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  1. Natebishop3

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    I just don’t see how Trendon could be the backup 5 except in special situations (or dire situations).
     
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    He's not a rim protector, but he's a different look from Nurk that is for sure. I imagine a TON of switching and Trendon allows that.

    This lineup is gonna switch everything: Ant (or Dame)/Hart/GP2/Winslow/Trendon

    Also go look at backup 5s in the league. Teams are not gonna be posting up Trendon or abusing him 1:1 defensively.

    Drew is also a different look. More offense than Trendon but less defense.
     
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    most second units play smaller and Watford fits as a small ball five. I doubt they’ll throw him out there at center vs bigger units. That’s probably what Eubanks is for, although I’d still sign another big.
     
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    I like Goga. He'd be a decent backup with some upside.
     
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    I think your post is spot on. One minor correction, teams can't do a trade after the season to duck the tax, they closed that loophole. It has to be done at the trade deadline.
     
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    ....and not hiding the opinion he didn't think either was a very good option, just not big enough. Look at what some of the very young Detroit bigs did to Watford. Would much rather he was at the '4'.
     
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    ...how much does missing the playoffs effect your bottom line? Lose out on bonus work monies?
     
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    Reseting the repeater is a smart business decision especially for a non contender.
     
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    Anybody know anything about this cat?



    Not that we need more guards, but if he can play...?
     
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    No More Guards!
     
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    We're Guard Capped!
     
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    That's a quality post right there, sir. You deserve a signed Blazer basketball for that.
     
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    Picking it up tomorrow. So excited.
     
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    Oh he can DEFINITELY play, I think hes the most NBA built point guard I've seen in Europe in maybe ever, unless you wanna count Doncic as a point. And thats who I think he plays like actually. He doesn't quite have his size but is still a big point guard who is a very good playmaker in the pick and roll, and attacks the basket very well. Hes a streaky shooter, but when he gets hot hes hard to stop. I think he would be a top 15ish point guard if he played in the NBA.
     
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    OK--so, Didi and Keon to OKC for his rights, and bring him in to back up Dame. Sounds good to me.
     
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    We already have a backup point though, and Micic needs the ball in his hands as much as possible. Ant needs to keep developing as a primary ball handler imo, even if hes starting at SG. If we got Micic he'd never be the primary guy.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Dunno if this has been shared...

    https://www.nba.com/news/10-takeaways-from-10-days-of-free-agency

    1. Early continuity rankings
    There are still plenty of free agents available and about 30* open roster spots across the league. There may also be another trade or two coming … sooner or later.

    * Not including two-way spots. The Oklahoma City Thunder also have 20 players (five too many) with non-two-way contracts for 2022-23.

    But a lot of deals have already gone down, and a lot of teams have turned their roster over quite a bit. The Atlanta Hawks, for example, have seen five guys from their end-of-season roster leave via trade or free agency. They’ve been replaced by five new vets plus rookie AJ Griffin. But the Hawks aren’t at the bottom of the early continuity rankings, an honor that belongs to the Portland Trail Blazers.

    The Blazers have actually lost only two players from their end-of-season roster, and neither of those two guys — Eric Bledsoe and Joe Ingles — played a single minute for Portland. But the continuity rankings take all of last season’s minutes into account, and a lot of last season’s minutes were played by guys who the Blazers said goodbye to before the season was over. Robert Covington, Norman Powell, CJ McCollum and Larry Nance Jr. combined to play almost 5,000 minutes for Portland before being sent away by February.

    The Blazers also have two available free agents — Ben McLemore and CJ Elleby — who played more than 1,000 minutes last season. And so Portland sits at the bottom of the rankings, with only 49% of last season’s minutes currently set to return.

    Of course, if the Brooklyn Nets (currently at just 51%) trade a star or two, they would fall below Portland.

    Here are the continuity rankings as they stand on Monday morning:

    % of 2021-22 regular-season minutes currently set to return

    Rank Team 21-22 Min. *Ret. Players Ret. Min. %Ret.M
    1. Toronto 19,855 14 18,871 95%
    2. Cleveland 19,730 13 17,611 89%
    3. Oklahoma City 19,805 15 17,308 87%
    4. Orlando 19,780 14 17,264 87%
    5. Chicago 19,730 12 17,057 86%
    6. Miami 19,854 14 16,822 85%
    7. Milwaukee 19,755 16 16,442 83%
    8. Memphis 19,780 12 16,120 81%
    9. New Orleans 19,755 14 15,776 80%
    10. Charlotte 19,880 12 15,761 79%
    11. Philadelphia 19,805 13 15,543 78%
    12. LA Clippers 19,980 13 15,490 78%
    13. Houston 19,755 11 15,071 76%
    14. Boston 19,905 10 14,888 75%
    15. Phoenix 19,730 10 14,737 75%
    16. New York 19,780 12 14,772 75%
    17. Dallas 19,755 11 14,168 72%
    18. Golden State 19,730 9 13,760 70%
    19. Detroit 19,780 11 13,556 69%
    20. Minnesota 19,780 8 13,089 66%
    21. San Antonio 19,805 10 11,650 59%
    22. Sacramento 19,805 10 11,426 58%
    23. Atlanta 19,705 8 10,978 56%
    24. Washington 19,830 11 10,889 55%
    25. L.A. Lakers 19,780 8 10,500 53%
    26. Utah 19,730 9 10,369 53%
    27. Indiana 19,879 11 10,350 52%
    28. Brooklyn 19,755 10 10,005 51%
    29. Denver 19,805 9 9,817 50%
    30. Portland 19,730 11 9,598 49%
    * Players who are currently under contract or have agreed to re-sign.

    At the top are the Toronto Raptors, who are set to bring back all 12 guys who played at least 450 minutes for them last season. Ten of those 12 were under contract, and they’ve re-signed Chris Boucher and Thaddeus Young.
     
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    Answer is obvious, bring in Micic and trade Dame.
     
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    With how much we played scrubs last year and benched starters; just imagine if we brought back the exact end of season roster.

    We'd still be way down on this list after the season.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jul 12, 2022
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