All Things Whiteside

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    Um what?

    http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...ore-on-bosh-situation-dolphins-canes-mar.html

     
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    No State Income tax will mitigate some of that for the home games. If Bosh can't come back, can Neil convince him that Portland is better than Miami with a 36 year old Wade?
     
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    The way that I like to say it is that the city of Miami has a lot of retirees. Whiteside knows this because many of them play for the Heat.... :)
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Whiteside making all kinds of gains
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Wade is over the hill.

    Deng is a shell of himself.

    They have zero depth.

    What is the incentive to stay?
     
    Fez Hammersticks, May 30, 2016
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    What's the difference between Portland and Miami? It's more or less the same...

     
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    http://heatzone.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/02/10/where-does-whiteside-stand-in-heat-locker-room/
     
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    There were reports when Whiteside was with the Kings that veterans tried to help him and he just would not put in the work. I am not sure that handing 100 million to someone with motivation problems is a wise idea.
     
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    OK so the Wade quote was from March of last year......and then he went out and had a great year. So the question is he one the few who only play hard in his contract year? Or has the light turned on for good?
     
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    Let me preface this and say that I am not sold on Whiteside, but the fact the he persevered, went overseas, and apparently worked hard at the game does suggest significant signs of growing up and maturing.
     
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    That is two separate instances. The tweet is from 2015, the quotes from wade and bosh are from a year later, a few months ago.

    He might be a decent pickup, I'm just wary. The dude just seems like the classic "mail it in after getting 100 million dollars guaranteed" type.
     
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    Who named him Whiteside? In the NBA, that costs you a million dollars per year.
     
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    I'm sure Portland's not the only team that will push hard for him.
     
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    This goes without saying...
     
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    I think of us as a 50-win team even though we didn't win 50 because we spotted the league a bunch of games by attempting to develop Vonleh. Here are the 50+ win teams last year:
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    14, 12 and 4 out of the Center spot would be nice if he kept those numbers up. It would make Plumlee a trading piece which I think he has pretty good value.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Yeah, but sources close to Whiteside didn't mention any of those other teams as a possible landing spot. They specifically mentioned Portland.

    Of course, it could just be a rumor started by his agent to get MIA to up their offer, but even then, why would he single out POR?

    We won't know until we know, but this is really the only rumor we've heard in the past few days that specifically mentions the Blazers. So, food for thought...

    BNM
     
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