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  1. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    No meeting scheduled with Portland?

    Ouch.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Jun 29, 2015
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    What a horrible insider. They don't even mention the Blazers.
     
    BigGameDamian, Jun 29, 2015
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    I imagine neil has the last slot. Go ahead and talk to everyone. Come back, let's sit down and figure it out.
     
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    It'd be funny if he shocked us all and signed in Phoenix. Hey - if he's concerned about extending his career, their medical staff is legendary...
     
    Rastapopoulos, Jun 29, 2015
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    It would be Lillard but I wonder in my darkness if he'd rather be a solo act.
     
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    YTBD. Ofcourse Neil's last, he's got work to do.
     
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    I can't decide what I'd be thinking if I were Aldridge. I think I might be a little put off of LA and San Antonio knowing that I'd always be compared unfavorably to Kobe/Shaq and/or Duncan. And you can't really trust LA not to offload you the minute they think they've got a shot at somebody better.
     
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    I don't know if LA has been close to anyone since Travis.

    HEY - quick! Sign Travis!
     
    Rastapopoulos, Jun 29, 2015
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  9. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    These meetings are not offers. Just to be clear.
     
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    No need to shoot the messenger. Simply passing on what I've heard from two people I really trust.

    It's hard to accept, but it's always easier to expect the worst.
     
    Blazer Freak, Jun 29, 2015
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    Every team is going to offer max that has it. Even teams without a meeting are going to offer. We, of course, have super max though.
     
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    No one is doubting the worst. But if they would have told you in February (and you posted it then) it would be much more believable that they knew back then that he was almost 100% out the door.
     
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    Every team he meets with will probably offer max, even if they don't have it. It'll be on the teams to unload contracts or force Portland into a S&T.
     
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    You would have believed it MORE when we looked like a WCF contender and healthy?
     
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    You know what: if Aldridge leaves, I think I'd just want to do a Philly and use our cap space to absorb contracts other teams want to dump so long as they give us picks. I want to crash and burn and get a shot at a top pick rather than just fill up space on second-tier guys and just get worse picks (or lose the pick altogether).
     
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    ...but only after offering EVERY SINGLE RFA a max offer sheet that makes life shitty for his team. Starting with Leonard and Draymond Green and working through Khris Middleton et. al. Just so other teams can have a little bit of our pain.
     
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    Not then I wouldn't have, but I would find it more credible now.
     
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    Fair enough. All I can say is that I've been following this forum and contributing (albeit sporadically) for a very long time. Not that reputation means anything on an Internet forum, but I think I've proven I'm not mixum or BGD.
     
    Blazer Freak, Jun 29, 2015
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    I am not doubting you. I am doubting them. That they were 90% sure he was gone back in February.
     
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