OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: OCTOBER 2023

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  1. Predator

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    Predator, Oct 17, 2023
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    PtldPlatypus, Oct 17, 2023
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    BigGameDamian, Oct 17, 2023
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    illmatic99, Oct 17, 2023
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    But you are a Blazer fan. They are talking general audience watching. Nobody will stay tuned to watch a Blazer game this year except Blazer fans or possibly areas where these guys grew up or went to college?
     
    kjironman1, Oct 17, 2023
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    yeah, that's the reality. The only team on that list that Portland should be ranked over and are not is Chicago

    and LOL at Portland being more watchable that Toronto. That's going to make Raps fans go nuts...maybe the point
     
    wizenheimer, Oct 17, 2023
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    Granted it's anecdotal, my circle of friends outside all love Scoot and will tune in to LP when possible.
     
    illmatic99, Oct 17, 2023
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    Yeah, looking at their categories:
    • Zeitgeist: Do normal people care about this team?
    • Highlight potential: Should you linger in case some passing savant or outrageous leaper uncorks something you might never see again?
    • Strategy/style: Are they fun to watch? This is where coaching factors in.
    • League Pass minutia: Announcers, uniforms, courts.
    • Unintentional comedy: Blame Simmons.
    I'd think the Blazers would rank pretty high in highlight potential and League Pass minutia. The other three categories, however, I could see garnering a lower rating.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Oct 17, 2023
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    Even Bill Simmons called us a darling league pass team on his pod this morning.
     
    illmatic99, Oct 17, 2023
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    Rockets are trading Kevin Porter Jr. and two 2nd's to OKC for Oladipo. OKC is expected to waive Porter and eat his salary

    in case you're keeping track, this gives OKC a total of 20 second round picks between 2024 and 2030. This is added to the 15 first round picks they have between 2024 & 2030

    wtf?
     
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    Paying 5.5 million for 2 2nds when you already have way more than you could use and roster seems like a poor business decision to me. I know they're technically assets that can be added in to deals, just feels like soon they'll be overpaying to move up a spot, or for future picks out of necessity.
     
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    Diminishing returns is a concept foreign to Presti apparently. He's gonna find teams asking for 5 or 6 of them at a time to move up just because he owns them all.
     
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    I would love it if the Blazers had this problem of too many draft picks.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Oct 17, 2023
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    FRP's, sure, but 20 second-rounders? Seems like a wasted asset.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Oct 17, 2023
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    Presti's bound to make a splash at some point.
     
    HailBlazers, Oct 17, 2023
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    Or you could draft 20 Draymonds!
     
    SlyPokerDog, Oct 17, 2023
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    OKC have too many players so they have to cut some of them anyway before the season starts. They basically just got second rounders to remove a guy they did not want around anyway...
     
    andalusian, Oct 17, 2023
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    BigGameDamian, Oct 17, 2023
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    A article I read said OKC had 21 players under contact and need to cut some. Why not get a couple draft assets for players when you need to get rid of some guaranteed contracts anyway.
     
    twobullz, Oct 17, 2023
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    So OKC has 20 2nd picks between 2024 to 2030.

    The nice thing is teams always want more draft picks.

    And a 2nd round draft pick is worth a 2nd round draft pick.

    You really don't think at worst, OKC couldn't trade those 20 2024-2030 draft picks for 20 2031-2036 draft picks?
     
    SlyPokerDog, Oct 17, 2023
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