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  1. blazerfan11

    blazerfan11 Well-Known Member

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    The Sixers picked 1st and the Lakers picked 2nd in both 2016 and 2017.
    As Blazer fans, we should know having good picks doesn't guarantee anything. We could have been the 76ers with two first picks taking Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz.
     
    blazerfan11, Sep 19, 2020
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    I would say the Blazers did better than the sixers with Layman and Collins but i guess nobody around here likes Zach anymore.

    A toe injury has Jake layman out for this last season but i just read that they still have very high hopes for him. He is the 6-8 athletic wing that can shoot everyone seems to think this team needs. There was also a guy who was a 6-5 athletic shooter that plays defense in Pat Connaughton that is no longer here.

    One of my biggest problems with this team is them putting 2-3 years into developing decent players and letting them walk because they become "Too Expensive" but in the end have the highest payroll in the league anyway?
     
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    I think there's a serious case to be made that AD is as good as Giannis. It's just that they play such different games for such similar-sized and athletic players. Funny that AD is the one who plays more like a traditional big man, despite being guard-sized before his ridiculous growth spurt in high school.
    Of course, for all the shit Giannis is getting now, he took his team to the #1 record in the league, something AD never did in New Orleans, when he was the #1 option.
     
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    certainly no guarantee we pick the best available player or their health is good, but the pool of talent is considerably better the higher your draft selection. the last time we had a pick as high as the #6 we got Damian Lillard.
     
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    Neil it’s not that hard
     
    AldoTrapani, Sep 20, 2020
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    You do realize the Blazers were in the exact same position last year the heat are in this year right?
     
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    Are you predicting the Heat will be sub .500 next season? If there is a next season!
     
    Buffalo Custard, Sep 20, 2020
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    Their young though
     
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    If it wasn't that hard then we wouldn't be talking about the Heat, would we?
     
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    MPJ needs his own team
     
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    Three Flint players in this matchup. Monte Morris representing better than Kuzma or McGee.
     
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    I'm sure his teammates agree with you.
     
    Rastapopoulos, Sep 20, 2020
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    G league?
     
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    East is so much easier.
     
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    What is it about Caruso that's so annoying? Why don't I view him as a feel-good story instead of an annoying punk? What's wrong with me?
     
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    Rondo let his own brother put that thing on his head?
     
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    I never want to hear basketball fans make fun of "soccer" players for diving ever again.
     
    Rastapopoulos, Sep 20, 2020
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    What are you talking about G league? This dude was a projected top pick and dropped only because of a questionable back and is ballin like it was expected of him
     
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    Ditto. I also have the same problem with Kuzma. I think part of it is that on any other team they’re just totally forgettable. Playing with LeBron and AD lets them look better than they are. Simple answer though is that they’re Lakers. You really don’t need more reason than that.
     
    e_blazer, Sep 20, 2020
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    He’s talented, but at this point in his career it’s laughable to say he needs his own team. Even talented rookies need time to develop. Playing with Murray and Jokic is an ideal situation for him.
     
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