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  1. Pinwheel1

    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    Very interesting scoop.
    That would be funny if KP lost his job because of the Blazers.....again. I actually thought about it when the trade happened.

    Can't believe NO would say that Swanigan was already better than Noah. (Regardless if it was true or not) Still don't think he is on D.

    Also hard to believe he included himself in the recruitment of Melo. Is that legal?
     
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    tester551 Well-Known Member

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    This would be a great trade.
     

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  3. e_blazer

    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    It would only be tampering if the Knicks hadn't given approval for the contact. I would think that they would be fully on board with anything that would get Melo out of NYC in return for some pieces that fit with their rebuild.
     
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    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    That would be fair IMO. Plus Noah with the nearby Indiana connection and Meyers with the Illinois connection....
     
  5. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    No way do the Knicks trade Ntilikina. They consider him their PGotF and one of the cornerstones of their rebuilding effort.

    BNM
     
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  6. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    He's their SF of the future
     
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    Sinobas Banned User BANNED

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    Yes, we have 5 centers, except Ed, Zach, Caleb and Leonard are not really centers. So in that sense, we only have 1.
     
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    Sinobas Banned User BANNED

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    Leonard and Swanigan for Lopez. Robin would be a great backup here, we'd unload Leonard who is a complete waste. I can hear a backlash from Swanigan lovers, but get real, that guy will never be more than a competent backup.
     
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    RR7 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, but that's how the site works. People throw out unattainable targets, and then remind us later on how they told us we should have landed them way back when.
     
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    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    In the East he'll be an All Star...

    ...our statements are not mutually exclusive.
     
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    And 30 year old Lopez would be what exactly?
     
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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Fake headline - the real one is "someone told them RoLo was coming"
     
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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Really? All I keep seeing is "man, the Knicks REALLY regret taking him - they took him over Smith because he'd be better for the triangle - and then Phil left and they scrapped the triangle!"

    Plus a bunch of pundits picked him as the most-likely-to-be-a-bust of the top ten picks. Except for the one who picked Zach Collins.
     
  14. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    And yet you be willing to eat Joakim Noah's hideous contract to get him?

    BNM
     
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    Sure, it's not my money.

    Look: if the Knicks had drafted somebody who was going to be an instant fan fave (say, DENNIS SMITH) then they wouldn't agree to trade him for the kind of stuff we're prepared to offer, even bundled with a contract they want to unload. But if Ntilikina is (a) going to take time to get good, and (b) in the meantime a painful reminder that they passed on Smith because Ntilikina was better for the triangle, they might be more willing to unload him. Meanwhile, he's exactly what we need: he's a pure PG who's big and a very good defender - somebody who could play next to either Lillard or McCollum, or replace Lillard down the road. Also, even though Noah has a horrible contract, I think he would be good to have around. He's a great lockerroom guy and also kind of a loud boisterous dude. He could add a missing component to our team. And even old and broken down he's a solid defender and a great post passer.

    (It goes without saying that I don't believe the pundits. They were just picking on the foreign guys - another one picked Makkanen, clearly oblivious of how great he looked in Eurobasket competing against people much older than him.)
     

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