ESPN: Portland among "favorites" for Dwight Howard in Free Agency

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  1. Natebishop3

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    Leonard has been in the league four years. The improvement has been minimal in that time.
     
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    He can grow a mustache now.
     
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    I'd rather give Pau Gasol $30M for a year than Howard $20M for a year.
     
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    noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
     
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    But its well known that bigs take longer to develop. Listen. I'm not saying he is a shoe in to improve. In fact, I have my concerns. But if he does, I think his value to the team will be bigger than Crabbes.
     
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    Wow. With those two, and Ed Davis, I might have to reconsider my stance on not changing the rules to reward teams with bad free throw shooters.
     
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    Schonz would never come to a game again.
     
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    Outside of the absolute F-CK NO, it wouldn't be in line with Olshey's plan. He wants to bring in players and sign them to deals relative to their age and cap space. Howard would TOTALLY F-CK THAT UP! So Im thinking this would be a VERY bad idea!
     
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    That's why they put his locker next to Davis. He absorbed some testosterone by osmosis.
     
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    Never know. We might not even have Ed Davis next season?
     
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    Same with Gasol, but someone here fell in love with him and can't see reason. ;) (Not you.)
     
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    Ed is on a great contract..he'll be a Blazer for a few years at his salary and skillset..I hope he stays even longer
     
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    Major mistake if that happens.
     
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    Two guys we don't talk much about that I think will improve a lot going into next season are Montero and Vonleh..both have a ton of talent and need a strong offseason workout plan. I have high hopes for both those guys moving forward. I want to keep Brian Roberts around too.
     
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    Did your source for Damians drinking problem tell you that Ed is a free agent next year?
     
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    Would you rather have Cole Aldrich?
     
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    Isn't Plumlee or Davis essentially our version of Aldrich?
     
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    That's unfortunate.
    But not a done deal. If we're lucky he'll go someplace less "favored".
     
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    If we are looking for shot blockers Biyombo could be the guy we are looking for. He fits the age range too.
     
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    He just had a monster game against OKC the other night.
     
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