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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    He always gets his guy.

    ....2 to 3 years down the road.
     
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    I hope he meets with Jody and puts the onus on HER to make a move.
     
  4. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Just make sure we get national coverage.
     
  5. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I can't imagine Dame asks out yet. Maybe if we haven't made any changes by training camp though.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Odd move. If it's the BAE, they hardcap themselves. If it's the MMLE, they can't chase Shroeder or Jackson using the full MLE amount, which I think they should.

    But I guess they are pretty confident right now that Dame is asking out!
     
  7. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Just make it political. Say we're tired of the while male patriarchy or some such shit.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    You have a point. He gets his guy, once his guy is washed up.

    :cheers:
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Yes, that is the joke.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    I hope he kicks Neil in the balls.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Dame's hands and feet are registered weapons. That could be ugly.
     
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    Terry, don’t you have a job to look for?
     
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    in all the chatter about other NBA front offices holding out to see if Dame demands a trade, has anybody considered that perhaps, one thing that is fueling that are things Olshey has said in discussions with other GM's?

    I know it seems kind of a remote possibility, but if Olshey knows he can't, or won't, meet Dame's demands for a contender, could he be pouring some of the blood in the trading-Dame water himself? trying to gin-up the market early?
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Remember at the start of the off-season, Quick basically said there's no way CJ doesn't get traded?

    Over the past few months he's slowly backed off of that assertion. Now he thinks we aren't making any changes to the starting lineup. You don't think that is based on discussions he's having with people that work with the FO? Or other teams that have been in contact with our FO?
     
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    The fact that we're loading up on wings tells me that we're getting ready to make a trade.
     
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    going from Melo, RHJ, and Blevins to McLemore, Snell, and Brown indicates a trade?
     
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    That would definitely put the ball back in his "court".
     
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    well you could join him and play doubles
     
  20. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Come on man... you think Blevins counts in any way, shape, or form?

    McLemore and Snell fit the same basic function as Ant. A dude you stick in the corner to shoot threes. If we end up trading CJ/Ant/Little for Simmons, where does that put our rotation?

    Dame/Simmons
    Norm/McLemore/CJ Elleby
    RoCo/DJJ/Snell
    Simmons/Brown
    Nurk/Zeller
     
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