Exclusive The official Lamarcus Aldridge free agency thread

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  1. magnifier661

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    Well that and he can't even wear #12
     
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    I just dont get why these other teams have their star players at the meeting with potiential free agents and we don't. Can PDX really not attract free agents or is their policy on how to recruit them wrong?
     
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    Aldridge almost HAS to win a title next year with the Spurs or that ship sails. Then it is him, Leonard and Danny Green....yippee!! Phoenix, not even sure what they really have outside of a good, ageing defensive center who has a couple good years left and a young lotto center that hasn't done anything. Add to that Bledsoe who has bad knees already. I like what Hornacek has done with the team but they were much better before Dragic left.

    If he really wants to win going forward and have his own legacy, it's in Portland even as young as they are. It is a roster full of lottery picks and the best PG at this time of any of the three options.
     
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    I think you're nitpicking. This really only happens with high profile FAs. The only other high profile FA really was Monroe (that the Blazers were after), and it's not like LMA could be there could he? And Lillard was still in Paris. Though I guess Dirk showed up for DJ so maybe Dame could have cut being drawn like a french girl short.
     
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    This is why a part of me thinks this is sooooo fishy. It's like they really don't care. The thing with Lillard was more Lillard squashing shit with Aldridge. Maybe about the local rumors? I really don't know wtf is going on
     
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    You know, maybe there was a Godfather plan in place, but it was Popovich's plan, and Jabari was acting as his agent, getting in LA's ear.
     
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    I think you're nitpicking. This really only happens with high profile FAs. The only other high profile FA really was Monroe, and it's not like LMA could be there could he? And Lillard was still in Paris.
    UHHHHHHHH yeah he could have been, both could have been there, LMA just needed to commit to the blazers.
     
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    The first meeting took place before the free agent period started so all they could talk about was Pop's winery and the awkward things Paul Allen says.
     
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    I like him too.

    I don't understand why he took the Blazer beat job when his heart is clearly in SA. I know money but still...
     
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    Was this too harsh?!?!

     
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    Aldridge already knows the blazers and what they're about. The only guy that needs to be there is Olshey so he can convince LA he will build a good team around him. The thing is, he already did once, so there's no reason for LA to not believe in him. Olshey can't control injuries.
     
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    Well, sprinkle about 17 "ya know's" in there and it would sound like something LMA says.
     
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    Harsh? You didn't even call him a condom full of fire ants.
     
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    They'd win next year, except not the title. Otherwise, it's true.
     
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    Condoms? Your wife never requests condoms.
     
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    If LA goes to SA and any 2 of Parker/Ginobili/Kawhi/Duncan go down... We will know LA was the true curse.
     
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    Go easy on the new guys.
     
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    I am just at the point I want a decisions so I know what to expect next year.
     
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