Gabriel and what he is coming into Oregon…can’t hold a candle to Bo Nix last year. The question becomes…has he played at his ceiling or can he step it up significantly? I don’t think anyone has that answer yet. That will be the story of the 2024 season!

A wise man once said, Fake News, now do we understand?

Camp Chef is a better flat top...

We need to stop talking about bronny except we're making an entire video and hitting upload on it.

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

Hell yes they do!!!!!!!!!!!🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀

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!

So many unknowns. New coaches, new players, new teams to play, new conference setup... Bray is known as a humble guy. I have a feeling he, with Gundersons offense, will surprise everyone. I don't know what that will mean 9-3? 10-2?

oSu has a long history of coddling athletes.

Agreed. They don't know. Flagg is worth tanking for, even if its not a buck that we get him. Trade Grant, Ant and Aydon for as many picks we can get, and load up in next years draft. My goal would be to secure 3 lottery picks in next year's pick. The draft is loaded with building blocks we can use, but Flagg is the hopes. I'm a fan, and I can say that I'd have fun watching the blazers tank. I wouldn't fret. I'd still go to the games. I'd understand the BIGGER picture. But to say let the chips fall where they may is fair, but manufacturing one of the leagues worst 3 records is all were asking. And possbily buying the other 2 if possible. lol TANK FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE, or stall the rebuild that won't amount to anything in the end. Flagg makes this team a Championship contender. GLAD TO SEE SOME ARE AWAKE TO THE TRUTH.

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

How is there no urgency to trade Grant? If he stays and they play him, he is taking minutes from the players we need to develop and we run the risk of injury . If he stays and we don't play him, the risk is acquiring or perpetuating the "when healthy" label further reducing his trade value. Not to mention his cap impact is significant. As a fan of the team, I hate watching tanking. I can stand by a team that is putting in the work to develop young players and as a result loses a lot of games. But playing someone as talented and out of synch age wise with the core as Grant to still win under 20 games is NOT development, it is wasted development time. It is also wasting the prime years of Grant's career. Besides if we are trading for a 2029 first round pick with a team whose best players are all over 30 in 2024 and has very limited cap flexibility sounds like a pretty solid pick to own.

Add a 2rd team... move Reeves for that additional 1st they want

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

Capture the Flagg has begun

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

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.

When teams get close to the playoff's and are looking for that final piece to get them over the hump is when Grants value will skyrocket. Same with Thybulle.

Never tank losing is for losers

Aprons? Lebron wears them.

trade Ayton, Grant, Simons, Robert to any teams for unprotected 1st round picks next year. Bundle in any future 1st that we have.

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

i definitely didnt think i would laugh as hard as i did watching this it was so damn funny

Yo! I sent that question in! That's so awesome they took it even if it was a hard no 👎😅 My reasoning with Austin Reaves, though, was as a player the Blazers could flip for more picks, not someone to keep.

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

The Fail Blazers will never change. They keep making the same mistakes over and over again. They overvalue mediocre talent and their own players (same thing). They then hang onto to them too long. They overpay them (typically for past performance or to keep them in Portland) or they let them walk for NOTHING. Alternatively they give them away in stupid trades. It’s called digging a hole. Every move they make reenforces the problem. They can’t help themselves. They’re inept. The NBA has WINNERS and LOSERS. The Blazers are LOSERS. Until the team is sold and the entire executive and management teams are replaced NOTHING WILL CHANGE. The reality is Portland cannot attract free agents or make competent trades. Their only chance at landing potential star players are to draft them. Trading away the 14th pick this year was another bonehead move. No young players on the team other than Scoot, Sharpe and Camara are worth more than that pick. Deni A. has been a journeyman player on a bad team. Yes he still has upside but not more than whoever they could’ve drafted at fourteen (Ware for example). They gave away Brogdan on that deal. Watch Washington flip him for a FRP. That trade could’ve been made for less. Then they just sold their second round picks to resign long time 2 way guys. Holding onto bench scrubs that haven’t produced is the Blazers cardinal sin. Cronin will eventually piss away every asset received for Lillard. Hey Cronin … when you’re in a hole … STOP DIGGING.

