Count the Gut Punches

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  1. Wizard Mentor

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    1) Man Down!
    We lost Ed Davis in Free Agency. Not the worst thing, but he only got $4.1 mil for 1 year. Surely, we could have matched that!

    2) Decision 2.0: The Empire Strikes Back
    LBJ signs with the Lakers returning an era where Big Market Teams Dominate. K. Leonard is trying to force his way to join him. It would have been better for the Blazers had he stayed West.

    3) Stauskas to PDX!
    We spend vet min. on Stauskas. I have no problem with him, but he's not obviously better than Trent. Seems like wasted $$$. For only a little more, would much rather have liked to keep Davis.

    4) Woj false-tweets
    We got Super-Mario Hezonja in free agency! No, we didn't NY did. ooops. We accidentally get trolled by Woj!

    5) Woj false-tweets 2.0
    We find out the reason for the false tweet is that Mario chose the Knicks over us!

    6) @HCP is happy...
    and makes a troll thread!

    What a day! You all should have been happy back in the good old days when we could pontificate about our two new shiny 19-year old rookies.
     
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    I don’t think this fee agency period could have gone any worse
     
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    oldfisherman Unicorn Wrangler

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

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    Its just getting started
     
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    Wizard Mentor Wizard Mentor

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    only 2 more hours in the day (first 24 hours). Day 2 will be better? I keep telling people that we won't make a deal until LBJ signs. Now that he has, if LAL gets Leonard, they'll need to dump, and our TPE will be an edge we have over other teams.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    is it really a gut punch when a so-so player picks a train-wreck of a franchise over this dumpster fire of one?
     
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    I too, would have loved to keep Ed.
     
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    I think Hezonja was on his way here then lebron signed with the lakers
     
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    When Gronk answered criticism with the word trainwreck, several people accused him of a horrible insult.

    Wizard, you will need to update your summary daily.
     
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    Which is exactly why I was saying that we shouldn't be crying about what-ifs!!!! Because reality is shit enough...
     
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    gutpunch.gif
     
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    RipCityDSCPL Could be worse, at least it's not Lonzo.

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    Sly come over for a visit?
     
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    The other thing is
    I'm so fucking dejected.
     
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    RipCityDSCPL Could be worse, at least it's not Lonzo.

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    You know, I would like to change my avatar to something more 'cheerful' and 'hopeful' by the time the season starts, but looks like I am fucking Nostradamus instead.
     
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    When Sly comes over, I need to use the tractor to clean up his doggie bombs.
     
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    The biggest one of them all:

    Another year with Neil Olshey at the healm.
     
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    Maaaybe. I thought that Neil's job was pretty safe, but now I'm not so sure.
    He's really putting a lot of pressure on Collins to perform, and he has to obtain a vet. If both of these things don't happen, he may not last the year.
     
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    If you want Sly to come over just have plenty of coke and Jack on hand. Me? I add a wedge of lime to that. A sort of Cuba Libre.
     
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    And shit in my yard? No thank you.
     
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