Portland Trail Blazers trade rumors 2016: Clippers' Blake Griffin the missing piece?

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  1. dviss1

    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    Vonleh's development isn't in our window.
     
  2. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    It could be.... but we just have so many young bigs. It's going to be impossible to find enough time for all of them. Vonleh is young enough that it's going to be worth it to hold onto him though.... unless he's part of a bigger consolidation trade.
     
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    You make it sound like this team has a three year window and then they are toast. This teams age from an average standpoint is in the lower to mid 20's. If he continues to develop and make strides this year. He would be ready and able to help this team make a push for years to come.
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    Dame signed for 5. He will be 30. CJ for 4. He will be 29. Not much of a window between 30-35.
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    Because CP3 (even though he's a pass 1st guy) is an asshole. :dunno:
     
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    HomerLovesKoolAid I have a well-known member.

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    Fuck Blake Griffin, his brother Peter, Demarcus Cousins, Darius Miles and...........



    Wait for it.........



    Raymond Felton.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    The Internet: Where any random uninformed idiot can post a brain fart, and it gets reported, and re-reported, as a "trade rumor". SMH
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    During the LAC series, Reggie Miller kept going on and on about how CP3 is the best leader in the league. Well, he's been paired with Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan for five seasons and has not been able to lead them past the 2nd round a single time.

    Over those five seasons, the Clippers have the third highest cumulative regular season winning percentage in the Western Conference, but not a single Conference Finals appearance to show for it. Every other team in the top six has made at least one trip to the Conference Finals. Best leader in the entire league? Certainly not when it matters the most.

    BNM
     
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    And this is how "Rumors" get started.
    Keep up the good work Sly. All in good time my friend.
     
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    Boogie and John Wall to Portland trade rumor.

    It appears most of the unrealistic trade rumors are coming out of SportsRageous. My impression of that site, it writes articles about trades for fantasy leagues, not real rumors. Then other sites like the Ecumenical News and the Inquisitr rewrite the articles and leave out the Fantasy part. I maybe wrong about this assumption, so if anyone has better intel on the SportsRageous site, please post.

    Here is a sample of a 4 team fantasy trade from SportRageous. It has Boogie and John Wall traded to Portland, with Dame going to the Kings, Vonleh to the Suns, Festus is also traded somewhere.

    http://www.sportsrageous.com/nba/de...sees-boogie-teaming-john-wall-portland/50052/

    SportsRageous even says this trade is weird, and calls it a fantasy trade several times. Here is their disclaimer at the end of the article.

    "This is just a fantasy trade, however, if teams would take a closer look it is plausible and might work. But regardless if the concerned teams check it, the season is about to start and they might just check it come midseason."
     
  11. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    Bring Boogie to Portland, we need some more high profile trades like we had 17 or so years ago, those were fun days.
     
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    They are absolutely not resigning CP3. They're only resigning Blake if they give him a supermax, and maybe not even then.
     
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    We don't have a choice of which top 20 player in the league we want. If we can get one, we'll be lucky.
     
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    I think the league already knows about
    :)
     
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    Link works for me just fine

    even works out of your quote
     
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    Doc has too much power with Clips benig coach and president. I think he will only look at trades if it helps him NOW. He is not going to start over. He had a young team in Boston and was almost fired. So if he trades Blake, it will only be for a star player. Same with Cp3.
     
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    My guess is that you subscribe to forbes, but really IDK.
     

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