Level of Confidence in Joe Cronin and Future Under Tom Dundon | Portland Trail Blazers Mailbag
A mailbag episode answering listener submitted questions about Joe Cronin, Tom Dundon and … Blake Hinson?
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In any occupation one of the best ways to learn is to learn from your mistakes. How can Yang learn from his mistakes if he's not allowed to make mistakes because he's not allowed to play?? (even in the G league)
Where's the mailbag??? 😂😂
with the tanking & cheating & horrible rosters & losing on purpose, followed by Coach Billups arrested, allegedly sharing inside info with mafia gamblers
… I just don't see how the Blazers new owner can trust GM Cronin.
Are Holiday and Thybulle expected to return for the game against the Warriors at home next week?
we need them desperately.
Cronin recharged his coupon book with the pick up of Deni.
We have a substitute head coach, no guards, 2 way g league players starting regularly, and have been “in the game” for 12 of 15 losses. I’m not worried, just frustrated we can’t get a stretch of games with a mostly healthy team.
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It's funny, my son and I were just talking about Hinson last night. I remember watching him at Pitt.
Apparently, the Blazer's had him in prior to training camp.
Whatever they saw there must have pointed to him not being enough there to make the invite.
Just speculation, but if Caleb Love probably showed more than Hinson and, if the roles were reversed and Hinson was inconsistent and struggling with the Blazer's and Love was lighting it up wity the ReMix, we would be wondering why dont the Blazer's bring up Caleb Love.
Its just so hard to say with these very bottom of the roster 2-way players.
All I know is why can't we get a 2-way player like Gillespie for the Suns? We can't we have 2-way nice things 😅
Cronin> started with a deep hole and barely above water even now, but agree with your overall opinion. I think the "we are trying to make the playoffs" was mostly smoke. Hansen has been a disappointment if you believed the hype. Guessing the lure of a huge China crowd made them overlook his flaws, but he is just getting started so we will see. Go Blazers.
I think yang will be a good player in a couple years as he learns and gets stronger…..scoot I think will be ok as well maybe not here but the injuries have hindered his progress as well
Nice hat, Mike! I suspect it's from NC, but give up on the team…A cat riding a seal???
Just wanted to point out that part of your argument against Hinson was that he is too old & doesn't have much development potential left…
Forgetting the fact that Cooke is 6-months older (which negates that argument)
Both Coward and Queen look like they would have helped and got plenty of time to develop……
Nice one, Mike! I believe the Thybulle contract was what he got on the open market, as he was an RFA and Portland matched the contract presented by the Mavs. But yes, it appears to be a bit of an overpay in hindsight.
"Postmaster General" lol
The Jerami Grant deal has aged surprisingly well. He makes more money than Kyle Kuzma who he is better than. He makes about the same as RJ Barret who IMO he is better than. He makes a little more than Derozen who I also think he is better than this year. He’s making less than Michal Porter JR and they’re honestly kind of similar in terms of role. Guys that balked out on terrible teams and morphed into good role players on better teams
I haven't yet listened to this podcast, but I have clear opinions about this with regards to Jo. I think Joe is in a no-win situation. I truly believe the best route in a route that could even lead us to an OKC type of Ascension would be for us to seriously take this year, but that isn't even close to possible unless it came directly from the new ownership.
What has this year proven? To me it has proven the need for super quality depth and the need for a superstar and not just a star. We have a Star, yes, but we don't have a superstar and we don't have depth and we could get both with some good trades and some lottery luck.
But I guess that's not possible for him in the interest of job preservation. So it looks like mediocrity is our destiny. He'll probably lose the job anyway…
I think Dillon Jones might help the Blazers more than Hinson and Cooke
Not sure we can call Scoot a miss just yet. You don’t draft players for what they do in Year 2.
Scoot showed improvement and there’s a possibility he still ends up really good.
Obviously he likely won’t live up to his pre draft hype but could still end up being good value for a 3rd pick
Cut Cooke and sign Blake instead. I don’t understand why Blazers signed Cooke
Why not just cut Rayan Rubert? The guy hasn't really developed. Convert Siddy and sign Hinson. This team could use a microwave off the bench.
The criticism of Hansen is the same for all rookies here. Scoot got destroyed 2 weeks into his rookie year. Sure, higher pick, higher expectations but still a rookie. Fans just need to give both time, and Sharpe. I'd say Sharpe needs to show it this year, Scoots year is lost so he needs to show it next year. Yang has a couple years to show what he is
Zero confidence in Cronin and his crew. Easy decision for Dundon
Yang is the next Meyers Leonard but with better media self-awareness. Leonard always looked to me like a lost puppy dog on the court even in his final year with the pdx. Fully hoping Yang finds his flow on the court but I'm a cynic in general = (this show helps me hold onto my joy, thanks Mike!)
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