Joe Cronin Press Conference | 2024 NBA Draft | Portland Trail Blazers 

Absolutely killed it

He stayed away from bold statements today. Finally a good press conference all around.

Fr he made big moves

Why on earth did they not draft anyone in the 2nd rd? They have 15 players atm but could still make room this offseason. ULRICH CHOMCHE is a diamond in the rough PF/C prospect and youngest player in draft. Cronin messed up not taking Chomche to shore up the big rotation. This front office is so inept. Thybulle, Walker, Grant, Ayton, RW3, Murray, Ibaji, and Reath are NOT part of the future of this team. Simple as that.

@@Habeev07 you special arent u? Bari not being apart of the future for us is disgusting. Hes a core piece for us.

Why on earth did they not draft anyone in the 2nd rd? They have 15 players atm but could still make room this offseason. ULRICH CHOMCHE is a diamond in the rough PF/C prospect and youngest player in draft. Cronin messed up not taking Chomche to shore up the big rotation. This front office is so inept. Thybulle, Walker, Grant, Ayton, RW3, Murray, Ibaji, and Reath are NOT part of the future of this team. Simple as that.

Don’t forget, deni is actually pretty athletic for his size and has some decent bounce. His straight line speed(think track) is really good. Were definitely gonna be one of the most athletic teams in the league

What type of Hallucinogenics are you on?

@@jessboysen1976 Check out the trade and draft grades. Blazers got A’s all around. Wizards fans are in shambles. Blazers have a lot of young talent, future assets, and the team is looking more promising than it did 2 days ago. They literally got their #1 target at pick #7. Multiple teams were trying to trade up for Clingan, including the Grizzlies. So I don’t know wtf you are yapping about..

@@KFBALL247 The Blazers will win 25 games, Chauncey will continue to embarrass us and Cronin will go down with the sinking ship. Unfortunately, not before other teams fleece him for any talent we have. Please, before you talk understand basketball 🏀.

@@jessboysen1976 at least he’s spreading positivity. Some people bond off negativity and that ultimately drains them and corrupts them. You could tell him to be real but being a pessimist does not get your point across well

Instead, we trade the picks for a second round pick in 2075.

@jessboysen1976 🤣🤣🤣 I'm actually happy with trades they did. Three future seconds and two cash payments? I think there's an argument that nobody in the second round, besides maybe Filipowski, was better than who we already have on the roster.

@@rileymcphee9429 how does it help our timeline 7 years from now - smh 🤦‍♂️

@jessboysen1976 I think a lot of the picks we got we can use for trades this year and in the future. We saw teams jockeying for different spots this whole draft, and nobody was asking, "How is this 2029 pick gonna help my rebuild?"

@@rileymcphee9429 our franchise is on the verge of being the Wizards or Charlotte Hornets.

Today was absolutely the best case scenario for Blazers. Blazers were dead last in rim protection last year. Blazers got a 7’2 elite rim protector with huge upside. And then added a 6’9 23 year old that’s a +defender and can rebound and shoot the 3. And his contract is one of/if not the most team friendly in the entire league. A+ day. Now, if they want, they can move Simons and/or Grant and fetch a lot of draft capital. Especially if they move them during the season, teams will overpay. Kinect is a huge liability on defense, that’s the last thing the blazers need. Would much rather have Deni who is already proven and does everything well and is still young and on a terrific contract.

Cronin is an imbecile - that’s why

I think they want 1 more “Rebuilding year” for the 2025 draft

It all comes down to coaching though.. Chauncey hasn't shown us much AND, we just hired 2 new assistant coaches..

Rebuilding for another year of paying salary for 15 players to draft one player one player doesn’t make sense to me.

A contender? This franchise is a sinking ship.

A contender this year?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

And you think he would‘ve answered that? Lol

Pay attention, he's gonna finish out his contract.

Chauncy will help us tank for flagg

He’s terrible

@@or2ak #FireBillups

@@Meerkat000but he’s a great tank commander atm

Grant and Simons will be saying sayanara !

But it doesn’t make sense Joe said at exit interview that the blazers need more shooting, who can the blazers trade for that are better shooters than Jeremi and Ant?

Yeah I didn’t like the way he didn’t mention Ant when he was talking about building around Scoot and Shaedon

@@Senormoolano he’s not he top 15 worse but not worse that’s old news

You gotta be kidding

He’s 25

Yes and yes he’d probably go around 4-6 last year he was generally considered top 3 for this year

@@devonhalford5522 anyone else?

Yesssss

Don't under estimate thee value of the trade putting us about 4mil below the cap and sizing down our garaunteed contracts to only 15.

