Your 2019-20 Blazers

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Scalma, May 17, 2019.

  1. blue9

    blue9 Well-Known Member

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    Well, he had the raw PPG that rivaled the best PFs in the league, but his FG% didn't match up. His FG% tracked over the course of his career is an inverse bell, with the trough aligning perfectly with his years under Terry.
     
  2. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Bump this in a year when he opts out.

    And why would he not opt out of $28M guaranteed when he can get $100M (or whatever long term figure) guaranteed? Talk about stupid assertion.
     
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  3. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    1. You don't know which teams will have cap-space next year. You won't know until the trade deadline next year.

    2. Even if he does opt out, none of this incentivizes why Chicago would trade him NOW. And for expirings no less, which is what your assertion was in the first place.
     
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    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Where did I say any of those things? You’re putting words in my mouth. The only assertion I made was that he was going to opt out.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Read my post and the context it was in. It was about Chicago not willing to trade Porter for expirings which you responded with:

    Now ask yourself what you're implying with this comment? Why even bother responding if the only thing you wanted to say was that he's going to opt out?
     
  6. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    No actually, that’s not what I was responding to. I even quoted what I was responding to. Here, I’ll quote it again.

    So if Chicago knows Porter isn’t re-signing (whether it’s now or at the deadline, doesn’t matter) why would they not explore trading him? I know they’re dumb, but that’s silly.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    My post was ABOUT why they wouldn't trade him for expirings. It was a direct response to this:

    If you're going to interject in a conversation, at least read the context of that discussion. If you think Porter is going to opt out, and Chicago already knows that (which is a ridiculous assertion in itself this early into the off-season, you'd have to be a psychic) you don't need to reply to me to make that point.
     
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    Interjecting a conversation is literally the whole point of this forum. I make a simple statement and you lose your shit. Not my problem.
     
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    this place is great. I think 90% of the posters here, myself included, would argue with a possum; and if a possum wasn't around, they'd find a picture of a possum and argue with it
     
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  10. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about; I've never argued with a marsupial, and I never will.
     
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    I'll one up that, you have no idea how many hours of my life have been spent arguing with toddlers! There is a much better chance I could convince a possum to go to bed...
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Maybe the toddlers would be more compliant if they were permitted to sleep hanging from a branch...?
     
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    There are nights it gets to the point where its like I dont care where or how they go to sleep, just that they go to sleep...
     
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    We need more dogs and fewer mammal-wanna-bes.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    If the bill fits . . .
     
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    This place is still painful on so many levels, especially the _hit above!!

    I'll chime in about next years Blazers. I think we'll target Hood first thing as FA. Using smaller MLE. If he says yes, Aminu, Kanter, Curry are gone. If Hood declines, Aminu comes back. Simons will get Curry minutes and Collins/Leonard will get Kanter minutes (and Nurk's till Feb). Layman stays with QO.

    Starters: Dame, CJ, Hood/Aminu, Harkless, Collins
    Bench: Simons, Trent, ET, Layman, Skal
    Nurk=IR

    I'd like Griffin or Love in any trade that doesn't include DL, CJ, Nurk, Collins

    Cross your fingers!!
     
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    Just a small note. We have Aminu's bird rights so signing one of our other free agents doesn't mean we couldn't also bring Aminu back because we wouldn't have to use and of the MLE to sign him.
     
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    Understood. However, the overall amount pushes us up to or over the Luxury tax. Blazers probably don't want to go there.
     
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  20. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I'm on board with all of that, except for the ideas of
    1. re-signing Aminu or
    2. trading for Love
     
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