Mike Rice: D. Williams would not hate being in portland next yr.

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  1. Tince

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    Mike Rice's Twitter...

     
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    lol Rice hitting it hard on a Saturday night.
     
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    This fan wouldn't hate him being in Portland next year, either.

    Go Blazers
     
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    I firmly believe that williams has the potential to sign here should portland luck out not only in the draft (two lottery picks) but they must be able to have the ability to pick up both batum and hickson. Should they be able to complete all of the above, I see no reason that that team on paper shouldn't be able to compete with the best in the west.

    The part that scare me is the potential for nash to sign in miami. Should they be able to complete that signings, the nba might as well go ahead and engrave the trophy for the next four years without so much as a thought (which should this signing happen, I'll probably give up on the NBA as a whole due to anti-competitive practices)
     
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    What does Mrs. HCP have to do with this?

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    i don't think that's a realistic possibility. the heat are hopelessly over the cap and don't have the assets to make a sign/trade work.
     
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    That would be a great stroke of fortune if we could sign him. It would make up for losing Roy, and also make up for the whole Webster/Telfair debacle.

    Williams/Flynn
    Batum/Williams (Jeremy Lamb?)
    Matthews/Babbit
    LA/Hickson
    Freeland/Pryzbilla (Meyers Leonard?)
     
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    Agreed. We'd have a decent amount of talent (both quality & quantity), good mix of vets & youngins'. It'd be exciting.

    I doubt the Heat have enough money under the cap to sign him. And even so, I'm skeptical of someone his age playing an entire season without injury or being real effective. It can happen, but the odds work against it the older he gets.
     
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    This is what it might come down to; if New Jersey lucks out and gets one of those top three picks, Williams might decide to stay; but if Portland ends up getting a #5 or#6 from NJ, then he might decide to go to Portland.
     
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    I don't see why lotto picks, here or NJ is going to entice Williams. He wants to win, not get excited about potential like fans.
     
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    If we get d will then we would be in a great position to turn things around in 1 year. Almost seems too good to be true.
     
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    Williams, two lottery picks and Hickson added to Aldridge and Batum would potentially be a very effective and extremely fast rebuild.
     
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    Really depends on who we draft.
     
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    Well, good picks can be traded for immediate help if the club doesn't think they can draft someone who can help immediately. I also tend to think in this draft it would be possible to find immediate help in the top ten picks.
     
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    "Being in Portland" is pretty vague. Maybe he's renegotiating his Nike deal.
     
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    Right. That was more my thinking. The lotto picks as assets along with DWill, sure. But NJ winning the lotto, IMO, isn't going to entice DWill to stay in NJ. To play with a 19 year old C. I just don't see it. Who was the last all star, and top free agent who went somewhere because they were excited by who was drafted there. It's possible. I just see him being a lot more interested in coming if we had traded one of the picks, say our pick, for a better win now piece.
     
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