shaedon m'fing sharpe!

as a blazers fan, every time wemby drives into the paint I’m absolutely terrified something bad will happen to him.

icymi: one training camp battle after another

new pod: #noticing a few storylines coming out of media day.

shaedfernee sharpaway

WOW--I stand corrected. "Tyronn Lue on Clippers pace: "I don't think we're going to be a fast team."

tired: anfernee simons wasn't quite as bad as the stats would lead you to believe and anyway—no one stays up to watch the blazers wired: anfernee simons has been transformed by joe mazzulla and celtics culture... healed of the negative dame/cj backcourt defense virus he was still traumatized by

'we're going to slow things down this season.' - not a single nba coach, ever

stoked for the upcoming chauncey billups town hall

my tweak to your guess deni / wesley jrue / sharpe camara / tisse jg / murray clingan / rwiii

pulled out an old media guide from back in the day--can't believe that team made the finals.

the year is 2042: a retired rob williams iii is cleared for 5-on-5 play

it's wild how much more work cuban is doing for ballmer than kawhi ever did for Aspiration.

the 4 in 4 to 8 weeks leads one to believe this is mild and they’re just being super cautious. (sauces: pt partner)

not sure if this is nbpa-friendly but the blazers need to do mid-offseason imaging instead of starting the clock on recovery when training camp opens.

finally!

new pod: on the doorstep of nba media day, depth is in the eye of the local reporter.

just a few days away from 'my team's media day nonsense is 1000% true, while your team's media day nonsense is complete BS and deeply concerning.'

I was out on the rockets before, even further out now. if durant spends any significant amount of time with injury it’ll be a ‘play the kids’ season led by sengun. big woof.

wheeler, holy moly!

Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous

how does one penalize the clippers if voiding his contract would free up tons of cap for the clippers, but keeping his salary on the books would draw the ire of the NBAPA?

brooklyn waives a blazers legend—the equivalent of a first-round pick.

dominique freakin’ malonga.

still hasn't set in that these guys + minaya won't be jogging the hardwood in blazers colors this season.

Scoot Henderson this, Yang Hansen that, I'm here manifesting the Year of Kris Murray

the cherng family is a major las vegas developer and now the most capitalized party within the ownership group (not sure how the stakes split out).

so much ‘this’. I know the lawyers in the chat are excited to weigh in but level of proof required here is not the same thing as a court case. the grand jury is simply the 29 other owners—most specifically those who stood to receive clippers luxury tax monies.

giddey may not be worth $100M/4y, but I also think we pay way too much attention to this stuff when the owners can easily afford it and the cap is an imaginary construct. if the bulls aren't going to lose the ability to trade players via the apron, who cares?

Jury’s still out on Portland’s drafts, but the ledger on the trade front is pretty tough to argue with given that the team’s cap issues are largely non-issues.

another year, another okc thunder rookie redshirt season.

the fact that mark ‘sketchy dirk extensions’ cuban is the guy coming to ballmer’s defense makes total sense tbh

zubac is the only dude I feel bad for in all this.

this is the first thing I thought of this morning tbh

imagining adam silver’s morning is sending me rn

the blazers should invite more local media to hop on the PJ and travel with the team.

malik beasley for dollar shave club

coming soon to a theater near you...

icymi, the allen estate shoots its shot with tom dundon and co., while the blazers roster may struggle to.

new pod: owner tom has entered the blazers group chat.

I’m rooting for Kuminga to take the QO (assuming the Warriors won’t do a S&T).

dru smith ain’t helping bam win. #freebam

blazers, no (source: a team without a starting point guard locked in)

(thinking of the wonkiest nba guys)

Any time there is a new acquisition #RipCity

cautiously optimistic about the blazers sale. a sports-passionate owner with a locally-based owner in the mix and a recent 80% private arena and district redevelopment project on his record. 🤞

the rockets and lakers getting boatraced opening night will be a hell of a thing

don't buy the blazers cap anxiety: rough math says that portland could: extend camara ($89M/4) sharpe ($30M aav) and later, scoot ($32M aav) & only be into the tax in 27-28 by ~8M if they wanted to keep jrue summer of '28 they'd have $87M in expiring jrue/grant/dame money for deni payday + DC

I’ve heard 3 national writers mention the blazers dame deal ‘isn’t team friendly’ when fox just got 50, quickley/green are making over 30… dame is making bench player money; even if you’re not a fan of his fit or his health, the blazers aren’t going to be a tax team anytime soon even post extensions