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riverman said:
They won championships with one guy over 6'9 and Gary Payton guarding 5 positions...Draymond undersized...but it's all good if you think that's what wins championships....I think two way players and speed beats bigger slower teams most of the time. It's all good...Nurk, Winslow, Hart and Ant beat the Warriors without Dame before they got shut down last season...a fast break team can run a tall team out of the gym. As I said...Jazz and Nuggets haven't won a championship with all their size at all.....I'd happily put Hart and Payton against most SFs in the league and like my chances. Chauncey's Pistons championship runs featured the smallest center in the league in Ben Wallace...but the best team defense in the league...that's what I see as a winning formula...Lakers were big ...fell flat ....Clippers are shorter like us and actually had a better team than the Lakers. Nets had KD, Aldridge, Milsap and Griffin and couldn't win ....I thought last season the Lakers and Nets were locks for the finals...I was wrong.
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As long as you have 2-3 of the best shooters in NBA history in your starting lineup, you can be an exception. But it is almost the exception that proves the rule.
 
TBpup said:
As long as you have 2-3 of the best shooters in NBA history in your starting lineup, you can be an exception. But it is almost the exception that proves the rule.
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In the case of the Pistons...they did it with defense..but they were the true contradiction of what success is supposed to look like in the NBA...they sure didn't have that many elite shooters.
 
illmatic99 said:


interesting.
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Maybe they already know a team that's gonna offer him a decent contract? That's probably wishful thinking.

I'm usually in favor of not stretching contracts, but in this case it could be the difference between still possibly using the RoCo TPE or being very limited the rest of the year.
 
hoopsjock said:
Maybe they already know a team that's gonna offer him a decent contract? That's probably wishful thinking.

I'm usually in favor of not stretching contracts, but in this case it could be the difference between still possibly using the RoCo TPE or being very limited the rest of the year.
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i think we're just gonna punt that TPE. but this does make it less likely that we duck the tax.

the thinking is contradictory in my mind. if you're gonna resign yourself to being a tax team, why not maximize your roster by using that TPE?
 
I could see Bledsoe taking a deal with a team with championship aspirations as a back up.

He’ll probably get the last laugh.
 
illmatic99 said:
i think we're just gonna punt that TPE. but this does make it less likely that we duck the tax.

the thinking is contradictory in my mind. if you're gonna resign yourself to being a tax team, why not maximize your roster by using that TPE?
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Exactly. If they're not going to duck the tax, they might as well maximize the space they have between the tax line and the hard cap line. Maybe there's another move that makes things make sense, but so far just about every move outside the Grant trade has raised more questions than it has answered.
 
hoopsjock said:
Welp, Cronin just said they stretched Bledsoe. Ducking the tax it is.
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probably. but at least they have that option if no significant opportunity comes along. That extra 2.6M of Bledsoe's contract would have been an obstacle
 
TBpup said:
As long as you have 2-3 of the best shooters in NBA history in your starting lineup, you can be an exception. But it is almost the exception that proves the rule.
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Dame is in the clutch. Simons is an amazing shooter.
 
hoopsjock said:
Welp, Cronin just said they stretched Bledsoe. Ducking the tax it is.
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More important to save tax than have tax room in two years to contend for a title.

Maybe the team doesn't care about trying to contend with Dame. Just win enough to keep asses in the seats and money flowing in.
 
Wade Garrett said:
Oh, thank goodness!!
I guess a few of you should sleep better tonight knowing this.
Pretty hot non-issue at last weeks Introductory Press Conference.
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You must be new here.

The CBA, cap space maneuvering, draft pick warchest and on and on has always been incredibly important to the majority of us.
 
Freshtown said:
I believe this unlocks the BAE for Portland now, if we want to use it.
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the full BAE is 4.1M so yeah, the Blazers could use it. But I don't believe they want to abandon the margin under the apron they just created by stretching Bledsoe, or make it much more difficult to get under the tax by the deadline.

I think they'll keep their powder dry waiting for some golden opportunity. If none appears they may maneuver under the tax line in February

but assuming they were looking at adding a player, I'm not sure any are available for the BAE that won't be available for the vet minimum.

available centers:

Dwight Howard
Ed Davis
Hassan Whiteside
Tristan Thompson
DeMarcus Cousins
Greg Monroe

available PF's:

Danilo Gallinari
Montrezl Harrell
LaMarcus Aldridge
Blake Griffin
Carmelo Anthony
Nemanja Bjelica
Eric Paschall

available SF's:

Andre Iguodala
Jake Layman
Ben McLemore
Rodney Hood
CJ Elleby
Elijah Hughes
Yuta Watanabe
Joe Wieskamp

(that's a pathetic list of SF's. And has anybody's career collapsed from an Achilles injury like Rodney Hood's)

available PG's (blazers only have 2 and they are both score-first PG's):

Eric Bledsoe
Dennis Schröder
Avery Bradley
Facundo Campazzo
Rajon Rondo
Austin Rivers
Elfrid Payton
D.J. Augustin
Isaiah Thomas
Mac McClung
 
If we could get past the drug charge issues, Harrell would be a great bench add.
 
Freshtown said:
If we could get past the drug charge issues, Harrell would be a great bench add.
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Or just have him plead guilty?
What's the sentencing? 1 year probation? 2? Does he actually do 60-90 days jail time?
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Or just have him plead guilty?
What's the sentencing? 1 year probation? 2? Does he actually do 60-90 days jail time?
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Likely no contest

Probation maybe community service and a fine. I highly doubt there will be jail time.
 
Chris Craig said:
The Hornets haven't resigned him?
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No, but he has a felony case pending. Its for weed though so he'll probably just get fined or something. I dont think he'd be a basketball fit for Portland though. Hes a liability defensively and is an undersized five. Rather just give minutes to Watford.
 
illmatic99 said:
casey posted an update from Cronin saying they are stretching Bledsoe. this makes it more likely that we duck the tax, so we probably won't bring anyone in.
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Yeah I'd be shocked if the team does anything except small salary dump at deadline, duck tax, maybe sign buyout guy for playoffs.

Were gonna hear likely hundreds if not thousands of posts and speculation the next 7 months about what the Blazers BAE signing, trade exception acquisition, or 15th roster spot player will be...... when the answer is only luxury tax savings.
 
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