Notice 2023 Blazers Free Agency

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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    genuinely struggling to find a worse one
     
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    Draft day has been great.

    We need another GM for the other 364 days a year.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jun 30, 2023
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  3. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    they also have two all stars, another 20 ppg scorer, and a DPOY candidate, and a roster that was still developing. they didn't need much outside of internal development.
     
    illmatic99, Jun 30, 2023
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    SharpesTriumph Well-Known Member

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    Chicago is pretty bad. Minnesota isn't good. So we've got a solid 28th best GM/management in the league.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Minnesota is the worst. The dude who did the Gobert trade should never get a GM job again.
     
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    I wonder if Dame just put some pressure on Cronin to make sure Grant got his check then is going to bounce.

    Grant did Dame a solid to force his way here last year, maybe Dame returned the favor.
     
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    Lol, you can't be serious.

    First of all, 90% of their good players aren't playing PG/SG and they aren't forcing players to play out of position.

    They also have more than one viable player taller than 6'8, which ya know, helps.
     
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    He's actually done other very good moves. Some rumors the Gobert trade was nearly 100% the owners. That's the one hard part of GM evaluation, it's hard to know how much ownership is interfering for better (or more likely) for worse.
     
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    How many of them were free agents?
     
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    The Blazers are now also still developing and will also be getting better by internal development.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Yeah but that’s not at all what Dame wanted lol
     
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    ridiculous comparison, dude. quit it.

    we have 12 guards, and one guy above 6'9. 0 roster balance combined with an aging core with youngsters that are not going to play enough to develop.
     
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    Can't obtain players that are unobtainable.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    We are apparently the only team that can’t obtain players.
     
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    If the young players (that show promise) aren't going to play enough to develop, might as well shut it all down.
     
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    Did you really want Dennis Schröder?
     
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    Toronto's is shit.
     
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    lol!
     
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    Why the fuck does it matter?

    They didn't need free agents.

    They already had a team.

    They won 56 games and were the 2 seed with an already decently balanced and young, and up-and-coming roster that didn't have massive, glaring holes.

    We are coming off a lottery appearance and trying to build around an aging star.

    Sure, if we admitted we were gonna blow it up, free agency wouldn't matter at all. But our stated direction is to "win now".

    How are these situations even comparable to you?
     
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    The Blazers Uprise guys say there are rumors about us pursuing Eric Gordon and I don't they were joking about it. That would be so infuriating.
     
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