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    GhostOfPGA The late great Paul Allen

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    Besides the painful ones like MJ>Bowie, Durant>Oden, CP3>Webster... what are some scenarios you would love to see an alternate timeline for?
     
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    Letting go of Moses Malone.
     
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    Shaq staying in Orlando (Would they have ever won a title?).

    CP3 trade to the Lakers not getting vetoed (That team would've been gutted, would they have had enough to contend?).

    Jordan not retiring either time (Could they have won 8 in a row? Or a 4th after their 2nd 3-peat?)

    The absolute biggest for the Blazers outside of draft blunders and injuries is what if Sabonis came to the NBA in the late 80's instead of the mid 90's?
     
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    GhostOfPGA The late great Paul Allen

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    Kind of a small one, but what if Carlos Boozer didn’t screw the Cavs over? LeBron would’ve had a legit all-star PF, who knows what else could’ve happened after that.
     
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    If the refs don't fuck us over in the fourth quarter of Game 7 in the 2000 WCF, we have at least one more title.

    37-16 FTA discrepancy. Pippen and Sabonis fouled out.

     
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    Tim Duncan going to Orlando.
    If they dont cheat Blazers and Sacremento out of going to the finals.
     
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    Blazers taking Giannis over CJ

    Wes not injuring his achilles
     
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    I think CP3/Kobe/Dwight team would’ve been really good.
     
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    What if Pistons draft Melo or Wade?
     
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    Jerry West's Grizzlies team had a legit chance at the #1 pick in the LeBron James draft but obviously they didn't win that lottery and lost the pick (to Detroit, obviously) since it was only top-one protected. West had actually assembled some decent talent going into that season, just missing a superstar. I've always wondered what have happened if that Grizzlies team with Pau Gasol, Shane Battier, James Posey, Mike Miller, Dahntay Jones (and Bonzi Wells!) had also added LeBron James. That's a far, far better team than James ended up on in Cleveland, or ever had in during his first stint in Cleveland.
     
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    We don't win the #1 pick in the Oden year and we end up taking Joakim Noah.
     
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    We do what Zach Randolph wanted: take Durant, keep him and play LaMarcus at center.
     
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    We climbed up from the 6 spot that year. The #6 pick was Yi Jinlian. What's to say KP would have taken Noah?
     
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    You (i.e. everyone but hoopsjock) haven't mentioned the biggest Blazer counterfactuals:
    Walton stays healthy
    Arvydas Sabonis comes over when he's drafted and plays with the Drexler/Porter team
     
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    Me. I'm defining the counterfactual.
     
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    1a: Porter + Jordan + Drexler + Kersey/Robinson + Sabonis

    1b: Healthy Walton and/or keep Moses Malone

    2: Porter + Drexler + Barkley + Buck + Sabonis (Philly wanted Kersey + Robinson for Barkley, Blazers backed out)

    3: Dame + Matthews (no Achilles tear) + Middleton + Giannis + Nurkic
     
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    Or, maybe someone did, in the third post...

     
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    Here's another small one: what if we never traded Alvin Williams for Damon Stoudamire. Williams went on to be a beloved figure in Toronto - a big, unselfish, superior-defender point guard. Everything Mighty Mouse wasn't.

    And of course: what if we kept Jermaine O'Neal instead of getting Kemp.

    Ooh, ooh: what if we fired Dunleavy after the WCF loss to the Lakers. Yes, everyone would have screamed blue murder, but his micro-managing, play-the-matchups style didn't really use our players to their full advantage. Some coach with the vision to just let Pippen be the point guard instead.
     
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