The Trail Blazers NEED To Tank For Cooper Flagg

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The Trail Blazers NEED To Tank For Cooper Flagg | Dirt & Sprague

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29 күн бұрын

Cooper Flagg is one of the hottest prospects in the 2025 NBA Draft, and what is making him more desirable is that he held his own against team USA in a scrimmage. Is tanking for him the best move for the Trail Blazers?
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@kennymoore1698 27 күн бұрын

The Blazers BETTER tank like their literal lives depend on it.

@johnnash5118 27 күн бұрын

Honest management is better than tanking-Trade Ant, Williams, Grant and to a lesser extent- Thybulle and Ayton so the team doesn’t need to tank to be bad and the young timeline can play and get good eventually. The team improvement over the next couple of seasons will be fun to watch without the fake injuries and benchings of the aforementioned players.

@chirocket4791 27 күн бұрын

Bottom 3, Yeah!

@artem_mma 27 күн бұрын

Capture the Flagg has begun

@austingreen1274 25 күн бұрын

Hell yes they do!!!!!!!!!!!🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀

@pacemoccasin439 24 күн бұрын

Tanking for one player whose not generational is silly but if there’s 2-5 guys im all for it. Flagg strikes me as an elite #2. We missed Wemby let’s just see where the chips land it’s game changers hidden all over every draft

@yorkmajor6294 26 күн бұрын

No more tanking… this team already has losing mentality.. that could take years to correct.. they need to try and compete to win.. it will be tough to get into the play in but if all broke well, they could maybe get close.. losing a ton of games does not guarantee a top 2 pick… just look at the last couple draft lotteries… Enough!

@streettoughfighting 27 күн бұрын

There’s zero chance even with the worst record that the nba would allow their “random” lottery draw to let the blazers win the number one pick.

@johnnash5118 27 күн бұрын

2009?

@streettoughfighting 27 күн бұрын

Yep 2009 was a year in human history, not sure how that’s a response to what I said but you do you rockstar. 🤘🏼

@jdfraed123 27 күн бұрын

So true! Lol. No way the NBA would let that happen. Maybe if by some miracle Phil Knight buys the Blazers... but they won't send New Larry Bird to play for Jody and Chauncey 😂

@streettoughfighting 27 күн бұрын

Yeah we for real need….help us uncle Phil, you’re our hope! Haha. But maybe Jody is Silvers type and she gives him the ol Waikiki-sneaky-between-the-cheekies to get er dun. Hahaha

@jdfraed123 27 күн бұрын

@streettoughfighting I think Jody can afford better than old Silver there.. she probably has a 7 million dollar... "device"

@cnelsonlv99 27 күн бұрын

Pretty sure Ainge is going to trade Lauri Markenen to make sure the Jazz are in that conversation.

@KOrnhOliO1 26 күн бұрын

Tanking is just so hard to watch! Losing game after game? Urgh! 🥴😕

@StupendousMan. 27 күн бұрын

Even if they tank they will not get him. Its the blazers come on

@3KAlexander 25 күн бұрын

"... Need To Tank...", that suggests Portland is good enough to avoid tanking. Coach Billups couldn't win when he wanted to.

@andrewfinnegan3453 27 күн бұрын

just want some good scoot minutes. let him lose and learn hard lessons.

@itsabadbadbadmovie4457 27 күн бұрын

Respect your ideas, I listen to the show a lot, despite being in China and timezone difference. I do not agree about the culture argument. I think the vets did help with the culture, but perhaps not in a direct way, more of a quiet, how to handle the loss and what to do with it. That does go a long way, we just don't see it directly.. The vets can also give pointers to improve the kids games, if the youngsters take the advice or use it is another thing. Also tanking and being worst does not guarantee the number one pick. I think if they could get 30 wins this year that would be good. Still a good chance to get a good pick, but also a moral booster

@metal--babble346 27 күн бұрын

Perhaps the Blazers can forfeit their season? I wonder what the NBA commissioner would think about 0 games played, 0-82 record ??

@israteeg752 27 күн бұрын

Tanking is for losers! No prospect is worth the potential danger of poisonous locker rooms where players develop bad habits that do not rub off as they look to pad their personal stats for their next contract at the expense of winning.

@cnelsonlv99 27 күн бұрын

Yea but if you put together a $hitty enough roster, they don't have to tank. Just not be good enough to win...

@israteeg752 26 күн бұрын

@@cnelsonlv99 No one player, not even Cooper Flag, will be able to completely change a disfunctional team if forced to play with the same underperformers the following season. I'm all in on building team chemistry by playing fundamentally sound ball with team effort on defense and passing on offense. If the team ends up losing this way, that would be fine, as taking a high draft pick by season's end might actually improve team play the year after.

@cnelsonlv99 23 күн бұрын

@@israteeg752 Whoever tanks for Cooper Flagg isn't expecting to become a title contender in his rookie season. They will be trying to build for longterm success.

@israteeg752 23 күн бұрын

@@cnelsonlv99 Yes, I am aware of the fundamentals and purpose of the tanking tactic. The issue with it, though, is that Cooper Flagg's teammates will likely include players who were selected years prior and will likely stick with him despite being told to play harder after previously receiving the opposite message to lose intentionally in order to tank, and this issue could potentially temper their mindset and habits and negatively impact the team's performance when they try to become a contender.

@jdfraed123 27 күн бұрын

The NBA will never ever let the first white American, superstar potential prospect in the last 100 years come to Portland lol.. they will never let that happen. Ever. Never ever.

@israteeg752 27 күн бұрын

If you are actually reminiscing about a century ago just to present your case against the NBA's faul intentions toward the Blazers organization, first consider that Portland was actually the last team to obtain "the previous great white hope." Bill Walton was his name, mind you. If it happened once, why shouldn't history repeat itself? . 😂

@jdfraed123 27 күн бұрын

@israteeg752 that's a great point.. but the last great white hope was Adam Morrison 😂... as a Blazer fan, it's just so painful to comprehend another tanking season full of 5 capable players standing on the 3 point line jacking up rim clangers with not a rebounder in sight.. "The Blazers used to be somebody.. we, we used to be a contender" Say that in your best Brando voice and tell me it doesn't break your heart

@israteeg752 27 күн бұрын

I'm a Deni fan, and I've seen my fair share of unintelligent tanking-style iso-ball with the Wizards, so you have my full empathy. Hopefully, the Blazers will facilitate the ball more this year, even if they do lose.