D Bottom line is that Deni is proven, absolutely nobody in the Draft is proven to be able to play NBA basketball.. how many lottery pick bums have we seen? Allot. Deni was a phenomenal move my guy.

@@jdfraed123 thats why you give up the rights to draft then, let spurs collect picks, Blazers suck

@temurikakachiya5094 you know who doesn't suck? Me, when I give your wife foot rubs you punk Square trick.

That’s perfect! That’s what we want! Next year’s draft will be “STACKED” and we should aim to get as high of a pick as possible. After next year we can worry about being good.

@@macmoll Unless they make major changes this team will be $hit for years to come. Scoot stinks, Sharpe barely has a heart beat, Ant is always hurt and inconsistent, Grants playing out of position......Yeah this team STINKS!!!

You are 100% right Ron

Yeah we can get a good asset in the front ourt for him

But It doesn’t make sense because Joe said the blazers needed more shooting how does trading Ant helps that cause?

Exactly what I just typed.

@@antoniobusby8375It does when a player doesn’t fit your playing style. Ant can shoot but sometimes he seems selfish with the ball. His defense is horrible too. I’d send him to Orlando.

Or, send him to the Nets. They have loads of 1st rounders.

Yay we traded for a player who openly supports his country genociding a people in the excuse of “exterminating terrorists.” Who are the terrorists? 3 year olds…

@@destdromCronins job is to make basketball decisions not political ones.

Can you explain why you are so happy about giving up 2 1st rd picks and 2 2nd rd picks AND Malcolm Brogdon's expiring contract for Avdija? If you want to highlight his friendly contract, then I'd still say I thought there was about 5 players STILL available in the draft at the 14th pick that I'd rather have over Avdija and pretty sure it would've been on an even more team friendly deal too. We gave up alot of pieces and an even better player for somebody who's just decent. Tristan Da Silva would've been better Dalton Knecht would've provided more impact, Ja'Kobe Walter would've been a nice high-energy backup that can score and play defense (trading Simons and/or Grant for someone talented and at a position they need more and/or future draft picks).

@@gamechanger114 Deni is a legit 6’9 that has had 5 years of NBA experience and is younger than both Dalton Knecht and Tristan Da Silva. He has already proven himself as an elite level wing rebounder and plus defender, a big need in POR. A player that can pass, dribble, shoot and still has untapped upside on offense. There is not wing prospect in this entire draft with higher upside than Deni besides probably Cody Williams let alone at #14. Go watch him some film, he’s a perfect fit on the Blazer’s squad because he can play next to all the forwards but esp Grant (non rbd’ing 4) which is hard and be effective defensively next to Scoot + Shaedon Pick wise - the Blazer’s have three 1sts in ‘29 and they get the second best one which isn’t a big deal and the Blazers already recouped those seconds today.

@@DirtyBlazersFandon’t waste your time on stupid people if you can’t see the Deni deal was great you need to check yourself

We need some draft capital now.. Ant and Grant will help fill that pick bucket

I really hope we embrace the double 7 footer same time mentality..

Deni 1, Rupert 2, tumini 3 ayton 4, clinigan 5 that's our length lineup 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

❤🖤

8:26 He literally says “when you’re a rebuilding team like we are”. Sounds like an admission to me

You are delusional - the guy is an imbecile.

Ok...

Deni is much better than Knecht & only 3 months older. That trade is a huge win for Portland

Deni is a starting forward on the Blazer’s team. Great value

I’ll have to take the word of the two people who replied since I haven’t watched any Wizards games over the past few years. But I respect our opinions and I do hope you’re right

@@gregbors8364 Deni is a really good defender, on top of offensive versatility. I co-sign what they said

Deni is the same age and way more of a complete player than Knecht. He actually rebounds and plays defense, Knecht might be a little better shooter/scorer but is a liability on defense, and he’s one of the older guys in the draft, which is probably why he fell. Deni had 10 of the 90 votes last year for most improved player. He’s legit man. And locked into a 4 year contract that will only cost the Blazers 11 mil towards the cap in the last year of his contract, 1/3 of what Grant would cost when he’s like 33 years old. And Deni is just as good if not better all around than Grant.

Yeah you're right bro, another guard is just what the Blazers need lmao

Well… Grant wants to go to LA Why don’t we trade him for Knecht and filler

Yep and what we gave up to get Deni just makes the Dame haul less attractive in the big picture.

@@streettoughfightingwe didn’t give up a lot, we traded up in a weak draft which is good, second round picks are NOT that good, and we should be pretty good in 2029 and they get only the SECOND best of our picks(so if we get the number 1 pick and the number 17 they get 17)