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  1. blue9

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    Well then, prepare to be disappointed. There are zero (realistic) moves that we can make to win now. Perhaps in two years...or not. But not now.
     
    blue9, Jun 30, 2017
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    Wasn't Iggy All Star as starter?
     
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    Imagine our stars were just CJ and Nurk these last couple years and we were a decent team. Now imagine Olshey just signed Damian Lillard!!!!! Super Team!
     
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    Huh?
     
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    Are you comparing a never all star to a MVP? yea, i shouldnt expect anything else from you
     
    OSUBlazerfan, Jun 30, 2017
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    The Thunder are now the Lakers G league team
     
    riverman, Jun 30, 2017
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    CJ plays at All Star level. West is just so loaded. He'd be perennial All Star in east.
     
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    Lol, thats not how this works
     
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    Keep in mind he would need a team that has cap space for all of them. CJ, Dame, and Nurk does not leave room for many of his buddies. Porzingis is still on his rookie contract so adding around him makes more sense to me.

    LA is the rumored destination, but NY always thinks they have a chance to pull in big FA's...... even when they don't. And with one of them already there...I can see the Knicks trying.
     
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    Are we in the east?
     
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    Despite what many think, what we need is not another star. It shouldn't be hard. Olshey says he has assets. If he can't use them, or no one wants them, fire him. But it's time to do something.
     
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    Wiggins mentioned and CJ not?
     
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    How is that not how this works
     
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    Because as Strennus mentioned, do the Blazers compete in the east?
     
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    I think it's time to collect talent and develop it....when the Blazers are a real threat in the west, the superstars will be turning Ginobli old...Melo and Wade might be Cavs soon....there's going to be at least a year when teams like us are going to be competing for third place.
     
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    Explain what OKC just did then. Can't tell me they were any more in position to contend before getting George. They took a risk. At some point we're going to have to take one too.
     
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    I disagree. In his prime, he was a great starter just like Draymond Green is a great starter. His defense and passing were always underrated in his prime because he wasn't a great isolation scorer--the only thing people cared about in non-point-guard stars back then.
     
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    Agree. I know we won't trade for a legit all star but there should be obvious roster improvements by the end of the summer. Time to move some of the "project" guys we acquired after LA left. Trade Vonleh and Aminu for Tobias Harris. Try and get O'Quinn and Lee for Harkless, Meyers/Ed/Turner. Do something god damnit! I would hate to look back st Dames career after he retires greatest blazer of all time and know we had a GM too conservative to make something happen when we had him.
     
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