My question is have you gotten a sense of Malcom’s, jerami, and especially Aytons feelings towards scoot (past the standard praise) but do they see him as the future of the blazers and what’s the locker room look like with them (body language towards scoot)
My question is along the lines of Taylor's. I'm curious if you have any insight on how the front office is feeling about the young picks. I know fans have been pretty discouraged with scoot and his lack of flashes of something that makes us go 'ohh, I see it's. I personally have higher hopes for Sharpe but his recent slump is making me nervous. Camara looks like a potential #3 of the future, hoping he can develop anything on the offensive end. I've been more and more impressed with Walker, I'm worried he's a bit undersized though to be a starting player. I know this is a lot but I'm curious how you see things and what you've heard.
Do you think Chauncey is coaching himself into another year as a head coach? Ive noticed a pretty drastic improvement this year. In the past seasons there hasn't been anything that stood out as that showed he can coach or has any idea what he's doing. This year him and his staff are literally trying everything, even if things they don't work, you can see the effort. The thing I'm most impressed with is the intensity he has the team playing with. It makes me wonder if we had the previous seasons teams playing that way where this team would be at.
Question 1: At what point this season is it fair to start reevaluating whether Scoot really is the future of the franchise? I’m feeling right now like he is nowhere near our high expectations.
Question 2: What is your take on Murray? He can’t buy a bucket and he is supposed to be pretty good on offense. Is it nerves?
Question 3: With Robert Williams knee injury and surgery, did we lose our chance to trade him for a first round pick or other asset of real value?
Know we’re still a bit of a ways out considering it’s not even December so might be a moot point, but I’m curious if you have any sense roster-wise what could potentially transpire the closer we approach the deadline? We obviously knew this team wasn’t going to win many games and I would assume even less now with all the injuries. With that being said, do you think Cronin and staff will elect to stand mostly pat at the deadline to let things play out as guys get healthy or do you think they’ll be more active in that space to acquire either draft capital / young wing/forward?
Badji - I’m endlessly fascinated by this guy. How was his performance with the Herd? What are the Blazers plans with him? Is he a play-now replacement for RW3 or is the FO taking another flyer on his development?
Toumani Camara's play so far has been an unexpected and welcome surprise. What is his realistic long-term ceiling? Is he a starting caliber player, a solid bench player or something else?
Something I’ve noticed since the first game was a lot of negativity and pessimism about Ayton and especially Scoot. It seems like there is a vocal section of the fanbase that is still upset that Dame was traded and because Scoot hasn’t been a day 1 star it means the organization made the wrong decision.
I’ll be the first to admit that Scoot hasn’t looked great for the most part but it’s been fun seeing the flashes and the energy and positivity he has. I have no idea if he ever becomes a star but as a fan of the team I hope he puts it together and am rooting for him. I don’t want to tell anyone how to fan, but I don’t get the hate being piled on a 19 year old. How many games do you want to see him play before you start making any kind of assessment about him?
I’ve heard it said that this fanbase isn’t built for a rebuild, but at least the people I follow on social media for the most part seem excited for the young core and pretty patient. The vibes of the team also seem great and while it’s early in the season what is your take on how the players are feeling about their teammates and the future?
People probably don’t want to talk about this anymore, but I always wondered if the way Goodwin and GPII handled his injury and subsequent trade had anything to do with the animosity that grew between the FO and Goodwin. Do you have any insight there? Did anyone ever mention this?
Hi Sean, love the pod.
My question is have you gotten a sense of Malcom’s, jerami, and especially Aytons feelings towards scoot (past the standard praise) but do they see him as the future of the blazers and what’s the locker room look like with them (body language towards scoot)
My question is along the lines of Taylor's. I'm curious if you have any insight on how the front office is feeling about the young picks. I know fans have been pretty discouraged with scoot and his lack of flashes of something that makes us go 'ohh, I see it's. I personally have higher hopes for Sharpe but his recent slump is making me nervous. Camara looks like a potential #3 of the future, hoping he can develop anything on the offensive end. I've been more and more impressed with Walker, I'm worried he's a bit undersized though to be a starting player. I know this is a lot but I'm curious how you see things and what you've heard.
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Do you think Chauncey is coaching himself into another year as a head coach? Ive noticed a pretty drastic improvement this year. In the past seasons there hasn't been anything that stood out as that showed he can coach or has any idea what he's doing. This year him and his staff are literally trying everything, even if things they don't work, you can see the effort. The thing I'm most impressed with is the intensity he has the team playing with. It makes me wonder if we had the previous seasons teams playing that way where this team would be at.
When Ant returns, what do you think the rotation looks like? I assumed Sharpe would play the 3 more but with Camara’s emergence that may be difficult.
Question 1: At what point this season is it fair to start reevaluating whether Scoot really is the future of the franchise? I’m feeling right now like he is nowhere near our high expectations.
Question 2: What is your take on Murray? He can’t buy a bucket and he is supposed to be pretty good on offense. Is it nerves?
Question 3: With Robert Williams knee injury and surgery, did we lose our chance to trade him for a first round pick or other asset of real value?
Know we’re still a bit of a ways out considering it’s not even December so might be a moot point, but I’m curious if you have any sense roster-wise what could potentially transpire the closer we approach the deadline? We obviously knew this team wasn’t going to win many games and I would assume even less now with all the injuries. With that being said, do you think Cronin and staff will elect to stand mostly pat at the deadline to let things play out as guys get healthy or do you think they’ll be more active in that space to acquire either draft capital / young wing/forward?
Badji - I’m endlessly fascinated by this guy. How was his performance with the Herd? What are the Blazers plans with him? Is he a play-now replacement for RW3 or is the FO taking another flyer on his development?
Is Chauncey improving as a coach/ how do you like him in the role of a teacher and mentor?
Toumani Camara's play so far has been an unexpected and welcome surprise. What is his realistic long-term ceiling? Is he a starting caliber player, a solid bench player or something else?
Something I’ve noticed since the first game was a lot of negativity and pessimism about Ayton and especially Scoot. It seems like there is a vocal section of the fanbase that is still upset that Dame was traded and because Scoot hasn’t been a day 1 star it means the organization made the wrong decision.
I’ll be the first to admit that Scoot hasn’t looked great for the most part but it’s been fun seeing the flashes and the energy and positivity he has. I have no idea if he ever becomes a star but as a fan of the team I hope he puts it together and am rooting for him. I don’t want to tell anyone how to fan, but I don’t get the hate being piled on a 19 year old. How many games do you want to see him play before you start making any kind of assessment about him?
I’ve heard it said that this fanbase isn’t built for a rebuild, but at least the people I follow on social media for the most part seem excited for the young core and pretty patient. The vibes of the team also seem great and while it’s early in the season what is your take on how the players are feeling about their teammates and the future?
People probably don’t want to talk about this anymore, but I always wondered if the way Goodwin and GPII handled his injury and subsequent trade had anything to do with the animosity that grew between the FO and Goodwin. Do you have any insight there? Did anyone ever mention this?