for trading, well other teams have been watching all the games, not like this one will cover it all up. Do not blame Scoot for fouling out, off the bench, hard to get in a rhythm, and I think it made him felt that he felt he had to play catch up and play harder that led to the fouls, and he was not being used right, I could not understand some of the plays. But, Walker, always said I wanted to see more of him. Congrats to him in this game

This team is not ready for the play in, if that is your goal, you want mediocrity, not a good goal to reach for. It serves no purpose at all.

Blazers are dominating the Southeast Division. 12 blocks & 14 steals, this was the best defense I've seen from Portland in years. NICE !!

Vs Charlotte tonight is a win for us with b miller injured

So up until this point the Blazers have only really got a pic swap first with Milwaukee in 2028 and 2030 but we owe one to Washington and we got a 2029 Celtics pick so with the negative value that DeAndre has they really only got Toumani, Ayton, Rw3, Avdija, and 2 firsts for Dame, Nurk, and Little and 2 firsts? Pathetic.

Scoot fouled out, it’s not like he didn’t play

I feel for this fan base. Front office seems confused on what a rebuild is and Chauncey is being Chauncey smh

Development isnt just about getting the young guys as many minutes as possible. In Sharpe's case, he got benched so we will see him develop thr habit of engaging on defense.

Messing up their tank to get us to nowhere. Neat.

I thought Chauncey did exactly what he needed to. The starting lineup last night was the best lineup they could put together. He’s coaching for his career, he had absolutely no viable alternatives to that. Being benched isn’t a demotion. Scoot may have had an opportunity to close the game if he played well and could go 2 minutes without fouling. That’s on him. He and Shaedon both had that opportunity and they both didn’t earn it. They’ve both played well off the bench before, so I don’t think it’s fair to blame the lineup. Ultimately this falls on the front office, and the front office alone. This is exactly why it would be a disaster if they don’t make any moves. If there’s no JG, Scoot starts and everyone else shifts down. Then it’s three young core players plus Rob and Ant, and with Clingan out the only way to slide in another young core players would be trading Ant. But as it stands, given the front office’s inability to make moves, they made the right call and there were two young core guys in the starting lineup (and a notable fringe guy off the bench) who contributed to this performance, and I think that’s alone is encouraging.

I was just wondering if Scoot was brought off the bench last night as part of a workload management strategy to avoid any injuries, given that the Blazers are playing back-to-back games. I suppose we'll find out if it's true or not soon enough based on how Chauncey treats him in the upcoming games, either back to being a starter or keeping him coming off the bench.

Fun game tonight. Personally, I liked the starting lineup and they matched up well against Paolo and Franz. I don’t care about professional sports teams losing on purpose anymore for a perceived reward… that can instill apathy and a losing culture in players. I agree with Lauri Markkanen’s recent comments, good team players wanna play hard the whole year.

i wish we could enjoy this fun fighting team, and the way they sometimes play like today. of course direction is desirable, yet i wish you cold - stop the trading-talks, and negative-tanking-talks.

Trade the barn keep Simons toumani sharpe deni scoot clingan walker Trade ayton Willam’s grant banton and some draft picks go get a young guy to add to this roster Tank the rest of season with duop at center Flagg would be nice but I would draft the best center combine him with clingan

4:59 start

Since this 3 game win streak, I continue to get the #8-9th pick on tankathon 😢

Whenever you guys get on blue sky make sure to mention it so people know to follow please 🙏

Is this a real person's voice?

I have to push back on the notion that we want to lose games with the young guys playing well. Because unfortunately that would necessarily mean our vets are playing poorly, which makes them even harder to trade than they currently are. Give me two weeks of wins on the backs of the vets if that’s what it takes to raise their trade value enough for Cronin to pull the trigger. Otherwise we’ll just be stuck like this for another year. I’d much rather be in the position the nets are in, where the vets are playing so well that they have teams lining up out the door to trade for them, and still with time to pull the plug after the all star break

Making a big win when even the veterans play good. So much for the tanking season....

Why can't ayton play like that every night

Personally not a fan of Torey’s twitter trade. I like it if you take out Portland sending the least favorable 2029 pick. But as it stands now, they trade Rob and a first for the possibility of moving up a little bit near the top of that draft. But given how likely it is that MIL is the worst of those teams by that point, there’s a very real possibility that the net result of that trade is that Portland trades Rob and a first for nothing. I just don’t think they’re in a position to be net-negative on draft picks in deals unless it’s either for a player like Deni (or perhaps Cam, I like the idea of Rob and the least favorable for him) or something like what the Jazz just did. You could argue this is like the Jazz trade, but given how good/young the Rockets are and Dallas having Luka plus some young guys, you’re essentially betting on phoenix being worse than Milwaukee. Given the Suns management, Booker being younger than Giannis, and Phoenix being a more desirable destination, I’m not not very confident in that

Dubs got clapped by 40. I'm telling ya'll, there might be a play-in spot on the horizon for this Blazers team, if they can continue to perform at high level

You guys should want Ayton for next season because he's gonna be playing his best so that he can get paid again.

Super hot take here but I honestly don’t think it would be horrible for the Bucks to take on Beal. This would essentially answer the question of what the blazers would have looked like if they had a superstar and a legit frontcourt with Dame and CJ. I assume they’d be the ones receiving phoenix’s picks so they could have assets to add to their roster in the summer. Definitely not a perfect situation but right now they’re in a place where they’re both completely out of assets and not top-tier contenders

3:18 Start

That Twitter message suggesting a Deni agreement with the Phoenix Suns is nothing more than wishful thinking, akin to a youngster in a candy store. If for nothing else, the Suns' roster and assets come nowhere close to compensating the Blazers for the two first-round picks and two second-round picks they gave up to get Avdija, along with the fact Avdija's market value has risen since he put on a Blazers uniform.

Morningg

I wish scoot would have gotten more opportunities he shot pretty well and had ton of nice passes. I’m glad he can still be very effective without scoring though

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Trade him for CJ

Happy for Scoot's performance and Deni's return. Go Blazers!