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man, I like Blake, would love to have him, but there is absolutely no way that can happen.
 
Sarni said:
Well if we move almost everybody but CJ, Harkless, Nurkic, rookies and Dame, we could probably offer him a contract that he would reject.
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Hahaha, yeah, that would be a best case scenario as well.
 
To get under the luxery tax to do a sign-and-trade, we'll need to shed about $19M in salary.

That would get done by a Crabbe trade for cap space and cutting Tim Quarterman.

However, we'd have to trade out equal salary. It'd be extremely tough to get a sign and trade done, but I would look at pursuing guys like James Johnson and Serge Ibaka if possible.

The other option would be to trade our 2018 1st if certain players become available. One player I'd keep an eye on is Jae Crowder.

If Boston signs Hayward, Crowder could be expandable with Tatum and Brown as SFs as well. We could send Davis to a 3rd team, while sending our 2018 1st to BOS for Crowder. That would reduce the logjam in the frontcout and give us our starting SF.

We could also look to package Vonleh, Davis, Harkless, and our 2018 1st for a good SF, but I don't know who's available. If I was Olshey I'd be pushing hard for George still. Vonleh, Harkless, Davis, our 2018 and 2020 protected 1sts might be enticing.
 
Strenuus said:
"When he's good and ready" I've never heard a GM do that. Is it common? Or is he just stalling hoping to get better deals?
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I think that just means he doesn't feel pressured to make a deal now, if there isn't a good one. He feels free to wait until he gets one he likes. At least, that's the messaging.
 
Griffin is weary of playing with CP3.
Get the hell out Griffin. Jesus...
old as dirt Zbo > Griffin
 
Natebishop3 said:
Cp3 is a tool. Jordan almost left because of Paul a few years ago.
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Griffin is soft.
Breaks his hand because his friend says the team is better w/o him.
CP3 crosses the line sometimes but it's understandable given he's playing with Griffin & DJ.
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honkicracker said:
Griffin is soft.
Breaks his hand because his friend says the team is better w/o him.
CP3 crosses the line sometimes but it's understandable given he's playing with Griffin & DJ.
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You know for a brief.... a brief.... second, I thought, hypothetically, "what if we had the money to make a play for him." (given his history with Olshey.) But I am sure we all do that when we hear a player declares for free agency. :dunno:
 
ripcityboy said:
You know for a brief.... a brief.... second, I thought, hypothetically, "what if we had the money to make a play for him." (given his history with Olshey.) But I am sure we all do that when we hear a player declares for free agency. :dunno:
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CP3 or Griffin?
 
Take Andrew Wiggins' offensive abilities, and combine them with Josh Jacksons defensive potential and you have someone who plays a lot like Lebron James.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Cp3 is a tool.
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As much of a tool as Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant. If Paul had won several championships, it would be called "grim, unflinching will to win." Since he's popularly conceived of as a choker (due to lack of playoff wins, despite playing well in the playoffs) he's a jerk. Both are true, as it is for a lot of guys. He wants control.

If he goes to the Spurs, I think it'll be interesting to see how his personality interacts with that of Gregg Popovich. Popovich also values control, so that could cause butted heads. On the other hand, both are meticulous and detail-driven, both are perfectionists, so that should endear them to each other.
 
Minstrel said:
As much of a tool as Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant. If Paul had won several championships, it would be called "grim, unflinching will to win." Since he's popularly conceived of as a choker (due to lack of playoff wins, despite playing well in the playoffs) he's a jerk. Both are true, as it is for a lot of guys. He wants control.

If he goes to the Spurs, I think it'll be interesting to see how his personality interacts with that of Gregg Popovich. Popovich also values control, so that could cause butted heads. On the other hand, both are meticulous and detail-driven, both are perfectionists, so that should endear them to each other.
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Kobe and Jordan never pulled the cheap shit on the court that Paul does. As I said, he's a tool.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Kobe and Jordan never pulled the cheap shit on the court that Paul does. As I said, he's a tool.
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The context was how Paul grates on his teammates. Unless you think his cheap shots to opponents are what bother his teammates, which I sincerely doubt. ;)
 
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