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  1. wizenheimer

    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    probably the plan

    Utah owes their 2026 first to OKC but it's top-8 protected so they have some strong motivation to suck again
     
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    I'm sure he wants to go elsewhere, but I'd love spending our 15th spot on him, and keeping him around for a while. Like Miami did with haslem. Be an elder statesmen in the room. A player coach position basically.
     
    RR7, Jul 7, 2025
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  3. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    It's playing the odds, but they still don't have a superstar player to build around...... and neither do we technically.

    Utah is in the same boat as us, where they're never going to get a superstar requesting to be traded there or sign there. But we pulled out of the nose dive and they didn't. I guess we're hoping that one of Deni/Shae/Scoot becomes a superstar.
     
    Natebishop3, Jul 7, 2025
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    I think Toumani has superstar potential too. Developing like Jimmy Butler did.
     
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    Prokorov might have helped more than McHale.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jul 7, 2025
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    Yeah - I think it depends if you want the best chance to build a winner or best chance to win a title.

    Ainge strategy is better to get a title - but might have more losing seasons first. Potentially even closer to a decade of losing.

    Blazers seem to be in a rush to become a middling playoff team.
     
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    I am not seeing much of a difference in what Ainge did and what Joe did.
    Last year, they kept Clarkson, Lauri, and Collins. Seems pretty similar to Grant, Simons, and Ayton
    Now both are moving on.

    I lived in Utah for 11 years. I don't think they will go for a decade of losing any more than most Portland fans.
     
    Pinwheel1, Jul 7, 2025
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    You don't see a difference in PDX paying 105million for 35 year old Jrue and what Utah is doing? Ainge broke up a playoff team for a haul of picks.

    Cronin is clearly trying to win sooner and has handed out huge contracts to many middling vets. Utah paid Lauri but that's it. They got vets in trades to acquire picks. Cronin has given out many picks for vets.

    Utah is on year 4 of losing and probably at least 3 more years away from the playoffs whenever they switch to trying to win. So it's probably not too far from eventually getting close to a decade.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jul 7, 2025
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    It'll take 4 or 5.
     
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    WTF is this.... So now Jokic is a bad teammate?

    MPJ flourish? He might score a bunch. Look at how much $ Cam Thomas is getting in free agency after putting up buckets on a losing team. Clarkson/Sexton/Ant/Whitmore. Meanwhile 40yr old Horford/Lopez get way more interest.

    The NBA doesn't care about empty stat PPG like it used to decades ago.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jul 7, 2025
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    I dont understand why Valanciunas wouldn't want to play for a contender.
     
    HailBlazers, Jul 7, 2025
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    Because Greece is simply a better place to live than America.
     
    Sheldon Shape, Jul 7, 2025
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    Greece >> America
     
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    He does! Panathinaikos is one of the top teams in Europe.
     
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    Still Free Agents

    Dame
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    Trade Grant for him.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jul 8, 2025
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    Beal is still on the Phoenix Suns.

    This would be a hell of a lineup back in 2017.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jul 8, 2025
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