The Official 2017 Vegas Summer League Thread

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  1. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Love the big homie, you can tell the dude is a competetor. Rip City is going to love this guy.

    "My goal is to win an NBA championship"

    How often do you hear rooks talking about being ROY, getting better, proving themselves, etc...

    You don't hear a lot of rookies choosing to set the bar at its highest, coming out and saying that their goal is to win a ship.
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Compare that to Collins and the difference is polarizing.



    Is it just me or do we already have someone on our team who sounds a lot like Collins in this interview?

    Not trying to get ahead of myself, we will have to see what happens before coming to any conclusions... He's definitely doesn't have the same mentality as Biggie.
     
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    Could Swanigan be the big black fuck you PF I've been advocating for?
     
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    When you compare the two, one of those certainly seems more confident and with more of an attitude. Then again, he is a year older and a lot can happen in a year's difference.
     
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    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 AWOL

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    Man, Swanigan is just an old school mentality kinda guy. You know he's gonna give you all he's got night in and night out. It may not always be great but at least you know he's doing all he can...
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Honestly Swanigan just gives me this impression that he's gonna be great.

    I don't know, he's just too Lillardesque to not become a great player
     
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    Who....Meyers?! I don't get that at all. I get "New experience.... but locked in." Collins doesn't look the least bit thrown for a loop. Meyers would be thrown off in a hoola hoop contest.
     
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    lol. Collins lost his first interview.

    This place sometimes...
     
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    Here's a good rookie interview. He was so happy to be backing up Ricky Green.

    I had no idea the Blazers really wanted to take him at 19. We ended up taking Bernard Thompson instead.
     
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    Yeah I don't get how his interview was "bad" in anyways..... But I guess when you're a tall white guy from the US you can do no good
     
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    Based off the two interviews I'd guess that Biggie stole Collins lunch money. Collins talked better about swanigan than he did himself.
     
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    Of course we did
     
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    RipCityDSCPL Could be worse, at least it's not Lonzo.

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    This belongs in the Nurk facts thread dude. (Is it okay if I call you 'dude' or does that offend you?)
     
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    nik stauskas said something similar during the interview after he was selected by the kings.
     
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    So far the 1st rounder hasn't disappoint in these other 2 summer league and some of the 2nd rounder have play decent.
     
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    To be honest I thought the interviews were fairly similar.
     
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    So unless a guy promotes himself and talks tough he sucks??

    This place sometimes. Talk is talk. All I've ever heard or read about Collins is that he's a competitor and he plays tough. Now based on an interview he's suddenly a wimp. SMH
     
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    Yea maybe we should draft on only interview and never watch them play. All I heard that both players are quick learner on floor so that mean they actually got something between there ears.
     
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    Biggie is mature - he's had to have been to get here. Wouldn't be surprised if he was our starting PF by year's end. Zach is multi-talented though, so I'm not counting him out.

    Disappointed by the no day 2 videos :(
     
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    So Portland liked Stockton.

    Call heads and trade Paxson an 19 to move up to get Stockton

    Hakeem
    Drexler
    Stockton

    Trade Paxson to move up for Stockton and draft Jordan

    Jordan
    Drexler
    Stockton


    Either way, fucking Blazers
     
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