JQuick one on one interview with Nicolas Batum

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  1. Sedatedfork

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    Conspiracy theory time: connecting what mook was saying to this weird non-quote deal. Batum's agent wants to try to good cop/bad cop the Blazers. He doesn't want Batum quoted, so that they can deny to the Blazers that Batum said anything that JQ suggests he said, but the Blazers still believe that JQ's speculation is pretty much on target. Batum's agent has JQ throw out the lower contract number as a floor to get the Blazers to call with an offer that Batum might sign that's between JQ's guesstimate and the fake Minnesota offer. Batum signs it and they all save face in the end.
     
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    You can record an interview on almost all smart phones.
     
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    I usually don't refer to my phone as a tape recorder, but that's just me and I'm only going off of the OP's summary. The whole scene just seems a little too convenient.
     
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    kevin love is not disgruntled, he wants to stay here, he just wants to win. LEARN THE GAME!
    AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    And why does batum love us more than you guys if we are such a bad free agent destination. Except we have a top 5 coach in the league and an up and coming pass first point guard that makes people better. LEARN THE GAME!
     
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    You wouldn't dare. If you go to the press, I'll just expose you as a man, pretending to be a woman, masquerading as a fan of American music who likes Calvin and Hobbes.
     
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    It's all agent speak, rook. Negotiating, posturing, whatever you want to call it.

    Money talks, bullshit walks. Batum "loves" whomever is throwing the most money at him.

    LEARN THE GAME!
     
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    Yeah Minnesota wants to be the Blazers Retirement Center -- Roy, Webster, Adelman, and now possibly Batum. David Kahn loves him some former Blazers I guess.
     
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    [video=youtube;p58UxNSXiAc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p58UxNSXiAc[/video]
     
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    hes from portland, and we're better than you guys so i guess its worked
     
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    Maybe Nic is tired of living with all the annoying hipsters in Portland. I wouldn't blame him.
     
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    Portland has 3 days to match after Nic signs any offer. Supposedly Batum does not want Portland to match, or to offer him a new contract. So my confusion with Quick's guess is the purpose of Nic's camp saying he is being offered 11+ a year if he is not? Why lie? We get to see the offer sheet once he signs one. So what would be the strategy here? All it ends up doing is making sure no other teams make Nic a good offer. This seems to be counter productive for Nic.
     
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    I think Nic is sick and tired of not playing with a decent PG, but maybe that's just me.
     
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    Minnesota doesn't actually have the cap space... yet. They could clear the space by dumping some people, but as far as I know, they don't have the space to sign him as of right now.
     
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    I don't know that the Wolves are definitely better. I think it probably depends on what Roy has left in the tank. You have a better coach though, that's for sure.

    lol -- I didn't know we were good enough to be heckled. Sweet!
     
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