Here's the Nicolas Batum Thread

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  1. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    I like Nic Batum and I'm not bashing him. He gets a lot of assists but he also has so many turnovers, he gets so sloppy with the ball sometimes and his defense is a bit overrated. Scottie Pippin my ass! I can't stop thinking about what if with Luol Deng.
     
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    I'm sure Cleveland is thinking the same thing.
     
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    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    I'm glad we didn't trade him for Derrick Williams.
     
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  4. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Well me too!
     
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    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    Just think, LMA could be playing SF while Derrick Williams was the starting PF!
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    There goes the Nicholas Batum thread.
     
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  7. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    It's a good thread to have.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    The second coming of Hedo Turkoglu.
     
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    A thread is a terrible thing to waste.
     
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    @nicolas88batum joins Durant (13-14) & James (09-10) as only players w/ 400 reb, 300 ast, 100 3-PT, 40 blk in team's 1st 60 gms since 1985

    YOU SEE THIS RIGHT!!!!!????

    We are getting this from the god damned 25th or whatever pick he was!!! You know this right? Might be the best 3rd player on a roster in the league. Quit starting these bullshit threads!
     
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    RoyToy Clown Town

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    Oh come on

    He makes $11M per year now with a PER in the 15's. Who cares where he was drafted 6 years ago.

    Best 3rd player on a roster in the league?

    Laughable. He's not even the 3rd ( arguably 4th) best player on the Blazers this season. Robin Lopez is more important to the team than Batum.

    Take the kiddie gloves off
     
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  12. BigGameDamian

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    Batun is more like a Scottie Slippin then a Scottie Pippin.:biglaugh:
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Right. The 25th pick in the draft. Got him for the rights to Darrell Arthur and Joey Dorsey. I wonder how they are doing?

    Yes he needs to clean up his turnovers. Still a damn important player for the Blazers and pretty close to irreplaceable for what he does. It's easy to focus on the negatives, I guess. :dunno:
     
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    This is like one of those stats you get from Wheels after a game - "And the Blazers are 42 and O where they score more points than the other team."
     
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    Agreed, these stats mean shit.

    Batum needs to clean up his game.
     
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    He just needs to wake up! :MARIS61:
     
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    I don't give a fuck WHAT the stat is......if only 3 players EVER have done it and you joined 2 first ballot hall of famers who did.....that's gettin' shit done! Don't care WHERE you were drafted or WHAT you're getting paid. Of course my man needs to clean up the turnovers, but who doesn't need to work on his game.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Yes he does need to clean it up, but you're a clown for not acknowledging those stats.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I like Nicolas alright as a player and I I thought matching the Minnesota offer was probably something the team had to do (in order to stick with their "incremental build up" plan vs. tearing it down and starting fresh) but I guess I figured he'd mature into more of a defensive force than he has shown thus far. Maybe it's just his passivity showing through or maybe it's Stott's apathy about coaching defense ...

    Hopefully he's got another gear that we haven't seen, but that feels a lot like wishful thinking.
     
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    6 years with another gear? You'd figure we'd have seen it by now.
     
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