[Holdahl] Sounds practice today was as much about clearing the air after a few bad losses as it was about actual basketball. Robert Williams III referenced the “elephant in the room” and Toumani Camara talked about the importance of honesty on a family/team.
November 11, 2024
“Elephant in the room” is a really interesting choice of words to use here, I’m assuming he’s talking about the blowouts but still it leaves me to wonder a bit? Just a somewhat interesting update.
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I’m all for these kind of talks, but there’s really no news in this tweet haha.
Any speculation on what is “the elephant in the room”?
New Chauncey nickname just dropped
Didn’t they mention doing this last year as well? Pretty sure it was during a road trip and much later in the season.
…. This is only the what 11th game in the season and there’s already “an elephant in the room”
It was interesting through all the injuries and losses last year it seemed like Chauncey never lost the locker room, I think we are starting to see it happening now.
Ant and Jeremi have to know their time here is short, as does Chauncey, so no one gives a fuck anymore.
I have a feeling the elephant in the room is that the team was not built to win this season, so everyone is just going through the motions. This is why I hate tanking, it contributes to potential poverty franchise levels; like the Pistons, Kings or Hornets.
Vibes are underground at this point
Elephant in the room is a strange choice. The whole point of the cliche is that it’s an obvious, unspoken, unignorable thing—in the Blazers’ case it feels like every person from the owner the GM to the coach to the starters to the rotation guys to the fans have their own personal elephants in the room.
Which one is Rob Williams’? And what is there to be more honest about exactly?
Yeah, needing to “clear the air” and to emphasize the “importance of honesty” while there’s an “elephant in the room” doesn’t sound good…
The elephant is that several guys know they’re getting moved this year. Rob knows it, Ant knows it, and probably JG too. More than that, the team understands that making those moves will cement us as an even _worse_ tanking team than we already are. GM said it himself, we’re building around “Scoot and Shaedon”. We’re a few years away with this rebuild and guys probably don’t feel like busting ass every night for a lame duck coach that has no problem throwing his roster under the bus when shit hits the fan.
Timelord for picks with OKC?
Elephant in the room is the GM traded for a SF that’s below average at his job for 2 first rounds picks (one of which is already outperforming said SF statistically and doesn’t have the same off-court baggage), thus further setting back the rebuild and fan relations.
Honestly this starts at the top. I know there is strategy involved but because of the nature of the recent history of this org, we can’t afford to milk trades. We need to lose trades and waive players when it comes to the vets on the team. The higher ups are still one foot in and one foot out on an entire rebuild and holding on to assets in the form of vets. Just the same as when Dame was still here. It’s killing the culture of those on the team wanting to win now and the young guys who just want to play to get experience together. Win or lose. But at least developing in towards positive direction. Even if it is just familiarity which each other for multiple seasons. With set-in-stone lineups
“Elephant in the room” might be Billups throwing the entire team under the bus while taking zero accountability himself.
We are 11 ganes into the season!
I wonder if the elephant in the room is the fact Chauncey is a lame duck coach and the team has tuned him out because they know he’s gone at the end of the season
The elephant in the room is that Scoot is trash at NBA basketball, and the whole plan is up in the air AND on fire.
The elephant in the room is that there’s a Toradol outage and the 100 point Chalupas promo is more popular than the current one.
Potential topics:
Poor play from certain players (matches timelords elephant)
Horrible coaching (matches timelord)
Front office wants the team to lose (sort of matches both toumani honesty and timelords elephant)
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I’m all for these kind of talks, but there’s really no news in this tweet haha.
Any speculation on what is “the elephant in the room”?
New Chauncey nickname just dropped
Didn’t they mention doing this last year as well? Pretty sure it was during a road trip and much later in the season.
…. This is only the what 11th game in the season and there’s already “an elephant in the room”
It was interesting through all the injuries and losses last year it seemed like Chauncey never lost the locker room, I think we are starting to see it happening now.
Ant and Jeremi have to know their time here is short, as does Chauncey, so no one gives a fuck anymore.
I have a feeling the elephant in the room is that the team was not built to win this season, so everyone is just going through the motions. This is why I hate tanking, it contributes to potential poverty franchise levels; like the Pistons, Kings or Hornets.
Vibes are underground at this point
Elephant in the room is a strange choice. The whole point of the cliche is that it’s an obvious, unspoken, unignorable thing—in the Blazers’ case it feels like every person from the owner the GM to the coach to the starters to the rotation guys to the fans have their own personal elephants in the room.
Which one is Rob Williams’? And what is there to be more honest about exactly?
Yeah, needing to “clear the air” and to emphasize the “importance of honesty” while there’s an “elephant in the room” doesn’t sound good…
The elephant is that several guys know they’re getting moved this year. Rob knows it, Ant knows it, and probably JG too. More than that, the team understands that making those moves will cement us as an even _worse_ tanking team than we already are. GM said it himself, we’re building around “Scoot and Shaedon”. We’re a few years away with this rebuild and guys probably don’t feel like busting ass every night for a lame duck coach that has no problem throwing his roster under the bus when shit hits the fan.
Timelord for picks with OKC?
Elephant in the room is the GM traded for a SF that’s below average at his job for 2 first rounds picks (one of which is already outperforming said SF statistically and doesn’t have the same off-court baggage), thus further setting back the rebuild and fan relations.
Honestly this starts at the top. I know there is strategy involved but because of the nature of the recent history of this org, we can’t afford to milk trades. We need to lose trades and waive players when it comes to the vets on the team. The higher ups are still one foot in and one foot out on an entire rebuild and holding on to assets in the form of vets. Just the same as when Dame was still here. It’s killing the culture of those on the team wanting to win now and the young guys who just want to play to get experience together. Win or lose. But at least developing in towards positive direction. Even if it is just familiarity which each other for multiple seasons. With set-in-stone lineups
“Elephant in the room” might be Billups throwing the entire team under the bus while taking zero accountability himself.
We are 11 ganes into the season!
I wonder if the elephant in the room is the fact Chauncey is a lame duck coach and the team has tuned him out because they know he’s gone at the end of the season
The elephant in the room is that Scoot is trash at NBA basketball, and the whole plan is up in the air AND on fire.
The elephant in the room is that there’s a Toradol outage and the 100 point Chalupas promo is more popular than the current one.
Potential topics:
Poor play from certain players (matches timelords elephant)
Horrible coaching (matches timelord)
Front office wants the team to lose (sort of matches both toumani honesty and timelords elephant)
Vets are being shopped around (matches both)