Should you be jealous of Arron Afflalo?

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  1. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    http://grantland.com/the-triangle/s...zers-guard-tries-to-fill-wes-matthewss-shoes/
    Good read from Grantland.


     
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    Nice find, BRoy.
     
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    We were lucky to get him. I hope we can keep him -- and Wes.
     
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    Awesome! Just imagine when Afflalo finds where the best places to be on the floor to get the best % shot?!?! I expect him to be a completely different player by the end of the season, where he learns the offensive sets, practices his shooting from those spots and works more on his post up game.
     
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    He's going to end up getting the contract that Wes would of.
     
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    Yep, he has twenty games to work on it and build chemistry with the starters.
     
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    Got any idea what that would be?
     
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    None but what he's really worth and what GMs will overpay are two different numbers.
     
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    Guess we wait and see then.
     
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    I think its important for Stotts to force the issue a little more with Afflalo. I know Stotts usually goes with what he believes is the best option, but quickly moving Afflalo into a more dominant role on this team will be better in the long run. It will establish more confidence in Afflalo, Stotts and the team. The sooner this happens, the quicker we become a contender.
     
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    If he shows a rebirth in Portland: Maybe.

    There was much talk nationwide that Wes was going to get offers and was "going to get paid". And Portland would have matched. I don't remember the same talk re Afflalo. If AAA blows up over the next 20 games and the playoffs, maybe he gets similar offers to what Wes was going to get?

    I think he'll end up being a little cheaper.
     
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    Supply and demand.

    The supply of top free agent shooting guards available this offseason went down by 1. AA gets paid more because he's at the top of the list of what's available when he wasn't before.
     
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    Point taken.
     
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    It's interesting, Roy fell apart right after we signed Wes and now Wes has fallen apart after we traded for Afflalo. Our management has done incredibly well.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    That or they keep Jinxing it.
     
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    Um, no. He's going to end up showing why Wes was so valuable.
     
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    I think Afflalo dated an ex Pussycat Doll member. We really SHOULD be jealous.
     
    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94, Mar 10, 2015
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    I guess you are a glass is half empty kind of guy. Some like to be a little more positive.
     
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    He's a guy getting paid millions to play a game most of us do for fun. He gets to travel around the country, seeing and doing most anything he wants. That alone makes me a little jelly.
     
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