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  1. Blazers Roy

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    What? i'm famous on twatter? Link?
     
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    so aminu must still be in Africa?
    what's hendo's excuse?
    and heartless?
    must be trades coming lol
     
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    I don't understand the point of this picture.
     
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    no stotts? player mutiny?
     
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    Meyers is so sexy looking that Tim Frazier is nervous around him. Just the distance he stands away and his face shows he's intimidated. :MARIS61:
     
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    Does Connaughton ever smile? I swear he must be a member of the mob.
     
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    I believe the coaches have limitations on how and when they interact with players during the offseason. I know Meyers went on a hike in the gorge with Stotts and others in the coaching staff but I know that coaches can't coach or instruct players during the offseason except for summer league. The players are free to use practice facilities but coaches can only watch.
     
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  9. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Looks more like college guys than arrogant pro athletes.

    I like it.
     
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    That's kinda lame. If a player wants to be coached all year long and a coach is willing, it should be a free country. No one gets paid OT, or gets perk for it, so who cares? The NBA? for what reason I would love to know.
     
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    Yeah, that makes no sense to me either.
     
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    I think it's because it creates a slippery slope situation where something optional comes to be expected. Also, a coach might play favorites and give players more minutes (or other perks) if they opted for summer coaching sessions. Even if the coach wasn't consciously doing so there's a very real chance that whether or not a player opted for summer coaching would have an impact on how the coach viewed/treated the player. Better to draw a hard line in the sand on the issue.
     
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    Hmm, I read this as an NBA rule, not a Blazer rule. Just my assumption though. Okay, so if this is a Blazer rule that makes sense, but if its an NBA rule, it still makes no sense. Why does the NBA care about a team favoring one of its players because they worked with the coaches all summer? Make for better players and better games for the future.
    Again, if its the Blazers, draw the line, if its the NBA, how can they tell where the sand even is, let alone try to draw a line?
     
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    I think the rule is mainly for coaches to actually get to know their own family after living with the players most of the year.
     
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    i was joking, dog
     
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    It is an NBA rule. And it makes sense for the reasons I described.
     
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    It makes sense from a team standpoint, but again, why would the NBA care if a team favors a player for wanting to practice all summer? You did not describe that answer and it still doesn't make sense. :) I would think they would want it year around. More potential media, players getting better. Its a win, win for the league, even if its a win, lose for certain players on teams.
    Your description only makes sense for the team, not the NBA and it isn't the team implementing the rule, so no... it still doesn't make sense.
     
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    I think it's as Blue described. It's probably a union thing (rather than an NBA thing) so employees aren't coerced into working beyond their contractual obligations, and they can take a vacation without fear of losing their job for not participating in "voluntary" coaching and training sessions.
     
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    That shit sounds just like high school
     
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    Bingo! Forgive me if I misused "NBA rule" - perhaps I should have said "league rule". But it's basically a labor issue, and it's a good rule.
     
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