“…his [Deandre Ayton] first months in Portland were defined by tardiness and tantrums according to team sources. And there has been an eerie resemblance to Hassan Whiteside, the former Blazers’ center whose statistics looked nice, but had little to no impact on a game.”
by tyler1118
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People love to meme Ben Simmons about not caring about basketball. But, TBH Ayton fr is the actual example lol.
All the hit pieces today.
shocked i tell you
oof
i refuse to believe this
NBA player: I want a bigger role on the team
Moves to new team where they have a bigger role
Same player: No I wanted a bigger role on a better team!
>defined by tardiness
does this mean Portland has not 1, but 2 Time Lords?
Suns fans and management really shielded this man from the media and now we get to see the true side of him lol
Jordan Poole and Deandre Ayton are cut from the same cloth
What happened to Quick man. This isn’t useful, this isn’t journalism, just shit talking. Ayton has been playing pretty damn well the last 2 weeks, he’s just trying to stir things up. What a fucking hack.
Suns picking Ayton looks worse and worse every year, doesn’t even go top 5 if we were to re-draft and prolly barely goes top 10.
Wow if only we somehow knew this stuff about his basketball work ethic beforehand…
We as a basketball community are shocked 😲
It was a change of scenery type of trade, kind of a shame to not see Ayton take the opportunity to improve his game.
Both teams are in different spots so it’s not really fair to call it a win or loss, but I have enjoyed watching Jusuf Nurkic play so far.
There’s a world where I’m trying to watch a Pacers team that’s paying both Victor Oladipo and Deandre Ayton eight figures this year.
I remind myself of this if I ever start to think I’m in my worst timeline.
There’s an easy solution… just pass him the ball more.
Are they stupid?
Lmao a Whiteside comparison is nasty work
See you in Puerto Rico, DeAndre!
Oh yea he out of the league after this contract.
A sorry career for a sorry player.
Next Andrew Bynum lol
Some dudes want to win and get paid
Some just want to get paid
Today’s circlejerk has arrived with a nothingburger article that everyone is excited to pile on
I for one am shocked
Read the first sentence of this article and you’ll understand why Jason Quick is a hack.
This whole rebuild might eventually be a failure and trading for Ayton might’ve been wrong, but there’s 100% a reason to not sell assets for pennies on the dollar…
Trailblazers fan here. Don’t fall for this hit piece. Quick is a hack. I’m sure nothing is perfect with Ayton but everything I’ve heard of his time in Portland has been good. He’s assimilating well. Quick tends to hold grudges and Ayton doesn’t suck up to the media. Hence, here we are.
Idk how he’s not out the nba yet lol
Jason quicks a shithead he writes hit pieces for retaliation when he doesn’t get what he wants from someone, though I won’t doubt aytons effort issues
All y’all hating on Ayton haven’t actually been watching blazer games recently. Our defense is miles better with him on the floor
The reporter here, Jason Quick, basically has no credibility with the Portland fan base for what it’s worth. His only source within the org was Neil Oshley and (occasionally) Dame. So now he has literally no one giving him access.
This article is more of a temper tantrum from him than a credible piece of journalism, and most fans actually watching the games are optimistic of our young talent.
I read the article. I didn’t see any sources cited for DA being tardy. Anyone know if Quick is legit source of information for the Blazers or is this a hit piece for clicks?
The Portland big man curse is on some of that Spinal Tap drummer shit
Funny to drop this while he is having his best stretch to date here… 100% agreed he isn’t the future of the franchise however.
It’s funny because before the season started, Ayton and Jordan Poole were popular picks to thrive (at least statistically) on bad teams. Some even thought they could be dark horses to emerge as all stars given their new prominent roles.
Instead they both just confirmed the worst aspects of why they were shipped off. Ayton is lazy, unmotivated, and otherwise resting on his laurels. Poole is inefficient, undisciplined and will not listen
I wouldn’t trust Jason Quick. He’s had a hate boner for the Blazers ever since Olshey got fired. From the first paragraph of the article it’s obviously just a hit piece on Cronin and the Blazers.
“The long, spiraling descent into the abyss of irrelevance continued Thursday for the Portland Trail Blazers, with general manager Joe Cronin opting not to grasp for lifelines of help at the trade deadline, but rather steadfastly grip the bell of hope and ring it to the dwindling masses who still follow this once proud organization.”
They could of had herro,Jaquez,and a bunch of 1’s lmao