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  1. Trackjack

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    Thing about Crabbe this off season is that he is rehabbing. So that not going to help his developing this coming season.
     
    Trackjack, Jun 30, 2017
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  2. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    The cap went up by a little over $5 million.

    $19 million a year for a starter that averaged 15.3/4.0/7.8 with a PER = 19.2 is much less crazy and than $19 million a year for a bench player who averaged 10.7/2.9/1.2 with a PER = 11.6.

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    Teague 3/57
     
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    Somehow I can see Neil saying "we are happy with the players we have" in a future press conference. Unless he finds somebody really desperate and pulls a rabbit out of a hat, I just don't see us having a ton of movable assets right now.
     
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    By the way, why did Wolves sign Teague? He didn't improve Indiana at all last year and the Wolves already have Rubio. Feels like a waste.
     
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    Wolves traded Rubio to Utah.
     
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    Holy shit really? I missed that. When did that happen?
     
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    Maybe I'm a homer, but I don't get why people are sleeping on Portland and think all these teams have passed us by. With The Big Nurk, we're a totally different team. GS struggled with Nurk on the floor. We dominated teams after the acquisition.
     
    BLAZINGGIANTS, Jun 30, 2017
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    7 hours ago.
     
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    Surprisingly quiet start of free agency compared to years past. I know nothing is official till Thursday but still.

    I think Olshey is playing the Tortoise and the hair a bit and for good reason, even the Warriors are starting to be concerned about $ and they project out to be way over the cap with just 4 players under contract. Meanwhile other teams are making knee jerk decisions trying to compete with GSW. Like all teams they will disassemble at some point, like the Lebron Heat it's hard to field a team with zero money to offer to the other 11 guys on the roster.
     
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    OK thanks. But I am not sure why you are bringing Crabbe into it. But since you did.....if Crabbe started.... his stats would be better. No question in my mind.
     
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    To me the X factor is totally health...Aminu had his first injured season of his career...Nurk and Big Ed were injured, Leonard and Crabbe had surgeries....with the new guys we're pretty deep if healthy
     
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    I like what Minne is doing, but wonder if Wiggins is going to get lost in the shuffle.
     
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    Team didn't guard Rubio if he didn't have the ball, because he couldn't shoot, which killed their spacing. Teague is a competent shooter (unlike Rubio) and also a good defender (like Rubio).
     
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    Also this
     
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    Oddly enough, Portland's season took a turn for the worse when Aminu went down to injury.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Doing something 3 times over the course of an 82-game NBA season does not make you good at it. Crabbe had a grand total of 3 dunks all year. He was third on the team in total minutes played at 2254, but Pat Connaughton (316 minutes) and Jake Layman (249 minutes) both had more dunks than Crabbe.

    Of our entire 15-man roster, only Pat Connaughton, Ed Davis and Meyers Leonard had a lower STL% than Allen Crabbe, As a team, we were tied for 25th in steals. When you are in the bottom 4 on a team that is in the bottom 5 at something, you don't get to list it on your resume as a strength.

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    Boob-No-More, Jun 30, 2017
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    Also Aminu was the only guy besides Dame that showed up when chips were down vs GS in Game 4. I don't forget stuff like that.
     
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    Aminu is our only guy with a shot at guarding Durant or James...best defender on a team by a long shot..any offense from him is a bonus
     
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