Exclusive Ayton is agreeing to buyout

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  1. SharpesTriumph

    SharpesTriumph Well-Known Member

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    We didn't have to get rid of Nurk and I don't see why we ever thought the need to sign him. But once we signed him it was a sunk cost and I think everyone is fine we moved on from him. Vast majority seem fine we now moved on from Ayton.
     
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    Mostly referring to his public comments he made that if Dame was gone, he'd be gone too. I don't think he wanted to be here. I don't think the Blazers wanted him here. It was just good to get rid of him.
     
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    C'mon bro! You've posted this EXACT same opinion in a couple of decades worth of threads homeslice!
     
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    YOU think that. They sure as hell better not think that. That would be so fucking dumb on their part.

    Yang will be mid. No rational gm or front office would ever do this.

    Now back to the reality of the situation, because this isnt it.
     
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    Blazers could have drafted Camara but chose Rupert instead

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    yeah...I stand corrected...they really wanted him after summer league but also before the draft they had checked him out. In the end ..they wanted and got him. Tou is also quite a few years older than Rupes. Rupes is 21 and Tou is 25
     
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    And you've been married how many times?
     
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    it's entirely possible Cronin/Schmitz watched Camara in SL and then wanted him included in the Dame trade. Cronin said they wanted picks and at least one young prospect for Dame, and Camara fit the young prospect part of the equation

    but the Blazers had not targeted Camara before that point
     
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    When I met with Schmitz, he said he's been following him since Camara was in the 8th grade.
     
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    Schmitz has been following probably over a thousand basketball players since they were 14. Dude is only where he's at because he's known every prospect on that level since 2007 and his ability to make good assessments.
     
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    3rd time the charm
     
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    Bizarre that they wouldn't have got a 52nd pick for him then. Would have cost little.

    Or maybe Schmitz has followed every top100 prospect for many years so he can later on claim that about near everyone.
     
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    at the time of the draft, Blazers obviously valued Rupert more than Camara
     
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    Or maybe he ranked them 1a and 1b for that draft position/range, and Cronin made the choice.

    All I know is that Schmitz said he was at a tournament with other scouts. They were there to see a different player who was older, but it was the youngest kid there who played limited minutes that drew his attention, and he followed him ever since.
     
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    Scouted and knew of him? Yes.
    His workout with the Blazers — after many others — was not good at all.
    Targeted prior to Summer League? No. Saw him and had a holy crap moment.
    Got him in the Ayton trade — insisted? Yes.
    That’s the way I heard it.
     
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    This forum pedantic? Indeed.
     
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    learning can be expensive....I know that now
     
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