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Gallinari's the opposite of Aminu. His horrid defense cancels out any offense he provides.
 
BonesJones said:
Yay, in two games, Aminu hit shots he was being dared to shoot! Good player, he is!

Let's talk about the other games that series... Oh, that's right, you cherry-pick small sample sizes.

Aminu "went off" in exactly one game in which we were down 30 in the first.

If you rely think that Kerr seriously game planned against Aminu's offense going into the playoffs, then you're absolutely delusional.
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That was an exact quote by Kerr. The playoffs ARE a small sample size. You have to play well in the sample size to advance. Aminu isn't an All Star. He isn't going to average 25-30 points, but if he can do it TWICE as he did vs the Clippers, you win the series. He's a very valuable player to have. I know you'd rather we had Iggy but he ain't coming here.
 
BonesJones said:
Gallinari's the opposite of Aminu. His horrid defense cancels out any offense he provides.
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Did you see Aminu's shooting percentages in the playoffs? He was decent on both sides of the court. He's not DPOY but he is the only guy with any chance of guarding KD or LBJ on our team. He wasn't able to do much on Durant in playoffs last year because he was too busy playing center because all our centers were hurt.
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
Maybe but even if he continues at the pace he was playing at with us last season, we will only be a fringe playoff team at best in this overpowered bull shit ass western conference.
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Which will make the next year even better! I'm okay with this.
 
KingSpeed said:
Did you see Aminu's shooting percentages in the playoffs? He was decent on both sides of the court. He's not DPOY but he is the only guy with any chance of guarding KD or LBJ on our team. He wasn't able to do much on Durant in playoffs last year because he was too busy playing center because all our centers were hurt.
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A healthy meyers wouldn't even be better than our hurt centers. :MARIS61:
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
Maybe but even if he continues at the pace he was playing at with us last season, we will only be a fringe playoff team at best in this overpowered bull shit ass western conference.
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You think so? We played really really well with him last year. In fact, I think he was near a +10 in his only playoff minutes last year. Pretty much, whenever he's on the court, everything becomes easier for the team. I can't wait to see him play again this coming season. When he's on, is there a better center in the league? Is he 23 yet?
 
KingSpeed said:
Did you see Aminu's shooting percentages in the playoffs? He was decent on both sides of the court. He's not DPOY but he is the only guy with any chance of guarding KD or LBJ on our team. He wasn't able to do much on Durant in playoffs last year because he was too busy playing center because all our centers were hurt.
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I don't disagree with you that Aminu has value around the league like others are.

Turner has shown over his career he is more than capable of guarding LBJ.
 
Strenuus said:
Which will make the next year even better! I'm okay with this.
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I'm not. Even fringe playoff teams needs to show improvement in the long run. We are doing the opposite, consistently getting younger in the hopes that we kick the can down the road and hope that it lands just right. Adding Nurk is the only solid quality starter we have added to the roster in what, a two year period. That's bad. Teams that improved more than us last year are improving that much AGAIN using the same league rules. A host of players were traded in deals that immediately made the West Coast teams even better. We have improved more because of the the players our rivals lost. There HAS to be a way that we can improve if we are ever going to become a contender. Right now we are just running in place. Hopefully, at least one of these rookies can become an impact starter right away and truly make us significantly better.
 
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ripcityboy said:
I'm not. Even fringe playoff teams needs to show improvement in the long run. We are doing the opposite, consistently getting younger in the hopes that we kick the can down the road and hope that it lands just right. Adding Nurk is the only solid quality starter we have added to the roster in what, a two year period. That's bad. Teams that improved more than us last year are improving that much AGAIN using the same league rules. A host of players were traded in deals that immediately made the West Coast teams even better. The best moves we made today weren't the ones we made today it was the players our rivals lost. There HAS to be a way that we can improve if we are ever going to become a contender. Right now we are just running in place.
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Let's see how the season goes. The most unnoticed moves can prove to be the biggest. The Nurkic trade was probably the best trade in the NBA last year and no one saw it coming. What if a "star" like Howard had signed with us? Or even Whiteside? Nurkic was the better player even though he didn't have a big name on the outset. The 2012-13 Lakers brought in a bunch of names and barely made the playoffs. Personally, I'd rather have Dame/CJ/Nurk than Dame/Crabbe/Cousins as many begged for. Neil is doing a great job at putting together the best team possible. And he's not stupid. He made an offer for Paul George but they said no.
 
