Exclusive The OFFICIAL 2019 NBA Offseason Thread

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by GhostOfPGA, Jun 13, 2019.

  1. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    For example, they could've been the team that took on guys like Iggy and Harkless who are similar to Ariza and picked up future 1sts that they could've used to trade for a better big man than signing Dedmon.

    When really good players/vets are taking bargain basement deals it makes ZERO sense to overpay guys like Barnes, Ariza, and Dedmon.
     
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    Id rather have Barnes and Ariza then Harkless and with Iggy I dont know, Im not sure he fits not a very good shooter I dont think he wants to be on a team thats going to run a lot either.
     
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    Oh and no way Barnes opts out if they didnt have some sort of deal in place so they actually got him to take a pay decrease for next year, while hoping he can maintain the 40% 3point shooting going forward.
     
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    I'd take Harkless and Iggy with two future 1sts over Ariza and Barnes 10/10 times.
     
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    Dougnsalem not barf

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    I don't think lurking the L*kers forums will ever get any better than what's going on right now. Lmao. Oh, it's wonderful to see so many of their fans take a collective shit in their pants, all at once....
     
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    Arizas like an old Harkless, mediocre offensive player good on defense. Barnes is the best player of the four at least right now. The picks sure wouldve been nice but just saying they couldve gotten these picks doesnt mean that those deals were ever realistic.

    Like I said we can agree to disagree, I really like what Sacremento’s doing, you don’t. We will find out if it works out for them or not by if they finally make the playoffs.
     
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    I think beyond just it being the Lakers what frustrates me and would have really bothered me is if they ended up with Kawhi / AD and / LBJ the message is loud and clear you can run your team like a clown show and it’ll be ok your the Lakers... I still get that feeling just with AD / Lebron, but it wouldve been real hard to swallow if it was all of those guys.

    Edit: Seriously the Lakers ineptitude is so bad that they basically traded an entire roster of lottery picks and all their future assets for one player because they kept screwing up...
     
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    That's pretty much their fans take on the situation. Even blaming Phil Jackson. Lmao....


    "Magic and Jeanie could go to hell. This is all their fault for turning Jerry West away last year. Short sighted drama queens! Bunch of idiots"

    "When Phil Jackson was in his 1st yr as coach of the Lakers Jerry West found out about Phil’s intimate relationship relationship with Jeanie. West took serious exception to it. West thought it was entirely unprofessional of Jackson. Jackson took offense to West & their relationship was entirely toxic. Jackson cursed out West in front of players at one point. And of course Jeanie was Team Phil so she turned against West too. Jerry went so far as to blame Phil for West leaving. Fences haven’t been mended."


    And then there is an actual intelligent guy there too....

    "The meetings were freaking a ruse! Some speculated that he's waiting to hurt the Lakers chances to get a FA, but it's worse than that. The guy was working with another player to force a trade, while hurting us at the same time. Whoever came up with the plan, executed it perfectly, and our guys thought Kawhi's team was listening to them in good faith. It's a long con done to perfection.

    Man, I need an entire summer to recover from this."
     
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    Love reading OKC fans on the internet say that Dame sent the whole OKC franchise into a rebuild.
     
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    Was hearing Kawhi to Clippers, but could never confirm it before I fell asleep
     
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  12. SIeepwalker

    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    So that "in the know" twitter guy really got all of his "guaranteed" right huh
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Even though he said he lied about having sources hahaha.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Barnes on $20M per is terrible though.
     
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    "Lakers lose out on Kawhi...begin painful rebuilding process" https://www.ocregister.com/2019/07/...kawhi-leonard-begin-painful-recovery-process/

    "The Lakers have long been out of the hunt for the best free agents available after a brisk opening to the market at the beginning of the week. They reportedly went into free agency with interest in All-Stars Kyrie Irving, Jimmy Butler and D’Angelo Russell among others, should their attempt to add Leonard come up short. By the end of the first day of free agency, all three had committed to other teams. Other potential role players the Lakers showed interest in, including Terrence Ross and Seth Curry, had agreed to deals elsewhere by Monday morning."

    They waited on Kawhi while so many of the other players they had interest in went elsewhere. Good job Kawhi! :twothumbs:
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    lol
     
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    Imagine how Beard feels right now.
     
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    I'm just gonna set this here...

     
  20. blazerfan11

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    That’s why you tell Enes Kanter he has 45 minutes to decide (he says 6).
     
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