Moe Harkless to Portland for 2nd rounder

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  1. Natebishop3

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    Why isn't CJ playing? Leonard? Have they "made it" yet?
     
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    I am only guessing(but then again so are your suppositions) that in a contract year his agent would try and have him avoid injuries in his contract year. didn't see any other 3rd or for that matter second year players on their squads either.
     
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    Yes, they are sure things to last for at least several more years in the league. In contrast, Harkless is on the ropes, abandoned by 2 head coaches last year. Then a new 3rd one, Scott Skiles, traded him to us.

    With his Heartless reputation of lethargy, he needs to reverse that rep, but doesn't seem to care. Why do you think we got the #10 pick in the Lillard draft for only a 2nd round pick? Because Olshey's a genius, or because Heartless sucks?
     
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    is the trade even finalized?
     
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    If this turns into another Afflalo fiasco, it'll be back to What's My Line? for Olshey.
     
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    even the blazers home page only quotes woj with no official league approval announcement yet so bashing the player for not being in vegas begging for a chance to play for our summer league team once more seems extremely premature
     
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    Summer league?? He's a 3 year veteran, those guys don't play in summer league.
     
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    They do when their career is on the bubble. How's Bogans doing?
     
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    bogans is without a contract guarantee for the 2015-2016 season
     
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    You can offer a player a second chance - but they have to decide what to do with it.
     
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    I want good old-fashioned entertainment, like Bob Whitsitt. You know want what these players need? The coaches to yell at them. I want to see yelling, and more yelling. Every practice, every game. And the GM should be yelling at them, too. And come out onto the floor during games and yell. Not just in time outs. And I want to see Olshey yelling till he's red, then turn around and yell at 20,000 fans. And then flip them off. And go into the stands. This could be a good season, if management thinks about the entertainment angle, as well as how best to develop a journeyman team. Bring Bill Fitch out of retirement. I don't buy that heart attack excuse.
     
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    Because we got a decent sample size of them. Yes they need to still improve, but right now its FAR more important to burn the new guys to start assessing what we have.
     
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    I don't think you got my point. I was responding to his post about Harkless not playing in SL.
     
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    Meanwhile, Gerald Green goes to Miami for the minimum and Perry Jones to the Celts for cap space.

    Maybe it's nit-picking, but why would you want Harkless over either of those guys?
     
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    The players might have been the most pampered during the Whitsitt era...

    I don't think he was doing a lot of yelling. Either was Dunleavy.
     
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    Green wouldn't want to come here, and is a knucklehead. Jones was traded by OKC specifically because of how much we made them pay; no chance they would send him here.

    Sometimes, what we might want doesn't actually matter.
     
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    We got harkless for a PROTECTED 2nd rounder in 2020. Wow lol.
     
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    Per Casey Holdahl: Blazers acquire @moe_harkless from Orlando for 2020 second-round pick (protected between 31 and 55) http://Rip.City/bmzu

    Sounds like Moe is coming to Vegas for the balance of Summer League, though I don't know if that means he's playing, or just practicing and hanging out.
     
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    Yikes! Just how bad did Orlando want this guy out of their locker-room?
     
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    More of a salary dump but assumptions are fun.
     
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