When does the "Needle Mover" happen?

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    LMA wasn't as tradable as you make it sound. As a pending UFA, any trade partner would be taking the risk he bolts.

    As well, our best outcome would be him re-signing. By far.
     
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    I'm thinking about the year before he was UFA. There were some rumblings that he wasn't happy in Portland (as best as I can recall). It doesn't matter, it's all second-guessing at this point. If Matthews' ankle explodes before the trade deadline during his FA year, maybe they move him to the team of his choice for a pick? Who knows?
     
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    NO made it clear his preference was to either keep the team together or rebuild. He made every good faith effort to keep LMA, and thus the others. Trading for Aflallo was one of those efforts. Without 20-20 hindsight, it improved our chances in the playoffs. Even though we got no tangible asset for him, we did get cap relief. I do think ET is better than Aflallo, so we actually made out ok.
     
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    I've never understood the Aflallo love around the league but sure has made him a nice living.
     
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    He's big at 6'5", and is a 3D guy. He's a career .384 3pt shooter, and his 12.3 career PER is good for a backup player.

    As a starter, he put up 18/3.5/3.5 at SG.

    His contract is hardly something to complain about at $12.5M
     
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    Correction, I meant Arron Afflalo, not Dorell.
     
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    She moves my "needle" most nights before bed.

    But she doesn't call it a needle.
     
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    Thimble, huh?
     
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    Sliver?
     
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    Come on @BLAZINGGIANTS
    We are all dying to know as you can tell. Don't hold us in suspense any longer.
    Just which one are you?

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    I know that's only meant for humor, but that's either a parody, or a little misleading. They're talking about thickness with the acupuncture needle, and comparing it to some made up #'s.

    Because a match stick is NOT 42 mm wide or thick. It might be 42 mm long, but even then Im doubting that.
     
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    Yeah, pretty sure it was supposed to go like this:

    .25
    1.02
    2.85
    4.2
     
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    A match head is closed to 3 than it is to 4.2, so i think they just piled up #'s that sounded scary.
     
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    I have no clue, I was just taking a guess ,but if that is the case then I think its the other way around. they were trying to make it look like acupuncture needles are microscopic and nothing to the human skin.
     
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    It's not clear if they mean diameter or circumference. I assumed they would use diameter but if so I agree that seems to be off.
     
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    Even An OD would be off. 42mm = 1.65" NO way in hell the OD of the match head is over an inch. lol. These numbers are actually funnier than the intended joke! (which wasn't that funny)
     
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