DAME COMING HOME?

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  1. riverman

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    Great presser and it's a great day to be a Blazer! Happy to see Dame be so transparent and also put to rest this thought that he and Joe didn't like each other. I always thought that was probably horseshit.
     
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    He mentioned Scoot in the beginning
     
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    he talked alot about pouring into Scoot
     
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    Honest question, with Dame coming back now if we could turn Jrue into RJ would you do it? Obviously picks and salary would be included.
     
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    Did he say anything about Jrue?
     
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    Scoot will start with Jrue I'd say and Shaedon or Deni will be the 6 man.
     
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    From Aminu and Harkless to Deni and Toumani… Dame must be excited
     
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    I don't think they can talk about Jrue until he's signed..not sure that's happened yet.
     
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    Maybe there’s something brewing that we don’t know about?
     
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    The Jrue trade has been official. There is nothing for him to sign. We inherit his contract because it was a trade and we saw the video of him reporting to the team at the PF.
     
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    Glad Chaincey mentioned that Scoot and Shae need to take a big step next year.....
     
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    Eh? He mentioned Scoot before anyone else
     
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    I think there is. I know why Ant hasn’t been introduced and I’m starting to think the same thing is going on with Jrue. One, I don’t think Jrue wants to be on a rebuild and second I think Dame being bought out changed some things for PDX. No way was the plan to grab two 35 year old PGs this offseason.

    I understand Dame isn’t playing this year.
     
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    Billups mentioned Jrue
     
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    I think the Kings make a lot of sense for Jrue actually.

    The Lakers just picked up Smart and I think Jerami still makes sense for them. I'm sure a lot of people here wouldn't but I would do Jerami for Vanderbilt, Vincent and Kleber... I think the Lakers would do that too. If we cut both Kleber and Vincent... Vanderbilty is on a manageable contract for the next three seasons (under the full MLE) and he doesn't have any expectation when it comes to PT.
     
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    Yep. Said he was excited to be on a team with and named the four guys in our young core (Scoot, Shaedon, Toumani and Deni). I think he mentioned Scoot a second time when he talked about how those four share the ball, said something about Scoot having it going one night, Shaedon another and Deni a few nights after that... or something.

    No drama to see here @inconceivable
     
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    And he’s tight with Dame lol. I think Vandy/DK/someone to waive for Grant would be fair.
     
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    Well Jrue has a locker already...we'll see if they flip him. I don't want to trade him to the Lakers...I want the Lakers to suck
     
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    They sure talked a lot about Jrue mentoring Scoot on defense and Dame mentoring him on offense like they had hired two coaches for him.
     
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