OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: JULY 2024

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  1. beast blazer

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    OR-84 Rip City Baby!!! GO BLAZERS!!!

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    Blazer legend Petteri Koponen. Sisu!!!
     
    OR-84, Jul 24, 2024
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    So Wizards got a "haul" for Deni but the Dame return isn't a "haul"?
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jul 24, 2024
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    Did you know that the now 36-year-old Koponen is currently coach of the New Zealand Breakers?
     
    Rastapopoulos, Jul 24, 2024
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    What's hysterical about that is the 2029 pick was crapped on as being so far away when we got it for Dame, now it's "potential lottery". Have seen it before on different returns, to it his agenda. It's a joke to just lean negative on the Blazers for no reason.
     
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    The Dream Team lost a tuneup to an NCAA all-star team before the Olympics.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jul 24, 2024
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    Ah, but that's already been ret-conned. Now people say that Chuck Daly intentionally threw the game to light a fire under his teams asses. It's never explained how he did that, given that he wasn't actually playing, but this is a real theory that I've seen people really espouse. For example:

    https://www.thesportscol.com/2017/10/dream-team-vs-college-stars/
     
    Rastapopoulos, Jul 24, 2024
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    Well fuck, the fire under the Blazers' asses is going to be HUGE with all the intentional losing Billups has done.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jul 24, 2024
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    yeah, Dame and Avdija are the same level as players, so there is plenty of equivalency in defining the return...get real

    right now, the "haul" for Dame, after factoring Nurkic and Little is, approximately, Avdija, Timelord, and a 1st round pick in 2029; and a couple of swaps, one of which is encumbered. For Damian Lillard. Camara might be added to that if you're working hard to try and call it a great haul, but maybe not

    that's a decent return of course if Avdija is all star talent. He may be...may not be
     
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    anyone know when the fan fest is?
     
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    I just learned that the Dream Team in ‘92 went up against 5 NBA players….. this years team will play 61.
     
    THE HCP, Jul 24, 2024
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    That’s really something. The NBA (basketball for that matter) has really gone global.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Oh guess it was Microsoft wbd ran nba tv and was in a partnership with league pass i guess my bad

    League Pass is operated by NBA Digital, a partnership between the league and TNT Sports that also includes ownership of NBA TV, the league’s cable network. This is why you see TNT personalities like Taylor Rooks and Jared Greenberg hosting NBA Digital content.

    https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/whe...ated by,Greenberg hosting NBA Digital content.
     
    Driew, Jul 25, 2024
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    BigGameDamian, Jul 25, 2024
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    post of the year?
     
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