Game Thread GAME# 50: BLAZERS @ SUNS - JANUARY 24, 2019 - THURSDAY, 6:00 PM, NBCSNW

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If you could cut one player from our roster (and shed their contract), whom would you pick?

Poll closed Feb 6, 2019.

  1. Aminu

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  2. Harkless

    4 vote(s)
    6.6%

  3. Leonard

    8 vote(s)
    13.1%

  4. McCollum

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    3.3%

  5. Stauskas

    2 vote(s)
    3.3%

  6. Turner

    39 vote(s)
    63.9%

  7. Other

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    3.3%

  8. Swanigan

    4 vote(s)
    6.6%
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  1. hoopsjock

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    Did you go to the game?
     
    hoopsjock, Jan 25, 2019
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    Agreed. At $10M with one year remaining, I no longer consider Meyers a bad contract. You really couldn't ask for a better teammate.
    I would definitely include Meyers in a trade if we were getting value back. But I definitely WOULD NOT attach assets in order to dump Meyers.
     
    blue9, Jan 25, 2019
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    What players will be free agents the following year when our large contracts expire? To make an educated decision you have to look at all angles.
     
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    Nah. Too lazy to drive downtown. I watched the Suns’ broadcast, which gave a different perspective on things. They were pretty complimentary about the Blazers. Jake seems to be in their heads a bit. 24 against the Suns in Portland and 20 last night.
     
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    Last two games you see Aminu playing time is getting lesser. Against OKC he barely play in the 4th against Phoenix he didn't play in the 2nd and in the 4th. It been Layman out there taking those minutes. Meyers didn't play at all last night. What see there a trade coming between 3 players Aminu Layman Leonard. Is Layman getting a lot minutes due to there going trade Aminu or are they show casing Layman for a trade with him. Both players are in there contract year. Did Leonard get shut down last night due to they are going to trade him. But remember I am speculating what might be happening.
     
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    None of them. All of those are players that will be free agents this summer that Scalma is suggesting could be available to sign here twith the full MLE that would be made available to us by using a pick to dump a contract.
     
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    Aminu hurt his finger last night and likely the reason he didn't play in the 4th in a blowout.
     
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    Man, now thats a ghost from the past.
     
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    That wasn't my point. I was wondering who will be the free agents the next year when we will definitely be below the cap to have the full mle. Is it worthwhile losing an asset for next year or keep the asset and go after a free agent the following year for the full mle.
     
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    The Blazers only have six players under contract for the 20-21 season at $90M. That includes Biggie, and my educated guess says they won’t be picking up his $3.6M option. So that’s really only five players under contract.
     
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    Maybe but his finger wasn't hurt when he almost didn't play the whole 4th against OKC except last couple minutes.
     
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    I think you are trying to read way to much into it. He played 31 minutes that game which is above his average.
     
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    My mistake--I misinterpreted your post. My apologies.
     
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    no problem. :cheers:
     
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    I already answered that. They have played 50 games. Playing 50 games. A team with a 500 record would have a 25-25 win loss record. If the blazers would have lost 5 more games they would indeed have a 500 record. But they have won those games so they are .600 with a 30-20 record.
    You are correct. My mistake.
     
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    No you just answered after last night. I asked before when they were 29-20.
     
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    Half game involved. Not an even number. What is your number on it? If you are going to say 9 games i'm gonna say i disagree and leave it at that. Because if you are at the end of a season a 50 win team is not 18 games above 500. A 50 win team is 9 games over 500 at 50-32.
     
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    So in your way you can only say a team is "this" many games above .500 when they've played an even amount of games? Have you ever read that in an article or anything where they say one game that the team is 10 games over .500 and then the next game they say that we have to wait for them to play another game before we can calculate it again? Doesn't that sound a little ridiculous?

    I totally get that a 30-20 is 5 games better than a team that was 25-25. However in your way of thinking you'd have to take wins away from them to only have 25 wins. They already have 30 so 25-25 isn't possible. Therefore they are currently 10 games above .500. Any other answer changes what has actually happened in reality.
     
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    Literally nowhere or nobody else calculates it that way. It's not about changing the past, it's about what would have to happen in the future. Right now we are 30-20. How many games, GOING FORWARD would it take for us to get to .500 ? The answer is 10(assuming, obviously, we lose the right amount) . At 30-20, it would take 10 losses, not 5, to get to .500. Thus 10 over. You cant time travel, so it's about future. Its not about agreeing to disagree, you're just wrong on it, sorry.
     
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    OK. So you want to say a 50 win team is 18 games over 500. Fine then. I'm good with that.
     
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