Lillard makes for an intriguing trade asset--discuss

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  1. Minstrel

    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    Hello darkness, my old friend
    Yes, that was the one season I referenced. 31-32% is still not good three-point shooting. And those were after 9 years in the NBA--he didn't keep improving. The season before his first 30% year was one of his worst, at 19.6%.

    Anyway, whether or not Magic could have been a great shooter, could have been a dominant scorer--it's not really that important. I think Antetokounmpo can have a Hall of Fame career even as a weak three-point shooter. It's not necessarily ideal, but he does so many other things so well that he can survive as a superstar without it.
     
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    Yeah but his last all star game when he came back and stole the MVP from Clyde he shot it 90%....(I am joking)
    Again it was a different era with different priorities. 33% from deep was considered a success. He sure seemed to hit 3's in the clutch. At least against us.
     
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    He might pull the trigger and actually do it. I've had my theories as to who BGD actually is. I might be right.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Heard that the Lillard talks were quite some time ago before Parker was injured. Also heard it was never really close. Prob. nothing there. ✔️
     
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    Should prob change thread title.
     
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    Done.
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    I'd be furious, either way.


    At least until if and when I saw our record improve...
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Why are people so committed to the idea of dame/CJ long term? What's going to change in the next few years? Why will this suddenly work?
     
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    It won't.
     
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    My thoughts are, I was never sold on the team in 15-16. Davis was the only signing I sort of liked. Everyone else... Well.
    Aminu - was a scrub.
    Harkless - had the P-word attached to his name.
    Nards - needed to have his name wrote on the bench, and a personal towel.
    Plumlee - undersized and doesn't excel at anything, too similar to Hickson.
    Henderson - a shooting guard who doesn't fit next to Lillard.
    Crabbe - that P-word again.
    Vonleh - that P-word again.

    If you go back to the win prediction thread for that year, I predicted mid 30's.
    I ate crow and was happy to do so. But I still wasn't sold on the team.

    This year I liked the Turner signing a lot, he started slow but picked it up
    I think if Portland can get players who aren't career 3rd tier players, Lillard/CJ can work as a back court.
    But right now... They have a lot of players playing, who should be backups of backups.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I'm just not sure I see that changing anytime soon. Nurkic was a nice addition, but I feel like this team needs more than prospects. They need at least one more really good player, or they need to dump one of their guards. Between Dame, CJ, Crabbe, and Turner, there's four guys that could be starting.
     
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    Possibly.
    I'm not so down on the team as most though, as I guess I didn't have as far to fall?
    I'm also looking at it this way.
    Lillard out with injury, defense improved(or so I read on these forums)
    Lillard returned from injury, defense improved again(or so I read on these forums)
    Turner went down, team went to shit.(or so I read on these forums)

    Adding Nurk, who if he's half as good as I read on these forums that's 4 quality starters.
    Two of which are offensive studs and two of which are at the very least above average defenders.

    But right now too many scrubs to be legit. I think I just quoted a song...
    I'd love to lose Crabbe, I was only okay with matching thinking Portland would trade him.
     

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