@Edan_Krolewicz@channingfrye Moda & surrounding experience is bottom tier. Been to 7-8 NBA arenas myself and have multiple close acquaintances who play/coach in the league.
@Edan_Krolewicz@channingfrye I’m with Channing. NBA players & coaches visit every arena multiple times and evaluate it from their perspective (lockerrooms, media room, loading/buses) AND from the outside perspective of their friends & families experiences (transit, on site food, safety, in game exp.)
@basketballtalk Because “the league” is the owners. They’re intrigued, not concerned with a colleague that thinks he’s onto a model than can improve a franchise’s bottom line.
@EliseMic19598@ToreyJonesYT The first 2/3 of the year was playing massively shorthanded due to injuries. There were a record number of teams tanking beautifully (great draft) and we had no owner, lame duck interim coach, and injuries. If we wanted to tank it would have been easy and successful.
@EliseMic19598@ToreyJonesYT I’ll go ahead and stick with the fact that the Blazers coaching staff & GM had every intention of winning as many games as possible once the season started. They were auditioning for new owners and every other team. See Splitter to Chicago.
@EliseMic19598@ToreyJonesYT His point is that we entered 25-26 clearly gunning for playoffs, but chose Yang instead of a player who was ready to play…Cedric Coward, Derek Queen, etc.
@dwightjaynes Utah will win multiple playoff series in the next 2 years. ✅ GM, ✅ Coach, ✅ Young talent, length, & all star(s) ✅ More picks, and ✅ Renovated arena 😀
@dwightjaynes Everyone misses on a few, but you can’t give up on Lillard, tank for 3.5 years, and only end up with DC.
Bad plan? Who knows. Bad luck? Probably. Bad execution? Yes.