Blazers making offer to Kanter

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  1. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    They're $2m under it and this will cost them $40m if they match.

    Shrewd move by Neil.
     
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    I think the problem I'm having is that I've been spoiled. Robinson, Biebs, Lillard, CJ,... are all a bunch of very hard working dudes. You know they'll improve because improvement is natural for hard workers.

    I have a feeling Kanter isn't in this mold. I'm sure he'll improve, he's only 23. He's horrific on D, so it should be relatively easy to improve to bad, or perhaps even to mediocre. But, I'm nervous he won't improve as much as I'd like and I'll be another frustrated fan of his like the Jazz fans and the OKC fans.
     
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    JJ Hickson was putting up 20/10 and no one thought we should give him 10 million let alone anything near a max contract.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Jj hicks on never put up 20/10 in his life
     
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    They don't have a piece like Lillard to accelerate the process.
     
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    When?
     
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    It takes more than one player to make that happen. Shit man, the Knicks have Melo and haven't done shit really. Trust in Olshey
     
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    And that's why these threads get so long. People can post but that can't read for shit.
     
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    More like 15/10 CAREER HIGH for hickson
     
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    We were also an entirely different team and had entirely different needs. Besides that, Hickson was at his ceiling.
     
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    you realize the cap just went up and next year goes through the roof, right? JJ Hickson hasn't started a game since he went to Denver..Kanter has started for 2 teams and is 3-4 inches taller than JJ, several years younger and a better player
     
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    Tsk, tsk. The Knicks have lots and lots of bad contracts to expunge = it'll take a lot of time. The blazers have Lillard and exactly ZERO bad contracts (unless Kanter joins us, of course), and lots of lotto picks bursting with potential.
     
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    Who was their coach?
     
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    Off season entertainment. Catch the wave.
     
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    Thunder are in a win now mode, so they probably match.

    One of the main reasons the Thunder fans want Kanter back is he and Westbrook developed a very high level of chemistry operating in the pick and roll. The Thunder had a better winning % for the 26 games Kanter played for them than before the trade. (15 wins, 11 loses).

    However, I am not sure how injuries to other Thunder players, or players returning from injuries may have also affected their improved win/lose record.
     
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    Hey, I'm happy for this part:

    Especially the part about it not being us paying him.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I don't agree with the second half of your post, but I find it hilarious.
     
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    I just want to point out that it's not me saying this. I'm sure I'll get blamed anyway.
     
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    I love this thread.

    All 460 posts.

    Here's to you S2 Blazers fans.

    :cheers:
     
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    I honestly don’t know if the Thunder will match. They have a lot of guys to sign coming up. Next summer Durant and Waiters, then in 2017 Ibaka, Adams and Westbrook. Even with the cap vaulting huge, Durant and Westbrook will eat about $70mil per year. Do they really want to be close to $90mil With just those 2 and Kanter?
     
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