OT What's up with Batum?

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    I was very upset when we traded Batum - it was the beginning of the great unraveling of what I thought was a solid team. Turns out the team survived his loss, and certainly dodged a bullet given how much money he ended up scoring. Now it looks like he's completely broken down despite only being 31 (a good 4 years younger than Lebron, and 3 1/2 years younger than Ariza), and he's not even getting playing time on the Hornets. To be fair, they're going with a youth movement and it's working, but they still owe him another year at nearly $30 mil. Are they just resigned to have him sit for another year unplayed? I'd be very curious to see if they bought him out if there was a market for him. He was a key member of the French team that beat the USA in the FIBA 2019 World Cup, so...? I think he just needs a coach who's prepared to have him be a multipurpose cog, kind of a geriatric Ben Simmons type.
     
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    Who?

    Was that the french dude who only came to play half the time in Portland?
     
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    It’s the guy Portland still hasn’t replaced, well until Ariza came along.
     
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    Really?

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    I miss Batum. I related to him back then; a teenager on his own in a new country. He was inconsistent I guess, but still one of the best small forwards we’ve had in the past 15 or so years.
     
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    Batums last three seasons in Portland

    F235AE36-0DEF-4025-ACE4-59EF03482461.jpeg

    I would love to have that kind of inconsistency again.
     
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    French people are all assholes so I guess it's better he's not on the team anymore !
     
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    He took the money and called it a day. Human nature really, unless you are Kobe or Dame or someone like that
     
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    I was in Strasbourg yesterday and they have beautiful girls there. French women are hot af
     
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    I think you just hurt Hoard's feelings
     
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    I think we should trade for him.
     
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    Where's the stats showing him missing a million easy threes?

    Aminu was better and cheaper than Batum.
     
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    Prove it.
     
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    Not that you could get any.
     
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    You were ? What did you do there ?

    Did you see the cathedral ? Easily the best in France IMO !
     
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    Hahaha!

    :bwpopcorn::biglaugh:
     
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    I was shopping with a friend. Nope i didnt see the carhedral but i just watched some pictures on google looks very nice
     
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