Game Thread SUMMER LEAGUE GAME# 5 - ??? VS BLAZERS - JULY 15, 2018 - SUNDAY, 5:00 PM PDT, ESPN2

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Whom would you rather the Blazers face in the next round?

Poll closed Jul 15, 2018.

  1. Boston Celtics

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  2. Miami Heat

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  1. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Call it what you want, but Noah is a better player than Swanigan.
     
    Scalma, Jul 16, 2018
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    Neither should be in the NBA
     
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  3. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Idk about Swanigan but Vonleh had a PER of 13 with Chicago, 12 with Portland, and we know what he brings defensively. He belongs in the league.
     
    Scalma, Jul 16, 2018
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    Wallace was so filthy.
     
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    HUH?

    This is Portland. By the time the parade starts we will be in fall weather.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Agreed. Vonleh is a solid rebounder and a very good defender. Unfortunately, like pretty much every other young big man to pass through Portland since LaMarcus Aldridge, he never developed offensively. 4 years in the league, over 2 and a half of them in POR, and he still doesn't have a single reliable offensive move. Too bad we fired Kim Hughes when Aldridge left and never bothered to replace him.

    We went from a veteran team to a very young team in the space of less than a month back when Aldridge/Lopez/Matthews left and we traded Batum. Our coaching staff has done a great job developing guards, but our young bigs have floundered - especially on the offensive end. It will be interesting to see if Vonleh ever develops even a rudimentary offensive game.

    The guy has 4 full seasons of NBA experience and still hasn't turned 23 years old. CHI renounced his rights and declined to tender a qualifying offer. Anyone know of he's received any interest/offers from other teams? He seems like a good guy. I'd hate to see him out of the league before his 23rd birthday.

    BNM
     
    Boob-No-More, Jul 16, 2018
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    I’ve seen conflicting reports on whether he was actually renounced or not.
     
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    watch Brooklyn pick him up now
     
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    Especially relevant now that, as pointed out in another thread, the tradition bigs aren't even given contracts (e.g. Alex Len)
     
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    Len isn’t bad but from what I’ve read he’s asking for way too much.
     
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