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illmatic99 said:
I think Monk might start for them.

Monk/Ellington/Dwight/Baze/Melo/Ariza is a ridiculous FA class when armed with the exact same tools that we had.

We ended up with Zeller and McLemore.

Come on.
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The Blazers had younger versions of three of those, and no one liked them. Now we are supposed to be upset that LA has older versions?
 
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Waiting on Lakers using Schroeder in a sign and trade for another good piece also.
 
I bet Kelly Oubre will need to take the TPMLE from a team....
 
It's still weird when I see fans wondering why the Blazers couldn't get one of the better free agents. Decades of examples showing the best free agents want nothing to do with Portland as a city and yet they manufacture outrage every everytime.

Maybe they just became Blazers fans last season and expect us to be on a level playing field with the Lakers.

Help me understand the thinking.
 
B-Roy said:
I mean you have to be wary of the hard cap when making deals. For example a CJ for Simmons deal wouldn't work because you would go over the apron, since we would be taking on $6 million in that deal.

We'd only be able to make trades that are exactly salary matching or taking in less salary.
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Make the Collins deal part of a sign and trade
Zach Collins Enthusiast said:
Why didn't we get Monk? Why didn't we get RoLo? Why didn't we get Patty Mills? Not to mention Otto Porter... depressing
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kendrick Nunn now available as Miami pulled QO
 
AmirIcon said:
It's still weird when I see fans wondering why the Blazers couldn't get one of the better free agents. Decades of examples showing the best free agents want nothing to do with Portland as a city and yet they manufacture outrage every everytime.

Maybe they just became Blazers fans last season and expect us to be on a level playing field with the Lakers.

Help me understand the thinking.
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Some of the better players being signed already played for the Blazers (Patti, Rolo, Batum)
 
I have to believe the Blazers are leaving a couple roster spots open to see if any of the auditioners on the SL team are worthy of a vet min deal.
 
illmatic99 said:
I think Monk might start for them.

Monk/Ellington/Dwight/Baze/Melo/Ariza is a ridiculous FA class when armed with the exact same tools that we had.

We ended up with Zeller and McLemore.

Come on.
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It’s apples and oranges. Why don’t people get that? LA and Lebron and AD is not anywhere close to Portland and Lillard. These guys would not choose Portland over the Laker option
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I have to believe the Blazers are leaving a couple roster spots open to see if any of the auditioners on the SL team are worthy of a vet min deal.
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If they do that at the expense of signing someone with the TPMLE though. Blegh.
 
AmirIcon said:
It's still weird when I see fans wondering why the Blazers couldn't get one of the better free agents. Decades of examples showing the best free agents want nothing to do with Portland as a city and yet they manufacture outrage every everytime.

Maybe they just became Blazers fans last season and expect us to be on a level playing field with the Lakers.

Help me understand the thinking.
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The basic idea is that every signing is a chance to bitch about Olshey. Many here are deeply in touch with their feelings. :)
 
BlazerBeav said:
The Blazers had younger versions of three of those, and no one liked them. Now we are supposed to be upset that LA has older versions?
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Maybe someone has already brought this up but……..with every signing the Lakers look more and more like they’re prepping to play in a wheelchair league. Maybe they’re looking for senior citizen discounts on the road??? LA has serious talent but it is old, getting older, and even more fragile. Lotta miles on the tires. It will be interesting to see how much gas they have when the playoffs roll around. Of course having LBJ to manipulate the refs never hurts………
 
B-Roy said:
If they do that at the expense of signing someone with the TPMLE though. Blegh.
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They've only filled 12 spots though, right? No reason they can't do both.
 
RR7 said:
Waiting on Lakers using Schroeder in a sign and trade for another good piece also.
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Someone's gotta want Schroeder. With the talk of potential bad locker room dude, might not bring back a nice return.
 
I sure wish somebody...anybody...would find out if Zeller signed for the MLE. All these local reporters and bloggers and NBA wannabe's and not one of them can find out what he signed for
 
wizenheimer said:
I sure wish somebody...anybody...would find out if Zeller signed for the MLE. All these local reporters and bloggers and NBA wannabe's and not one of them can find out what he signed for
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Hey @illmatic99--put your stalking skills to good use and get in contact with Zeller's agent and get us some answers!!
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Maybe someone has already brought this up but……..with every signing the Lakers look more and more like they’re prepping to play in a wheelchair league. Maybe they’re looking for senior citizen discounts on the road??? LA has serious talent but it is old, getting older, and even more fragile. Lotta miles on the tires. It will be interesting to see how much gas they have when the playoffs roll around. Of course having LBJ to manipulate the refs never hurts………
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What made the Lakers scary the previous 2 seasons was their defense. This roster is not going to be able to defend anyone. LeBron will run out of gas trying to make up for Westbrook and Melo’s terrible defense.
 
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