OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread - January edition

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    Don't let them troll you BJM.
     
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    Love 4-20 against Phoenix. Heh.
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    Gerald Green for MIP?
     
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    Rubio has turned into the Blazer/Knick version of Segio Rodriguez.

    And he's apparently eying a max deal this summer.

    Not even Kahn would do that now.
     
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    Some idiot GM will give him big money.
     
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    Did hurt feelings cause you to make those assumptions?

    I'm not sure what compelled you to post on a Blazer forum that a Blazer poster is insecure and pathetic for being happy about a GS loss. You're a GS fan, posting on a Blazer forum. Insecure? Pathetic? Lonely? Are these really necessary or prudent observations that have anything to do with basketball that I should be making about you personally as well? I'm relatively new to the forum, so maybe I'm obligated to call people these things when they disagree with my opinion. IDK. You're a "global moderator" so clearly that must be the case. #TeachingMoment
     
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    Rubio with 7 points tonight vs Phx. Love had 2 points the entire 4th quarter (shot 4-20 for the game). 1 point loss to Phx in Minn. Brutal.

    Channing Frye went for 22 pts 5-10 from 3.

    It just blows my mind how "experts" keep saying how Minnesota is a top playoff team. They're gonna make a push, they're gonna come around... And then the Blazers who already have proven they can win are the opposite, waiting for them to crash. It's so crazy.
     
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    Minnesota is about to fall apart. Love made some digs at the bench
     
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    WOAH! Need the info! lol This is great news. It's totally the bench's fault that Love shot 4-20, and Rubio can't score.

    The bench went 10-18 shooting. Love is such a prima donna.
     
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    On paper they're a really good team.

    Love
    Pek
    Rubio
    Kevin Martin

    They should be a lot better than they are, but Love is not a leader and Rubio is too one-dimensional. We don't have a single one-dimensional player in our starting five.
     
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    The previous 10 games with this Blazer team is what Rubes have put up with ALL season.

    The curse of Kahn.
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    Just admit when you're wrong. You fucked up the amnesty provision, and how it applies. There is a 7 day window in July during which a player can be amnestied. Chicago would be foolish to waive Boozer at this point, simply because they can clear his cap space for next year if they wait to amnesty him.

    The caveat is if they can sucker a team into taking on Boozer and his big contract for next year, and replacing that with expiring contracts. I don't see how that happens, but that never seems to matter on this board when discussing player moves.
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    I was wrong.

    That post is days old...... :dunno:
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    None of those guys are even close to being decent NBA defensive players, and only Kevin Martin can create his own shot. They're a .500 team on paper, IMO, and Love has been selfish since his comments about making the All-Star game in LA, and how much it meant to him.
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    Quote?
     
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    Montiejunas is available. Should we go after him? I think he'll be good.
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    "We all need to be in this together," Love said. "That kind of (ticks) me off. We're supposed to be a team."

    Love didn't call out either veteran by name, but the body language for Barea and Cunningham in the fourth made them easily identifiable.

    "If and when I did that last year when maybe I didn't sit out for the game for all 48 minutes and so on and so forth, they would have killed me," Love said, referring to him missing many games last year with a broken hand. "They would've aired me out. That's tough. It's two guys that we expect more from them. I think they expect more from themselves."
    http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400489397

    There was more but I don't feel like going through Twitter to find it all.
     
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    Where does he get minutes? Sounds like another Claver situation.
     
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    Re: OFFICIAL 2014 Around the NBA thread

    This is a wildly inaccurate statement, as Portland is .500 over the last 10 games. But I understand your point.

    2013 - .378
    2012 - .394
    2011 - .207
    2010 - .183

    GM David Kahn thought Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn reminded him of Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe.

    Fun fact: Kahn was born to a Jewish family in Portland Oregon, and was a sports writer for The Oregonian from '83-89.
     
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