Which two Trail Blazers (past or present) would you want on your 3-on-3 squad?

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  1. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    I'd take ha sueng-Jin and beat everyone 2v3
     
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    Walton and Lillard.
     
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    You picked (basically) the guys I did, but I'd stand in the corner and huck threes! When they passed it to me. Which might be never, but it depends on whether I'm in charge of this theoretical 3s team.
     
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    Oh, I'd shoot, but I'd be the 4th option on a 3-player team, with option three being one of the other two missing a shot and getting the offensive rebound. Actually, I'd play on the opposite wing to clear out the middle a bit more. Of course, even I made 5 in a row, I wouldn't guard me if I was the other team.
     
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    A prime Pippen and a prime Sabonis would be so much fun to watch together.
     
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    With 'Team" being the operative word, The two guys that I would want are not necessarily my favorite players. I would take Terry Porter and Sabas..both can shoot from deep and both pass well..
     
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    A prime Sabonis (i.e. before he reached the Blazers) would probably be neck-and-neck with Walton for me, perhaps a little ahead. But I'd definitely take a prime Walton over the Portland-era Sabonis (whom I still liked, but was not a marvel anymore like pre-injury Walton or pre-injury himself).
     
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    Yeah, if the rules are that they have to be Portland-era, then I'd go with Walton.
     
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    Me too.
     
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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    Changed my pick, Sheed and Lillard
     
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    I imagine a 3 on 3 game would be pretty fast paced. I'd have Clyde for one, one of the best open court players in NBA history, and Walton because he was a great passer, defender and could score in the paint if the other team played small ball.
     
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    I'm going to remove myself from the team and go with Pippen, Clyde and Sheed.
     
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    I assumed this 3 on 3 game was like every 3 on 3 tournament I've ever played in, and it's half court? One player clears the top of the key extended after getting a stop on defense, and then it's to the same basket. Are there 3 on 3 full court tournaments that are popular? Open court play doesn't really matter.
     
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    Brilliant choices, I like that team
     
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    Dang! I should not have shared about Petrie with you. Those two would be my pick.

    I go into to Walton, out to Petrie for the Rip City! Walton for the clean up when necessary.
    I watch in aw.
     
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    I have never seen a better basketball player than the Sabas of the 80s. When I first saw him play ( in Germany) my reaction was, this is the best Center I have watched play the game.
    He was awesome in Seoul.
     
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    Really tough call. I would go with some combo of Drexler, Pippen, and Lucas.
     
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    Sheed sabas with pippen lillard and Roy on bench
     
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    I am surprised there are no more votes for Rebecca Haarlow
     
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    Bill Walton said that the 18 year old Sabonis was the best 18 year old he had seen since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
     

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