Hood should be the priority

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I know it will be difficult, but keeping Hood should be the priority out of him, Kanter and Curry.

Kanter will be less valuable when Nurk returns and Collins maturing.

I think Simons will be able to fill the void that Curry will leave.

Hood's length and ability to create his own shots is exactly what this team needs. Praying that he will give the team a home town discount for giving him a chance to resurrect his career. Also, maybe the team culture and Dame's leadership will be a factor.
 
Yup.

This Ramadan fasting has soured me on Kanter. He just can’t put out the work when he’s doing that and it happens every year during the playoffs.
 
isn't Nurkic fasting right now? If so, Blazers will have the same issue with Nurkic they are having with Kanter if they make it this far again
 
OneSport3 said:
I know it will be difficult, but keeping Hood should be the priority out of him, Kanter and Curry.

Kanter will be less valuable when Nurk returns and Collins maturing.

I think Simons will be able to fill the void that Curry will leave.

Hood's length and ability to create his own shots is exactly what this team needs. Praying that he will give the team a home town discount for giving him a chance to resurrect his career. Also, maybe the team culture and Dame's leadership will be a factor.
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Exactly what I was thinking.

Therefore you are correct.

:cheers:
 
I still want to keep Kanter, but we are limited in what we can offer him. He still would be valuable in certain matchups too. Imagine being able to throw both Kanter and Nurk on bigger centers like Hunter, Nurk, Towns, Gobert, who are in our division alone. Lot of other young great big men out there too.

Resigning Kanter would take a lot of salary shredding and is far less likely. I see us signing a big man on a one year deal to someone looking to showcase themselves for a big contract in the offseason of 2020.

Hood had a bigger salary and could sign a four year deal starting at 120 percent of that number using the non bird provision. He could also just sign a two year deal with the second year a player option. He has improved his value with his play in the playoffs but will likely get a bigger offer if he produced here over a full season. We would have cap space next offseason (2020) as well.
 
The other factor is take the denver series for example. Kanter had to start against joker. Imagine how much better our bench would be feeding kanter in the paint against plumlee?
Kanter is instant offense off the bench and with him collins, hood, curry, makes our bench one of the best.
 
1a) Kanter
1b) Hood

Simons makes Curry expendable.

Kanter's rebounding and go-to scoring ability will be extremely valuable to our bench.

Pressing priority: getting a legit starting quality PF.
 
Simons does NOT make Curry expendable. Y'all are trippin.

There's no way he's making the shots Curry made last night. No way.

Curry kept us in the game. We need to resign ALL 3.

Figure it out Neil.
 
It sucks. Just like after 2000 we won't get the chance to see the Blazers run it back again...have the roster get another chance when everyone is healthy and more in tuned. Olshey fucked any chance of that. The Blazers will be a fragment of what they are now next season.
 
dviss1 said:
How you gonna feel about Nurkic when he fasts??? Yeah.. Get over it...

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I’ve got nothing against guys practicing their faith. That said, if I’m GM responsible for building a team that can compete for a title, am I going to have three main guys on the squad who are going to be sub-optimal every year for the entire month of May due to fasting? Nope. If the league took it into account and allowed later start times so Muslims could eat and drink at halftime, sure, but it’s a ratings driven business and they aren’t going to lose the east coast for the WCF. That means Chief and Kanter are hurting this season and Nurk will be next. That’s too many for one team to bear if they want to compete for the title.
 
e_blazer said:
I’ve got nothing against guys practicing their faith. That said, if I’m GM responsible for building a team that can compete for a title, am I going to have three main guys on the squad who are going to be sub-optimal every year for the entire month of May due to fasting? Nope. If the league took it into account and allowed later start times so Muslims could eat and drink at halftime, sure, but it’s a ratings driven business and they aren’t going to lose the east coast for the WCF. That means Chief and Kanter are hurting this season and Nurk will be next. That’s too many for one team to bear if they want to compete for the title.
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This statement doesn't make sense. You do have something against guys practicing their faith. You would not have them on your team.

So you wouldn't have Olajuwon on your team? Arguably the best center ever?

Yeah. I disagree.
 
dviss1 said:
This statement doesn't make sense. You do have something against guys practicing their faith. You would not have them on your team.

So you wouldn't have Olajuwon on your team? Arguably the best center ever?

Yeah. I disagree.
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I said I wouldn't have three guys who were fasting for the entire month of May every year.

Can you honestly say that Chief and Kanter are contributing anywhere near their normal levels in the past 4 games or so? Fasting for spiritual reasons is fine. Expecting that it isn't going to have an impact on sports performance, particularly at the end of a 12 hour fast that includes no water? Sorry, but the human body can't just power through that without performance degrading. You complain about Leonard getting minutes? That's the price of Kanter not being up to full strength at the end of the game.
 
hoopsjock said:
You guys are forgetting that Kanter has a separated shoulder. He's courageously tried to play anyway.
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The memory of most in here goes back about ten minutes. It’s hilarious to read entire threads all at once.

He Fucking sucks get him out!
Put him in he’s saving us!
He’s terrible I wish he wasn’t here
Thank god we have him
 
e_blazer said:
Sorry, but the human body can't just power through that without performance degrading.
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I'll Kindly refer you to Olajuwon's Championship playoff numbers. Last I checked he was Human:

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dviss1 said:
I'll Kindly refer you to Olajuwon's Championship playoff numbers. Last I checked he was Human:

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Olajuwon may have been superhuman. I don't know how he managed to do what he did while fasting. But, the exception doesn't prove the rule. Look at the stats that Chief and Kanter are putting up and tell me it isn't affecting their play.
 
dviss1 said:
Nope. It's his faith. It's Ramadan that's why he can't play.

Trade all the Muslims!!
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I haven't said that and I don't appreciate you putting words into my mouth. I have said that having three main guys who are all fasting, including zero water while playing NBA basketball, is not a likely recipe for success. I'm talking pure physiology here.
 
e_blazer said:
Olajuwon may have been superhuman. I don't know how he managed to do what he did while fasting. But, the exception doesn't prove the rule. Look at the stats that Chief and Kanter are putting up and tell me it isn't affecting their play.
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There has been NO talk of Aminu fasting. None. You don't know that he's practicing his faith. You are only assuming.

This is the problem.
 
e_blazer said:
I haven't said that and I don't appreciate you putting words into my mouth. I have said that having three main guys who are all fasting, including zero water while playing NBA basketball, is not a likely recipe for success. I'm talking pure physiology here.
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My post was tongue in cheek. I don't think you're saying this bro.

:cheers:
 
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