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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    We'd need more than that naturally
     
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    Deng for Batum? How old is Deng?
     
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    Batum for Deng would be awful.
     
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    Agreed
     
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    Especially because he's a free agent after this year.
     
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    I'd trade Batum for Durant.
     
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    That's what I was thinking. Now, if we got a first round pick in the deal, Deng could go freeing up cap space and we have a pick as well. I think we are becoming a much more attractive team to free agents.
     
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    Geez, Sly, Durant is not nearly the playmaker and defender that Nic is.

    Learn the game and then post.
     
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    Uh, Wright and Leonard totally suck and have been cut from the rotation much of the season. They are both under contract next year and are basically dead weight to us, so it's to our benefit for Cleveland to take them. I don't think Mo is that great of a backup PG, I'd rather have Varejao coming off the bench to play backup center and let Watson be our backup PG.

    Lillard/Watson
    Matthews/McCollum
    Deng
    LA/Robinson
    Lopez/Varejao

    At least our bench wouldn't get killed on the boards like they do every night.
     
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    How would it be awful? I think someone is falling in love with our players.
     
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    No offense, Eric, but this is a soccer mom reaction.

    By every metric, Deng is a better player than Batum. Yes, Nic has a "higher ceiling", but how long do we have to wait for it?
     
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    If we do a 2 for 1 Nic+ for Deng the Blazers could also go shopping in the free agent market.
     
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    However it could be conditional on a second trade. Varejao and Jack for Wright, Mo. Claver, Leonard, Watson, and Crabbe. But that might be a little too crazy.
     
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