Game Thread GAME# 18: BLAZERS @ BULLS - JANUARY 30, 2021 - SATURDAY, 5:00, NBCSNW

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What do you feel is more likely to happen in the next 5 years?

Poll closed Feb 4, 2021.

  1. Blazers winning a championship

    6 vote(s)
    15.0%

  2. Lillard winning regular season MVP

    34 vote(s)
    85.0%
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  1. Labinot41

    Labinot41 Well-Known Member

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    Best stint in a non dame/cj lineup this year
     
    Labinot41, Jan 30, 2021
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    yeah...Trent may be earning a huge raise that Portland can't afford
     
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    I love Melo I really do but this bench unit looks so much more functional when we're not trying to run the offense through him.
     
    Labinot41, Jan 30, 2021
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    Yes it will be hopefully we can find away to keep him.
     
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    Some team is going to give him a crazy contract. Maybe OKC
     
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    Dame/Simons/Trent lineup
     
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  7. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I believe they can re-sign him and afford him, right?

    I thought that was the reason they stayed below a certain cap threshold this year, and that was to avoid being a repeat offender, giving them the option to match Trent next year and not have such a huge tax offender bill?
     
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    BlayZa Misbehaving responsibly

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    if we lose GTJ to keep the dame/cj experiment going.....grrrr
     
    BlayZa, Jan 30, 2021
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Kanter kant be stopped in the post
     
    Darkwebs, Jan 30, 2021
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    Now we're cookin'...proud of the effort tonight
     
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    Shocked teams don't double him; he's a poor passer out of double teams.
     
    Tince, Jan 30, 2021
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    Good 2nd quarter effort. Let's see if Portland can come out strong in the 3rd
     
    Chris Craig, Jan 30, 2021
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    Shhhh
     
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    hood was really good defensively. lotsa deflections
     
    illmatic99, Jan 30, 2021
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    really good to see
     
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    Out score 32-19 the 2nd unit did very good job. 17 points from the bench and 11 assist. But we have to do better on the defense boards we gave up 8 offense boards but overall good 2nd quarter.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Every year it seems Portland has one quarter that they always come out flat on. 2nd quarter or 3rd quarter seem to be the quarter they suck in (tho this year, it seems to be 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters..).
     
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    If they trade Nurk & CJ they could afford him. He's made for todays game, inside out, post up, decent D, and moves well without the ball. I say we trade Nurk & CJ for another forward/center.
     
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  19. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Isn't he a RFA?

    Whether or not the WANT to pay him that much is a different story, but I don't think they have to worry about what they can or cannot afford.
     
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    the repeater tax kicks in after 3 of 4 seasons are in the tax. So, if Portland is over the tax next season because of signing Trent, they'd have to stay under the tax for the next 2 seasons.

    say some team offers Trent a starting salary of 23-24M. Portland would be over 112M with just 5 players (Dame-CJ-Trent-RoCo-Nurkic. If Jones and Hood both opt-in, Portland is over the tax line with 7 players (assuming the cap doesn't go up next year). And they'd be 8M over the line with 10 players and still need to add at least 4. And Zach wouldn't have counted yet

    it's not just that Portland would be over the tax line, it's that they'd be way over the line. And the next season they'd be at 105M for just Dame-CJ-Trent

    I don't see how it's sustainable. And I am pretty sure that Jody Allen and the Vulcans don't have the stomach for paying tax that PA did. Plus, if she is thinking about selling the team, she won't want to saddle the team with a major tax problem
     
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