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Tince said:
Agreed... but a year ago I would've told you no way the Bucks cut Dame.

What the Bucks did this off-season will likely fail and it's a matter of time until they realize it.
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What? No way. We all knew they would cut Dame. It was so obvious.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
I mean I can see the logic in that - if we're trading for Giannis the resulting roster needs win now two way players. Makes more sense to give up Picks/Sharpe/Scott than it does guys like Deni/Camara.
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I'd prefer that and Milwaukee might as well.

Again, I was responding to a post suggesting that the inclusion of Tou or Deni for an MVP at the age of 30 was a non-starter.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Dame and Giannis didn't work in Milwaukee. I just don't see it.
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I don't think they were utilized correctly as a combo. The team should have ran primary and secondary breaks with Giannis running the show but when the opposing defense was set the half court offense should have been ran by Dame almost every time with 60% or more of their plays being run off of the Dame/Giannis pick and roll. They did do some Dame/BroLo pick and roll/pop action and when teams blitzed that they got Giannis into some really good 3 on 2 situations. I would have run that play too.

I would not have run the half court offense through Giannis up top when I had Dame. Sure some of their plays could have been Dame setting the table up top but quickly feeding Giannis in the post, who then could have run the offense from that point (ala Chris Webber or Chuck back in the day) but yeah the offense they ran with two players as offensively talented as Dame and Giannis made no sense at all.

It's all a moot point though because Dame is not going to be the Dame he was the last season ever again. So I'll reiterate that I hope Scoot, Shae, Tou and Deni make this whole thing really easy and we see them as the core of the team going forward. We see Dame coming off the bench when he comes back but playing a meaningful role probably usually as a sharp shooter off the ball with either Scoot or Shae setting up the offense and looking to get it to Dame when defenses collapse on them.
 
The best thing about the big salary the team just gave Dame is that it removes some dead salary from the bucks next 2 years, so maybe they wait longer before the inevitable giannis trade and when the blazers get their picks, they are earlier in their rebuild
 
blazerkor said:
Whoever those guys were, they were not good at sound.
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Yeah that interview was interesting; he talked a lot about work ethic and teaching the kids young to work right. It really makes me think that Dame is being signed to be a gym rat this year, and teach the kids how to work for it.
 
andalusian said:
The best thing about the big salary the team just gave Dame is that it removes some dead salary from the bucks next 2 years, so maybe they wait longer before the inevitable giannis trade and when the blazers get their picks, they are earlier in their rebuild
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The longer they limp the better we fare
 
Everything Beagle said:
Yeah that interview was interesting; he talked a lot about work ethic and teaching the kids young to work right. It really makes me think that Dame is being signed to be a gym rat this year, and teach the kids how to work for it.
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Yeah he can show them how to work for it on offense and Jrue can teach them how to work for it on D. Then we can find Jrue and new home and just play it by ear when Dame eventually returns.

Step number one is Scoot and Shaedon showing up to camp much improved.
 
andalusian said:
The best thing about the big salary the team just gave Dame is that it removes some dead salary from the bucks next 2 years, so maybe they wait longer before the inevitable giannis trade and when the blazers get their picks, they are earlier in their rebuild
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blazerkor said:
Yeah he can show them how to work for it on offense and Jrue can teach them how to work for it on D. Then we can find Jrue and new home and just play it by ear when Dame eventually returns.

Step number one is Scoot and Shaedon showing up to camp much improved.
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Both of those guys are in their prove it year. They have been given mentors and will probably start most of the season. Hopefully they both take off, but if they don’t, we have savvy vet backups to take over if one gets traded at the deadline, and future picks to go after more guards.
 
Tince said:
Giannis is 30. Durant is 36. I wouldn't put them in the same category.

From a pure value standpoint, trading Deni or Tou for Giannis is as easy of a no-brainer as there is. You could probably pull a Cronin and trade Giannis back for Tou and 3 other assets two years later!
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Yeah. kD can shoot.
 
julius said:
Yeah. kD can shoot.
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If good shooters are your standard for who should be on this roster, you're going to be unhappy next season.

I'll take a current 1st Team All-NBA player over Durant.
 
Tince said:
Only Blazer fans will turn down an MVP player if they have to give up a solid starter.
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I'm good with giving up two quality starters in grant and holiday, which is what it would take to match Giannis's salary. It's giving up multiple young players for a guy who's gonna make 60 mil a year when his teams haven't done anything the last few years.
 
Not to mention Giannis’ game is all about athleticism and he’s gonna be 31 this year. I’d obviously take him for the right price (Scoot/Grant/Picks) but including our best player and/or a potential defensive player of the year that are both 25 or younger??? I’ll pass.
 
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