Free Agent Welcome Duop Reath!!

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  1. The Organizer

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    The Australian Center who played for us at Summer League.

    Per Adrian Wojnorowsky on Twitter.
     
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    I watched him play several time on the Australian team in the World Cup (was scouting Matisse) and he's Ok but not a game changer. Can do some things well, not a terrible defender, can score the 3 very well for a center (like it's important) but the better player was his substitute Xavier Cooks (IIRC) from the Washington Wizards who's a much better player.
    Overall, a real head scratcher to me, we were rumored to be interested in Tavarez from Real Madrid, who was simply incredible in the world cup, yet we sign someone who hardly made a difference...
     
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    Now is this an Exhibit 10 deal, or is he actually going to be on the 15-man roster?
     
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    This is a one year deal if I understand correctly, the Conditt deal was an Exhibit 10 type
     
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    Duop Reath? Sounds like a Star Wars character.
     
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    He's a good old-fashioned backup center. He's certainly better than any other big man we have outside of Nurk. But we better hope at least one of our younger seven footers BECOMES better than he is now.
     
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    He was better than Badji in summer league for us and played pretty well for Australia in the FIBA games. Good pickup. Going to be some big man competition in training camp which is always a good thing.
     
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    let's see...Kevin Knox?...Duop Reath?...yeah, the Blazers are already testing which way the wind tanks
     
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    Reath was just their consolation signing after not being able to convince Tavares to come over.
     
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    Wow, the new guy drops more knowledge.....you think he is an insider planted to infiltrate our forum? @SlyPokerDog I see a pattern with this person's posting.
     
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    Now we're signing Star Wars characters!!!??
     
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    Dame's on the phone with his Miami realtor as I type this. He's staying in POR.
     
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    64K posts and you finally made a funny one!
     
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    Backup center in general isn't where teams put a lot of emphasis.

    Playing a few solid minutes is enough. The Blazers should be fine this coming season.

    In this game last season, Sacramento's backup center played 1 minute, and Memphis doesn't even have someone listed as a center on their bench.

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    Too bad someone else made it first.
     
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    Really? Giving this dude an actual roster spot. Tank mode engaged.
     
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    Well, I don't live in my mom's cellar, so I might not read every post all you all send ;)
     
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    I feel like if both Reath and Moses are guaranteed for roster spots then the front office is expecting to trade Nurk. I just don't see us having two backup C's on the roster and one with one of our two way contracts. Who the hell knows though with the kind of imbalance that has seemed to be the hallmark of a Cronin constructed roster.
     
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