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  1. riverman

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    you must have started hundreds of threads here with player trade scenarios.....I like stability and development from where we stand...simple
     
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    c'mon....you want to START the season with buzzkill?
     
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    No, I'm being realistic so that I don't get buzz killed.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Stability does not resolve mediocrity.
     
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    Neither does making moves just to make moves.
     
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    New York Knicks....check em out
     
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    I don't feel like we have such a MEDIOCRE roster right now.....
     
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    Dude come on... we were 41-41 lol that's definition of mediocre
     
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    And what were we with Nurkic? Or does that not matter?
     
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    half that was with Mason as the go to guy in the end game....that's not the team we'll showcase this upcoming season..we're going to be deeper and better..we played the warriors tough with Nurk for one game....I like our chances
     
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    What's not realistic is to think we're instantly going to win it all next season if we sign Crowder and if we don't we'll suck...I don't buy any of it
     
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    We were better but we also had the element of surprise on our side with Nurkic
     
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    Collins is also an improvement to our team. Expect him to get at least 12 mins a game straight out of the gate.
     
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    The west is a god damn arms race right now. If you're not trying to get better, you'll fall behind. Granted some of that improvement can come internally, you should still always look to make deals to make you more talented.

    Trader bob got us the closest we have been to a championship by finding those transactions.
     
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    We were neck and neck with the Warriors the last month of the regular season with Nurk....and it wasn't just him...Vonleh, Napier, a lot of guys stepped up to make the playoffs....that's the core of what we've added to....not the pre allstar game roster at all
     
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    Trader bob didn't have to pay guys like Allen Crabbe a chunk of the cap to keep though.....money has changed quite a bit since he was around here
     
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    We also had a fairly favorable post all-star break schedule.
     
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    All i'm saying is he had the balls to get shit done.

    I don't have an issue with crabbe's resigning. His cap hold was nothing so it made sense to let him sign the offer sheet while we tried to use our cap space. The evan turner deal really pissed me off. I would have rather not used it than to sign that dude.
     
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    I wish we gave Turner a 1 yr/20+
     
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    Were the youngest team, but that's because we had guys like Connaughton and Layman (who will never develop into good rotation players) instead of valuable veterans. Blazer fans are always overly optimistic about the players they do have. I'm not buying it.
     
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