Free Agent Gary Payton II to the Blazers

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TBpup said:
It is strange that Golden State could have had GP2 back, but let him go and replaced him with DiVincenzo.
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GSW only had early-bird rights to GPII. I think they were maxed out at offering the Tax-MLE
 
oldmangrouch said:
Fair enough. Who will he get his minutes from here? Dame? The $100 mil Ant? Hart ( also a good defender and better on offense)?

That's not sarcasm BTW, that's a serious question.
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He had to share minutes with Curry, Poole, and Klay last season and still made a major impact. Look- the best players will play. If GP2 is better than Hart, great, he'll play. If Hart is better, great he'll play. And then you have to remember- injuries happen. I remember when we signed Juwan Howard and everyone was like "he'll never actually play." And then he ended up STARTING for a good portion of the season. Depth is a good thing.
 
TBpup said:
Well, we have PLENTY of guard depth.
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Dame, Ant, Hart, and Payton II. I look at Sharpe as being a potential 3 with Nas. Man! I like this group and the potential. Johnson and Bledsoe probably on way out. William has time to develop.
 
Blazer Freak said:
Just my .2 but I don’t think many people want to watch a live stream of people who are just recording the same reaction they’d have on the forum. I appreciate what you guys are doing but if I could honestly critique, you guys need to take a step back and provide level-headed content. It can be honest, but as soon as it turned into a meltdown I tuned out. Especially when you two started going after commenters.
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Just my 2 cents, I love their show and how they choose to carry themselves and I hope to God they ignore people like you. Eric and Torey are smart. It's never a bad time to talk down to idiots. Idiots deserve far worse for what they've given back to the world.
 
TBpup said:
Well, we have PLENTY of guard depth.
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They might have plenty of "guard depth", but some of that depth (Didi, Johnson, Williams) will probably never see much more than 500 minutes this year, combined.
 
HoopsFanAZ said:
Payton has figured out his game and Golden State used him according to his skills and abilities. Billups has a blueprint to follow. The guy flat out plays D and has shown he can hit the corner 3 and make shots at the hoop. The cost would have been better at the TMLE, but he wouldn’t likely be a Blazer. It’s a 2-year quick rebuild. The Blazers paid. The rebuild isn’t complete. Good luck to Cronin. He’ll need that and skill.
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Good luck to Billups. He not only has to teach (and persuade) Lillard and Simons to play defense but he has to continue re-vamping our offensive style and figure out how to integrate Payton and Grant into it.
 
julius said:
They might have plenty of "guard depth", but some of that depth (Didi, Johnson, Williams) will probably never see much more than 500 minutes this year, combined.
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Yippee. We got Johnson for Norman Powell.
 
tykendo said:
Dame, Ant, Hart, and Payton II. I look at Sharpe as being a potential 3 with Nas. Man! I like this group and the potential. Johnson and Bledsoe probably on way out. William has time to develop.
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I’m trying to figure out who Johnson is? Does he have potential or was he just filler?
 
SlyPokerCat said:
And was he worth Norman Powell :dry::dry::dry:

Could we have gotten more waiting until the offseason.
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To me he looks like a kid who can jump out of the gym but doesn’t really have all that much skill and an ugly jumpshot. Of all the young talent on that clippers roster they couldn’t peel off any other prospect?

Both those trades we made last year still bug me. Powell is a legit contributor in this league. Roco even looked nice in LA down the stretch for them.
 
KeepOnRollin said:
It is sad that we have become so jaded as fans of our team.
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Sad....but justified?

Paine Tablet said:
Just my 2 cents, I love their show and how they choose to carry themselves and I hope to God they ignore people like you. Eric and Torey are smart. It's never a bad time to talk down to idiots. Idiots deserve far worse for what they've given back to the world.
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I would submit it's not good to engage with idiots. It's difficult to not respond, but it's almost like it gives them a platform and validates their idiotic point of view. Smart people will know the difference without having to be told. There is such a thing as constructive criticism, but that is better done in private.

“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
“Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”

~Mark Twain

 
Has anyone considered that the Blazers signed GP2 because Dame has grown in height as much or more than Ant has during his break from basketball?
 
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