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dviss1 said:
LOL at all the Rich Paul haters...Most of you have probably NEVER spoke up or said much negative about agents until him. He is doing nothing that hasn't been done before except being more public about it..
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Rich Paul has been basically tampering with the Pelicans all season. It's not professional and it's certainly not the norm for other agents like Warren LaGarie or Jeff Schwartz.

Where Rich Paul's biggest client goes, thing are always chill and not dysfunctional...

 
KZ Okpala would be my 2nd target at 25. His height, length, athletic ability, and skillset seem very intriguing.
 
BonesJones said:
KZ Okpala would be my 2nd target at 25. His height, length, athletic ability, and skillset seem very intriguing.
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Everything I've seen eye wise says Meh to me.

Just didn't come away impressed. He seems pretty un-athletic.. Damn near every shot he shoots is defended (a la Adam Morrison).

I fucking hate this new "hip hop"... This MF is "singing" not rapping.. at any rate.. Push mute on this shit...

 
dviss1 said:
Everything I've seen eye wise says Meh to me.

Just didn't come away impressed. He seems pretty un-athletic.. Damn near every shot he shoots is defended (a la Adam Morrison).

I fucking hate this new "hip hop"... This MF is "singing" not rapping.. at any rate.. Push mute on this shit...

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Hes 6'10 with a 7'2 wingspan. You give him some strength and hes a great modern-day 4. His 3-and-D potential along with his ball handling ability would be good at PF.
 
dviss1 said:
LOL at all the Rich Paul haters...

Most of you have probably NEVER spoke up or said much negative about agents until him. He is doing nothing that hasn't been done before except being more public about it.

He's just young and black while doing it.

Being young, black, and outspoken causes public ire.

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I could go on but why:

Here's a list of very famous NBA players who demanded trades. NO TALK about Agents.

Chris Paul is now demanding a trade out of HOU. Is anyone gonna complain about his Agent?? Hell the fuck no. People in here WANT to see that breakup...

The selective outrage about Rich Paul is just that...
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Even if we accept your premise that, "He is doing nothing that hasn't been done before except being more public about it," your whole rant is contradicted by the ending statements. Of course no one is complaining about the agents in the other examples. Wait for it... Because they haven't been public about it!

For the love of god, leave the anti-black argument alone for once. It clouds everything you say on here.
 
handiman said:
Even if we accept your premise that, "He is doing nothing that hasn't been done before except being more public about it," your whole rant is contradicted by the ending statements. Of course no one is complaining about the agents in the other examples. Wait for it... Because they haven't been public about it!

For the love of god, leave the anti-black argument alone for once. It clouds everything you say on here.
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There are times that I dont understand @dviss1, sometimes I disagree with him that something is racist or not, but the thing is, at least personally as a white guy I havent experienced racism in the same way he has. So instead of telling him I think he’s wrong and he needs to shut up about it, I try to shut up and just listen to him. Try understand why he believes something is racist and empathize with him. It doesnt mean that I will always agree with him, but a very smart friend of mine made a great point that as white guys (the friend of mine I was talking to is also white) we see the world differently, and have had different experiences. His POV has value, and he should be heard. Sometimes Dviss makes good points about things being racist that I didn’t see, so I can learn from him.

Again I may not always agree with him or others but I can learn to man to man try understand that his experiences being a black man in the United States is much different than mine as a white guy.
 
handiman said:
Even if we accept your premise that, "He is doing nothing that hasn't been done before except being more public about it," your whole rant is contradicted by the ending statements. Of course no one is complaining about the agents in the other examples. Wait for it... Because they haven't been public about it!

For the love of god, leave the anti-black argument alone for once. It clouds everything you say on here.
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HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH

GOOGLE ARN TELLEM AND TELL ME THAT AGAIN LOL

You can GOOGLE MANY STORIES of “SUPER AGENTS” making POWER PLAYS to get their players where they wanna go.

Hahahahaha

The story of Arn Tellem and Kobe ain’t a rare one. It’s very public.

You can Google MANY stories of them “leaking info” as well!!

This is straight laughable that you can’t see the difference between how Rich Paul is treated and pretty much every other agent who has leveraged power plays.

Might not be race...

Might be because it’s LBJ’s boy.

But if you really don’t know of agents being public with their clients wishes...

Google away

*Refusing to workout for teams, that’s another HUGE one!
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
There are times that I dont understand @dviss1, sometimes I disagree with him that something is racist or not, but the thing is, at least personally as a white guy I havent experienced racism in the same way he has. So instead of telling him I think he’s wrong and he needs to shut up about it, I try to shut up and just listen to him. Try understand why he believes something is racist and empathize with him. It doesnt mean that I will always agree with him, but a very smart friend of mine made a great point that as white guys (the friend of mine I was talking to is also white) we see the world differently, and have had different experiences. His POV has value, and he should be heard. Sometimes Dviss makes good points about things being racist that I didn’t see, so I can learn from him.