KingSpeed said:
Let's see how the season goes. The most unnoticed moves can prove to be the biggest. The Nurkic trade was probably the best trade in the NBA last year and no one saw it coming. What if a "star" like Howard had signed with us? Or even Whiteside? Nurkic was the better player even though he didn't have a big name on the outset. The 2012-13 Lakers brought in a bunch of names and barely made the playoffs. Personally, I'd rather have Dame/CJ/Nurk than Dame/Crabbe/Cousins as many begged for. Neil is doing a great job at putting together the best team possible. And he's not stupid. He made an offer for Paul George but they said no.
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I have high hopes for Swanigan. I really think he could make the difference and become an impact player. Seriously, all of us should be watching those Summer League games. They may tell us more than in 3 games than the first 20 regular season ones do.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
I'm starting to wonder if Neil spends more of his offseason pursuing certain players, or writing his slick talking PR fallout speeches.

Still think he will do something, but I'm getting ever closer to reaching for my pitchfork.
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I wish Paul would just buy a baseball team and move it to Portland. It's the one sport where his money would rule.
 
Natebishop3 said:
What a depressing offseason.
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No bad trades. No bad signings. We got a lottery pick in the draft despite making playoffs. You sound like last year when people were depressed that Chandler Parsons didn't choose us. As said, Swanigan could be a huge player for us. People are too obsessed with names. We're gonna be okay.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I wish Paul would just buy a baseball team and move it to Portland. It's the one sport where his money would rule.
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The Blazers still seem to have been a great investment for him. In terms of smaller markets we are one of the most valuable. That starts to go down hill for him the longer he pays the luxury tax.
 
Strenuus said:
I think our biggest acquistion this year will be just having Nurk to start the season..

FUCK YEAH. Can't wait!
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Maybe I'm an intoxicated homer but it sure seems like a lot of people are underestimating our roster when healthy. We have three very good players and a lot decent role players. I'm personally hoping for a change or two but since I'm kind of high on the two rookies, I like it (cap situation aside):

I don't know the depth chart but something like this:

Lillard
CJ
Harkless
Vonleh
Nurk

And a rotation of something like this:

PG: Napier
SG: Crabbe
SF: Turner/Aminu
PF: Collins/Swanigan
C: Ed Davis

At point guard, I was pleasantly surprised how good Napier (25) looked when given the chance. Dame or CJ are pretty much always in the game anyway.

At SG and SF you've got 4 guys who are decent role players and can make a difference on a given night in Harkless (24), Crabbe (25), Turner (28) and Aminu (26).

At PF and C, along with Nurk (the 22 year old guy who wasn't in game shape or familiar with the offense as he averaged 15.3 and 10.5 with 1.9 blks, 1.2 steals, and 3.3 apg), we've got Ed Davis, Vonleh, Swanigan and Collins. Davis has proven to be a decent backup when healthy. I know potential is a bad word but between Vonleh (21), Swanigan (20) & Collins (19) I think at least one will be a solid rotation player next season. But if Vonleh & Swanigan and Collins all aren't cutting it, then we can try to trade for a proven PF at the trade line.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
The Blazers still seem to have been a great investment for him. In terms of smaller markets we are one of the most valuable. That starts to go down hill for him the longer he pays the luxury tax.
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I'm just tired of the NBA. It has to be the most unbalanced, unfair, leagues of haves and have-nots of all the pro sports. And I honestly can't think of a way to fix it.
 
noknobs said:
Maybe I'm an intoxicated homer but it sure seems like a lot of people are underestimating our roster when healthy. We have three very good players and a lot decent role players. I'm personally hoping for a change or two but since I'm kind of high on the two rookies, I like it (cap situation aside):

I don't know the depth chart but something like this:

Lillard
CJ
Harkless
Vonleh
Nurk

And a rotation of something like this:

PG: Napier
SG: Crabbe
SF: Turner/Aminu
PF: Collins/Swanigan
C: Ed Davis

At point guard, I was pleasantly surprised how good Napier (25) looked when given the chance. Dame or CJ are pretty much always in the game anyway.

At SG and SF you've got 4 guys who are decent role players and can make a difference on a given night in Harkless (24), Crabbe (25), Turner (28) and Aminu (26).

At PF and C, along with Nurk (the 22 year old guy who wasn't in game shape or familiar with the offense as he averaged 15.3 and 10.5 with 1.9 blks, 1.2 steals, and 3.3 apg), we've got Ed Davis, Vonleh, Swanigan and Collins. Davis has proven to be a decent backup when healthy. I know potential is a bad word but between Vonleh (21), Swanigan (20) & Collins (19) I think at least one will be a solid rotation player next season. But if Vonleh & Swanigan and Collins all aren't cutting it, then we can try to trade for a proven PF at the trade line.
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Amen. And Pat was playing well at season's end too. I was trying to make this point. What if Nurk and Dame were on other teams last year and playing near All Star level. And all we had was CJ. No playoffs, get Collins in draft and then we signed Nurk AND Dame in FA. Suddenly WE are a Super Team. But people don't think about it that way...
 
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