As a Suns fan the DA phenomenon will make you crazy. All the talent is there the skill but he gets uninterested in games. Chris Paul would constantly yell at him in games I went to the cameras don’t catch. He needs someone to keep him motivated and you can see what he can be.
Was this a trade bait game? Anfernee, Jerami and DA all having great games, the front office had to be making highlight films to share with the rest of the league.
Consistency is everything. I don't really care who is on the floor, but if they play like that and buy into the team ball and defense, i am all for it. E can make a trade, but for that money you are bringing back another guy who has to fit. We have been deep enough to keep be competitive through injury when guys are buying in. DA will be out again, welcome RW3 and hopefully DC back. We can win games, keep this going.
Ohh hmm? I guess it wasn’t tagged in the “podcast” playlist (fixed now). Thanks! It was up there at the same great time with the same great taste though.
If you're just watching Scoot game-to-game, I think he has figured it out. He's not always going to hit his shots and his passes won't always connect to buckets, but he's locked in. He's doing all the things he needs to be.
Ayton is somebody gets desperate. Simons if Cronin lowers his price to a first and a young talent. Grant if there's a miracle. Thybulle if anyone is still interested. Rob if somebody actually pays us what he's worth. Banton and Wop if someone gives us two seconds each. Deni if OKC gives us 3-4 firsts.
Hey Mike, the next time you get a chance to ask Ayton a question, could you ask him "What motivates you?" The dude can be a great starting center one night, and being sent to the G-league the next. I'd really like to know why.
IF I had any faith in Cronin, I would be OK with wins like this. But I don't. I think, as usual, the Blazers are 4 steps behind. Yeah, the Blazers are going to fully tank Post All-Star break. So are 10-12 other teams. I expect the tanking to be so bad that I think the NBA will ch5the rules next year. It is time to pick a path. Because if only Rob Williams is gone at the deadline...Cronin needs to be gone alongside Billups.
Deal is, if Scoot figures it out the team's too good to tank. If Shaedon figures it out, you're cooking with gas. Land a star in the draft this year and you're basically a "trade Ayton for somebody consistently productive" away from deciding to just... not suck. Then you use all that capital from the Bucks in a few years to get yourself some Jays like the Celtics did. I really don't see what the downside is. I'm really OK with being the Kings for a couple years (but only AFTER this year depending on where they land in the lottery.)
Ant shot well from 3. and then stopped sharing the ball and took some low% shots. overall his % wasn't great. yet he kept us in the game at the beginning. It was Ayton best game so far. he was the mvp this time. Scoot keeps playing well. and everyone are playing a lot better when Avdija is around. Avdija himself was playing very, very well, but his shooting tonight hurt his performance. with his usual % it could have been a 25-27 pt game for him. but he did all the rest.
It’s not just a personal problem Mike. Many of the smarter more pragmatic fans are concerned when we win a game in a tanking year, with our 3 high paid veterans all playing large roles in why we won. It’s not that we won, it’s how we won. Cronin better not use this as proof of concept.
feels like Ayton tried to screw us yesterday, dude never tries that hard in basketball. Either that, or he wanted to show out for the Heat to be traded.
The “Heat without Damian Lillard” bit will never not be funny. Keep it up!
I laughed
That’s an inside joke? I thought he Just goofed some other Damian’s last name 😂
Unpopular Opinion: Jail Blazers were actually a good time in Blazer history, when just considering the actual game.
A+ crash bandicoot comp. This is why we listen lol
Where are all the heat fans today? They were flooding the comments after last game 🤔
As a Suns fan the DA phenomenon will make you crazy. All the talent is there the skill but he gets uninterested in games. Chris Paul would constantly yell at him in games I went to the cameras don’t catch. He needs someone to keep him motivated and you can see what he can be.
I see Scoot and Deni yell at him more and more recently
No, we learned this toward the end of last season. This is a regular thing, we know. It’s past the point of driving you crazy, it’s just tiresome now.
Thank you Mike, this was a great one! a scary PoC and balanced performance
Was this a trade bait game? Anfernee, Jerami and DA all having great games, the front office had to be making highlight films to share with the rest of the league.
