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  1. Chris Craig

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

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    They are pissed we got Hezonja. That's funny. They have a whole thread about it. Pulling their hair out over not getting Butler. Wondering what the hell the Rockets are doing? Fun stuff. But, that forum is terribly laid out. Makes my eyes bleed.
     
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    Makes your eyes bleed? So, sorta like the Rockets' offense? :bgrin:
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Thing is he doesn't need Lebron and Davis. He has proven this. The Clippers I would understand. He goes back to LA to play for a hometeam where its his team. Toronto would be his team. Lakers would not be.
     
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    The more video I watch the more I can't believe we got him for so cheap. He literally can play 4 positions. Knew he could shoot but surprised by his defense and ball handling.
     
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    Yeah that would be spectacular. He’d basically single handedly set Lakers 2 years back at least (no free agents worth much next year).
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    I didn't see that until after this post.

    They're so sensitive over there.
     
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    I’m trying to figure out why nobody would pay more than we did. Sounds like he has a lot of games where he disappears. The highlights show amazing potential though. Poor mans Doncic?
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    So why not take a flyer on Boogie if his market is that dried up?

    Can he not play power forward at all?
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Word is that after basically carrying a team to a title, he may be more interested in having comparable co-stars rather than being "the man".
     
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    Whiteside and Boogie...Dame should be handed the MVP AND a PhD if he makes that work.
     
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    highlights are just that. He's played 277 games and over 5200 minutes. He's started 65 games. It would be easy to compile a great 5 minute video of his better plays. You could do the same for Meyers

    that doesn't man the highlight video represents his median play. I don't have a real clue how good, or bad, this guy is. How inconsistent he is or how good he is on defense. But his sample size is big enough, and his minutes consistent enough, that if his upside was accurately conveyed by a highlight video, he would likely be getting more than the minimum. And he was a 5th pick so it's not like teams haven't been watching him
     
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    Its not only the Lakers that Kawhi could screw. His waiting will cost Toronto the ability to sign quality players to replace him should he leave. The Clippers could get screwed too, though thry resigned everyone and got Harkless so they haven't been totally sitting around.
     
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    What I love about the pdx moves are that they let go or got rid of every player I didn’t want here and replaced them with better players still all on 1 year deals(Baze, Tolliver, Whitehead, Mario). My dream now, even though I currently hate him, is that Nurk comes back strong and with money from Baze and Whitehead expiring we snag...wait for it...Draymond Green in FA. He’s arguably the best UFA in a very weak FA class next year. I still say he loves Dame and they are buddies, he always has positive things to say about lillard and he’s one of the few opponents I’ve ever seen him pick up off the floor(yeah I’m looking real deep I know)

    Nurk/Skal
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    Starting next years FA period with those 10 under contract would make me very happy.
     
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    Think Neil would do Nurks agent a favor and sign Boogie to a minimum? They have the same agent and if there’s really zero interest maybe he has to settle for a 1 year min? Might be good insurance for Nurk.
     
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    I was interested in the idea before we got whiteside. Now, not so much. I don’t think he’d be interested in a reserve role anyway.
     
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    But maybe he didn't like the pressure of Toronto being his team? I guess we'll find out.
     
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    Just checked into my hotel here in Vegas.... Lonzo Ball and his crew rode up in my elevator. He saw my Blazers suitcase and backpack and kinda looked me up and down. Blurry pic to follow soon.
     
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    Ha I wrote those exact words, but deleted them because I didn't have time to explain myself to everyone who thought I was embellishing. But that is exactly what I was thinking. Same area of the world, same size , same hype coming in to the NBA. Obviously not as special of a player, but you can't help but not see some similarities.
     
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    I don’t even care if Kawhi goes to LAL, a big3 of all front court players has never been done. With those 3, Kuzma, and 9 minimum guys they better pray that a 35 year old lebron, an injury prone AD, and a Kawhi who wants a work load cap can all put up big minutes this season. Yeah I know the Free throw line will get them 50 wins anyway.
     
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