I think the technical term is "kick rocks"

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.

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

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

Tired watching the dam blazers lose Been fan all my life watching a team continue make me wanna Look for winning team not losers. BLAZERS SUCK BRING BACK THE RIP CITY VIBE Like we got 2 g-league teams

Bottom 3, Yeah!

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.

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.

2 picks for a role player, that's always injured? I love delusional blazer fans haha. Y'all gonna be stuck rebuilding for the next 50 years again with no championships in sight.

9:50 here..i'll help you out. the part that actually bothers you is you don't think bronny has nba talent. so when you hear anything positive about him it sets you off. And I can help you again. He actually does have NBA talent. if you don't think he does then you don't know basketball. no one is saying he had a good game. if there's positive coverage it's to say he belongs on the court, it's to say he doesn't look lost on the court, it's to say he is physically capable, etc... it isn't to say he balled out. and you know that. so yes. you're the issue because you don't think he has talent. understandable if you don't watch him play.

8:30 lebron's point is that bronny handles it well. his point was that he handles it better than lebron himself did when he was 16 17 18 19 years old. I agree with lebron that bronny handles himself well. it's insane that you have an issue with that sentiment.

8:00 I hate this so much. 2 people can be honest. people that believe he can be something in this league, and people that believe he will be out of the league in 3 years can both be honest. you not being able to see the other side says more about you than it does about them believing in bronny.

5:00 I actually agree with the tim tebow comparison not making much sense outside of them both being super popular. but tebow should give you a little more insight on how drafts work. tim tebow with his college production should've been easily 1st overall, should've been hands down the #1 pick, and they should've been talking about him like he would've been the best prospect of all time. you know why that didn't happen? because teams don't draft off of college production, nor high school production. understanding why tebow wasn't drafted first should give you an understanding of why bronny was draftable, or if you are too butt hurt to see his talent then maybe try AJ Johnson who got drafted to the bucks.

4:45 watch the game. stop complaining about something you don't understand. bronny was the best perimeter defender on the court that game. he did touch earth or almost touched earth on one possession. but he was undobtedly good on defense. he got open looks, and missed. the IQ is obviously there on both sides. it's hard to see it if... you aren't watching. if you are mad that lebron's son is getting media attention...then good luck lol. if you are mad that people think positively of bronny...then again...good luck. you don't have to like him, and they don't have to lie for you to feel comfortable.

2 firsts for a 32 yr old role player that can't rebound, and is ALWAYS injured! Hard pass.Just keep him! Bask in the 1977 championship for another 50 years lol

Having Grant and Deni as the two wing starters makes the Blazers a solid team in my opinion. Thier games will not only complement each other but also help space the floor for Scoot and having another solid ball handler in Deni will help Ant during double teams. I hope we see what the team at full strength can do before any significant trades are done.

Portland hasn't made a deal with the Lakers since 1980 when they sent forward Jim Brewer for a draft pick that was used to pick Jerome Kersey. I could be wrong, but I don't see that changing with Jerami Grant. For sure the Blazers should think about moving some combination of Grant, Williams, Simons or Thybulle at some point in the next year, but they don't need to imminently. The Blazers need to thinlk more deeply about their coaching situation first.

talking about it is adding into the discussion. you're part of the problem unironically

If markkanen is not available,Kessler is monster enough for GSW

Lakers have a high second rounder next year. That pick should be equated to a mid first round pick in this years draft, AND... it's next year. In a deep draft next year that pick WAY more valuable than a 1st round pick in 2031.

If Grant wants to play with LJ, he’s already talking to him to put pressure on their GM.

Don’t think POR has made a trade with LAL since the Kersey deal.

i think that the blazers should also target jared vanderbilt in the trade along with rui

Jerami is not worth two fully unprotected picks.