(Quick) When enemies are friends: Trail Blazers-Raptors matchup has ties that bond

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  1. Natebishop3

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    I mean, if we sign Kevin Durant, then I'm totally fine with keeping Mr. Christian James McCollum.
     
    Natebishop3, Mar 8, 2016
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    Whats better?

    Dame/CJ/KD

    Dame/Derozen/PG

    ???

    Inquiring minds want to know!
     
    Orion Bailey, Mar 8, 2016
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    I'd pick CJ over DeRozen (outside shooting)

    PG defense is a push over KD offense.
     
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    That is tough. I might go Dame/DeRoz/PG just because of length and defensive ability on top of how much they would still score. Dame/CJ/KD would score more but not enough to counter the better defense of the other trio.
     
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  5. Natebishop3

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    The other factor that might swing it in favor of Dame/CJ/KD is that we wouldn't have to give up Plumlee or Vonleh or someone else to sweeten the deal for George. So our bench would be deeper.
     
    Natebishop3, Mar 8, 2016
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    CJ/PG/Durant may be the best trio.

    I obviously wouldn't trade Dame for what he means here. But if I was a new team assembling the three best players for offense/defense that's what I'm going with.
     
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    No way man. I would take Dame/PG/Durant over that trio in a heartbeat. Dame is a point guard, and he has shown that he can defer if necessary. I think he would absolutely focus on distributing the ball if we had Durant and George. CJ can play the point, but he's not a point guard. He really is eerily similar to Brandon Roy in a lot of ways.
     
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