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  1. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    They realized that Lebron is only on a 2 year contract.
     
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    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    Your following me around this forum like white on rice. Trying to find some posts to delete?
     
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    Now's our chance to get Koponen back!!! Who's with me!?!?
     
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    Because he's good? Or because he's foreign?
     
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    The_Lillard_King Westside

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    I don't think it matters if it was a 10 yr contract, what lebron wants is what the Cavs will get. They may have a potential future star SF in Wiggins, but Lebron is a SF and wants to win now. Trade the potential future all star for a current PF all star. I knew Cavs would cave with the tough Wiggins talk . . . Kyrie, Lebron and Love is a scary big three.

    You like young talent, would you trade LA for Wiggins, Bennent and a first round pick?
     
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    They lost him once, you know they don't want to lose him again. They probably won't pull the trigger on any trade unless Lebron signs off on it first.
     
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    Agree. Lebron runs the show in Cleveland. It's because he wants Love that Cleveland will offer Wiggins.

    James has reached out to Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Kevin Love and expressed a desire for them to play together in Cleveland, front-office sources told Yahoo Sports. Love is enthusiastic about the idea of teaming with James on the Cleveland Cavaliers, sources said. James' decision to sign only a two-year contract that affords him the option of again becoming a free agent at the end of next season has not tempered Love's interest in joining James on the roster. Yahoo! Sports
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Did the FA Started thread become haunted?
     
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  9. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Well, it's not really a catch-all for NBA news. We've moved beyond the main free agency period.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    LMAO
     
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    Gustavo Ayon is available. He's got to be better than Meyers, right?

    [video=youtube;S4WsaW7-Yb8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4WsaW7-Yb8[/video]
     
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    Missed our chance!!!!
     
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    Josh Smith on the block. I know we've been over this, but would you do this? It would give us a bench of Kaman, Blake, Smith, CJ and either Barton or some SF we can pick up now they're being waived all over the place. (Carney didn't even look that bad when he got minutes.) Smith was awful for Detroit, and has a huge contract, but he was being played at SF, which encourages his worst jacking tendencies. Put him at PF and make him stay away from the three point line, and maybe he'd return to better form. And isn't he essentially what we hope Thomas Robinson might someday approach?
     
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    He would be horrible in our offense. Good player, but I do not think it is a good fit.
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    So you want Batum or Matthews to come off the bench? Josh Smith will not want to come off the bench.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Does any NBA player really want to come off the bench?
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Interesting use of the word "won".

    BNM
     
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  19. Rastapopoulos

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    You may be right but I'd like to see an argument. And doesn't he have essentially the same skillset as Thomas Robinson (albeit more proven and with a history of being a really good defender) whom we'd be hoping to integrate into the offense if no trade is made?
     
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    Mitch Kupchak is having that blown up and laminated and is really really hoping it will placate Kobe.
     
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