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  1. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    My God! The Blazers are screwed.

    It's basically you take our shitty players and we will take yours.
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Nicholson playing for the Bay Dragons in Asia still making 3 million a year from the Blazers? Wow?
     
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    I imagine he was paid off on that contract years ago. But the Blazers used the amnesty stretched the cap hit over 7 years, IIRC

    to be accurate, I believe the Blazers paid Crabbe 37M for one year of below average production, then had to absorb a 7 year burden of 2.88M/year; all because they could not bring themselves to be smart and not match that idiot contract
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    im more upset about stretching the nicholson deal than i am matching crabbe's.
     
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    the stupidity was matching Crabbe's offer sheet. Nicholson was just olshey's way of mitigating his own idiocy. Nicholson still had nearly 7M/year in contract over the next 3 seasons when Portland traded for him. I'm not going to try and figure if that would have monkey-wrenched anything the Blazers did in those 3 seasons. Maybe not, because that 2016 off-season was a disaster in many different ways, not just Crabbe. Over 340M in contracts given out and not an all-star in sight. And Portland went from 44 wins with a Suburu payroll to 41 wins with a Cadillac payroll
     
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    Spending or bleeding? I imagine they're pretty profitable, being in the LA market, but a quick search didn't turn up any answers to that. However, I found some amusing, similar naysaying:

    https://time.com/2800607/steve-ballmer-los-angeles-clippers-worth/

    Summary: Balmer spent $2B on the team in '14, which Time figures was four times what the franchise was worth.

    https://www.forbes.com/teams/los-angeles-clippers/

    Summary: The team was worth $3.3B a year ago.

    Also, Balmer is the richest owner in pro sports currently, with a net worth something like 6x what it was when he purchased the Clips. I've never understood how he's worth anything, let alone those kind of figures, when his fortune is all from driving Microsoft into the ground. I guess I'm guilty of doubting him, too. Sure seems like he knows what he's doing.
     
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    My friend saw Neil Olshey at the Greek fest earlier this evening. Surprised the guy is still in Portland, seemed like he wasn’t much of a fan of the city
     
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    Hell yes!
     
  10. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Year 20! Looking really “old”

     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    I'm happy for Larry. But he never seems to stay healthy. But anytime you can gain more financial security, way to go. That's good money considering injury history.
     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    That's hilarious. Sounded like he couldn't get on the plane soon enough. Maybe he was visiting friends.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    I think his daughter is a senior at Lake Oswego. No reason to uproot her if he doesn't have to.
     
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    His kids told their friends he was taking a job in Texas. According to a post on here.

    Greek fest is bomb though can’t blame him. Even though I think he’s just bifurcating.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    He still lives here.
     
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    does he have you over for BBQ?
     
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    If Lebron surpasses Kareem in points, Magic, maybe even Nash in assists and somehow take the Lakers all the way and is Finals MVP this season. Will he surpass MJ as the GOAT?
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Could certainly make a case for it but there are those including me that might say no.
     
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  20. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    Just the spit roast
     
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