Expect the unexpected from the Portland Trail Blazers

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  1. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    He chased Roy Hibbert when you least expected it.

    He traded for Noah Vonleh when you didn't know who Noah Vonleh was and acquired Robin Lopez and Thomas Robinson when they weren't on your radar.

    And while you were fretting about LaMarcus Aldridge and Wesley Matthews, he quietly swooped in and signed Al-Farouq Aminu and Ed Davis to multiyear free agent contracts.

    Since he arrived in Portland in the summer of 2012, Trail Blazers President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey has made a habit of operating under the radar and doing the unexpected. So when NBA free agency opens at 9:01 p.m. Thursday night, you can bet that whatever the Blazers are up to, it will feature an element of surprise...

    http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i...unexpected_from_th.html#incart_river_home_pop
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jun 29, 2016
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    We trading for LMA so Spurs can sign Durant. :MARIS61:
     
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    This is an article he wrote because he had to as a primer to free agency. 0 info, 0 insight, 0 knowledge.

    Man, this local media is lacking
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Olshey runs a very tight ship and is death on leaks. It's not from the reporters not trying to get information, there's just none to get.
     
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    Olshey doesnt leak info.
     
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    you guys want a low key name that fits the profile look up dwight powell
     
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    Basically you just have to follow Woj to get any real Blazer scoop...before him, there's nothing in the rumor mill really
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    He better have a good FA summer.

    The last 2 drafts have been painfully uninteresting.

    Watching paint dry > An Olshey draft
     
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    Says the guy who wanted Teh Soup Juggler....

    Not.

    Swayed.
     
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    "Neil, we know that you know that we know that your know...."

    "Well keep knowing, man!"
     
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    I'm just questioning the point of the article and why it was posted in a separate thread with a million other FA threads. So... we don't know anything. Gee thanks.
     
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    Dude I was just making a joke! It's all good.
     
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    I posted the article in its own thread because it brought up a point not being discussed in any of the threads on FA. That point being that Olshey might not be interested in any of the players mentioned.
     
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    If that is the case, I'm curious as to when he is going to get around to moving the needle.
     
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    Reaching the 2nd round of the playoffs moved my needle.

    But I'm easy that way.
     
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    Anyone who mentions Bogut as a possible Blazer should be taken out and maimed.
     
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    Other than that, the article read as a well worded summary written by someone who did all their research and gathered all their insight on S2.
     
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    Yea that was a trash article
     
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    Come get me
     
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    Olshey's prime target will not be a surprise.
    He will follow it up with another "minor" signing or trade. That one will catch us all off guard.
     
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