Free Agent Gary Payton II to the Blazers

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  1. hoopsjock

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    Says the same people who whined for the last 7 years about the heights of the players. Pretty ironic.
     
    hoopsjock, Jul 1, 2022
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    Wow I know I alreadty commented about this once but I can't believe that we paid GP2 twice as much as the Pacers paid Jalen Smith. I think Jalen Smith fills a lot more needs on this team and it wouldn't have hard capped us.
     
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    When did Gundersen do that?
     
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    I think Portland is overpaying, and shouldn't have signed him for more than the tax-MLE, but he did average 18 minutes, not 10
     
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    It is strange that Golden State could have had GP2 back, but let him go and replaced him with DiVincenzo.
     
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    We signed gpII to a fully guaranteed three year. DiVincenzo is most likely a one year deal.
     
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    Payton is getting paid way more than what DiVincenzo is getting. They couldn’t keep Payton. Golden State is already paying $170M in luxury tax. They need to focus on next season when Wiggins and Poole are up for new contracts.
     
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    not really. It would’ve cost golden state nearly 70M to keep GP and made their upcoming extensions with Poole, etc even more expensive.
     
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    Golden State never cared about the Lux Tax.....until GP2 and OPJ? Guess the owner has his limits.
     
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    No, it’s not about GP2 and OPJ. It’s looking ahead to Wiggins and Poole next season.
     
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    GSW only had early-bird rights to GPII. I think they were maxed out at offering the Tax-MLE
     
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    He had to share minutes with Curry, Poole, and Klay last season and still made a major impact. Look- the best players will play. If GP2 is better than Hart, great, he'll play. If Hart is better, great he'll play. And then you have to remember- injuries happen. I remember when we signed Juwan Howard and everyone was like "he'll never actually play." And then he ended up STARTING for a good portion of the season. Depth is a good thing.
     
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    Well, we have PLENTY of guard depth.
     
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    Dame, Ant, Hart, and Payton II. I look at Sharpe as being a potential 3 with Nas. Man! I like this group and the potential. Johnson and Bledsoe probably on way out. William has time to develop.
     
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    It is sad that we have become so jaded as fans of our team.
     
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    Just my 2 cents, I love their show and how they choose to carry themselves and I hope to God they ignore people like you. Eric and Torey are smart. It's never a bad time to talk down to idiots. Idiots deserve far worse for what they've given back to the world.
     
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    They might have plenty of "guard depth", but some of that depth (Didi, Johnson, Williams) will probably never see much more than 500 minutes this year, combined.
     
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    Good luck to Billups. He not only has to teach (and persuade) Lillard and Simons to play defense but he has to continue re-vamping our offensive style and figure out how to integrate Payton and Grant into it.
     
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    Yippee. We got Johnson for Norman Powell.
     
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