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  1. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Who doesn’t?
     
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    I don’t want twin towers…
    I want a bunch of forwards.
    You know, like Toronto (whom I do find interesting).
    Except they don’t have a single player as good as Dame.
    Oh, and they won a championship kinda recently.
    So what’s your point?
     
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  3. riverman

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    That height isn't winning you a championship...that talent is and two way play is. You've harped about size...the Jazz have had size, the Nuggets have size but no championship....if you like tall teams the Wolves will be playing twin tower ball....we won't. Choices..and uh....the current champs have one player over 6'9
     
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    I don't think they will be...I think they'll be a slow half court team. Couple decades out of the playoffs and the Wolves fans have nothing better to do than share dick pics..
     
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    Possibly true, but per Jody statement the "will be sold" could take 20 years.
     
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    If she's cheap there is no reason to keep it. Once a good enough offer comes in she'll sell.

    And if she's willing to spend for a winner I'm good with it.
     
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    Donald Sterling was cheap and an owner for over 33 years, probably would've been longer if he had the choice.

    An owner being cheap doesn't mean they will sell.
     
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    The NBA isn't going to let that happen again.

    And when Sterling was cheap he wasn't handing out contracts like Portland just did.
     
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  9. Chris Craig

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    Is she ever going to get more than what Knight offered?
     
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    Good question. She's probably not going to get less... Especially if Sharpe pops.
     
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    Yes, the Knight offer was a bit of a lowball offer.
     
  12. Chris Craig

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

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    I get that you have to pay over market value as it's an investment and the team value will continue to grow.
     
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    It was obviously about saving Jody money. It was the tax. Period.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Nobody said height wins championships, but it's certainly much more difficult to win championships without at least league-average size at most positions.
     
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    except at C...that's the big change. Maybe also PG

    but those middle 3 positions need to have length
     
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    Golden State sure figured that out...
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    The value of at least league-average size (and length) at most positions? Yes, they certainly did.
     
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    They won championships with one guy over 6'9 and Gary Payton guarding 5 positions...Draymond undersized...but it's all good if you think that's what wins championships....I think two way players and speed beats bigger slower teams most of the time. It's all good...Nurk, Winslow, Hart and Ant beat the Warriors without Dame before they got shut down last season...a fast break team can run a tall team out of the gym. As I said...Jazz and Nuggets haven't won a championship with all their size at all.....I'd happily put Hart and Payton against most SFs in the league and like my chances. Chauncey's Pistons championship runs featured the smallest center in the league in Ben Wallace...but the best team defense in the league...that's what I see as a winning formula...Lakers were big ...fell flat ....Clippers are shorter like us and actually had a better team than the Lakers. Nets had KD, Aldridge, Milsap and Griffin and couldn't win ....I thought last season the Lakers and Nets were locks for the finals...I was wrong.
     
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    Gary Payton and Draymond were their best defenders and both undersized. ...somehow their mismatched heights didn't make them less effective.
     
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