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Chris Craig said:
Maybe they are trying to run the Blazers into the ground so bad, Portland turns its back on the team and they can move it to Seattle.

It's crazy the state of the Blazers right now feels so apocalyptic. It's depressing to watch all the name brand players go elsewhere while the Blazers get the store brand players.

It's disappointing because Neil was supposed to go all in to keep Dame. Maybe he has sold Dame on having more space for FA next season to bring in a third star.

IDK. Not really liking what I am seeing. Trying to be patient though and hoping Neil isn't done. That we use our TLMLE and make a big trade.

I look at these moves, and I can't help but wonder what the fuck is the plan here? It just feels like the same stuff Neil does every year. We are just a little in the tax this time.
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I wouldn't at all rule the team eventually moving to a bigger market and possibly Seattle if they are sold or not.
 
glazeduck said:
This is my thing... nothing has happened with Siakam, Simmons, hell even Kawhi, yet. Bizarre how people freaking out over end-of-the-bench vet minimum contracts. If Neil screws the pooch, so be it, but it's not like our chances are gone yet...
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I get that.

These Dame rumors are just so fucking tiring. And all they have been so far are rumors. It doesn't help to see Philadelphia being a snake in the fucking grass about it. Hiring Dames personal trainer and all the talk about them holding off on moving Simmons in the hoped we fail.

Things are looking good. I know Dame most likely isn't leaving. Neil has told him his plan before he went to Tokyo. Who he was going after. We don't know if Neil missed out on dome of those targets or if he got who he was aiming for so far. It's not a great picture.

I know the Blazers had little to no space and weren't really going to sign big names. That's the usual in Portland anyway, the inability to sign actual players of substance. We have had to become accustomed being a bottom feeder. It doesn't mean seeing all the good players go elsewhere doesn't leave a bad taste or an uncomfortable feeling.

I know Neil is waiting for a player to fall through the cracks to snag for the TMLE. I know he is likely weighing a CJ trade, but will he pull the trigger. It's more like Neil that we will end up moving DJJ and picks for someone.

Neil is playing it safe, keeping his cards close because he knows no good players will come in free agency, and trading for good players is hard enough. Trying to keep what he has. Problem is, it's not good enough, and the outcome is inevitable.

He is probably relying on Billups coaching being the difference.
 
Hoopguru said:
I wouldn't at all rule the team eventually moving to a bigger market and possibly Seattle if they are sold or not.
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I would think Portland Big Money would step up and buy the team before that would happen. Too much Gloom & Doom. R.E.L.A.X.
 
tykendo said:
I would think Portland Big Money would step up and buy the team before that would happen. Too much Gloom & Doom. R.E.L.A.X.
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Im perfectly content and think we have lots of time to re-shape the team. Im just not convinced Seattle has our back.
 
Bill Simmons namedropped Cody Zeller on his podcast today.

"Cody Zeller got $5 million!"

I'm so confused. Is Zeller at the min or at $5 million? It certainly seems to make more sense if he was signed with the TPMLE, but nobody seems to have a definitive report.
 
B-Roy said:
Bill Simmons namedropped Cody Zeller on his podcast today.

"Cody Zeller got $5 million!"

I'm so confused. Is Zeller at the min or at $5 million? It certainly seems to make more sense if he was signed with the TPMLE, but nobody seems to have a definitive report.
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everything I’ve heard that’s credible said vet mins for our signings. If any of them were eating into our TPMLE then god help us.
 
Hoopguru said:
Im perfectly content and think we have lots of time to re-shape the team. Im just not convinced Seattle has our back.
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Yeah, it's definitely uncomfortable to have a Seattle based company making decisions about the Blazers when Seattle is trying hard to get an NBA team back there ASAP.
 
Idog1976 said:
everything I’ve heard that’s credible said vet mins for our signings. If any of them were eating into our TPMLE then god help us.
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Still haven't seen anyone reputable report the number. Spotrac just takes what they see from tweets, and the only definitive tweet was from Aaron Fentress saying it was a vet min.

But I don't trust Fentress.
 
Chris Craig said:
Yeah, it's definitely uncomfortable to have a Seattle based company making decisions about the Blazers when Seattle is trying hard to get an NBA team back there ASAP.
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Some Seattle guy like Bezos should just buy OKC already they are ripe for it and far more ready to rebuild than...well any team on earth actually.
 
B-Roy said:
Still haven't seen anyone reputable report the number. Spotrac just takes what they see from tweets, and the only definitive tweet was from Aaron Fentress saying it was a vet min.

But I don't trust Fentress.
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well I don’t trust BS.
 
Idog1976 said:
Some Seattle guy like Bezos should just buy OKC already they are ripe for it and far more ready to rebuild than...well any team on earth actually.
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Or his own expansion team for Seattle. He could do it easily. Not sure he cares much about basketball though. He's too busy riding dicks into space in his cowboy gear, like it's a mechanical bull at a country bar.
 
Chris Craig said:
Or his own expansion team for Seattle. He could do it easily. Not sure he cares much about basketball though. He's too busy riding dicks into space in his cowboy gear, like it's a mechanical bull at a country bar.
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Did that dick go SuperSonic? Just that little wordplay alone might be enough for him to throw down a measly few billion dollars.
 
By the way, I have no idea who this guy is, and I'm not inclined to believe it. But the will he/won't he shit with Beal (and Dame) has been a roller coaster ride this off-season.
 
blazerkor said:
Did that dick go SuperSonic? Just that little wordplay alone might be enough for him to throw down a measly few billion dollars.
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Maybe he can build a basketball arena on the moon base he is going to make for preseason games
 
B-Roy said:
Still haven't seen anyone reputable report the number. Spotrac just takes what they see from tweets, and the only definitive tweet was from Aaron Fentress saying it was a vet min.

But I don't trust Fentress.
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But i definitely don't trust that dweeb Bill Simmons .
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Wow. After all the "Beal is now committed to staying in WAS", it's all about-faced? Crazy.

I'm guessing GSW goes all in for him.
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I'm guessing this no checkmark twitter dude better be backed up by someone with a checkmark not named Abbott before anyone thinks this is anything... it will be crazy if it's real though.
 
there's a real fog around what Zeller signed for. Don't thin it's an accident
 
if Beal is asking for a trade, would that just add another delay to any trade Portland is 'trying' to arrange for CJ?
 
wizenheimer said:
there's a real fog around what Zeller signed for. Don't thin it's an accident
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Why? Trying to hide we signed Zeller for the TMLE or to hide that we still have the TLME
 
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