Da cant be tradee his isnt great and is makes top flight money
@WKTT_503 You may be right, but if Butler and Beal can get traded anything is possible
@@kneelpdx1 those 2 players you named would only be traded for each other theres literally no other market for those 2
Consistency is everything. I don't really care who is on the floor, but if they play like that and buy into the team ball and defense, i am all for it. E can make a trade, but for that money you are bringing back another guy who has to fit. We have been deep enough to keep be competitive through injury when guys are buying in.
DA will be out again, welcome RW3 and hopefully DC back. We can win games, keep this going.
And Ayton did good
stop the tanking ! you got a solid team
We missed you yesterday mike
Missed me? Where was I?
Your pod from yesterday wasn't uploaded in the normal spot. Maybe some missed it.
Ohh hmm? I guess it wasn’t tagged in the “podcast” playlist (fixed now). Thanks! It was up there at the same great time with the same great taste though.
Next victim : Orlando .
You think Scoot has figured it out more. Simon's was on a heater
If you're just watching Scoot game-to-game, I think he has figured it out. He's not always going to hit his shots and his passes won't always connect to buckets, but he's locked in.
He's doing all the things he needs to be.
@rileymcphee9429 yes and not so forced
Who are we trading?
Ayton is somebody gets desperate.
Simons if Cronin lowers his price to a first and a young talent.
Grant if there's a miracle.
Thybulle if anyone is still interested.
Rob if somebody actually pays us what he's worth.
Banton and Wop if someone gives us two seconds each.
Deni if OKC gives us 3-4 firsts.
Norm has a point…
Hey Mike, the next time you get a chance to ask Ayton a question, could you ask him "What motivates you?"
The dude can be a great starting center one night, and being sent to the G-league the next. I'd really like to know why.
Sc00t: 11 pts + 8 assts @2 pts ea. = 27 points, or 25% of the total Blazers score that he was responsible for.
Correction: 2 assists were for 3 pts. So, he was responsible for 29 pts, or 27% of the total Blazers' score.
IF I had any faith in Cronin, I would be OK with wins like this. But I don't. I think, as usual, the Blazers are 4 steps behind. Yeah, the Blazers are going to fully tank Post All-Star break. So are 10-12 other teams.
I expect the tanking to be so bad that I think the NBA will ch5the rules next year.
It is time to pick a path. Because if only Rob Williams is gone at the deadline...Cronin needs to be gone alongside Billups.
Should the Blazers trade Toumani Camara or Deni Avdija for draft picks?
Deal is, if Scoot figures it out the team's too good to tank. If Shaedon figures it out, you're cooking with gas. Land a star in the draft this year and you're basically a "trade Ayton for somebody consistently productive" away from deciding to just... not suck. Then you use all that capital from the Bucks in a few years to get yourself some Jays like the Celtics did. I really don't see what the downside is. I'm really OK with being the Kings for a couple years (but only AFTER this year depending on where they land in the lottery.)
Heat without dame had me hauling
Ant shot well from 3. and then stopped sharing the ball and took some low% shots. overall his % wasn't great. yet he kept us in the game at the beginning. It was Ayton best game so far. he was the mvp this time. Scoot keeps playing well. and everyone are playing a lot better when Avdija is around. Avdija himself was playing very, very well, but his shooting tonight hurt his performance. with his usual % it could have been a 25-27 pt game for him. but he did all the rest.
It’s not just a personal problem Mike. Many of the smarter more pragmatic fans are concerned when we win a game in a tanking year, with our 3 high paid veterans all playing large roles in why we won. It’s not that we won, it’s how we won. Cronin better not use this as proof of concept.
Ant should be traded and he is probably the only one with value out of the 3. DA contract is just too... maybe you can find an expired...
3 good guards, 4 good Fwd.'s 3 good centers - let them win
We don’t though.
feels like Ayton tried to screw us yesterday, dude never tries that hard in basketball. Either that, or he wanted to show out for the Heat to be traded.
So Ayton is criticized when he struggles and also criticized when he plays well?
he earned it!😅@@inibigfoot