Game Thread 2021 NBA Finals - Suns vs Bucks!

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by SlyPokerDog, Jul 3, 2021.

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Who do you want to win the championship?

  1. Suns

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    32.4%

  2. Bucks

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    35.3%

  3. Don't Care

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    17.6%

  4. Either Or

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    14.7%
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  1. Tince

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    I think the key to winning in a market like Portland is finding undervalued talent and getting them at a decent price. So many options from there.

    Paying guys like Portis/Tucker a ton of money now would not help us in my opinion. Sadly, we might be in that position with Norm as well.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    If the Blazers were in the finals there would be that many people too
     
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    That will be a big tax bill unless they give a massive discount. I have a feeling the Knicks will sign him.
     
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    The amount of Bud haters in Milwaukee were very very close to the amount of Stotts haters here. They were saying the same things too.

    Bud just has more talent.
     
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    Man, Monty Williams has more class in his big toe than I do in my entire body. I could never do this.

     
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    The size thing is in your guy's head. It is all about talent and skill Again Cp3 was the smallest guy on the court and as always played well. Holiday plays great D but shot poorly in 4 of the 6 games tonight. I will take Ayton over Lopez any day. Yes, Tucker is thick but very short for his position.
    Middleton at 6'7" has the same wingspan as NP.

    So basically we are talking about one guy that absolutely dominated because of his size and talent.
    Bottom line they were more experienced and talented.
     
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    They only have non-bird rights on Portis so unless they use the taxpayer MLE on him which is the same thing we can offer, then the can only offer him 4.5M. The question really is what our team looks like. If our roster allows us to offer him a starting role when Milwaukee can't... he might come here.
     
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    We shoulda kept Monty.
     
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    1977 Philly team was one...guess who beat them
     
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    Congratulations Milwaukee. Way to show America, you don't have to be a big market. What a spectacular crowd. NO MORE SUPER TEAMS
     
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    Monty choked. The fans would have run him out of town by Midnight.
    Seriously though I like him but he made some head-scratching decisions. I would still take him though.
     
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    Great Picture of Mr. Allen and Dame, Tweak
     
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    53-37 advantage on the boards. That’s size.
     
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    So if the Blazers makes the Finals… where is Portland’s Deer District to put all that 65k fans?
     
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    Rose Quarter , Multiple Screens between Moda, Restaurant, and Memorial Coliseum.
     
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    Other than the Parking structures, surface lots could be used as well. Take Max.
     
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