OFFICIAL Around The NBA Thread- December 2020

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  1. Labinot41

    Labinot41 Well-Known Member

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    Look at Dames shooting form, he needs a lot of power to shot, that's halfcourt.
     
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    It's at the Blazers' practice facility as you can see in the video below. A bunch of us have been given the tour. Guarantee the courts are to NBA specs.

     
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    Or as complementary as Wall and Beal. I mean didn't Beal dislike playing with Wall because he dominated the ball too much? Harden will just love that.......
     
    Pinwheel1, Dec 3, 2020
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    yeah....the first batch of infections were in mid-late July. When the season starts, that will have been 5 months. From what I've read, that might be on the outside edge of how long immunity lasts
     
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    Thats what I assumed... it wouldn't make any sense to have an official Blazers court be sized for high school or such.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Dec 3, 2020
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Thats the team PF. 2 regulation courts. My man has range FAMS!
     
    THE HCP, Dec 3, 2020
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    THE HCP, Dec 3, 2020
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    I would think we quietly just dont see this tested ever again... Especially with all the states legalizing it, even republican states like the South Dakota, Montana, and Arizona. 10-20 years ago when they started testing for weed it was judged more harshly.

    The league probably wanted to clean up PR like the jail Blazer yellow hummer on I5 with weed and Damon wrapping it in tin foil at an airport. Seems its just not an issue any longer.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Dec 3, 2020
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    Yeah, just let the teams regulate it. I mean after the game...who cares. (It helps them sleep) Before the game is another matter.
     
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    It's telling that out of this group, only Magic was drafted by the Lakers.
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    I would love to agree with you but Kobe never played for or signed with another team, he was a draft acquisition. Do you consider BRoy and LMA drafted by someone else?

    I do think I'd put Oscar Robinson in Steph's place.
     
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    Kobe was drafted by another team, who had the intention of playing him. Being a total ass, he said he wouldn't report to training camp - he demanded to be traded TO THE LAKERS!

    You may see this differently, but in my mind, this shows that the big market teams blah blah blah. That's why I left him off, and I stick to that.
    This is very different from BRoy and LMA. The primary reason they weren't drafted by the Blazers has to do with the rules about trading picks in consecutive years.
     
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    Rasheed was just ahead of the curve...
     
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    And this is considered a BAD thing? Props to the Lakers front office. Some of my favorite Blazers teams over the years have been loaded with players we didn't draft.
     
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    Props for getting Kobe and drafting Magic. But I could have signed Kareem , Shaq and LBJ.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Magic was the obvious, unquestioned #1 pick, and Kobe basically traded himself to the Lakers. No props deserved for either.
     
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    wwhat if it helps them play better?
     
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    Yeah they did benefit from the rules back in the day where you got compensated for losing a player in free agency (Gail Goodrich to Jazz)
    They made out like bandits with numerous picks for an over the hill player.
     
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