OKC matches on Kanter

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  1. BLAZINGGIANTS

    BLAZINGGIANTS Well-Known Member

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    Always? That's just a dumb statement.

    It's been on this one subject. And quite honestly, I question the intelligence of anyone that honestly believed there was a real chance OKC wouldn't match.

    If I had multiple people tell me I'm wrong, why is it wrong to respond back with "I was correct"?
     
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    About what they pay Perry Jones.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    More minutes for our crap players. Maybe one of them becomes average.
     
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    BLAZINGGIANTS Well-Known Member

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    Exactly. PJ doesn't move the needle.

    Kanter does, at least when you're trying to send a message to your team's superstars.
     
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    I think that this will turn out to be one of those deals like Turkolu and Hibbert; where we are relieved we didn't get them. I am hoping that somehow Olshey knew all along they would match and that this is part of his plan to get either Durant , Ibaka or Westbrook some day in the future.
     
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    Portland Trail Blazers ...jacking up the price for mid-level players!
     
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    Lol, I don't think we get any of them. But it does fuck OKC quite a bit. Which I love.

    Maybe Ibaka will be available. Idk.
     
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    be interesting if in a few years we look back with a sight of relief like we did with Turkeyglue and even Hibbert
     
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    Depends, IMO. Were they saying, "Your wrong, they won't match," or was it more, "Nothing's guaranteed; there's always a chance"? If it was the former, gloat away; if the latter, then it's pretty weak.
     
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    frankly that is what next season is about and why we added harkless, maybe one of these young guys pans out with minutes
     
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    No point in re-hashing. But was staunchly of the former from the time we signed him to an offer sheet.
     
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    In that case--I would say gloat to your heart's content.
     
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    The trade for Harkless is solid, but disappoints me that I'd think it'd say we aren't pursuing McDaniels (that and dealing with RFA's is a pain in the rear). But, we are in asset-acquisition mode.
     
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  14. BLAZINGGIANTS

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    Gloating is lame. Just nice to see Woj's reports - it's called validation.
     
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    still not to late to put a bid in on McDaniels
     
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    Haha yea sure.. We can't even retain our main FA what makes u think any of those guys will come here lol

    Cap space is useless in this market
     
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    People who don't dream about what might be possible probably don't have much good happen. I don't think the single case of Aldridge tells us much about who might end up in Portland.
     
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    Useless for adding top tier FA's, but cap space brought us Davis, Aminu, Harkless, and almost Kanter. That's a hell of a bench on a good team. Cap space can be beneficial if a team like ours has players already
     
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    MAS RipCity Mercy, Mercy

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    And now we're back to having 20+ million in cap room ...
     
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