Game Thread 2022-23 Game #40 - BLAZERS VS MAGIC - JANUARY 10, 2023 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT)

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  1. FlashWad

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    We would of got under the tax just with the cj trade.. clippers trade was a travesty. Stop bailing out Cronin.
     
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    But then he signed a replica of CJ to a $100 mil deal.

    One of those guys needs to go or it’ll never work.
     
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    Oh okay that’s right
     
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    Cj is better than ant lol
     
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    If 62 points on 89% shooting at the rim isn't good enough...
     
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    Billups didnt use his challenge and had a timeout left over.

    A few calls in the fourth i woulda at least tried to use it for.
     
    illmatic99, Jan 10, 2023
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    His 4 FT’s didn’t win them the game. Did you expect him to go 0-4?
     
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    Powell has played 93% of his minutes at guard for the Clippers. He was a SF in Portland and he's no PG. And of course, keeping him would have Portland in the repeater tax next year
     
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    Simons is better than CJ was at the same age.
     
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    Yes he is.

    Is he $11m/year better? Probably not.
     
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    Look at the bright side guys. We are 19-21…

     
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    Especially the OF they called on Nurk, looked like a perfectly legal screen.
     
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    He should’ve been a SG like he is in LA. But this team has an affinity for small 2 guards who can’t defend
     
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    I don't have a direct quote, but if he's keeping Dame no matter what, wouldn't he be (by definition) a bad GM if he's not trying to win games and contend?

    The key to what he's said, in my estimation, is less that he'd promise (or not) results, but that all his efforts would be centered around Dame.
     
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    A young nucleus figuring things out vs. our rather old squad.
     
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    No, I would not expect him to go 0-4. Nor would I expect him to go 4-4. The law of averages would expect him to have gone 2-4 or 3-4.

    Even one less point down the stretch changes those last possessions.
     
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    or continuation on the Ant three.

    or the foul called on Hart when Paolo hooked him... etc ,etc.
     
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    LOL...Olshey was a fucking idiot GM. I'll blame him for as many years as he was mismanaging the Blazers. So I have 9 years to go
     
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    I think Dame is still tradeable if the team wants to move towards youth. If you're going in that direction it would be smart to package him with GP2 or really shop GP2 in another deal.

    I doubt that's the direction we're going to head in but Dame and Ant are about as complementary as Dame and CJ were so they can't stay together. I think Nurk could still be very useful in the league and is on a contract that reflects his value but Chauncey has him defending in space, that just doesn't work. He's either ineffective or in foul trouble.
     
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  20. MickZagger

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    how many FT’s did he make during the Magic’s 15-0 run to start the 3rd quarter. So much to gripe about kinda weird to focus on a 70% FT shooter making all 4 of his FT’s
     
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