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  1. handiman

    handiman Well-Known Member

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    What's going on with Plumlee now that Denver has The Paper Boy? Poor Mase sent from being in line for a huge contract that we couldn't afford this summer, to hardly being mentioned.
     
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    I like Jokic a lot and would say that against other teams, Nurk and Jokic have a similar impact. Head to head is where Nurk has the advantage.
     
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    We are not a bad team and if we get one of these other guys can hit the 3 at regular basis we are as tough of any other team in this league.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Half a $billion in tax.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    divided between non-tax paying teams. There's gonna be some happy owners in couple of years.
     
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    time to tank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    Paul needs some spending money.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    I don't think even a multi-billionaire wants to pay that kind of money. Money for nothing. And it's a lot of assets that need to be sold to cover that kind of cha-ching.

    Just the tax alone that last year adds up to almost $20M/player on the roster.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    For some reason, Portland fans (not all, just as a collective) fall in love with certain players.

    Paul George, Paul Milsap, Paul Provenza...

    These players, while good, are always the "grass is greener" players in every scenario. I am in no way saying that Milsap is a bum, but people are acting like Denver getting him (and playing him a LOT of cheddar) is a great thing for Denver. It could be, but it also could blow up in their face.

    It's not like he is a can't miss, young, top tier player. An improvement, yes. But he's 32 and on the downside of his career. He's 32 now (he'll be 33 next season). He hasn't played a ton of minutes, so that is a positive. The year they went to the conference finals, he wasn't a factor in them.

    He shot 15-43 (35%) and averaged 13.75 ppg.

    If he's so good, why was his team only 2 games better than Portland, while being in a weaker conference?

    Like I said, he should improve Denver, but I'm not sure it will be a sure fire "better than Portland" move.
     
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    They gave Mason a qualifying offer I believe in Denver to bring him back...not sure if he' taken it..if I'm Mason I'm going to the eastern conference anywhere...the west will not boost his brand
     
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    Yeah, I'm going to wait for a month or two and see how other teams are doing salary cap-wise.
     
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    I just read that after signing Milsap they have just enough room to make a qualifying offer to Plumlee. Oops, Denny beat me on that one.
     
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    Mason's little brother is looking really good for the Knicks summer league team...he's getting all the 50/50 balls and playing his ass off...seems taller than Mason...Knicks got a good project with that kid
     
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    Why does it have to be all about development all the time?
     
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    Yikes, $4.6M QO for Mase. Not quite the $15-20M/yr everyone assumed he would get this summer. Go east young man!

    Over 4 years, though. At ~$140M/yr, I'm guessing they're still profitable as long as they're winning championships and selling seats for $100k per game.

    That's easy: Dwight Howard.
     
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    How quickly you've forgotten Chris Kaman, Jared Jeffries and Mo Williams, Earl Watson and Ronnie Price....
     
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    Allen Crabbe, Meyers Leonard, Elliott Williams.
     
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    It show me that having a cap doesn't work to many loophole in the system. System was base to save the owners from there selfs. They complain not making money well your not making money because there own doing. As much there paying out you might want to not have salary cap.
     
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    What??? They have the exact same skillset cept' Nurk plays D.

    Nurk Vs Jokic a Push???? Woah....

    Did you not watch this game?? He wasn't even in game shape....

     
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