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  1. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    Nurkic didnt get me excited until he started playing the trade itself was like ok I guess they cant pay plumlee this summer.
    I really liked the Ed Davis signing, guy I worked with at the time was a Laker fan and he LOVED Ed so I liked that because I liked Ed’s game AND it made a laker fan mad heh.
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Feb 6, 2019
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    Was excited for Afflalo, but yea thats basically it
     
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    Well of course theres a lot of if’s but Id take the risk on AD and Hope I could keep him. If he leaves then you rebuild around Dame again. Heck if it looks really bad you could trade AD and try to recover assets.
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Feb 6, 2019
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    Imagine complaining about getting Anthony Davis while not giving up Lillard jfc.
     
    Scalma, Feb 6, 2019
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    Absolutely. There are no guarantees in life but at some point, you have to take some risks or just be okay with being average. That applies to life even more than to NBA Trade deadlines.
     
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    I'd probably add Steve Blake and RHJ for Plumlee and Connaughton, but... other than that!? Umm, yeah... wake me up when he does something of significance. :/
     
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    What if...we have an opportunity to trade for another all-NBA player to play alongside Dame, we don't take it, we never advance past the first round, and Dame bounces because he loses all confidence in the front office's ability to build a contender around him?
     
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    I think @tykendo was, he was living in Denver at the time and I remember him saying mostly positive things about Nurk's game.
     
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    @Scalma and I were pumping up Nurk well before we traded for him.

    I'll add Afflalo to my list. genuinely thought he was the right move
     
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    Wrong. As usual. Do a little search into my history.
     
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    I'm fine with the appropriate risk. It was a risk signing Nurk this summer, but it's one we took, and it's paying off in dividends.

    Putting all of our eggs in one basket for a one year rental, and risk losing Dame in FA for a supermax on an established team is NOT a risk that I personally want to take. ESPECIALLY as Dame/Davis cannot get us to a championship alone. They just can't do it. We NEED more.

    And seeing as how it's the equivilent of pulling teeth just to get Davis, what are the chances that any other notable player is going to WANT to come here to Portland to play?

    Like I said: I'm fine with risk. Appropriate risk. Not gross risk that has a good potential to leave our team as being one of the worst in the league. And don't forget who the genius is we have as GM.......because you know, his draft picks have REALLY hit it out of the park.......
     
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    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    I would say only take the risk that gives us the best possible chance for a championship. Keeping Nurk and landing Davis is a far better chance at that than dealing away Nurk and just having AD/Dame.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    It's not going to happen either way, so......
     
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    Signing Nurk this summer wasn't much of a risk, especially because he signed for such a low number, he's barely making more than Meyers... Dame / AD are popular enough I'm sure there are guys who would want to play with them... It's a risk I'd take but neither of us are the GM so all we can do is argue if we would take that risk or not. I would, you wouldn't guess that's that. :)
     
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    I agree. One of either Nurk or CJ but not both. Then Collins (don't want to but have to), Draft picks and whatever else it takes.
     
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    Neil DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    Basically.... that’s what she said to @theprunetang.... FAMS!
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    That has happened once or twice.
     
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    I'm sticking with CJ. I think we can still get a lot out of him in a trade, and Nurk, IMO, brings more to the table than CJ does.
     
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