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Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by SIeepwalker, Jan 1, 2018.

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  1. Sarni

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    The team they have now is much more balanced, it got significantly younger too.

    Hood > Wade, Hill > IT, Nance > Crowder and Clarkson > Shumpert currently so it's no surprise, funnily though I fully expect Crowder to get back to good form now at Utah (he's already shown glimpses), IT will probably recover some form playing for his contract. Wade will enjoy retirement in Miami and Shumpert will remain awful.
     
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    I saw an interview with Tyronn Lue last night where he made this comment:

    "I thought that we've got guys that can shoot, dribble and pass, and they can make plays," Lue said of the revamped roster"

    Damn how many times have I begged for that. You would think most NBA players could all do this (and compared to most of us they all can) but in reality this has been our weakness as well. IMO a minimum of three players on the floor, at all times, should possess these 3 skills. To have four would be huge.
     
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    Unfortunately this was the case game after game season after season when he played here



    I just could not resist.
     
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    We were far better off with him as our wing then what we got now though.
     
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    Oh i agree. But he made me pull my hair out and i had enough of the nagging injuries because he played all summer for France.
     
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    If we had kept Henderson instead of signing Turner, and still let Vonleh go for nothing to save money, would we be worse off than with current Batum?
     
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    We would've been much better off.
    And there would've been no need to get rid of Vonleh in that scenario either.
     
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    Won’t even answer this sir, we didn’t.
     
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    True. I left that component in for "all else being equal" purposes.

    Well [not] said. ;)
     
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    So whoever runs the social media twitter account for Portland is sending these out to every team. It’s a thread long of cards to every team and it’s kinda stupid









     
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    That's cute!
     
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    I take back what I said, some of them are very clever
     
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    Bellineli 15pts in debut
     
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    Mitchell is SO good, fuck!!

    And E Payton was traded for a second rounder and had a triple double
     
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    Irving to Rozier - why didn't you pass
    Rozier - get outa my face.
    Irving to Ainge - trade me
     
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    So at the ASB the Rockets, not the Warriors are top seed in the west thanks to us lol

    AND the Blazers are 2.5 GB the 3rd seed and 2 games games ahead of the 10th place in the west... thinnest of margins coming up these last 24 games.
     
    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94, Feb 15, 2018
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    Chris Bosh STILL trying to make a return. I just don’t see it with his medical history but man I miss him on a basketball court. I still remember that game against us when he pretty much single handedly won it for the Heat without Wade or Lebron playing.

    What sucks the most is he developed into the exact type of player that so many teams now covet. He might have still been making all star games.
     
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    Who will be POTW in West? Dame or Davis?
     
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