A dent in Woj's armor

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Remember the big Stein story about Aldridge leaving that we all trashed? Well, Woj was clearly on board with trashing Stein and was the guy who pointedly pushed "the Blazers are right there still, despite what other LOSERS are telling you" line.

    Turns out, Stein was right, Woj was wrong.
     
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    Woj made sure to hedge his bets; I don't see how us not getting LMA back makes Woj wrong about anything.
     
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    Woj has the best sources in the NBA. I'm guessing he knows who Stein's sources are. Who was the first to announce that LMA was signing with the Spurs today? It wasn't Stein.
     
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    Olshey is one of Woj's biggest sources for info...look at ALL of his tweets involving PDX/Aldridge. Every single of his tweets about us are put in a positive light.
     
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    Are you taking an educated guess? Or do you know something?
     
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    I've heard from a couple different sources that they have a friendly relationship. Look at the past weeks tweets involving the Blazers, his article at the beginning of FA about LA and the Blazers, and then also his tweet today about the Blazers being in great position to rebuild--have you seen him do that for any other team? I can't in recent memory.

    I haven't heard it from Olshey himself, but I've heard from people I trust that he does feed him quite a bit, and if you look at the evidence it's pretty clear, IMO.
     
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    So I guess Kim Hughes was fired for nothing?
     
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    Sauces...

    Lol
     
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    No. His firing was because he's a fucking idiot that couldn't keep his mouth shut
     
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    Too many of you have bought into Canzamo and his evil spin mindset. Sad really. Even Stein said it was down to Blazers, Sun's and Spurs. I have yet to see Woj tweet something unless it was right. He thrives on his credibility.
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Exactly!!! The #TinFoilHatBrigade is in full force this morning
     
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    Theory as to why Hughes was fired. It may be that we had Monroe all but locked up on the premise that Lamarcus would be back if we also had Greg.... Monroe and his agent hear Hughes comment and dig a little deeper, find out that Lamarcus isn't 100% decided yet, do they back out to go to a team that is already set. In this theory we may have been able to convince Lamarcus to stay as well. By Hughes flapping his gums we may have lost bo th Monroe and Aldridge, totally screwing over our plans.
     
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    About... nothing?
     
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    It was absolutely something. Regardless if it was true or not, he opened his mouth and it hurt what we planned in FA. The ripple effect of the dumb fuck could cost the Blazers in ticket sales, corporate advertisement and team moral.

    A smart man would keep their mouth shut, knowing they signed a "non disclosure" the moment they were hired. Sucks that he's a fucking idiot, but he may learn on his next job, that is, if a teams stupid enough to hire a gossip queen.
     
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    If the franchise knew 100% that Lamarcus wasn't coming back at that point in time they would have fine Hughes not fired him. I think it is apparent that the Blazers found his comments detrimental to their ability to conduct business.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Didn't something similar regarding the Bulls FO come out last year about him as well?

    His sources require favours.
     
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    I think it was Dumars in Detroit.
     
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    That wouldn't get you fired, it would get you killed.
     
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    That's it, Detroit not Chicago.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Nah. The Vulcans have long had a reactionary, paranoid streak. They don't like anything that breaks message. All violators will be executed!
     
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