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  1. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    New Orleans? Lmao. Come on man... We were better than DEN last year, and Nurkic will make more of an impact than Millsap.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Neil fucked up haha but it's okay because cake?
     
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    New Orleans has the best frontcourt in the NBA, they will mesh now that they have a full camp together, DEN is gonna be better too.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Right now, if we traded for someone like Tobias Harris it would feel like we won a championship of some sort.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    They have the worst perimeter group of players in the NBA. Name a perimeter player on their team other than Jrue Holiday.
     
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    Are people seriously counting Nurkic as an off season acquisition? "Oh, we'll have a healthy Nurk.... so that's like another player right there!"

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    At this point I just wanna get rid of our bloated contracts...

    Crabbe to BKN for Lin+Booker

    Turner+2018 top 8 protected to ATL for Belinelli

    Meyers+Davis to PHX for Chandler

    Dame / Lin / Bazz
    CJ / Belinelli / Connaughton
    Hark / Aminu / Layman
    Booker / Collins / Swanigan
    Nurk / Chandler / FA
     
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    E'Twuan Moore and Frank god damn Jackson lol
     
    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94, Jul 2, 2017
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    Not sure if you can fathom how silly this post is.
     
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    I don't know about that--I still wouldn't pick Denver ahead of Portland just because of Milsap. But this is going to be the most competitive division in the NBA, especially if Hayward stays in Utah. I could imagine Portland finishing fourth (in the eventuality that Hayward stays).
     
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    Who's ready for Miles Bridges?
     
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    How about a hot scoop of Troy Brown?
     
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    I love Nurkic. But last time I checked he was one player and we already had him on our roster. If he turns into a defensive wing or a scrappy backup PG who can help shut down CP3 or Curry, let me know.
     
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    "One player." Yeah he's one player. A gamechanger. Portlands most valuable player. With Nurkic Portland beat pretty much everybody they played, including a bunch of teams with their playoff lives on the line. It wasn't a fluke. This team as currently structured will win a minimum of 50 games next year.
     
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    Dame goes to Neil, asks for talent. "We got you two unproven rookies"

    Dame watches teams in division get better.

    How long before dame says fuck this shit because it looks like we are asking dame and cj to carry the offensive load again while not improving our team. And it has everything to do with Neil's shitty off season last summer.
     
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    I am not saying he's not good but when your constantly starving for talent, isn't it really easy to "overvalue" someone's impact. A thirsty person thinks a sip of water is an oasis. He still has to prove he can stay healthy and on the floor for an entire season. And when he's not on our chances of winning go down drastically. If Collins has an impact then I say we have much better chances. It's not that we don't have good players, its just the drop off in all talent when all three are off is severe.
     
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    With our luck Dame and CJ will be coming up an end of their contracts before Collins shows something then we get stuck paying 30 year old Dame/CJ 60+ mil per season combined
     
    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94, Jul 2, 2017
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  20. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    We are in the toughest division in the NBA now. Damn, everyone else gets better around us, we sit and watch.
     
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