The Trail Blazers are a mess, just like the West; Western Conference Buy/Sell/Hold with Danny Leroux

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

Sports, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Sports News, News, Basketball

4.7 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In this episode, Danny Leroux and I dive deep into the Portland Trail Blazers, discussing what in the world that organization is doing following what has undeniably been a messy start to the season. Do they try to shake things up with some moves, or do they stick with the status quo given that the Western Conference is a mess and Damian Lillard hasn't even gotten going yet? Then, Danny and I chat about the rest of the Western Conference, with special focus on the middle teams. We play a little game of Buy/Sell/Hold teams in the West, including the Lakers, Nuggets, Timberwolves, Mavericks, Clippers, Grizzlies, Spurs, and Trail Blazers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Game Theory podcast.
0:08.4	I'm your host Sam Vesini.
0:09.6	We are presented by The Athletic.
0:11.0	Today on the show, it is good friend of the program, Danny Leroux.
0:14.5	He's here to talk about a West in disarray and particularly one of the teams in the Western Conference that feels,
0:23.0	I would say significantly in disarray after the quartermark of the season.
0:28.1	We're going to talk about the Portland Trailblazers.
0:30.1	They fired Neil Olshea following investigation into his workplace and the workplace culture that he cultivated.
0:40.0	They have the worst defense in the NBA right now, and Damien Lillard does not really seem
0:45.9	himself.
0:46.4	It's kind of a mess in Portland, so we're going to go into that.
0:49.6	And then we're going to talk about the Western Conference in general, because while
0:52.5	Portland has been a mess, they're also in no way, shape, or form talk about the Western Conference in general because while Portland has been a mess,
1:00.4	they're also in no way, shape, or form out of the Western Conference race because there are exactly four teams that have a winning record in the Western Conference.
1:06.0	So, Danny, how you doing, man?
1:08.4	It's good to have Danny Leroux on the show.
1:10.7	Good to be here, my friend. And it is a challenging time for the Blazers in particular. And it's a reminder,
1:19.2	you know, you and I have had conversations a lot over the years. And I think that the Blazers' decision-making
1:25.4	process with Neil Losey is a reminder of some of the things that teams
1:30.2	can get wrong. And that's not to say that every move that O'Shea has made recently is a bad one,
1:34.0	but I think the place to start is something you and I have talked about a fair amount, which is
1:37.8	when a team has to fire and hire a new coach, that is a decision point that is important for the
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