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  1. H.C.

    H.C. Well-Known Member

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    Yeah I was thinking.
    Man hope Collins & Nurk have huge growth and become 2nd and 3rd scoring options.
     
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    See to me the problem was the P&R completely.
    Not who was running the P&R.
    Why run 90 P&R's a game against the best P&R defense in the league?
    Unless you have Westbrick, Giannis or LBJ... I don't think running so many P&R's with anyone is a winning strat.

    I don't think Lillard + Love P&R would've done any better against the Pels, than it did with Aminu.
     
  3. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    I see no reason why those two would not come in next season vastly improved. If they work on the right things.
     
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    Yeah, but is one of them going to pop off for 20+ PPG?
    And is the other going to be consistently 15+ with many games of 20+?
    I don't think so.
     
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    Well, how a guy does in the playoffs is really important, and Aminu seems to always step up his game in the playoffs; unlike some others on the team.
     
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    It’s because teams let Aminu take a personal shoot around. No one fears him. Props to him for stepping up though, not going to take that away from him, but let’s be real.
     
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    We should have found a way to bring Zbo back last summer to start for a year or two until the new Zach was ready to start. If he had to sign with Sactown he probably didn't have many other offers.
     
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    No wonder we got swept then.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    No certainly not. We need them and we need them to get better, but we also need to get Dame more back court and wing help.
     
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    Wayne Ellington baby.
     
  11. BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 AWOL

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    I like him, but we still don’t get past the first round with him.

    Our roster is so deeply flawed and fucked.
     
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    Maybe not but if we had a consistent shooter like him teams would defend us different, especially on pick and rolls.
     
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    Yeah, but it’s not enough. He’d be phenomenal bench addition but our starting lineup is not a playoff starting lineup. Unless Collins comes into next season well prepared we still have a shitty forward situation.
     
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    I don’t disagree. We missed Moe too.
     
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    Honestly I was surprised that Shabazz wasn’t in rotation. Really think that was mistake by coach.
     
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    That’s one move he got right.
     
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    He was in the rotation the first game of the series and it was a disaster. Honestly, that is one of the few things I don't blame Stotts for (pulling him). Rondo and Holiday are a horrible matchup for him. Their length gave him major troubles. He would have re-appeared in the rotation in the 2nd round (had we made it).
     
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    Wouldn’t mind seeing what a good coach could do with this roster (or slightly tweaked roster).
     
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    Chief can not start at SF, ideally he would be a super sub at the 4.

    I would like everyone not named Dame or Zach gone(unless someone offers a top 5 pick in this draft for Dame) however I expect only Terry, CJ, Pat, Bazz and Layman to be gone, unless we can attach Meyers in the CJ trade.
     
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    The more i think about it the more I’m intrigued by what kind of player CJ would be without Dame around. I mean Dame has more trade value and would make it easier to acquire Kawhi than using CJ.

    Nurk/Collins/Kawhi/CJ/Bazz or Draft pick

    It’s better than what we rolled out this season.
     
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