Forum Game Who are they and which would you want?

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  1. blue9

    blue9 Well-Known Member

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    Oh how I wish we could make an offer to Harden this summer!
     
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    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    Without looking, I'm going to guess Myles Plumlee and Meyers Leonard. But that's only because I mentioned Plumlee in another thread.

    EDIT: Boy was I wrong.
     
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  3. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Whiteside finally broke the trend. Having a career year.
     
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  4. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Did he REALLY reject us? It was DAL, not us, he used as leverage to get the max offer from MIA.

    BNM
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article118728053.html

     
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  6. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Yes, I've seen that. We were his second choice for where he actually WANTED to play, but unlike Hedo, Hibbert etc., he did not use our interest as leverage to get the contract he wanted from the team that was his first choice. DAL wasn't his first, or second choice, but they were the ones he met with first and used as leverage to get the max offer he wanted from MIA.

    I would have never wanted Hedo or Hibbert here after the way they played us. I'd still take Whiteside in a heartbeat. His interest in us was genuine. He wasn't just using us to get what he wanted elsewhere.

    BNM
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I don't quite understand the notion that Hibbert "played us". The way I recall the narrative, he was all set to sign an offer sheet with us, but when we were informed that Indy would match it, we simply backed off. I don't recall any Hedo-istic narrative around Hibbert.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    I don't understand the difference between rejecting us and "using us as leverage."
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    It was the typical play the market, see what someone else will give you and we'll match. He used us as the barometer for what the market would bear. He may not have held all the cards, but he still used us to get the most he could out of IND.

    BNM
     
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  10. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Hibbert, as an RFA is an example. He used us as leverage to get the best offer possible out of IND, but as an RFA didn't really have the option to reject us. We pulled our offer when we learned IND was planning to match, but had he signed the offer sheet, it would have been IND's choice, not his whether he ended up here, or not.

    Whiteside, as a UFA both used DAL for leverage AND rejected them. As a UFA, he had the option to choose DAL's offer, but made the choice to reject them and accept MIA's comparable offer.

    BNM
     
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  11. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Blazers sign Harden


    Harden gets called for all the shit, he never got called for in OKC and Houston
     
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    oldfisherman Unicorn Wrangler

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    I’m guessing the top one is Stevie Wonder, and the bottom one is Rosie O’Donnell.
    I will take Stevie because he is a motivator, Rosie is a locker-room cancer.
     
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  13. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Donald is that you?
     
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    oldfisherman Unicorn Wrangler

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    Nope, I’m the ghost of Charleton Heston.
    Rosie has a lot of skeletons in her closet.
     
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  15. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    HASSAN CHOP!
     
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