Dame all but demanding vet roster

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  1. blazedanugz

    blazedanugz Well-Known Member

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    Are we really talking about a video game addiction…? What a degenerate!
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I have seen video game addictions ruin lives. Games like World of Warcraft have ended marriages, caused people to flunk out of college, and ignore their family and friends to the point of isolation. Some people play 12+ hours of video games a day. It's sadly not a joke.
     
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    I have trouble staying awake for 12 hours

    I usually sleep-post to this fucking place
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Because you guys are a bunch of geezers. We are typically talking about people in their 20s who have these kinds of gaming addictions.
     
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    Especially when you have a huge salary, and can buy as many golden mystery boxes as you want, to turn your video game guys into invincible digital beasts.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    That's the beauty of video games. You don't need a lot of money. $15 a month will get you on WoW where you can waste your life away.
     
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    Last call for Beal & Porzingus ?

    we probably know the Wizards will want to start over around Kuzma. They canned their idiot GM and might be looking for picks and a tank.

    What can the Blazers trade to get a swing for the fences former All-Star player from the Wizards?

    It's a lot of salary swap, but either Beal or Porzingus is an upgrade for this Portland team, pending what players and picks are involved.
     
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    Beal is a hard no. Huge contract and basically CJ.
     
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    I listened. Some guy doing a lot of begging to get the 3rd pick. Nothing the Bulls currently possess is worth the pick. He does an excellent job proving up Scoot making it much more so I don't want to trade the pick. Waste of time.
     
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    Posted from your moms basement.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    I have a friend who covers the Suns on Youtube. Apparently he had Ayton's dad (he had random old videos with Ayton on the channel) comment something on an Ayton video along the lines of "Ayton's ego has caused a falling out with his own family" (paraphrasing). Coupled with the fact that this guy will lose sleep playing video gamed and hasn't improved in years, is in a KD contract and is softer mentally than dome people realize, that's not the type of guy to pay a max contract too, let alone trade assets for.
     
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    @Tince you know what I like about you? We disagree often, but I don’t think I have even once seen you insult me or anyone else. You're always respectful and you usually can tell when I’m being facetious. I appreciate you!
     
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    What about this deal to make Dame happy

    Simons
    Nurk
    Knicks pick

    for

    Ayton

    3
    Little

    For

    Wagner
    11

    Dame
    Sharpe
    Wagner
    Grant
    Ayton

    we won’t win anything, but we’ll have vets and guys Dame wants
     
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    It's amazing how that whole Payton/Toradol story just up and disappeared as if it never was spoken the moment it turned out people from the Warriors end of things were lying. No action from the NBA about the Warriors slandering another team. No retraction from the overrated journalists that ran with the story. Nope. Just like a "just kidding," even though a bunch of casual fans still have the impression the Blazers have their players working in sweatshop conditions.
     
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    I think we would win a lot, I don't know that it puts us in contention. I do think that if you're giving up pick 23 that the Suns should have to give up Payne to backup Dame. I think if you are sending Little with pick 3 to the Magic you should also think of who we could get for 11 and the TPE... or maybe we just trade down from 11 to 21 and 22. We could probably take GG Jackson and Kris Murray.
     
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    You're an idiot! Feel better now? :cheers:

    I've been told I'm a POS by plenty here when we don't agree on a topic. Like it can be with you, my relentlessness of driving a point home can frustrate people, but I really don't dislike people here. Most importantly, I don't want the debate to shift to who is a bigger jerk between me and them because the facts are not in my favor AND this place is better when the topic is basketball related.

    Speaking of which: Dame hasn't demanded a trade at this point, but he might in the future. There, it's settled!
     
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  19. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    My biggest complaint about you is that you can be slippery like a politician. It’s hard to get you to commit!
     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    To Chicago, i agree. I think the Blazers can get DeMar / pick reconciliation with that #23 and and maybe those 2nd rounders. They need Draft Capital. But for an All NBA wing , trading that 3rd makes way more sense. The Blazers need a true difference maker (Siakam, Bridges, Markkanen) in the frontcourt. Drafting Scoot is Neil Olshey Part Deux.
     

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