Let's talk Aminu

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  1. Orion Bailey

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    Whoosh. Sorry man. Same thing. He is gonna get a contract. Thats assured. All thats left is playing for how much money. I dont think he does this. I think he plays like a contract year every year which is saying he gives it every night regardless.
     
  2. James lamphear

    James lamphear Well-Known Member

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    I can't argue with that.
     
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    I have to disagree on Leonard/Hark. I suppose they could be bought out - but what would be the point?
     
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    Yeah, they won't be bought out until after the trade deadline at the earliest if at all.
     
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    I think they will be part of a trade.
     
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    We can hope. :cheers:
     
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    If I were to judge just by eye, I would make the same judgment. But I actually trust adjusted +/- taken over 5 years more than I trust my b-ball eye. Based on that Aminu is better. I think it is just too easy to overlook or underestimate the effect of defense when watching a basketball game.
     
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    Losing Aminu would be a huge huge mistake. Hopefully Blazer management is not that dumb. Kanter is probably an overrated, mostly-sideways move. He's not that much of an upgrade and he hurts Zach's development.
     
  9. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    mediocre.

    MEDIOCRE!
     
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    I can not wait until he is finally gone. Give Zach all the minutes at power forward and live with the result. Aminu is so bad on offense and his defense is ovverated af
     
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    I like Aminu, I just think Stotts trusts him too much. He’s more of a bench player than starter. Always has been. Collins should be starting by now but it won’t happen until Olshey takes Aminu away from Terry, or Terry is fired.
     
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    The only thing I disagree with is liking Aminu. I don't like Aminu. But everything else I agree with. I still wouldn't like him as a bench player, but I'd have far fewer issues with him if he were a bench player.
     
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    Eh. We've gone 6-2 in the postseason. Chief had a couple of good games against OKC. He's due to have one against Denver.

    Pretty promising that we're up 2-1 and Chief and Curry really have been non-factors so far and Zach's probably made three bad plays to every good play. Those trends aren't going to continue.

    We might have taken Denver's best shot tonight. They might be punched out.
     
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    Chief is what he is, we need him, he's part of the machine, a very good help-defender that gets some key loose balls. Curry has had a subpar game but he nailed the important free throws and was able to get the ball from the in-bounds when we could have lost it god forbid. Zach was amazing on defense throughout, except a few occasions when he was a bit intimidated by Jokic dirty play. Kanter also, incredible to see how far he's come on defense.

    Don't know if we've taken their best shot but the series is far from over, we won the game but in 4 overtimes, doesn't mean it's gonna be easy from now on
     
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    Chief is like that "lovable teddy bear". No matter how ragged he gets, you can't throw him by the wayside. He's an important cog to this team. It's just frustrating when he's Brick City. I just hope, and in some ways, believe, that he will hit some key shots going forward. Pleaseeeeee.
     
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    Butterfingers drive me crazy. Every time he takes it to the hoop I call it, "Adventures in Dribbling."
     
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    I thought Zach did great job on Jokic last night except one spin move he made on Zach. He try to back down Zach and he couldn't do it and same with pumlee last night. Yea Zach make mistakes here and there and you can say that about anyone. But I disagree he makes 3 bad mistake to one good one. I would flip flop that on Zach.
     
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    They’ve come this far as a team.

    Let’s ride together, let’s “die” together.

    I’m in on this team. Sucks we lost Nurk. Big fucking time.

    But I’m in on this team. Year in, year out. We have 4-5 more seasons. It’s what NO does to replace the guys like Curry, Hood, Kanter, for the next 4-5 seasons that keeps us as a legit team or a playoff pretender.
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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