Again I may not always agree with him or others but I can learn to man to man try understand that his experiences being a black man in the United States is much different than mine as a white guy.
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This Exactly. This is all we ask. Thank you TBF.
 
handiman said:
Even if we accept your premise that, "He is doing nothing that hasn't been done before except being more public about it," your whole rant is contradicted by the ending statements. Of course no one is complaining about the agents in the other examples. Wait for it... Because they haven't been public about it!

For the love of god, leave the anti-black argument alone for once. It clouds everything you say on here.
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Kiss my ass.. I don't give a fuck what you or anyone on this forum thinks about me. Remember that...

"I'm going to tell it like it is. I hope you can take it like it is."

- Malcolm X

So many in here can't.
 
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BonesJones said:
Hes 6'10 with a 7'2 wingspan. You give him some strength and hes a great modern-day 4. His 3-and-D potential along with his ball handling ability would be good at PF.
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I would not take him over Bazely.
 
ANYWAYS BACK ON TOPIC

If Portland keeps the pick two guys stand out to me

Bazley
Okpala

Call it a gut feeling, but both have blazers written all over them. Bazley isn’t too different from the “risk” Olshey took last year with Simons. Okpalas interview with the media after his blazers workout seemed...right. Can’t explain it much better, but it felt similar to Simons last year.

Personally I would take either, but prefer Bazley. There are a couple other guys in my cluster but I don’t get the feeling they’re gonna be headed to Portland (Thybulle, Samanic for example)
 
Scalma said:
ANYWAYS BACK ON TOPIC

If Portland keeps the pick two guys stand out to me

Bazley
Okpala

Call it a gut feeling, but both have blazers written all over them. Bazley isn’t too different from the “risk” Olshey took last year with Simons. Okpalas interview with the media after his blazers workout seemed...right. Can’t explain it much better, but it felt similar to Simons last year.

Personally I would take either, but prefer Bazley. There are a couple other guys in my cluster but I don’t get the feeling they’re gonna be headed to Portland (Thybulle, Samanic for example)
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In the same boat on KZ and Bazley -- i dig both of them and get Blazer vibes from them. Rich Paul is the only reason I put KZ above Bazley.
 
This has probably been discussed but I’m too lazy to scroll through 60 pages, but with Nurkic’ injury, wouldn’t it make some sense to look at some of this years bigs? Fernando and Bitadze could both potentially be there at 25, although Bitadze is less likely. I could rock with either though.
 
yuyuza1 said:
In the same boat on KZ and Bazley -- i dig both of them and get Blazer vibes from them. Rich Paul is the only reason I put KZ above Bazley.
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I wouldn’t worry about Rich Paul. Olshey has a relationship with Lebron dating back to before he was even in the NBA. And who knows what the league will look like when any of it would matter anyway.
 
CBS Sports mock draft has Kevin Porter Jr. going to OKC ... and said this about it ...

"Perhaps the work ethic and professionalism of fellow Southern California products Russell Westbrook and Paul George, plus the lack of distractions in a place like Oklahoma City, could bring out the best in this young man."

Okaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...risk-prospect-with-dukes-cam-reddish-at-no-5/
 
PCmor7 said:
CBS Sports mock draft has Kevin Porter Jr. going to OKC ... and said this about it ...

"Perhaps the work ethic and professionalism of fellow Southern California products Russell Westbrook and Paul George, plus the lack of distractions in a place like Oklahoma City, could bring out the best in this young man."

Okaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...risk-prospect-with-dukes-cam-reddish-at-no-5/
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Lolol, Porters best fit culturally would be a place like Portland or San Antonio, organizations with little to no drama. I do like him as a player, but I just can’t see Olshey ever taking him.
 
Labinot41 said:
Who is kevin porter jr and whats his story ?
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Southern Cal wing. Might be the best shot creator in this draft. Went to college as one of the most hyped freshmen in the country. I think of him as a more explosive Tyreke Evans, with the makings of a really good midrange game. Anyway, I think he got hurt to start off at USC, came back and was suspended for disciplinary reasons.
 
craigehlo said:
By all means, let's draft a Rich Paul client. We can invest time and money into developing Bazely and watch him force a trade to LA as soon he has any leverage.
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If we had, say, the 5th pick, I'd say this would be a good point. But at 25, and with where we're sitting both with our current roster and in the WC pecking order... if we draft Bazely and 5 years later it turns out he's good enough to demand a trade, I'm going to call that a MAJOR win. The 25th pick could easily be out of the league before his contract is up, I wouldn't worry about who his agent is that late in the draft...
 
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