Lillard's and Aldridge's relationship. (He will come back Portland one day)

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    Sure. But IMO he's done growing.
     
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    To me, that's the biggest question: PF or C? Could he play PF alongside Nurk? He still has the outside shot, but he's gotten pretty big over the years. Not sure he can cover a lot of PFs on defense. If he can't play PF, then the only spot for him is with the second unit. Would he accept that when his contract is up in SA? Doubtful, but who knows. Kanter won't be here most likely, so a quality backup C would be great. Just not sure I see LMA taking that assignment yet.
     
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    FTFY
     
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    If we're talking 2-3 years from now, he can be Nurk's backup.
     
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    I'm good. We won't need him then.
     
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    @dviss1 I can’t wait til we bring him back and we start dominating......
     
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    We would have been dominating had he stayed, instead of a mini-rebuild.
     
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    Sorry but in 2-3 years from now if Collins is still on the roster. I figure he's going to be more of an impactful two way player than Aldridge at 36.
    Collins is a Center who can play the 4.
    Aldridge really has always been a Center who plays the 4.
     
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    Yeah, his YMCA old man mid range jumper should be golden.
     
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    Yeah. I'm ready to make up too just to stop the madness.
     
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    No joke.

    :cheers:
     
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    If he wants to ring chase in Portland on a reasonable deal, or get traded here for our existing "PFs", I'd give him a shot. I'm not seeing any better options walking in that door.
     
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    But if he did how much could they realistically pay him to play here. The Blazers would have to get a pretty good deal to be able to take him back. I would think the only way he could come back would be to take a pretty big cut.
     
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    Dame is recruiting an All Star power forward who says he wants to play in Portland. And who says he knows it's Dame's team. And people are rejecting the idea?

    Hahaha

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    Exactly!
     
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    I don't believe what LaMarcus says.
     
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    Fair enough.

    This interview does somewhat confirm what many of us believed: That despite what Aldridge said until he left, he never had any intention of staying.

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    Well Aldridge is still under contract next year and the Spurs would have to eat $7 million dollars two years from now if they wanted him off the team.

    I think it would make more sense as a trade (if it happened) otherwise in two years we'd probably have the cap to sign him.
     
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    So, when's Lillard going to SA?
     
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    Funny to see so much hate. Fact is, Dame knows better than any of us if bringing LA back is the right decision. If he is onboard with it, everyone should be onboard with it.
     
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